Evolution, types, and distribution of flight control devices on wings and elytra in bark beetles.

ABSTRACT: Gaining the ability to fly actively was a ground-breaking moment in insect evolution, providing an unprecedented advantage over other arthropods. Nevertheless, active flight was a costly innovation, requiring the development of wings and flight muscles, the provision of sufficient energetic resources, and a complex flight control system. Although wings, flight muscles, and the energetic budget of insects have been intensively studied in the last decades, almost nothing is known regarding the flight-control devices of many crucial insect groups, especially beetles (Coleoptera). Here, we conducted a phylogenetic-informed analysis of flight-related mechanosensors in 28 species of bark beetles (Curculionidae: Scolytinae, Platypodinae), an economically and ecologically important group of insect

SUBMITTER: Bialkowski J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10961309 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature