Morphological and behavioral convergence in extinct and extant bugs : the systematics and biology of a new unusual fossil lace bug from the Eocene
- 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.
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| Author: | Torsten Wappler, Eric Guilbert, Conrad C. Labandeira, Thomas HörnschemeyerORCiDGND, Sonja Wedmann |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-392715 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0133330 |
| ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
| Parent Title (English): | PLoS One |
| Publisher: | PLoS |
| Place of publication: | Lawrence, Kan. |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2015/08/12 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2015/08/12 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2016/02/04 |
| Volume: | 10 |
| Issue: | (8): e0133330 |
| Page Number: | 17 |
| First Page: | 1 |
| Last Page: | 17 |
| Note: | 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 |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 377753661 |
| Institutes: | Biowissenschaften / Biowissenschaften |
| Angeschlossene und kooperierende Institutionen / Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft | |
| Biowissenschaften / Institut für Ökologie, Evolution und Diversität | |
| Fachübergreifende Einrichtungen / Biodiversität und Klima Forschungszentrum (BiK-F) | |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 56 Fossilien, Paläontologie / 560 Paläontologie; Paläozoologie |
| Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0 |
