ArticleScientific reports2023
Fluctuation in the diversity of mayflies (Insecta, Ephemerida) as documented in the fossil record.
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- Hidden taxonomic and taphonomic diversity revealed by mayflies (Ephemeroptera: Hexagenitidae) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Crossing the Tethys on "biotic ferries": new mayfly genera of Gondwanan origin in Mesozoic and Cenozoic deposits of Myanmar and India (Insecta: Ephemeroptera: Teloganodidae).BMC ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- Bayesian modelling of the fossil record enlightens the evolutionary history of Hemiptera.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2025Article
- Nebesna sotnia gen. & sp. nov. from Baltic amber supports a Pangean distribution of the amphinotic family Ameletopsidae (Ephemeroptera).Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Diversification and extinction of Hemiptera in deep time.Communications biology · 2025Article
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- A new mayfly subfamily sheds light on the early evolution and Pangean origin of Baetiscidae (Insecta: Ephemeroptera).Scientific reports · 2024Article
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Abstract
Due to their aquatic larvae, the evolution of mayflies is intricately tied to environmental changes affecting lakes and rivers. Despite a rich fossil record, little is known about the factors shaping the pattern of diversification of mayflies in deep time. We assemble an unprecedented dataset encompassing all fossil occurrences of mayflies and perform a Bayesian analysis to identify periods of increased origination or extinction. We provide strong evidence for a major extinction of mayflies in the mid-Cretaceous. This extinction and subsequent faunal turnover were probably connected with the rise of angiosperms. Their dominance caused increased nutrient input and changed the chemistry of the freshwater environments, a trend detrimental mainly to lacustrine insects. Mayflies underwent a habitat shift from hypotrophic lakes to running waters, where most of their diversity has been concentrated from the Late Cretaceous to the present.
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