X-ray micro-computed tomography reveals a unique morphology in a new click-beetle (Coleoptera, Elateridae) from the Eocene Baltic amber
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15310%2F20%3A73604636" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15310/20:73604636 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-76908-3.pdf" target="_blank" >https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-76908-3.pdf</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-76908-3" target="_blank" >10.1038/s41598-020-76908-3</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
X-ray micro-computed tomography reveals a unique morphology in a new click-beetle (Coleoptera, Elateridae) from the Eocene Baltic amber
Original language description
Beetle fossils are a rich source of information about the palaeodiversity and evolutionary history of the order Coleoptera. Despite the increasing rate of fossil research on click-beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae), the most diverse group in the superfamily Elateroidea, their fossil record has remained largely unstudied. This may be caused by the combination of their rather uniform external morphology and the suboptimal state of preservation and visibility in most fossil specimens. Here, we used X-ray micro-computed tomography to reconstruct the morphology of an interesting click-beetle from Eocene Baltic amber, which had some principal diagnostic characters obscured by opaque bubbles and body position. Our results suggest that the newly described Baltelater bipectinatus gen. et sp. nov. belongs to tribe Protelaterini within subfamily Lissominae. Since Protelaterini have a predominantly Gondwanan distribution, our discovery is of a great importance for the historical biogeography of the group. Very distinctive are the bipectinate antennae with 11 antennomeres and with rami beginning on antennomere IV, which are not found in any recent Elateridae. The discovery of a new click-beetle lineage from European Eocene amber sheds further light on the palaeodiversity and historical diversification of the family as well as on the composition of the extinct amber forest ecosystem.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10620 - Other biological topics
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
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Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Scientific Reports
ISSN
2045-2322
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
10
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
"20158-1"-"20158-12"
UT code for WoS article
000594635800018
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85096321972