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A revised checklist of Nepticulidae fossils (Lepidoptera) indicates an Early Cretaceous origin
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Autores: Doorenweerd, C.; Nieukerken, E.J. van; Sohn, J.-C.; Labandeira, C.C.
With phylogenetic knowledge of Lepidoptera rapidly increasing, catalysed by increasingly powerful molecular techniques, the demand for fossil calibration points to estimate an evolutionary timeframe for the order is becoming an increasingly pressing issue. The family Nepticulidae is a species rich, basal branch within the phylogeny of the Lepidoptera, characterized by larval leaf-mining habits, and thereby represents a potentially important lineage whose evolutionary history can be established more thoroughly with the potential use of fossil calibration points. Using our experience with extant global Nepticulidae, we discuss a list of characters that may be used to assign fossil leaf mines to Nepticulidae, and suggest useful methods for classifying...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Baltic amber; Calibration points; Dakota formation; Evolutionary history; Extinction; Fossil record; Larvae; Leaf mining; Plant hosts; Stigmella; Stigmellites.
Ano: 2015
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/648751