Implications of the tympanal hearing organ and ultrastructure of chaetotaxy for the higher classification of Embioptera

C. SZUMIK; M.L. JUÁREZ; M.J. RAMIREZ; GOLOBOFF, P.; V. PEREYRA

AMERICAN MUSEUM NOVITATES

AMER MUSEUM NATURAL HISTORY

Lugar: New York; Año: 2019

0003-0082

Several slowly evolving characters are evaluated with the main objective of reinforcing the higher classification of Embioptera. A femoral auditory organ is described for the first time in the Order Embioptera, with differences in shape and position well correlated with higher taxonomic groups. New characters on silk ejectors, bladders and various types of leg setae are also discussed within a taxonomic framework. The utility of these new traits and their different conditions, for identifying monophyletic groups, was tested by a preliminary phylogenetic analysis.