Project 4305: W. Zhang, C. Shih, M. S. Engel, D. Ren. 2022. Cretaceous lophocoronids with short proboscis and retractable female genitalia provide the earliest evidence for their feeding and oviposition habits. Cladistics. 2022:null.
Specimen: Geometra papilionaria (unvouchered)
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Abstract

We describe two new species of Lophocoronidae: Acanthocorona hedida Zhang, Shih and Engel sp. n. and Acanthocorona venulosa Zhang, Shih and Engel sp. n., and an undetermined specimen from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber. Phylogenetic analysis of basal lepidopteran lineages, including three extinct families, was undertaken. The analysis supported monophyly of Glossata although internal relationships remain controversial. Acanthocorona and Lophocorona form a monophyletic group. It is likely that short and simply structured proboscides of Acanthocorona were used to sip water droplets, pollination drops from gymnosperms, nectar from early flowers, or sap from injured leaves. Both retracted and extended ovipositors are preserved in the material reported here, revealing their morphology and indicating that these Cretaceous lophocoronids inserted eggs into the tissues of their host plants.


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Article DOI: 10.1111/cla.12511

Project DOI: 10.7934/P4305, http://dx.doi.org/10.7934/P4305
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    Authors' Institutions

    • National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

    • Capital Normal University

    • University of Kansas

    • Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

    • Hebei GEO University

    • Smithsonian Institution



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    Taxonomic Overview for Matrix 'M28839' (36 Taxa)

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    [1] Dolophilodes
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    [2] Hydropsyche
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    [3] † Seresilepidopteron
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    [4] † Mesokristensenia
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    35313000001
    [5] † Ascololepidopterix
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    [6] Micropterix schaefferi
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    [7] Sabatinca calliarcha
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    [8] Paramartyria jinggangana
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    [9] Agathiphaga queenslandensis
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    [10] Heterobathmia pseuderiocrania
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    [11] Dyseriocrania griseocapitella
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    [12] Eriocrania semipurpurella
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    [13] Acanthopteroctetes bimaculata
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    [14] Aenigmatinea glatzella
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    [15] Lophocorona pediasia
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    [16] Lophocorona melanora
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    [17] † Acanthocorona skalskii
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    [18] Synempora andesae
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    [19] Neopseustis archiphenax
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    [20] Mnesarchaea paracosma
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    [21] Ogygioses eurata
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    [22] Prototheora petrosema
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    [23] Paratheora speideli
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    [24] Anomoses hylecoetes
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    [25] Hepialus xiaojinensis
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    [26] Abantiades hyaliantus
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    [27] Scardia anatomella
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    [28] Caloptilia stigmatella
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    [29] Dichomeris oceanis
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    [30] Psilacantha pryeri
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    [31] Pseudodavara haemaphoralis
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    [32] Geometra papilionaria
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    [33] Diachrysia chrysitis
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    [34] † Acanthocorona hedida
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    [35] † Acanthocorona venulosa
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    [36] † cnu-lep-ma-2016035
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