Ghosts from the past: a review of fossil Hepialoidea (Lepidoptera)

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Thomas J. Simonsen¹  David L. Wagner²  Maria Heikkilä³ 

[1] Natural History Museum Aarhus;Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut;Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki

关键词: Calibration points;    Evolutionary history;    Fossil record;    Morphology;    Oiophassus;    Oxycanus;    Prohepialus;    Protohepialus;    Sthenopis;   

DOI  :  10.7717/peerj.7982

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Inra

【 摘 要 】

We critically re-examine nine of the ten fossil specimens currently assigned to Hepialidae. Three fossils with impressions of wing veins and scales placed in the fossil genus Prohepialus Piton, 1940, and two mummified larvae that show apomorphic characters, have features that support placement in Hepialidae. The other four fossils that we evaluate, Prohepialus incertus Piton, 1940; Oiophassus nycterus Zhang, 1989; Protohepialus comstocki Pierce, 1945; and a fossil scale, lack definitive hepialid characters. One of these, Prohepialus incertus Piton, 1940, appears to represent a symphytan (Hymenoptera), and is excluded from Lepidoptera. The fossilized wings placed in Prohepialus by Jarzembowski display numerous features that indicate a proximate phylogenetic relationship to extant members of the hepialid genus Sthenopis Packard and related genera.

【 授权许可】

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