The oldest Gondwanan fossil of Leiinae (Diptera, Mycetophilidae): Phylogenetic and evolutionary implications

Autor(es)

Amorim, Dalton de Souza ; Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira ; do Carmo, Daniel Dias Dornelas ; Ribeiro, Guilherme Cunha

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: CLADISTICS; v. N/A, p. 15-pg., 2022-12-08.

Resumo

A fossil Mycetophilidae from the Aptian Crato Formation-Cretomanota gondwanica gen. nov., sp. nov.-is described, which is the first mycetophilid from the Crato Formation and corresponds to the oldest known fossil leiine and only the second Gondwanan fossil mycetophilid described so far. Cretomanota gondwanica and both species of Alavamanota Blagoderov and Arillo were added as terminals to the data matrix of a general phylogenetic analysis of the Mycetophilidae, and both fit into the Leiinae. Alavamanota is monophyletic, sister to the clade composed by Cretomanota and the extant genus Manota Williston. The biology of the extant members of this fungivorous family corroborates the reconstruction of the Crato palaeoenvironment as including woodlands with humid habitats and microhabitats. The presence of a Cretaceous member of the tribe Manotini at low latitudes in South America reinforces the hypothesis that the clade with all manotines except Leiella Edwards corresponds to a Lower Cretaceous offshoot from a group in southern Gondwana expanding its distribution to more northern areas into the Gondwana and into Laurasia. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 21/08713-2 - Diptera da Mata Atlântica: taxonomia, endemismo e biogeografia
• Beneficiário: Dalton de Souza Amorim
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Programa BIOTA - Regular
• Processo FAPESP: 16/50369-9 - Diptera: dados morfológicos, moleculares e sistemática
• Beneficiário: Dalton de Souza Amorim
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular
• Processo FAPESP: 20/02844-5 - A paleoentomofauna da formação Crato (Cretáceo inferior; Bacia do Araripe): sistemática e paleoecologia
• Beneficiário: Guilherme Cunha Ribeiro
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular