TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wappler, Torsten
A1  - Guilbert, Eric
A1  - Labandeira, Conrad C.
A1  - Hörnschemeyer, Thomas
A1  - Wedmann, Sonja
T1  - Morphological and behavioral convergence in extinct and extant bugs : the systematics and biology of a new unusual fossil lace bug from the Eocene
T2  - PLoS One
N2  - The bug Gyaclavator kohlsi Wappler, Guilbert, Wedmann et Labandeira, gen. et sp. nov., represents a new extinct genus of lace bugs (Insecta: Heteroptera: Tingidae) occurring in latest early Eocene deposits of the Green River Formation, from the southern Piceance Basin of Northwestern Colorado, in North America. Gyaclavator can be placed within the Tingidae with certainty, perhaps it is sistergroup to Cantacaderinae. If it belongs to Cantacaderinae, it is the first fossil record of this group for North America. Gyaclavator has unique, conspicuous antennae bearing a specialized, highly dilated distiflagellomere, likely important for intra- or intersex reproductive competition and attraction. This character parallels similar antennae in leaf-footed bugs (Coreidae), and probably is associated with a behavioral convergence as well.
Y1  - 2015
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/39271
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-392715
SN  - 1932-6203
N1  - This is an open access article, free of all copyright, and may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any lawful purpose. The work is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 public domain dedication
VL  - 10
IS  - (8): e0133330
SP  - 1
EP  - 17
PB  - PLoS
CY  - Lawrence, Kan.
ER  -