ArticleBMC evolutionary biology2013
The thorax musculature of Anisoptera (Insecta: Odonata) nymphs and its evolutionary relevance.
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- Resilin in the flight apparatus of Odonata (Insecta)-cap tendons and their biomechanical importance for flight.Biology letters · 2019Article
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- Flight of the dragonflies and damselflies.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2016Review
- The thorax of the cave cricket Troglophilus neglectus: anatomical adaptations in an ancient wingless insect lineage (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae).BMC evolutionary biology · 2016Article
- The thorax morphology of Epiophlebia (Insecta: Odonata) nymphs--including remarks on ontogenesis and evolution.Scientific reports · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundAmong the winged insects (Pterygota) the Odonata (dragon- and damselflies) are special for several reasons. They are strictly aerial predators showing remarkable flight abilities and their thorax morphology differs significantly from that of other Pterygota in terms of the arrangement and number of muscles. Even within one individual the musculature is significantly different between the nymphal and adult stage.
resultsHere we present a comparative morphological investigation of the thoracic musculature of dragonfly (Anisoptera) nymphs. We investigated representatives of the Libellulidae, Aeshnidae and Cordulegasteridae and found 71 muscles: 19 muscles in the prothorax, 26 in the mesothorax and 27 in the metathorax. Nine of these muscles were previously unknown in Odonata, and for seven muscles no homologous muscles could be identified in the neopteran thorax.
conclusionOur results support and extend the homology hypotheses for the thoracic musculatures of Odonata and Neoptera, thus supplementing our understanding of the evolution of Pterygota and providing additional characters for phylogenetic analyses comprising all subgroups of Pterygota.
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