@article{1c74cc08ec154a6baf85460946fd148d,
title = "New aquatic insects from the Miocene of Australia with notes on the ecology and ontogeny of a new species of Chaoborus (Diptera, Chaoboridae)",
abstract = "We describe a diverse aquatic insect assemblage from McGraths Flat, a Miocene Lagerst{\"a}tte in central New South Wales, Australia that includes representatives of Sialidae, Limoniidae, Chironomidae and Chaoboridae. The aquatic insect fossils from this deposit consist predominantly of larvae. These include a new species of phantom midge (Chaoborus, Chaoboridae), three morphotypes of non-biting midges (Chironomidae), one morphotype of cranefly (Limoniidae) and one morphotype of alderfly (Sialidae). The large number of fossil specimens enabled us to study the ontogeny of the new midge species. We discerned growth rates in fossil larvae, using morphometry of all four instars of Chaoborus. The simultaneous presence of taxa associated with still water and taxa associated with flowing water supports the hypothesis that McGraths Flat was deposited in an isolated water body (oxbow lake/billabong) with influence from a river during high water events.",
keywords = "Cenozoic, fossil, Insecta, merolimnic insect, southern hemisphere",
author = "Viktor Baranov and Michael Frese and Robert Beattie and Tara Djokic and McCurry, {Matthew R.}",
note = "Funding Information: We thank Nigel McGrath and Lyn and Geoff Gale for their generosity and help in accessing the site, Matt J. Hensley for assistance with excavations, and G\u00FCnther Theischinger for expert advice. Graham McLean, Mel Murray, Steve Avery, Jack Hinde, Jochen Brocks and Simon McClusky assisted with the collection of fossils. VB is grateful to Joachim Haug (LMU) for his help with plates assembly, image processing, general discussion, and years of fruitful cooperation in general, Martin Spies, and Dieter Doczkal from the Zoologische Staatssammlung M\u00FCnchen (ZSM) for their invaluable help with the ZSM collection and literature searches. Peter Cranston provided advice and constant support during the project. We thank all people who provided free software, and acknowledge the scientific and technical assistance of Microscopy Australia at the Centre for Advanced Microscopy, Australian National University (funded by the Australian National University and the Australian Federal Government). We are grateful to the Etheridge family descendants who largely funded this work. VB's work was supported by Ramon y Cajal 2021 Grant RYC2021\u2010032144\u2010I funded by MCIN/AEI/ 10.13039/501100011033 and by \u2018European Union NextGenerationEU/PRTR\u2019. He was also supported by the LMU Excellence Initiative during the early stages of work on the manuscript. The work of VB at the Australian Museum was supported by The Australian Museum Foundation. The work was also funded by an ARC Linkage grant (LP210301049). We acknowledge support for the publication fee by the CSIC Open Access Publication Support Initiative through its Unit of Information Resources for Research (URICI). Erica Garcia and an anonymous referee commented on an earlier draft of this paper. Funding Information: We thank Nigel McGrath and Lyn and Geoff Gale for their generosity and help in accessing the site, Matt J. Hensley for assistance with excavations, and G\u00FCnther Theischinger for expert advice. Graham McLean, Mel Murray, Steve Avery, Jack Hinde, Jochen Brocks and Simon McClusky assisted with the collection of fossils. VB is grateful to Joachim Haug (LMU) for his help with plates assembly, image processing, general discussion, and years of fruitful cooperation in general, Martin Spies, and Dieter Doczkal from the Zoologische Staatssammlung M\u00FCnchen (ZSM) for their invaluable help with the ZSM collection and literature searches. Peter Cranston provided advice and constant support during the project. We thank all people who provided free software, and acknowledge the scientific and technical assistance of Microscopy Australia at the Centre for Advanced Microscopy, Australian National University (funded by the Australian National University and the Australian Federal Government). We are grateful to the Etheridge family descendants who largely funded this work. VB's work was supported by Ramon y Cajal 2021 Grant RYC2021-032144-I funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and by \u2018European Union NextGenerationEU/PRTR\u2019. He was also supported by the LMU Excellence Initiative during the early stages of work on the manuscript. The work of VB at the Australian Museum was supported by The Australian Museum Foundation. The work was also funded by an ARC Linkage grant (LP210301049). We acknowledge support for the publication fee by the CSIC Open Access Publication Support Initiative through its Unit of Information Resources for Research (URICI). Erica Garcia and an anonymous referee commented on an earlier draft of this paper. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2024 The Author(s). Papers in Palaeontology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of The Palaeontological Association. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2024 The Author(s). Papers in Palaeontology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of The Palaeontological Association.",
year = "2024",
month = jul,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1002/spp2.1580",
language = "English",
volume = "10",
pages = "1--26",
journal = "Papers in Palaeontology",
issn = "2056-2802",
publisher = "John Wiley & Sons",
number = "4",
}