Biology:Notiothauma
| Notiothauma | |
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| Oncol Park, Chile | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mecoptera |
| Family: | Eomeropidae |
| Genus: | Notiothauma MacLachlan, 1877 |
| Species: | N. reedi
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| Binomial name | |
| Notiothauma reedi MacLachlan, 1877
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Notiothauma is the sole living genus in the scorpionfly family Eomeropidae. The genus is monotypic with a lone species Notiothauma reedi which is native to the Valdivian temperate rain forests of central Chile, especially the forests with Nothofagus stands. N. reedi is flattened with a notedly cockroach-like appearance. They are nocturnal and inhabit the forest floor where the adults feed on plants and decaying animals.[1] The larvae are still unknown. Because this is the last extant species of Eomeropidae, N. reedi can be characterized as a living fossil taxon.[2]
Phylogeny
The proposed phylogenetic relationships of N. reedi based on Soszyńska-Maj et al 2016.[3]
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References
- ↑ Ortloff, A.; Albornoz, S.; Romero, M.; Vivallo, G. (2016). "Skin artefacts due to post-mortem damage caused by Notiothauma reedi: A insect of forensic importance in forest communities of Chile". Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 6 (4): 411–415. doi:10.1016/j.ejfs.2016.06.006.
- ↑ Archibald, S. B.; Rasnitsyn, A. P.; Akhmetiev, M. A. (2005). "Ecology and distribution of Cenozoic Eomeropidae (Mecoptera), and a new species of Eomerope Cockerell from the Early Eocene McAbee locality, British Columbia, Canada". Annals of the Entomological Society of America 98 (45): 503–514.
- ↑ Soszyńska-Maj, A.; Krzemiński, W.; Kopeć, K.; Coram, R. A. (2016). "Phylogenetic relationships within the relict family Eomeropidae (Insecta, Mecoptera) based on the oldest fossil from the Early Jurassic (Sinemurian) of Dorset, southern England" (in en). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14 (12): 1025–1031. doi:10.1080/14772019.2016.1139007. ISSN 1477-2019. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14772019.2016.1139007.
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