The ancient ancient flat bugs preserved in Amber may have participated in the jargon

When we think of pests, flies, butterflies, or flies, we usually come to mind – but rarely real insects. Yet it seems that in the past, he also played an important role in the plants’ jargon. A Hungarian research group has now confirmed that it is based on an ancient issue that is preserved in Burmese Amber about 100 million years, that in the early stages of land history, the treatment can be widespread.

Work has appeared in the journal Scientific Reports.

The study of amber’s inclusion is an important tool for the biological diversity and evolutionary patterns of the past. Some groups of biology (for example, arthropides) are often poor and lacking in detail, only surviving in good condition when the giwash is caught in the resin.

The most important Amber reserves from the Mesozuk era are the Burmese Amber (also known as the Burmite). The Amber was established during the late Critis, about 9999 million years ago, in the West Burma area, a land that had already been separated from Super Continent Gondwana more than 100 million years ago and stayed in the Indian Ocean’s Equipment region for a long time. As a result, although its wildlife began in Gondwana, it was created in isolation for millions of years, giving birth to a rich row of unique plants and animals.

While studying such involvement, Peter Kabber (Plant Protection Institute, Hun Ryan ATK) and Martin Seizby (Department of Psychologist and Geology, Hungary Natural History Museum, and Department of Pilotology, Ethos Lovland University) belonged to a Flat Big Flat Big (Famil). This is the first famous representative of this sub -family in Burmese Amber.

This search is also interesting within the family, as all the flats that go before the Burmese Amber belonged to the more derived (apparathopic) groups, while the old lineage was absent from the inventory. The thing that really makes the newly described species, which is called Shikitcorse Michaelski, is noteworthy, however, it is an invasive, shining ecstasy – has never been seen in the family.

Although iridescence between insects is not unusual, it is especially unusual in secret groups such as flat insects. According to their name, these insects usually live under the bark of the trees and eat on the fungi hyphays. Their lifestyle is associated with specific ethical adaptation, such as a firmly flat body (Dorsewarnerly) and a long style, which is comfortable inside the head capsule. On the contrary, the members of the processedstine are different in sub -family lifestyle and morphology: their bodies are more synchronized, and they mostly live in leaf dirt or under the grounds and branches found on the ground.

Iridescence can perform two tasks. If the colorful is bright (eg, red) and extremely clear, it can act as a barrier (aposematism), but here it is unlikely because the twenty color of the bug is brown. Most, most probably, it acts as a rocky, which helps to combine the insect into a flower environment – its explanation is more understandable.

Amber also had a large amount of jirgas around the pieces of plants and insects, even the grain was trapped on his body. From this, the colorful color of it shows that this bug visited the flowers – and probably. Played his role in Jargon.

This discovery confirms that the role of insects in the flower tour, and possibly in the jargon, can be far more important than that in the evolutionary stages of the previous. Most modern insects are no longer flowing visitors, possibly displaced by this “niche” by more special jirgas such as flies.

This search helps us to understand how today’s insect animals were manufactured, and the species responded to competitive and climate change. Equipped with this knowledge, we can better navigate current environmental and agricultural challenges – such as the fall of jirgas.