Proc..Embryol.Soc.Jpn.43,3–22(2009) HEXAPODPHYLOGENY:ACRITICALREVIEW 3 違2009ArthropodanEmbryologicalSocietyofJapan ISSN1341–1527

A CriticalReview ofCurrentDataandHypotheses onHexapodPhylogeny*

Klaus-DieterKLASS

MuseumofZoology,SenckenbergNaturalHistoryCollectionsDresden,KönigsbrückerLandstraße159,01109 Dresden,Germany E-mail:[email protected]

Abstract Themostproblematicfieldsinthereconstructionofhexapodphylogenyare(1)theverybasalsplittingevents amongCollembola,Protura,Diplura,andInsecta(=Ectognatha);(2)thebasalrelationshipsinDicondylia,concerningthe positionofTricholepidionwithrespecttoZygentomas.str.andPterygotaaswellasthemonophylyofZygentomas.str.; (3)therelationshipsamongthethreemajorpterygotanlineagesEphemeroptera,Odonata,andNeoptera;and(4)the largebasalpolytomyinNeoptera,whichincludesPlecoptera,Orthoptera,,Notoptera(=Grylloblattodea), Mantophasmatodea,Embioptera,Dermaptera,,Zoraptera,Acercaria,andEndopterygota(=Holometabola). Thegreatamountofnewmorphologicalandmoleculardataaccumulatedduringrecentyearshassofarnotprovided convincingclarificationofanyoftheabovementionedissues;inconsistencebetweendifferentcharactersandanalyseshas growninproportiontothedata,andthisisalsoreflectedinthenumerousincongruentphylogenetichypothesesthathave beenproposed.Furthermore,theuncertaintyaboutwhichothersubgroupofMandibulataisphylogeneticallyclosestto (MyriapodaorCrustacea,orsomesubgroupthereof)andtheadditionaloptionofhexapodnon-monophyly renderworkonbasalhexapodphylogenyalaborioustaskthatshouldbeembeddedinbroaderstudiesofmandibulatan phylogeny.Thispaperprovidesacriticalreview ofpreviouslysuggestedmorphologicalautapomorphiesofputative hexapodclades,andresultsofrecentmorphology-basedandmolecular-basedcladisticanalysesareembeddedinthese discussions.

Keywords: Hexapoda,Insecta,,,characters,cladistics,morphology,phylogeny

1.Introduction theHexapoda,theDicondylia,thePterygota,andthe Muchofourcurrentconceptsonthephylogenyof Neopteraappearasthemostsevereproblemsinthe HexapodaisbasedontheworksofHennig(1969,1981), reconstructionofhexapodphylogeny.Onewouldask Boudreaux(1979),andKristensen(1975,1981,1991, whethersome substantialprogresshasbeenachieved 1995,1998).AccordingtoKristensen(1991:Fig.5),the afterKristensen’s(1991,1995,1998)papers. HexapodacanbedividedintotheCollembola,Protura, Recent years have seen a large number of Diplura,andInsecta(=Ectognatha).InInsectaabasal new contributions relevant to phylogenetic work splitbetweenArchaeognathaandDicondyliaisproposed. in Hexapoda.Many morphologicalpapers focus on TheDicondyliaincludethePterygota,theZygentoma, particularcharactersystems such asthecirculatory andtheisolatedspeciesTricholepidiongertschi(formally system (e.g.,Pass,1991,1998,2000;Gereben-Krenn placedinZygentoma).ThePterygotafallintothethree andPass,1999,2000;Passetal.,2006),ovarioles(e.g., lineagesEphemeroptera,Odonata,and Neoptera.In Büning,1994,1998,2006),spermatozoa(e.g.,Jamieson Neoptera, which comprise the vast majority of etal.,1999;Dallaietal.,2001,2002,2003,2004),wings hexapodspecies,11principallineagesareplacedinan andtheirarticulation(e.g.,Kukalová-Peck,2008;Haas unresolved basalpolytomy:Plecoptera,Embioptera, andKukalová-Peck,2001;Béthoux,2005;Hörnsche- Orthoptera (=Saltatoria), Dermaptera, Dictyoptera, meyerand Willkommen,2007;Willkommen,2008), Mantophasmatodea(describedinKlassetal.,2002), tarsalandpretarsalattachmentdevices(e.g.,Gorb,ed. Phasmatodea,Notoptera(=Grylloblattodea),Zoraptera, 2004),female genitalia(Klass,1998c,2001a,2003a, Acercaria (hemipteroid orders),and Endopterygota 2008;Klassetal.,2003),mid-abdominalmusculatureand (=Holometabola).Accordingly,thebasalrelationshipsof nervoussystem (Klass,1999,2000;KlugandBradler,

* Contributiontothesymposium“ReconstructionofHexapodPhylogeny:AnOverviewfromComparativeReproductiveBiology.”The43rdAnnualMeetingof theArthropodanEmbryologicalSocietyofJapan,July5,2007(Sugadaira,Japan). 4 K.-D.KLASS

2006;KlugandKlass,2007),visualsystem (Paulus, poorrecordofHexapodafromtheLowerCarboniferous 2000;Friedrich etal.,2006),head apodemes and andDevonianaremajorproblems.Morphologicaland mandibulararticulations(Staniczek,2000;Fürstvon cladisticworkontheearliestknownPterygotafromthe Lieven,2000;Koch,2000a,b,2001),proventriculus UpperCarboniferous is mostrelevantin terms of (Klass,1998a,b),orembryonicdevelopment(e.g.,Ikeda order-levelphylogeny.Mostnotably,therehasbeen andMachida,1998,2001;MachidaandAndo,1998; substantialprogressrecentlywithregardtothehuge Machidaetal.,2002,2004;Machida,2006).These basal-neopteranassemblageof“”(e.g., contributionssubstantiallyimprovedtheknowledgeon BéthouxandNel,2002,2004,2005;Béthouxetal.,2004 thecharactersystems inquestionandpartlyledto on“orthopteroid”taxa)andtotheOdonata(Bechly,1995, completelynewevolutionaryinterpretations.Extensive 1996,2005).Inbothcasespterygotanlineagescouldbe phylogeneticallybasedreviewsonhexapodrelationships tracedbacktotheirearlyrootsatthebeginningofthe were published by Willmann (2003,2005a),Beutel UpperCarboniferous.Someotheroutstandingfindings (2004),and Grimaldiand Engel(2005),partly also on fossils are highly disputed.One case is the includingthefossilevidence.Otherauthorsusedmuch interpretation of the marine arthropod oftheavailablemorphologicaldataforcladisticanalyses Devonohexapodusasastemgrouphexapodan(Haasetal., eitherincludingallhexapodorders(BeutelandGorb, 2003;Haas,2005vs.Willmann,2005b).Anothercaseis 2001,2006)orfocussingonthebasalsplitsinHexapoda the descriptions ofCarboniferous hexapods by J. (BitschandBitsch,1998,2000,2004).Ontheotherhand, Kukalová-Peck(e.g.,Kukalová-Peck,1987,1990,1991, morphologicalmatricesusedinthecombinedanalysesof 1992),whichsuggestthatearlyhexapodsfrom various Whitingetal.(1997),Wheeleretal.(2001),Giribetetal. lineagespossessedmanyelementsabsentinallextant (2004),TerryandWhiting(2005),andKjeretal.(2006) relatives(additionalpodomeresinthelimbsofhead, sufferfrommanyshortcomingsthatrendertheirresults thorax,andabdomen;basalpodomeresbearingmultiple spurious. exitesandendites). Onthemolecularsidearichspectrum ofmethods Despite allthese new data,however,hardly forsequencealignment,dataselection,treeconstruc- any substantialprogress has been achieved in the tion,andestimationofcladesupporthasbeendeveloped clarificationofthemostproblematicnodesmentioned inrecentyears.Accordingly,however,therehasalso above;instead,conflictshavegrowninproportiontothe beenincreasingdisputeaboutwhicharethe“right” amountofdata,andnumerousincongruenthypotheses methods. This is an important aspect, because are now on the market.The presentcontribution phylogeneticresultsdrawnfrom adatabasecandiffer surveys the current state of knowledge on the stronglydependingonthemethodsapplied.Thestudies phylogenyofHexapoda,focusedonthebasalsplitsin byWhitingetal.(1997),Wheeleretal.(2001),Kjer Hexapoda,Insecta,Pterygota,andNeoptera.Morpho- (2004),TerryandWhiting(2005),andKjeretal.(2006) logical characters are listed that yield potential are relevantfororder-levelrelationshipsthroughout synapomorphiesofclades(numberedsequentiallyin Hexapoda.Carapellietal.(2000),Regieretal.(2004), boldprint),andtheresultsofthevariousanalysesof Giribetetal.(2004),andLuanetal.(2005)focusonthe morphological, molecular, and combined data are basalsplitsin Hexapoda.Some furtherpapersare compared.Inaddition,thecurrentevidenceregarding relevantfor the position ofHexapoda within the the(non-)monophylyofHexapodaisbrieflyreviewed. Arthropoda:RegierandShultz(1997,1998),Shultzand Regier(2000),GiribetandRibera(2000),Giribetetal. 2.MonophylyandrelationshipsofHexapoda (2001),Cooketal.(2001,2005),Nardietal.(2003a,b), RelationshipsofHexapoda Pisanietal.(2004),Regieretal.(2004,2005),Carapelliet Traditionallythemyriapodsorasubgroupofthese al.(2005),andMallattandGiribet(2006)(seealso (ProgoneataorSymphyla)wereconsideredthesister Delsuc etal.,2003).Apartfrom DNA sequences, groupofHexapoda(TracheataorAteloceratahypothe- mitochondrial gene order has been tested for sis).Thecompletelackofsecondantennae(limbless itsphylogenticinformativeness(with datacurrently “intercalary segment”)unambiguously supports this availableforca.100hexapodspecies),butduetothelack hypothesis,asdoesthetrachealsystem,whichshows ofvariationitcannow beconsideredveryunlikelyto complexsimilaritiesinthemusculatureandinnervation yield evidence on interordinalhexapod relationships ofthespiraclesbetween,atleast,InsectaandChilopoda (Cameronetal.,2006a,b).Minordifferencesinthe (Klass and Kristensen,2001). The presence of geneticcodeareprobablyneitherinformativedueto temporalorgans (=Tömösváry’s organs) does not strong homoplasy among subgroups of Hexapoda supportTracheata,becausesimilarorgansoccuramong (Abascaletal.,2006). crustaceans(KlassandKristensen,2001:270).Thecase Regardingthefossilevidence,thestillwidespread is similar with the tentorialarms,because head non-phylogeneticreasoningaswellastheextremely apodemes resembling the anterior and posterior HEXAPODPHYLOGENY:ACRITICALREVIEW 5

tentorialarms ofHexapodaarealsofoundinmany fusedwitheusterniteintoacoxosternite).Consequently, Malacostraca(e.g.,Marvillet,1978,1982;Coleman, at most a moderate reduction of the abdominal 2002). appendages can perhaps be viewed as a hexapod Duringthelasttwodecadesmorphologicalevidence autapomorphy.ComparingHexapodawithMalacostraca accumulated that suggests a close relationship of leadstoadifferentresult.ThepleonofMalacostracaalso HexapodatoCrustacea(TetraconataorPancrustacea representsaposteriortrunktagmawithmodifiedand hypothesis;surveyin Richter,2002).Onecharacter moreorlessreducedappendages,andhomologising system takentosupportthisview wasthecellular trunk tagmatisation in Malacostraca and Hexapoda compositionoftheommatidia(e.g.,Dohle,2001),but appearstempting.Anevolutionaryshiftoftheborder thishasbecomeambiguouswiththediscoveryofsome betweenthetwotagmatahasthentobeassumed– ofthecrucialstructuraldetailsinascutigeromorph surelyaplausibletransformation.Forthisissuethe chilopod (Müller etal.,2003).Severalcharacters segmentationgenes(hoxgenesandothers)bearsome specifically point to a close relationship between relevance.The genes Antp and abd-A are in the Hexapoda(orperhapsonlyInsecta)andMalacostraca.In plesiomorphicconditionexpressedinthemajorpart the ontogeny ofthe nervous system there occur of the trunk,as in Branchiopoda.In an isopod individualneuroblasts(perhapstrueforallCrustacea), (Malacostraca)Antpwasfoundtobelargelyrestrictedto andtheseshowaparticulararrangementontheventral theperaeon,whileabd-A isrestrictedtothepleon, sideofthesegmentsaswellasaspecialsequenceof resemblingthelimitationofAntptothethoraxandofabd- cleavages(Simpson,2001;Dohle,2001;Harzsch,2003). AtotheabdomeninInsecta(AbzhanovandKaufman, Inaddition,MalacostracaandInsectashareasimilarset 2000).InbothInsectaandIsopodathelastsegmentof ofnervecellstransmittingthevisualstimulustothe theposteriortagma(bearingtheuropodsorcerci)lacks opticganglia(Nilsson andOsorio,1997)aswellas abd-A expression.ThegeneUbx,however,showsno structuralcomplicationsintheopticneuropils,suchas congruence:expressionintheisopodperaeonandthe thepresenceofalobulaandnervechiasmatabetween abdomen.The evidence is thus somewhat theneuropiles(Sinakevitchetal.,2003).However,the contradictory(HughesandKaufman,2002).Whetherin charactersofthevisualsystem areactuallyambiguous caseofhomologythemalacostracanorthehexapodan sincetheapomorphiesarepartlyabsentinthebasaltaxa typeoftagmatisationisplesiomorphicwouldappear LeptostracaandArchaeognatha.Incontrasttomorphol- ambiguous. ogy,molecularanalysespredominantlyindicateBranchio- [2]Consideringtheposteriortentorialapodemesa podatobetheclosestrelativesofHexapoda(asfaras synapomorphyofthehexapodlineagesrequiresthe Hexapodaappearsasamonophylum;e.g.,Babbittand homology ofcertain head apodemesin Collembola, Patel,2005;Regieretal.,2005;MallattandGiribet, Diplura,andInsecta(Manton,1964;Boudreaux,1979: 2006). 133;Koch,2000a;Willmann,2003),which,however,is disputed(BitschandBitsch,2002).Inaddition,many MonophylyofHexapoda Malacostracahaveapodemesofverysimilarlocation Hexapodmonophylyisonlyweaklysupportedfrom (betweenthetwomaxillarysegments;Snodgrass,1951; themorphologicalside.Thereismuchambiguityinthe Lauterbach,1970:105;Scheloske,1977;Marvillet,1978, interpretationofmostoftherelevantcharacters,which 1982;Coleman,2002),whichthusmightrepresenta ispartlyduetotheuncertaintyregardingthesistertaxon synapomorphy forHexapoda (oronly Insecta)and ofHexapoda(orsistertaxaofitsprincipalsubgroups;see Malacostraca.[3]Theconditionoftwocorneageneous KlassandKristensen,2001). cellsasprimarypigmentcellsinthecompoundeye Themostwidelyknowncharacterconsideredto ommatidiaand [4]the multi-segmented filamentous supporthexapodmonophylyis[1]thetagmatisationof cerciare not convincing hexapod autapomorphies, thetrunkintothoraxandabdomen.Ifonecompares becauseDipluraandProturalackcompoundeyesand Hexapoda with Myriapoda,the apomorphy is the bothCollembolaandProturadonothaveappendages formation ofan abdomen thatlacks walking legs. thatcanclearlybehomologizedwiththecerci.Other However,in the four major hexapod lineages the apomorphiessharedbythemajorlineagesofHexapoda abdominalappendagesaredifferentiatedinverydifferent areambiguousbecausetheyarealsopresentinmyriapod ways:highlyspecialized(andhardlyreduced!),basally subgroups,suchas[5]fusionofthesecondmaxillaeinto fusedappendagesofsegments1,3,and4inCollembola alabium (alsoinSymphylaandperhapsintheground (ventraltube,retinaculum,manubrium);pairedstumps planofTracheata:Fanenbruck,2003:268ff;Bitschand withoneorfewpodomeresonabdominalsegments1–3 Bitsch,2004:535).WhencomparingHexapodawith inProtura;flatcoxallobeswithstyliandcoxalvesicles Myriapoda,onemightalsoassumethat[6]theabsence on the pregenital (and partly genital) abdominal ofspiraclesinthefirstpostcephalicsegmentcouldbea segmentsinDipluraandInsecta(coxitesinmosttaxa hexapodautapomorphy(Fanenbruck,2003),butthisis 6 K.-D.KLASS

alsoambiguous(KlassandKristensen,2001:283f). Dipluraisdisputed(Koch,2000aandFanenbruck,2003 There isalso morphologicalevidence fornon- vs.BitschandBitsch,2000,2004).[13]Thephylogenetic monophyleticHexapoda.[7]Forinstance,Insectaand evidence from the10-segmented dipluran abdomen Malacostracashareflagellateantennaewithmusculature (Koch,1997;Machida,2006)isunclear,becausethe onlyinthebasalantennomeres(4inLeptostraca,2–3in numberofabdominalsegmentsinthehexapodground Eumalacostraca,1in Insecta;Claus,1888;Schmidt, planisunknown(KlassandKristensen,2001:267). 1915: Fig.11; Cochran,1935; Snodgrass,1935; Evidencecontradictingdipluranmonophylycomes Lauterbach,1970).[8] Characters from the optic from [14]the structure ofthe ovaries.In Diplura- neuropilescouldalsobeviewedassupportinginsect- CampodeinathesearestructuredasinCollembolaand malacostracanrelationships(e.g.,presenceofalobula; Protura,altogethersac-likeandnotsubdivided,and(as seedatainSinakevitchetal.,2003). inCollembola)withameroisticgermarium-vitellarium Manymolecularstudiessupportamonophyletic area.TheovariesofDiplura-Japyginaresemblethosein Hexapoda(RegierandShultz,1998,2001;Wheeleretal., basalInsecta,withacomb-likedivisionintoovariolesand 2001;Kjer,2004;Regieretal.,2005;Kjeretal.,2006; apanoisticgermarium-vitellarium area.(e.g.,Štysand MallattandGiribet,2006).Theseresultsarebasedon Biliński,1990;BilińskiandSzklarzewicz,1991;Štyset datafrom 18S,28S,EF-1α,and EF-2,aswellas al.,1993;Kristensen,1997;BitschandBitsch,1998, combinedanalysesofthemitochondrialCOI,COII,12S, 2000;Heming,2003).Nonetheless,thephylogenetic and16S.Non-monophyletic Hexapoda were mainly interpretationoftheovarycharactersisdifficult. obtainedinanalysesofshortgeneslikeH3andsnRNA- AmonophyleticDipluraisfoundinthemorphology- U2(Edgecombeetal.,2000)andofsubsetsofthefast basedcladisticanalysesbyBitschandBitsch(2000)and evolvingmitochondrialsequences(Nardietal.,2003a; Giribetetal.(2004:Fig.1),butnotinthatofBitschand Cooketal.,2005;Carapellietal.,2005),andinsomePOY Bitsch(2004).Themoleculardataunequivocallysupport analyses(GiribetandRibera,2000;Giribetetal.,2001, Diplura(Wheeleretal.,2001;Giribetetal.,2004:Fig.2; 2004:Fig.2). Kjer,2004;Luanetal.,2005;Kjeretal.,2006).Together Duetothisconflictingevidencefrom both the with the prevalence ofmorphologicalcharacters in morphologicalandthemolecularside,themonophylyof favourofDiplura,thiswouldrenderthemonophylyof Hexapodashouldcurrentlyberegardedasuncertain thistaxonquitewell-supported. (whilethefollowingchapter3isbasedonitspreliminary acceptance).Theproblemcanprobablyonlyberesolved MonophylyofInsecta(=Ectognatha) byphylogeneticworkcoveringtheentireMandibulata, Thistaxonisstronglysupportedbymorphological whichwillrequireconsiderableeffortswithregardto characters(BitschandBitsch,2004;BeutelandGorb, comparativemorphology. 2006)andalsowidelyconfirmedbymolecularanalyses (Wheeleretal.,2001:Fig.12A;Giribetetal.,2004:Fig.2; 3.BasalrelationshipsinHexapoda Mallatetal.,2004;Kjer,2004;Regieretal.,2005;Luanet MonophylyofDiplura al.,2005;Kjeretal.,2006;MallattandGiribet,2006). Characterssupportingthisgroupare[9]atongue- OnestrikingautapomorphyofInsectais[15]the and-grooveconnectionofthemaxillarygaleaewiththe femaleovipositorventrallyonabdominalsegmentsVIII hypopharyngealsuperlinguae(François,1970:Fig.10; and IX (see Klass,2003a:195ff,2008foritsbasic Kristensen,1998)and[10]aspecialtypeofentognathy pattern).Itiscomposed ofthe coxitesofthe two (Koch,1997,2000a,b,2001)wherethemandiblesand segments(valvifers),theirgonapophyses(=1stand2nd maxillaeofonesideareenclosedinacommonpouch.In valves,derivedfrom coxalvesicles:Bitsch,1994),the theontogeneticdevelopmentofentognathyinDiplura posteriorlyprolongatedcoxallobesofsegmentIX(3rd thelabialpartsbecome rotated(IkedaandMachida, valves orgonoplacs),and severalsmallersclerites 1998;Machida,2006;SekiyaandMachida,2009),and aroundthevalvebases,amongthem remnantsofthe the dorsum ofthe maxillary segmentforms parts eusternites.The1stand2ndgonapophysesofasideare (admentum;François,1970:AdinFig.2;Ikedaand interconnectedbyatongue-and-groovesystem (rhachis Machida,1998)thatlaterareplacedlateraltothelabium; + aulax=olistheter).Theplesiomorphicpositionofthe thesefeaturesmightbefurtherapomorphiesuniting femalegenitalopeningislikelyonthehindmarginof Diplura.Manton (1972,1977)proposed that[11]a segmentVII,as in and bipartite and twisted condition ofthe trochantero- (Rousset,1973;Bitsch,1974).Another conclusive femoralmuscle,onebundleofwhichextendsfarintothe apomorphyis[16]therestrictionofmusculaturetothe femur is an autapomorphy of Diplura. However, basalmostantennomereandthepresenceofJohnston's reinvestigationsbySzucsichandPass(2008)letthis organinthesecond(whileanunmuscledflagellum as characterappeardoubtful.[12]Whetheralossofthe suchissharedwithMalacostraca,seeabove).[17]The anteriortentorialarmsisapotentialautapomorphyof posteriortentorialarmsarefusedmediallytoform a HEXAPODPHYLOGENY:ACRITICALREVIEW 7

transversetubeorbeam (whilesimilar–butmedially (postantennalorgans)and Protura (pseudoculi)but separated–apodemesaresharedwithmanyMalacos- absentinDipluraandInsecta.[31]Therectalampullae tracaandperhapsotherHexapoda,seeabove).[18]The and papillae ofthe hindgut are perhaps another tarsusissubdividedintoseveraltarsomeres(e.g.,Sturm apomorphycommontoDipluraandInsecta(Bitschand andMachida,2001).[19]Theclaw-bearingpraetarsusis Bitsch,1998).[32] The similar structure ofthe reduced,wherebythebasesoftheclawsareincontact abdominalappendagesmayalsosupportthisclade:coxal withthedistalmarginofthelasttarsomere.[20]The lobeswithcoxalsclerites(=coxites,oftenfusedwiththe dorsaltip ofthe abdomen bearsalong,articulate eusternite)bearingstyliandcoxalvesicles.[33]Paired terminal filament (=caudal filament, paracercus; pretarsalclawsand[34]themulti-segmentedfilamen- reduced in Pterygota other tous cercimay provide further support,but the thanEphemeroptera).[21]Theantennalvesselsare phylogeneticinterpretation isambiguous(Klassand separatedfromtheaorta(Pass,1991,1998,2000;Passet Kristensen,2001:268). al.,2006).[22]Thelabialglandsopenontheanterior AcladeCollembola+ Protura(=Ellipura)hasnot baseofthelabiumandleadintoasalivariumenclosedby beenobtainedinmorphology-basedcladisticanalyses thelabium andhypopharynx(BitschandBitsch,2004). (BitschandBitsch,1998,2000,2004;BeutelandGorb, Intheembryo[23]theserosafoldsovertheventralside 2001,2006;Giribetetal.,2004:Fig.1;seealsoKoch, frombothsidesandafteritsclosureformsatransitional 1997,2000a,b,2001).Yet,[35]thespecialform of cavity;atleastpartoftheinnerfoldwallsoriginatesfrom entognathy(seeabove)isperhapsagoodargument, embryonictissue,thusrepresentinganamnion(Machida whileitalsoappearspossiblethatthedipluran-type andAndo,1998;Machidaetal.,2002;Masumotoand entognathy is derived from it. Further ellipuran Machida,2006;Machida2006).[24]Theappendagesof apomorphiesare[36]thegroove-like“lineaventralis” abdominalsegment1transitionallyformglandularpleuro- alongtheventralmidlineofthelabium andcervical podia(Machida,1981;Sturm andMachida,2001:159, region (Willmann,2005a:Fig.A.6) and [37] the 173;Heming,2003:134). transformationofdistalpartsoftheanteriorabdominal appendagestovesicle-likestructures(apicalvesiclesof RelationshipsbetweenCollembola,Protura,Diplura,and ventraltubeinCollembolaandofabdominalappendages Insecta 1–3inProtura;seeKlassandKristensen,2001:277). ThegroupingofCollembola,Protura,andDiplura AcladeCollembola+Diplura+Insectaisindicated intoataxonEntognatha(e.g.,Hennig,1969;Boudreaux, by[38]acharacteroftheprimaryembryonicsheath 1979)hasbeenbasedonthereductionof[25]the (serosa):ProturaaretheonlyHexapodainwhichthe compound eyes and [26] the Malpighian tubules; serosacontributestothefinaldorsalwalloftheanimal, nonetheless,undertheTetraconatahypothesistheweak asinCrustaceaandMyriapoda,whileintheremaining developmentofthe latter is more parsimoniously hexapods this feature has become lost(Fukuiand consideredplesiomorphic.[27]Theinclusion ofthe Machida,2006;Machida,2006). mandibles and maxillae in deep head pouches Mostmolecularanalyseshaveobtainedaclade (entognathy)isafurtherargument.Thestructureand Diplura+ Protura(Wheeleretal.,2001:Fig.12A; ontogenyofthepouchesandsurroundingpartsdiffer Giribetetal.,2004:Fig.2;Kjer,2004;Luanetal.,2005; stronglybetweenEllipura(=Collembola+Protura)and Kjeretal.,2006;MallattandGiribet,2006),basedona Diplura (Koch,1997;Kristensen,1998;Ikeda and varietyofdifferentanalyticalmethods,andoftenwith Machida,1998;Machida,2006):mandiblesandmaxillae strongsupport.Collembolaaremostfrequentlyfoundas inseparatepouchesinEllipurabutinasinglepouchin thesistergrouptoDiplura+Protura(Kjer,2004;Luanet Diplura.However,inallentognathansthe“mouthtube” al.,2005;Kjeretal.,2006;MallattandGiribet,2006), isformedbyhypertrophiedlateralcranialfoldsthatgrow confirmingtheEntognathahypothesis;onlyinWheeler overthemandiblesandmaxillaeandfusewith the etal.(2001:Fig.12A)theyaresistertoInsecta. labrum and labium, and this stillconstitutes an Inconsequence,therelationshipsamongCollembo- apomorphysharedamongtheentognathantaxa. la,Protura,Diplura,andInsectaremainunclear. OtherargumentsfavouracladeDiplura+ Insecta: [28]Theflagellum ofthespermatozoahasanadditional 4.BasalrelationshipsinInsecta outercylinderofninemicrotubuli(Dallai,1998;Jamieson MonophylyofArchaeognatha etal.,1999).[29]In theembryonicdevelopmenta Thisissupportedby[39]theverylarge,dorsally secondaryembryonicsheathisformed(amnion)that contiguouscompoundeyes,[40]thebilobedglossaand growsfromthemarginsoftheembryoaroundtheentire paraglossa,[42]atriangularprojection on the first egg and displaces the serosa (Ikeda and Machida, maxillarypalpomere,and[43]theabsenceoftracheal 2001;Machida,2006:Fig.4;SekiyaandMachida,2009). spiracles on abdominalsegment1(see Sturm and [30] Temporal organs are present in Collembola Machida,2001:Figs.8.8,8.9,8.62,8.63).Sturm and 8 K.-D.KLASS

Machida(2001:189f)andBitschandBitsch(2004)list few subgroupsofPterygota(e.g.,MatzkeandKlass, further potential autapomorphies, most of which, 2005:112, references therein). For two further however,appearlessconclusiveintheoneortheother charactersthepolarityisunclear:[51]Theseptum that way. separatesthelumenofthecercusfrom theremaining hemolymphspaceisnon-muscularinArchaeognathabut MonophylyofDicondylia muscular in Zygentoma s.str.and Ephemeroptera [44]Themedianfusionoftheanteriortentorial (Gereben-KrennandPass,1999,2000;Passetal.,2006). armsappearstobeuniquetotheDicondyliaandclearly [52]Ontogeny starts with a completely superficial supportsthisgroup.Allothercharactersareambiguous cleavage(Kristensen,1998;Sturm andMachida,2001: tosomeextent:[45]Theadditionalanteriorarticulation 173;seedatainBitschandBitsch,1998forambiguous betweenmandibleandheadcapsule(Staniczek,2000; polarity). FürstvonLieven,2000;Koch,2001:153)and[46] ThemonophylyofDicondyliaissupportedinall theepistomalsulcus(clypeofrontalsulcus;traversing morphology-basedcladisticanalyses(BeutelandGorb, betweentheanteriorbasesofthemandibles)areamong 2001,2006;BitschandBitsch,2004;Giribetetal.,2004: the mostwell-known autapomorphies proposed for Fig.1)aswellasinmostmolecular-basedanalyses .ThearticulationisfairlylooseinZygentoma (Wheeleretal.,2001:Fig.12A;Kjer,2004;Luanetal., s.str.,Tricholepidion,andnymphsofEphemeroptera 2005;Kjeretal.,2006;MallattandGiribet,2006).Onthe (actuallytwocloselyadjacentarticulationswiththebase otherhand,Edgecombeetal.(2000)didnotfinda oftheanteriortentorialarm andthemarginofthe monophyletic Dicondylia using H3 and U2 snRNA clypeus),whileOdonataandNeopterahaveatightball- sequences.Regieretal.(2004)in theircombined and-socket joint. However, Collembola also show analysisofEF-1α,EF-2,andPol-IIfoundsupportfor articulation-likedifferentiationsattheanteriorbaseof Archaeognatha+ Zygentoma assistertoPterygota the mandible,and in Archaeognathathe membrane (based on severalanalyticalmethodsbutwith low betweenthescleritemarginsisverynarrow (Koch, support).Kjeretal.(2006)foundthatthemitochondrial 2001).Furthermore,dicondylicmandiblesare wide- COI,COII,12S,and16Sdataalsosupportsuchaclade. spreadinMyriapoda(e.g.,Rilling,1968forChilopoda) Giribetetal.(2004:Fig.2)obtainedArchaeognatha+ andMalacostraca.Insome subgroupsofMalacostraca ZygentomaasasubgroupofPterygotabasedonnuclear theanteriorarticulationshowsaverysimilarstructure rRNA,COI,16S,andH3sequences. andlocation(ontheheadcapsule)asinDicondylia,andis alsoassociatedwithanepistomalsulcus(e.g.,Schmidt, MonophylyofZygentomas.str.(excl.Tricholepidion) 1915;Snodgrass,1950;Manton,1964;Lauterbach,1970; Zygentoma s. str. includes the , Marvillet,1978).[47]Thegonangulum-scleriteofthe (incl.Atelurinae),Protrinemuridae,and ovipositorisevenmoredoubtfulasanautapomorphy (Koch,2003).Itsmonophylyisdifficultto ofDicondylia,because its two precursor sclerites substantiate.[53]The flathabituswith horizontally (laterocoxite and praecoxite in Bitsch,1974;Klass, orientated,dorsoventrallyflattenedcoxaeandfemora 2003a:Fig.64)arestillseparatedinovipositor-bearing andwithcoxalexcavationsreceivingthefemora(Koch, Odonata(fusedonlyinEpiophlebia)andsome basal 2003;Willmann,2003,2005a;BitschandBitsch,2004;all Dermaptera,astheyareinArchaeognatha(Klass,2003a: less distinct in Tricholepidion) was a favourable 202,2008). preconditionfortheevolutionofflight(Hasenfuss,2002) Regardingsome furtherapomorphiessharedby andmaythusbeplesiomorphicforDicondylia.[54]The Zygentomas.str.andPterygota,dataonTricholepidion roundlensesoftheommatidia(Koch,2003)arenotvery are lacking,and these apomorphies eithersupport conclusiveinviewofthegeneralreductionofcompound Dicondylia,orDicondyliaexcludingTricholepidion:[48] eyesinZygentoma.[55]Thelossofocelliisalsonotvery Thetrachealsystem hasregularconnectionsbetween convincinginviewofthemultipleindependentlossof thetwosidesofasegmentandbetweensuccessive ocelli in Neoptera. [56] The conjugation of the segments.Diplurahavealmostexclusivelylongitudinal spermatozoaisstructurallyinhomogeneous(seebelow). connections (Bitsch and Bitsch,1998),for which A few characters contradictthe monophyly of positionalcorrespondencewiththoseinDicondyliais Zygentomas.str.:[57]Thefusionoftheanteriorand unclear,andArchaeognathahaveatmostsomescattered posteriorpartsofthetentorium inMaindroniidaeand longitudinalandtransverseconnections(Stobbart,1956; Pterygota(Koch,2003)isapotentialsynapomorphyof SturmandMachida,2001).[49]Theegghasamicropyle thesetaxa.[58]Winglikeprocessesontheanterior forfertilization(Sturm andMachida,2001:173).[50]In tentorialarmsthatbearpartofthemandibularadductor thematureembryothefronsoftheheadbearsan attachmentsoccurinLepismatidaeandMaindroniidae unpairedeggtooth(Sturm andMachida,2001:173); (Koch,2003) but also in at least Mantodea and however,aneggtoothhassofarbeenreportedonlyfor PhasmatodeaamongthePterygota(KlassandEulitz, HEXAPODPHYLOGENY:ACRITICALREVIEW 9

2007;seemuscle21inLevereault,1938forMantodea). dorsalbaseofthecerciisincontactwiththehindmargin Zygentoma s.str.varyalotwithregardto[59]the oftergite10(Klass,2001a:Figs.29–36),anddorsal presenceofstyliandcoxalvesiclesandthefusionof longitudinalmusclesofsegment10cometoactascercal coxitesandeusterniteinthepregenitalabdomen(e.g., muscles.[71] The delimitation oflateralcervical Bitsch,1979:344f).Since Pterygota always lack scleritesfrom prothoracicsclerotizationscouldbea pregenitalstyliandcoxalvesicles,andhavecoxitesand furtherautapomorphyofPterygota(Boudreaux,1979: sternitesfused,thischaractercomplexwouldinclude 189;Weidner,1982:154),butaclearinterpretation apomorphiessharedbetweenPterygotaandsubgroups requiresacomprehensiveevaluationofthepublished ofZygentomas.str. dataacrossInsecta. Giribetetal.(2004:Fig.2)andRegieretal.(2004, Ontheotherhand,[72]theevidencefromthefusion 2005)aretheonlymolecularcontributionsthatinclude oftheanteriorandposteriorpartsofthetentorium is morethanonefamilyofZygentomas.str.:Lepismatidae ambiguous(seecharacter[57]).[73]Thedirecttransfer andNicoletiidae.Intheiranalysesthesetaxagroup ofaspermatophore(orsperm)tothefemalegenitaliavia together,butoneshouldnotethatinthesameanalysesa amalecopulatoryorganisalsoanambiguouspterygotan cladeArchaognatha+Zygentomaisobtained. autapomorphy,becauseatransferfrom themalegenital openingtothefemaleisfoundinEphemeropteraand MonophylyofPterygota Neoptera,whereas in Odonata the sperm is first Withtheevolutionofflighttheentireskeletomuscu- transferredfrom themalegenitalopeningtoamale larsystem ofthe thorax has undergone extensive copulatoryorganonabdominalsegments2and3,and structuraltransformation(Boudreaux,1979;Hasenfuss, onlythentothefemalegenitalia. 2002,2008).The most evident autapomorphy of Mostmolecularstudiesconfirm themonophylyof Pterygotais[60]thepresenceofwingsonthemeso-and Pterygota(Wheeleretal.,2001;Hovmölleretal.,2002; metathorax.Atanearlystageofwingevolutionallthree TerryandWhiting,2005;Kjeretal.,2006;Mallatand thoracicsegmentswereinvolved,asshownbysmall, Giribet,2006).OnlyGiribetetal.(2004:Fig.2)obtain winglike,veinedlaterallobesontheprothoraxofmany Archaeognatha+ZygentomaasasubgroupofPterygota, CarboniferousPterygotafrom severalmajorsubgroups and Giribetetal.(2001)find the long branch taxa (e.g.,Kukalová-Peck,1978,2008;Bechlyetal.,2001; DrosophilaandJapygidaeinagroupwithCrustacea, GrimaldiandEngel,2005).Thewingsconstituteavery remote from other pterygotans. In Kjer (2004) complexcharactersystem comprisingmanyfeaturesof Tricholepidionis,withweaksupport,nestedinPterygota thevenationandbasalarticulationthataresharedbyall assistertoOdonata. Pterygota.Furtherautapomorphiesinthepterothoracic segmentsofPterygota(accordingtoHasenfuss,2002, RelationshipsbetweenTricholepidion,Zygentoma s.str., 2008)are[61]thefusionofcertainscleritesbetween andPterygota coxaandwingbasethatformerlyhadbeendiscrete AmongthesynapomorphiesproposedforTrichole- podomeres;[62]theextensivesclerotizationofformerly pidionandZygentomas.str.,[74]thefour-segmented membraneousareas;[63]thepleuralsulcus;[64]the labialpalps (Staniczek,2000)is perhaps the most separation ofthe basalar sclerite from the other convincing,asthisisapparentlyneitherreportedfor sclerotizationsofthemostproximalformerpodomere; apterygotesnorforbasalPterygota.Allothercharacters and[65]theformationofthesubalarsclerite.Afurther areproblematic.Parallelevolutionisrequiredfor[75] characteris[66]thedelimitationofaposteriorsclerite thereductionofthehypopharyngealsuperlinguae(also portion(scutellum)byacurvedsulcus.Thescutellum trueformostPterygota),andfor[76]theenlargedapical alsoservesasapumpcasefortheunderlyingenlarged labial palpomere (also found in some Pterygota partoftheheart(Pass,2000).Inthecirculatorysystem andArchaeognatha;seeStaniczek,2000;Sturm and (Pass,1991,1998;Passetal.,2006),[67]thepaired Machida,2001:86).[77]Somekindofspermconjugation circumoesophagealvessels are absent (present in ispresentinTricholepidionandallfamiliesofZygentoma Collembola,Diplura,Archaeognatha,andZygentoma). s.str.,butitisachievedinseveraldifferentwaysthatcan [68]Thelegshavediaphragmsconsistingofconnective hardlybeconsideredasincludingasharedapomorphy tissue,which separate the distally and proximally (Dallaietal.,2001,2002,2004).[78]Thehook-like directedhemolymphcurrents.[69]Theendoskeleton condyleatthedorsalbaseofthecercithatisarticulated made from connective tissue,which in apterygote upon thefree,overhanginghindedgeofabdominal Hexapodaservesfortheattachmentofmanymuscles, tergite10(Koch,2003)couldindeedbeaprecursor hasbeenlostalmostcompletely(Birket-Smith,1974; structureofthesimplerarticulationbetweencercalbase Boudreaux,1979:188;seecharacter[112]forvestigesin andhindmarginoftergite10inmanyEphemeroptera Dictyoptera).[70]Thelateralpartsofabdominaltergite andNeoptera(intercorrelatedwithcharacter[70];Klass, 11arereducedandfragmented,orabsent.Therebythe 2001a).The articulation could thus as wellbe an 10 K.-D.KLASS

autapomorphyofDicondylia.TricholepidionandNicoletii- gap between certain axillary sclerites and their daeshare[79]specialsensillaon theundersideof associatedwingveins,andflexionlineswithinthewing the terminalfilamentofmales(Wygodzinsky,1961; base(e.g.,Hennig,1969:151f,Fig.25A;Boudreaux, Kristensen,1991);however,are-examinationofthis 1979:201;Hörnschemeyerand Willkommen,2007). characterinaselectionofZygentomaandEphemero- Neopteryallowsforenteringcleftsorcrevicesinorder pteraspeciesisadvisable. tosearchforfoodorshelter,anditfurthermoreenables A cladeZygentoma s.str.+ Pterygotareceives adaptationtolifeinnarrowspaceswithouttheneedto supportfrom[80]thecompletelossoflateralgenalfolds giveuptheabilitytofly.Itoftengoesalongwitha andresultingexposureofthemouthpartbases;[81]the hardeningoftheforewingsintotegminathatalsoprotect lossofthezygomaticligamentconnectingtheventral themoredelicatehindwings. mandibularadductorsofthetwosides;[82]theorigin Inrecentyears,however,manyleadingworkers ofthe posteriormostmandibular adductors on the havetendedtoconsiderneopteryastheplesiomorphic tentorium (Staniczek,2000fortheseheadcharacters); conditionforPterygota(Brodsky,1994;Willmann,1998; and by [83]the non-segmentalarrangementofthe Kukalová-Peck,2008;Willkommen,2008;Hörnsche- ovarioles(Barnhart,1961:192;BitschandBitsch,1998) meyerandWillkommen,2007,leavethequestionof contrasting the segmentalarrangementin Japygina, polarityopen).Palaeoptery,foundinEphemeroptera, Archaeognatha,andTricholepidion (Štysetal.,1993: Odonata,and most Palaeodictyopteroidea†,is then Table1,Fig.2).Staniczek(2000)proposes[84]the regardedashavingevolvedseveraltimesindependently; presence ofamuscle connecting the mandible and for Ephemeroptera and Odonata it is variously hypopharynxasafurtherargument,butasimilarmuscle consideredhomologous(e.g.,Kukalová-Peck,2008)or isfoundinArchaeognathaandCollembola(Bitsch,1963: homoplastic(Willkommen,2008). 632). [86]Thearoliumbetweenthepraetarsalclawsmay Amongthemorphology-basedcladisticanalyses, beanautapomorphyofNeoptera(BeutelandGorb, TricholepidionissistertoZygentomas.str.inGiribetet 2006),butifsoithasbeenlostsofrequentlythatinthe al.(2004:Fig.1),buttotheremainingDicondyliain cladisticanalysisofBeutelandGorb(2006)itisnot BeutelandGorb(2001)andBitschandBitsch(2004). confirmedassuch.[87]Thegonoplacsoftheovipositor BeutelandGorb(2006)obtainanunresolvedtrichotomy formingasheatharoundthetwopairsofgonapophyses ofTricholepidion,Zygentoma s.str.,and Pterygota. (e.g.,Kristensen,1975;GrimaldiandEngel,2005:158) Molecularanalysesarealsocontradictory.18Sdataalone isnotaconvincingautapomorphyofNeoptera,asthis letTricholepidionappearasthesistergroupofOdonata conditionisdiscreteonlyinafewneopteransubgroups, (butwithweaksupport;Kjer,2004).Kjeretal.(2006), while others (e.g.,Dermaptera,Dictyoptera) do includingseveralgenes,obtainedTricholepidionsisterto notdiffer distinctly in this respectfrom Odonata theremainingZygentoma.InGiribetetal.(2004:Fig.2) (Ephemeropteralackanovipositor). TricholepidionissubordinateinZygentoma.Terryand Neoptera resultas monophyletic in nearly all Whiting(2005),applyingvariousalignmentparameters molecular-based phylogenetic analyses,based on a to18S,28S,andH3sequences,foundTricholepidionas varietyofnuclearandmitochondrialgenesanddifferent thesistergroupofZygentomas.str.+Pterygota. analyticalmethods(Wheeleretal.,2001;Hovmölleret Theevidenceconcerningtherelationshipsbetween al.,2002;Kjer,2004;TerryandWhiting,2005;Kjeretal., Tricholepidion,Zygentomas.str.,andPterygotaisthus 2006;MallattandGiribet,2006).InsomeofCameronet extremelycontradictorybothbasedonmorphological al.’s(2006a;mitochondrialgenome)analyses,however, andmoleculardata.SincethemonophylyofZygentoma theOdonataaresubordinateintheNeoptera(closeto excl.Tricholepidionisalsohardlysupported,thebasal Orthoptera),thoughwithlowsupport. splittingeventsinDicondyliaarealtogetherobscure. Relationships between Ephemeroptera,Odonata,and 5.BasalrelationshipsinPterygota Neoptera MonophylyofNeoptera Therelationshipsbetweenthesetaxahavelong Thiscladeisdifficulttoarguefromamorphological beencontroversial,andallthreepossiblehypotheses perspective.[85]Neopteryhaslongappearedasthe stillreceivesupportbypartofthedata.Charactersofthe mostevidentautapomorphyofthisclade.Itmeansthe flightapparatusaredifficulttoapplytothisproblem, abilitytoswingbothpairsofwingsbackwardhorizontally becausethebasalmostdichotomyinPterygotaishere sothattheylieontheabdomen,forewingscovering theissue,andpotentialoutgrouptaxaarewingless(wing hindwingsandallanteriorwingmarginsdirected(ventro-) charactersarebrieflysummarisedinWillkommen,2008: laterally.Thisneopterousconditionisbasedonaspecial 290ff). architectureofthe3rdaxillary,aspecialfunctionofthe ThehypothesisofaOdonata+ Neopteraclade (plesiomorphic)muscleattachedtoit,amembraneous (=Metapterygota)appearsmostconvincingfrom the HEXAPODPHYLOGENY:ACRITICALREVIEW 11

morphologicalpointofview (Kristensen,1991;Beutel 2008),Bechlyetal.(2001),andSoldán(2003),hasbeen and Gorb,2006). [88] The anterior mandibular advocatedmainlybasedoncharactersfromthevenation articulationisaball-and-socketjointwiththeginglymus andarticulationofthewings,thoughforsuchcharacters (acetabulum)onthemandibleandthecondyleonthe polarityisdifficulttoargue.Onecharacterconcerns[98] head capsule (Staniczek,2000).In correlation with the presence of intercalary veins: parts of the the resulting limitation ofmandibular movements, archaedictyon(anetworkofcrossveinsbetweenthe [89]severalmandibularmuscles have become lost mainwingveins)arerearrangedtoform long,straight (Staniczek,2000). Nonetheless, the very similar linesin between the main veins.Itisnoteworthy, articulationinmanyMalacostracamustbekeptinmind however,thattheputativelymostplesiotypicOdonato- (seecharacter[45]).[90]OdonataandNeopteradonot ptera(CarboniferousGeroptera)neitherhadintercalary haveimaginalmoultsasEphemeroptera(fromsubimago veinsnoranarchaedictyon(e.g.,Willmann,2005a:29; to imago),Zygentoma,and Archaeognatha(frequent GrimaldiandEngel,2005:174).[99]A basalbrace imaginalmoults,Sturm andMachida,2001:175,185). betweentheposteriorcubitalandanterioranalveins [91]Themeso-andmetathoraciclegsandalsothewings (cup–aa1)alsooccursinPlecoptera(Béthoux,2005). aresuppliedbytwotrachealstemseach,whichcome [100]A commonstem oftheanteriorandposterior from thespiraclesofthesame andofthefollowing sectorsofthemedia(MA,MP;HaasandKukalová-Peck, segment.InZygentoma andEphemeroptera(usually) 2001:494,Table6A)isalsowide-spreadinNeoptera(see thelegsandparanotaorwingsaresuppliedonlybyone Kukalová-Peck,1991;Kristensen,1991:131).[101]The trachealstem from thesame segment(Ander,1938; shortantennae (Hennig,1969)have likely evolved Kristensen,1975).[92]Theheartisclosedposteriorly independently in Odonata and Ephemeroptera,as and lacks a valve in its abdominalportion;the distinctly longer antennae probably occurred in hemolymphcurrentisthusdirectedanteriadalongthe Palaeozoic relatives ofboth taxa (Brauckmann and entireheart(Passetal.,2006).InDiplura,Archaeogna- Zessin,1989;GrimaldiandEngel,2005:167).Ithasbeen tha,andZygentomatheheartisopenposteriorly,butitis proposed that in nymphs ofboth Ephemeroptera alsoclosedinCollembolaandProtura.[93]Odonataand and Odonata[102]the galeaand laciniaare fused. Neoptera have a nervous connection between the However,thecharacterisambiguousduetoconjectural corporacardiacaandcorporaallata,whichisabsentin homologisationofthetwoterminalmaxillaryprocesses Ephemeropteraandinapterygotehexapods.However, inOdonatawiththepalpus,galea,andlacinia(e.g., foroneephemeropteranspeciessuchanervehasbeen Matsuda,1965). reported(seeKristensen,1975).Ontheotherhand, The poormorphologicalargumentsforaclade [94] occlusor muscles on the abdominalspiracles Ephemeroptera+Neopteramostlyrefertodirectsperm (Kristensen,1991;BeutelandGorb,2006)cannotbe transferandtotheflightapparatus,especiallywhich consideredasynapomorphyofOdonataandNeoptera. thoracicmusclegroupscausethemovementsrelevantto First,theocclusorsofOdonataandNeopterashowavery flight(e.g.,Boudreaux,1979:195f).Thesearguments differentspatialarrangement(Miller,1962;Poonawalla, are strongly weakened by problems with character 1966;Klass,2008:101f);second,the zygentoman polarity. Thermobia has spiracle muscles in the posterior Molecularresultsarecontradictory.Allanalyses abdominalsegmentsthatshow positionalcorrespon- depend much on18S and28S rDNA data,and dencewiththoseinmanyNeoptera(Rousset,1973; incongruencemainlyresultsfrom analyticaldifferences. KlassandKristensen,2001:Figs.14,15).[95]Thenear- AcladeEphemeroptera+ NeopteraisobtainedinKjer completereductionoftheterminalfilament(Beuteland (2004:18S)andfavouredbyMallatandGiribet(2006,but Gorb,2006)isneitheraconvincingcharacter,becausein withEphemeropteraandOdonatarepresentedbyonly some PalaeozoicrelativesofOdonatathefilamentis onespecieseach).Incontrast,Wheeleretal.(2001:Fig. fairlylongandprobablyjointed(Bechlyetal.,2001: 12A) recover Odonata + Ephemeroptera.Such a Fig.12).Atmosta moderate reduction could be PalaeopteracladeisalsosupportedinHovmölleretal. synapomorphicforOdonataandNeoptera.For[96]the (2002:18Sand28S),butthisanalysisusedanunadjusted absence ofthe tentorio-lacinialmuscle (presentin Clustalalignmentandagapcost75× thatofnucleotide ArchaeognathaandEphemeroptera,butnotreportedfor changes.TheanalysesbyKjeretal.(2006)findthesame Zygentoma)and [97]the absence ofsuperlinguae relationshipsusingthecombineddata,whileseparate (presentinArchaeognathaandEphemeroptera,butnot analysesofbothEF-1α andthe18S+28SrRNAsupport inZygentoma;seeKristensen,1991:131)interpreta- Ephemeroptera+ Neoptera.TerryandWhiting(2005) tionsareambiguous(Kristensen,1975andreferences didnotpresentaseparatemolecularhypothesisand therein). support Odonata + Neoptera under inclusion of The hypothesis Ephemeroptera + Odonata (dubious)morphologicaldata.OgdenandWhiting(2003) (),favouredbye.g.,Kukalová-Peck(1997, showedthattheresultofHovmölleretal.(2002)is 12 K.-D.KLASS

supported only underanarrow range ofalignment differentdependingonthealignmentparametersused. parameters;usingadditionalsequencedata(18S,28S, The conflictsamong the mentioned analysesstems H3)forabroaderselectionoftaxa,andapplyingawider mostly from the analyticalmethodsemployed.The rangeofanalyticalmethodologies,theyconcludethat support values for groupings comprising several theiranalysescouldnotclearlyresolverelationships principallineagesofNeopteraareverylow inmost amongthethreetaxa. cases.Butevenforcladeswithhighsupportvalues, therecanbecontradictoryevidence.Forexample,Terry 6.BasalrelationshipsinNeoptera and Whiting (2005)and Kjer etal.(2006)found Thebasicsituation Mantophasmatodea+ Notopterastronglysupportedby Kristensen (1991: Fig.5.5) showed a basal nuclearrDNA,while Cameron etal.(2006b)in an neopteranpolytomyincludingtenlineages:Plecoptera, analysisofthewholemitochondrialgenome,andKjeret Dictyoptera,Notoptera,Dermaptera,Orthoptera,Phas- al.(2006)usingpartsofit,foundMantophasmatodea+ matodea,Embioptera,Zoraptera,Acercaria,andEndo- Phasmatodeadistinctlysupported. pterygota.LaterMantophasmatodea(describedinKlass etal.,2002)hasbeenaddedasaneleventhlineage. Morphologicalevidenceonneopteranrelationships Effortstoresolvethispolytomyonamorphologicalbasis Firstitisnoteworthythatseveraloftheprincipal sufferfrom thevastincompletenessofthedatabase lineagesofNeopterashowfeaturesthatappearuniquely (especiallyonthemusculature,nervoussystem,and plesiomorphicattheneopteranorevenpterygotanlevel; internalorgans),andfrom anextensiveinconsistence theabsenceoftherespectivefeaturewouldsupportthe amongcharacters.Altogethertherelationshipsamong monophylyofallneopteranlineagesunderexclusionof theelevenlineagesareobscuredbysuchextensive thelineageinquestion. contradictionsthatsharedapomorphiescanbefoundfor Plecopterashowaparticularlygreatnumberofsuch numerous incongruentgroupings.Cladistic analyses plesiomorphies,thoughformostofthesecharactersthe suchasBeutelandGorb(2001,2006)mustbeseenas interpretation includes problems. [103] Plecoptera very preliminary because ofthe incomplete data have cercalvessels,which are otherwise found in available.Thesituationisnotbetterwithmolecular- Diplura,Archaeognatha,Zygentoma,andEphemeroptera basedanalyses.Differentdatasetsusuallyyieldvery (conditionunknowninOdonata)butnotinneopterans differentresultsforthebasalneopteranrelationships (Passetal.,2006:characters10,11).However,this (comparee.g.,nuclearsequencesinTerryandWhiting, charactercannotbe judged in the many taxawith 2005andmitochondrialdatainCameronetal.,2006b), reducedorabsentcerci(mainlyPhasmatodea,Ortho- andstrongdifferencesmayalsooccurwhenthesame ptera,Acercaria,Endopterygota,Zoraptera).[104]In dataaresubjectedtodifferentmethodsofalignmentand plecopterannymphsastrandcomposedofmuscularand treeconstruction(seetreesinTerryandWhiting,2005). connectivetissuehasbeenfoundthatconnectsthe Itisthusnotsurprisingthatinrecentyearsanumberof upperandlowerwallsofthemaxillarystipes(Moulins, mutuallyincongruentmorphology-ormolecular-based 1968:ts in Fig.12;“transverse stipitalmuscle”in hypothesesonbasalneopteranrelationshipshavebeen Moulins,1968,Kristensen,1991,andBeutelandGorb, proposed. 2001,2006).Itshowspositionalcorrespondencewith ligamentousstructuresinZygentoma (Chaudonneret, Molecularevidenceonneopteranrelationships 1950:dsainFig.42)andArchaeognatha(Bitsch,1963: Wheeler etal.(2001:Fig.12A,18S + 28S) maxillaryligamentslmx1andlmx2inFig.45),andhas foundabasalsplitbetween(Phasmatodea+Dictyoptera notbeenreportedforotherPterygota(e.g.,Rähle,1970: + Orthoptera + Embioptera + Acercaria) and Table3).However,thesedelicatestrandsmayhavebeen (Dermaptera+Plecoptera+Zoraptera+Endopterygo- overlooked in other studies,and they have been ta).TheanalysesbyKjer(2004:18S)andKjeretal. documentedonlyfornymphsofPlecoptera,whilethere (2006:severalgenes),bothexcludingZoraptera,yielded arenostudiesofthenymphalmouthpartmusculaturein a sistergroup relationship between Plecoptera + otherlowerneopterantaxa.Moreover,Zygentomaand DermapteraandtheremainingNeoptera,whichincluded Archaeognathahave additionalintrinsicstipitalliga- amonophyleticgroupcontainingNotoptera+ Manto- mentslocatedfurtherposteriorly,andthesehavesofar phasmatodea,Phasmatodea+ Embioptera,andDictyo- beenfoundonlyinEmbioptera(Rähle,1970:B2inTable ptera.TerryandWhiting(2005:18S+28S,H3)obtained 3andp.265).Intheabdominalnervoussystem [105] themonophylaPhasmatodea+ Orthoptera+ Embiop- mostNeopterahavealateralnerveBgivingorigintothe tera,Dermaptera + Plecoptera + Zoraptera,and branchestotheventralbodywallandtothemid- Notoptera + Mantophasmatodea; the relationships segmentallateral(dorsoventral)muscles.InPlecoptera among these groups and the remaining neopteran thesebranchesoriginatefrom theventralnerveCand taxa(Dictyoptera,Acercaria,Endopterygota)arevery the dorsalnerve A,respectively,as in Zygentoma HEXAPODPHYLOGENY:ACRITICALREVIEW 13

(Birket-Smith,1974)andEphemeroptera(Birket-Smith, Oneofthefewinner-neopteranrelationshipsthatin 1971).Nonetheless,innervationoflateralmusclesbya recentyearshasbeenincreasinglyconfirmed–though branch ofnerve A is also sporadically found in againwithoutsomecounterevidence–isthesistergroup EmbiopteraandPhasmatodea,andtheformationofa relationship between Acercaria and Endopterygota nerveB isthusanambiguousautapomorphyofnon- (cladePhalloneoptera=Eumetabola).Severalpotential plecopteranNeoptera(KlugandKlass,2007).Plecoptera synapomorphiesarereportedfortheflightapparatus aretheonlyknownNeopterawhere[106]theabdominal (Haasand Kukalová-Peck,2001;Kukalová-Peck and dorsalnervesA arisefrom theCNSinfrontoftheir Lawrence,2004;Hörnschemeyer and Willkommen, ganglia (Klug and Klass,2007),as in Zygentoma 2007;seealsoBeutelandPohl,2006:204):[114]a (HeckmannandKutsch,1995).However,Ephemero- sclerotizationonthejugum ofthewing(jugalbar;see ptera(KlugandKlass,2007)andOdonata(Klass,2008: alsoHamilton,1972a,b;Kristensen,1991:135);[115]a Fig.16)correspondwiththenon-plecopteranNeoptera broad,lobatebaseoftheradius;[116]anelongatebaseof intheoriginofnerveAfrom itsganglion.[107]The themedia;[117]atriangularshapeofthe2ndaxillary; segmentallyarrangedoutlettubesofthetestisinmany [118]anadditionalmuscleinsertingonthe3rdaxillary, Plecopteracanperhapsalsobeconsideredaunique whichthushastwomusclesratherthanonlyone(see plesiomorphy(Zwick,1980:67ff).Altogether,mostofthe alsoMatsuda,1970).Notethatthesewingcharacters characterssupportingabasalposition ofPlecoptera cannotbeassessedintheconsistentlywinglesslineages insideNeopteraaresomewhatambiguous.InBeuteland NotopteraandMantophasmatodea.Inaddition,[119]the Gorb (2006) the sistergroup relationship between sternitesofthemeso-andmetathoraxareinfoldedalong PlecopteraandtheremainingNeopterawasbasedon the midline (pterothoracic endosterny; Kristensen, character[104],whilecharacters[103]and[105]–[107] 1991;Willmann,2005a).[120]The male copulatory werenotincluded. organsshow aspecial,probablyapomorphicmodeof Potential unique plesiomorphies of Notoptera ontogeny:a pairofmesomeres fuses to form an are [108] the presence of a metathoracic spina aedeagus,besidewhichthereisapairoffree,lateral (posteromedianventralapodeme;Walker,1938:ss3in parameres(e.g.,Boudreaux,1979:222).However,the Fig.3);[109]the absence ofaclosing mechanism exposedthoracicsternitesofsome Acercariaandthe (sclerites and muscles)on the abdominalspiracles absenceofanaedeagusinAcercaria-Psocodeaconstitute (Walker,1943;ifthis is actually plesiomorphic for problems.[121]Structuraldetailsoftheovariolesmay Pterygota:seecharacter[94]);and[110]thepresenceof alsosupportphalloneopteranmonophyly(Büning,1994, amedianeversiblesaconabdominalventer1,whichhas 1998;Kristensen,1995).Moreover,there are some beeninterpretedasthemediallyfusedeversiblevesicles apomorphicfeaturesin the female genitalia(Klass, ofthissegment(e.g.,Kristensen,1991:130)–aview 2003a:219,Figs.77,78):[122]ThecoxitesIX have consistentwiththepresenceofpairedretractormuscles anterolateralpouchesthatgiverisetolongtendons,and fromcoxosternum1(Walker,1943:muscle141). [123,124]thebasalsclerotizationsofbothgonapophyses Two other unique plesiomorphies occur in 8 and9 form laterally directed arms.Nonetheless, Dictyoptera:[111]TheproventriculusofmanyBlattaria characters[122]–[124]cannotbeassessedinanumber isverysimilartothecomplicatedproventriculusof ofacercariansubgroupsandinallEndopterygotaexcl. lepismatid Zygentoma (Klass,1998a).However,this Hymenoptera,whichhaveasimplifiedovipositor. issueisambiguousbecausetheproventriculusisvery ThemolecularanalysesinKjer(2004)andKjeretal. simpleinotherZygentoma andmanyPterygota(see (2006)weaklyconfirmacladeAcercaria+Endopterygo- Klass,1998b).[112]BlattariaandIsopteraaretheonly ta,whiletheresultsofWheeleretal.(2001:Fig.12A) Neopterathathaveintheirabdomensimplifiedvestiges contradictit,andTerryandWhiting(2005:combined ofatendinousendoskeleton(Klass,1999;Klugand molecular and morphologicaldata) obtain different Klass,2007):segmentalplateswithinthehyperneural resultsdependingonalignmentparameters. muscle, showing positional correspondence with TheonlyviablealternativetothePhalloneoptera segmentalligamentsofZygentoma(seeKlass,2001a: hypothesis is a sistergroup relationship between Fig.37). AcercariaandZoraptera,whichisdiscussedbelow. Auniqueplesiomorphyonthepterygotanlevelis [113]thepresenceinmanybasal,ovipositor-bearing Anothergroupingofneopteranlineagesapparently Dermapteraofcoxallobesinthefemalegenitalicregion acceptedbymanyauthorsisthe“,”which notonlyinsegmentIX(3rdvalves=gonoplacs)butalso essentiallycomprisesallNeopteraexceptforAcercaria insegmentVIII(Klass,2003a:gl8inFigs.18,23,41). and Endopterygota, though depending on the ThiscomplieswiththepresenceofcoxallobesVIIIin authorPlecopteraand/orZorapteramayadditionallybe ArchaeognathaandZygentoma,which areabsentin excluded (see e. g., Hennig,1969; Boudreaux, otherPterygota. 1979;GrimaldiandEngel2005;Willmann,2005a;other 14 K.-D.KLASS

names describing groupings of such content are (orevenelytra)inmanyHemipteraandColeoptera.As “Paurometabola”and “Pliconeoptera”).However,this theabilitytoentercleftsorcrevicesisoneofthe assemblageofOrthoptera,Dictyoptera,Phasmatodea, putativeadvantagesofneoptery,boththepresenceof Notoptera,Dermaptera,Embioptera,andMantophasma- some tegminisation in the common ancestor of todeais,whetheradditionallyincludingPlecopteraand NeopteraorevenPterygota(withmanyinstancesof Zorapteraornot,hardlysupported.Manyoftheolder secondaryloss)andafrequentindependentevolutionof argumentswerealreadyfalsifiedbyKristensen(1975, tegminisationappearplausible. 1981,1991,1995);like some strongly homoplastic Severalauthorsfavouraclade Phasmatodea+ apomorphies(e.g.,reductionoftarsomeres,lossofocelli Orthopterabasedonwingcharacters(e.g.,Haasand andwings)thesecharactersarenolongermentioned Kukalová-Peck,2001;Willmann,2003,2005a),which here.Animportantpointtonoteisthatamongthe again cannotbeassessedin Mantophasmatodeaand “polyneopteran”taxas.l.thereareonlytwoforwhich Notoptera.Nonetheless,thecharactersareproblematic considerableevidenceexiststhattheymightbemore anywayduetoambiguousveinhomologies.Whether closelyrelatedtoAcercariaand/orEndopterygotathanto PhasmatodeaandOrthopterashare[129]anenlarged other“polyneopterans;”thesearetheDermapteraand praecostalfieldin theforewing(costaremotefrom theZorapteradiscussedbelow. anteriorwingmargin)isdifficulttoassess,because OnecharactermaysupportagroupPlecoptera+ extantPhasmatodealack the costa(Willmann,2003 Orthoptera+ Dictyoptera+ Phasmatodea+ Derma- derivesthishypothesisfrom fossilPhasmatodeathat ptera+ Embioptera+ Notoptera(whileMantophasma- apparentlyhaveretainedthecosta;seealsoBéthouxand todeacannotbeassessedduetolackingexamination):In Nel,2002andBéthoux,2006). additiontotheusualincurrentostia,[125]thehearthas AcladePhasmatodea+ Orthoptera+ Dictyoptera alsoexcurrentostia.However,thesegmentaldistribu- issupportedby[130]aspecialapomorphicmusculature tionofthesevariesstrongly,andwhileinPlecopteraand ofthebasalampullaeoftheantennalvessels;thiswas Embiopteratheostiaareunpairedandmedioventral, foundinallinvestigatedDictyoptera(4species)and theyarepairedinDermaptera,Dictyoptera,Notoptera, Phasmatodea(onlyCarausius)butonlyinpartofthe Phasmatodea,andOrthoptera(Nutting,1951;Passetal., examinedOrthoptera(Passetal.,2006:character8). 2006;seeBarnhart,1961forabsenceinZygentoma). Thismusculaturewasalsoreportedtobeabsentfora AcladePlecoptera+ Orthoptera+ Dictyoptera+ mantophasmatodean(Baumetal.,2007). Phasmatodea+Dermaptera+Notoptera+Mantophas- A group ofsimilar (but in detailuncertain) matodea(i.e.,underexclusionofEmbioptera)maybe composition is indicated by a rearrangement of indicated by two apomorphies,the firstofwhich, sclerotizationsinthecoxitesIX (valvifersIX)ofthe however,isnotapplicabletothewinglessNotopteraand female genitalia,which includes two apomorphies Mantophasmatodea.Thisis[126]theenlargedhindwing (Klass,2003a:203ff).First,[131]amedianfusionofthe analfield,which in reposeisfoldedseveraltimes. anteriormostpartsofthetwocoxitesIX;itoccursin However,sincetheextenttowhichdifferentmainveins probablyallstudiedOrthoptera,Dictyoptera,Phasmato- contributetotheanalfieldvariesconsiderablyamongthe dea,andNotoptera(butalsoArchaeognatha,andnotin taxa(e.g.,HaasandKukalová-Peck,2001;Béthoux, Mantophasmatodea).Second,[132]aspecifictransverse 2005),itisdisputedwhetherthischaractercanbefully division ofcoxitesIX by which the medially fused homologizedamongtaxa.Inaddition,thiswingareahas partbecomesadiscrete,unpaired anteriorsclerite. often undergone strong secondary reduction (e.g., TransversedivisionsofcoxitesIXoccurindifferentways Isoptera, subgroups of Plecoptera), which further across Insecta;they can be distinguished by the reducestheconclusivenessofthischaracter.[127]Tarsal distributionofmuscleattachmentsoncoxiteIX(anterior euplantulaearefoundinalltaxalistedabove(e.g.,Beutel andposteriortergocoxalmuscles,coxogonapophyseal andGorb,2001,2006;Willmann,2003,2005a),butare muscles) and the articulation of coxite IX with (secondarily?)absentinseveralsubgroupsofthese. the gonangulum over the resulting sclerites.The Onlyasinglehighlydoubtfulwingcharactercan differentdivisions in Archaeognatha,in Dictyoptera be mentioned in favourofthe narrowergrouping and Orthoptera,and in Dermaptera,Acercaria,and Orthoptera+ Dictyoptera+ Phasmatodea+ Derma- Endopterygota(seebelow)canbedefinedbythese ptera(+ perhapsNotopteraandMantophasmatodea, criteria.Thespecificsubdivisionhereinquestionis which cannot be assessed):[128] the moderately unambiguouslypresentinmanyDictyoptera(butabsent increasedsclerotisationoftheforewings(tegmina).One inmanyothers)andOrthoptera-Ensifera(Klass,1998c); problemistheabsenceofforewingenforcementinbasal conditionsin Orthoptera-Caeliferaand Phasmatodea, Mantodea(Smart,1956)and itsweaknessin some however,are difficult to interpret.In Plecoptera, membersofDictyopteraandOrthoptera(Kristensen, Embioptera, and Zoraptera (and Ephemeroptera) 1975:12).Anotherproblem isthepresenceoftegmina characters[131]and[132]cannotbeassesseddueto HEXAPODPHYLOGENY:ACRITICALREVIEW 15

their lack of the ovipositor and related sclerite withrespectto,e.g.,thatofDictyoptera(Klass,1998a) differentiations. andthephasmidTimema(Tilgneretal.,1999).However, AcladeDictyoptera+ Notopteraissuggestedbya the presence ofa strongly simplified (Plecoptera, singlecharacter:[133]adiaphragm inthecercusthat Embioptera,andDermaptera)ormodified(Orthoptera) separatesthedistallyandproximallydirectedhemo- proventriculus(whichcouldbederivedfrom conditions lymphflows(Passetal.,2006:character11).Plecoptera asseeninNotopteraandMantophasmatodea)inother show the more plesiomorphic possession ofcercal neopteran lineages strongly limits the phylogenetic vessels,whileatleastMantophasmatodea,Embioptera, conclusiveness of this character. Notoptera and Phasmatodea,andOrthopteralack both vesselsand Mantophasmatodeasharesomeembryologicalfeatures, diaphragms.Ofcourse,theapplicationofthecharacterto i.e.,themannerofblastokinesisandthestructureofthe taxa with reduced cerciis somewhat problematic chorion(UchifuneandMachida,2005:119f;Uchifuneet (comparecharacter[103]). al.,2006). AcladePhasmatodea+Embiopteraissupportedby Ontheotherhand,thereisastrongsimilarity [134]thepresenceofanoperculum attheanteriorpole betweenMantophasmatodeaandDictyopterain[140] andasinglemicropyleontheventralsideoftheegg theconstructionoftherighthalfoftheasymmetrical (Jintsuetal.,2007)(anoperculum isknownformany malegenitalia(Klassetal.,2003:57).Thispatternis Plecoptera,butprobablynotinthegroundpatternof absentinotherHexapoda(thoughare-examinationis thistaxon:Zwick,1980).An apomorphy unique to needed forNotopteraand Phasmatodea).A second PhasmatodeaandEmbiopterais[135]thepresenceofa charactersuggestingthisrelationshipconcerns[141] specialdorsaladductor muscle ofthe paraglossa; the walls ofthe antennalvessels,which only in probablyanadductorofthepraementum hasbecome MantophasmatodeaandDictyopterahaveatwo-layered subdividedbygaininganintermediateinsertion(Maki, basalpart,withapeculiarinnerlayeroftransporting 1935:194;Rähle,1970:303);thedistalpartisthemuscle cells(Passetal.,2006:Fig.17). hereinquestion.However,onlyasinglespeciesper A more inclusive clade Mantophasmatodea + orderhasbeenexamined.Notopteracannotbeassessed Notoptera+ Dictyoptera+ Orthopteraissupportedby sinceneithertheundividednorthedividedmusclesare [142]thepresenceof“connectingbands”intheflagellum present(Rähle,1970:Table4).ForMantophasmatodea ofthespermatozoa(Dallaietal.,2003,2005). theplesiomorphicconditionhasbeenreported(Baumet A clade Mantophasmatodea + Phasmatodea is al.,2007).ThecladePhasmatodea+ Embiopterais supported by the analysis of mitochondrialDNA congruentwith the molecularresultsofTerry and sequencesinCameronetal.(2006b)andKjeretal. Whiting(2005)andofKjeretal.(2006). (2006).Thetwotaxashare[143]aprojectingtransverse HaasandKukalová-Peck(2001)proposeaclade scleritebehindthemalegenitalia(vomerresp.vomeroid Plecoptera+ Embiopterabasedonwingmorphology. inKlassetal.,2002,2003).However,differentpositional Thetwotaxaalsoshare[136]theunpairedexcurrent relationscontradictthehomologyofthesestructures ostiaoftheheart(Passetal.,2006;comparecharacter (Klassetal.,2002),anditremainstobetestedbya [125]),butitisnotclearwhethertheunpairedorthe comparativestudyincludingthemuscularconnections pairedcondition(foundinother“polyneopterans”)is whethersomepostabdominalscleriteinNotopteraisa plesiomorphicfortheseostia.Thelackofmalestyliand potentialhomologue.InbothMantophasmatodeaand oftheovipositor,andtarsomerereduction,thoughfound Phasmatodea[144]theeuplantulaearecoveredwith inmanyNeoptera,maybeviewedasadditionalsupport acanthae. In addition, Mantophasmatodea and the forthishypothesis. phasmatodeangenusTimema(sistertotheremaining Phasmatodea;e.g.,Bradler,2005)share[145]characters Regarding Mantophasmatodea, two molecular ofthearolium,suchasitsenormouslylargesize(Klasset studies(TerryandWhiting,2005;Kjeretal.,2006)as al.,2002)andaventralcoveragewithacanthae(Beutel wellasthemorphology-basedanalysisofBeuteland andGorb,2008).(Thetwolattercharacterscannotbe Gorb (2006)indicate a sistergroup relationship to assessedintaxalackingeuplantulaeandthearolium, Notoptera,whileforthiscladethereisvirtuallyno respectively.) supportfrom morphology.Theshared[137]absenceof Mantophasmatodea also share an apomorphic wingsand[138]absenceofocelli(thetwosynapomor- similarity with many Plecoptera:[146]a flattened phiesinBeutelandGorb,2006)areweakarguments, processinthemiddleofthemalesubgenitalplate(Klass becausethesestructureshavebeenlostmanytimes etal.,2002:Fig.2A),usedfordrummingonthesubstrate independently in Neopteraand may be functionally (EberhardandPicker,2008).However,thiselementis correlated (Friedrich etal.,2006).Notoptera and unlikelytobelongtothegroundpatternofPlecoptera(P. Mantophasmatodeaalsohave[139]asimilarproventricu- Zwick,pers.comm.). lus(Klassetal.,2002),whichisprobablyapomorphic 16 K.-D.KLASS

ForDermapteraacloserelationshiptoAcercaria+ praementum could tentatively be added to thislist Endopterygota(ifthisisamonophylum)isindicatedby (BeutelandWeide,2005).Charactersoftheovipositor [147]aspecialdivisionofcoxitesIXoftheovipositor cannotbeassessedinZorapteraduetobothitsreduction (Klass,2003a:Figs.77–79;differentfromthedivisionin (Weidner,1969) and lack ofdetailed descriptions; character[132]).However,thiscannotbeassessedinthe characters[122]–[124]wouldthusallowforrelationships many dermapteran,acercarian,and endopterygotan (Acercaria + Zoraptera) + Endopterygota. (See subgroupsthathavetheovipositorreduced,andthe Yoshizawa,2007forfurtherdiscussions.) sameistrueforZoraptera,Embioptera,andPlecoptera. Zoraptera+ Embiopterareceivessupportfrom [148] The occurrence ofmeroistic ovarioles with [158]the very heavy hind-tibialdepressormuscles branched cellclusters is consistentwith a group resultinginthickenedhindfemora(MinetandBourgoin, Dermaptera + Acercaria + Endopterygota,though 1986),andfrom charactersofthehindwingarticulation conditionsinbasaldermapteransremainunknown,and (Yoshizawa,2007;notapplicable to Notoptera and inbothAcercariaandEndopterygotaseveralreversalsto Mantophasmatodea,andnotexaminedinOrthoptera): panoisticovarioles(“neopanoistic”)mustbeassumed [159]theenlargedtegula,[160]thedetachedposterior (Kristensen,1999;Heming,2003:54f).Inthemeroistic notalwingprocess(seeYoshizawa,2007fordifferences ovarioles of Collembola, Diplura-Campodeina, and tothesimilarconditioninsomeEndopterygota),[161] Ephemeroptera,cellclustersarelinear(e.g.,Heming, theconnectionofthelatterwiththe1staxillary,[162]a 2003:41f,Fig.2.9.). specialsubdivisionofthebasiradialsclerite,and[163]a Apomorphies indicating a clade Dictyoptera + farposteriorlylocatedattachmentofaventralwing Dermapteraare[149]thelargefemalesubgenitalplate ligament to the 2nd axillary. Yoshizawa (2007) formedbythecoxosterniteofabdominalsegmentVII additionally mentions [164]an enlargementofthe (Klass,1998c,2003a),and[150]thefusionofabdominal anteriorpartofthe1staxillary,butthisappearsdoubtful ganglion7totheterminalganglion(neuromeres8–11; duetothehighlyvariableproportionsandpositional Klass,2001a;the latterapomorphy also appliesto relationshipsofthispartofthe1staxillaryacrossthe ZorapteraandAcercariawiththeirextensivelyfused neopterantaxa.Furthersynapomorphiesproposedfor abdominalganglia).Charactersofthewingsandofthe ZorapteraandEmbioptera,suchassubsociality,reduced exoskeleton and musculature of the wing-bearing numberofantennalflagellomeres,andothers,aretoo segmentsmayconfirm thisrelationship(Boudreaux, unspecificorhomoplasticastoyieldmuch support 1979;HaasandKukalová-Peck,2001:484).Thisincludes (BeutelandWeide,2005:133).Thereportofcharacter [151]thereductionofthedorsallongitudinalmuscles [160]foraphasmatodean(Yoshizawa,2007)indicatesa andtheirmainattachmentsites(phragmata),andofthe clade Phasmatodea + (Embioptera + Zoraptera). tergosternalmuscles.WhileusuallyinPterygotathese GrimaldiandEngel(2005)assumeacladePlecoptera+ musclesstronglycontributetothedown-andupstroke, (Embioptera+ Zoraptera),buttheirargumentsare respectively, the downstroke in Dictyoptera and simplereductions(tarsomeres,ovipositor,malestyli) Dermapteraiseffectuatedbymusclesofthebasalare foundinmanyneopterans. and subalare,and the upstroke isaccomplished by HaasandKukalová-Peck(2001)placeZorapteraina tergopleuraland tergocoxalmuscles(see also Kris- group also including Dermaptera, Notoptera, and tensen,1981). Dictyoptera,but regard this as poorly supported. RelationshipsbetweenZorapteraandDictyopterahave The Zoraptera have been assigned to various variouslybeensuggestedbasedonzorapteran-isopteran positionsin the system ofNeoptera,butonly two similaritiessuch as[165]wing shedding and [166] hypothesesaresupportedconsiderably(seeEngeland presence ofdifferentmorphs.These apomorphies, Grimaldi,2000,2002;GrimaldiandEngel,2005;Beutel however,areinconflictwithdictyopteranautapomor- andWeide,2005;Yoshizawa,2007):zorapteran-acer- phies(Klass,2003b),asIsopteranow are strongly carianandzorapteran-embiopteranrelationships. supportedtobesubordinatewithin Blattaria(Klass, Zoraptera+Acercaria(seeHennig,1969,1981)has 2001b;Lo,2003;TerryandWhiting,2005;Klassand beenobtainedintheanalysisbyBeutelandGorb(2006) Meier,2006;Kjeretal.,2006;Pellensetal.,2007;Loet basedon[152]anextensivefusionoftheabdominal al.,2007;Inwardetal.,2007;Wareetal.,2008).Further ganglia,[153]thecibariumformingasuckingpump,and charactersthathadbeenproposedtosupportzorapteran- [154]theslender,elongatemaxillarylaciniaethatlack dictyopteranrelationshipsarerejectedinBeuteland mesallydirectedsetae.Willmann(2005a)additionally Weide(2005:133). mentions[155]theareolapostica,aspecialconfiguration MolecularevidenceontheplacementofZoraptera inthewingvenationformedbyaforkofthecubitus issparse,andthehighlyderivedrDNAsequencespose anterior.[156]The large and complex clypeobuccal analyticalproblems (branchlengtheffects:Yoshizawa, muscle and [157]a median internalridge on the 2007).Zorapterahavebeenobtainedeitherassisterto HEXAPODPHYLOGENY:ACRITICALREVIEW 17

Dermaptera(highsupportinTerryandWhiting,2005)or meansthatphylogeneticworkonbasalhexapodscan ofDictyoptera(YoshizawaandJohnson,2005).Thereis onlybeconvincingifembeddedinphylogeneticworkon nomorphologicalevidenceforZoraptera+Dermaptera; mandibulatearthropods,i.e.,itmustcurrentlyconsider TerryandWhiting(2005)mentiontheone-segmented muchofthemorphologicalandgeneticdiversityfound cerci,buttherearefossilrepresentativesofbothtaxa acrossmyriapodsandcrustaceans.Thisalsorequires thathavemorecercomeres(seeWillmann,2003,2005a extensiverenewedevaluationofmanymorphological andYoshizawa,2007). charactersystemsaswellasaclosecollaborationamong researchersspecializedonthemajormandibulatetaxa. 7.Conclusions Inrecentyearsanumberofmorphologicalcharacter Acknowledgments:Ithank my friend Ryuichiro systems were intensely studied in many taxa.The Machida(SugadairaMontaneResearchCenter,Univer- evidencefromoldandnewlyfoundcharacterswasaptly sity of Tsukuba, Japan) and other members of discussed in specialized contributions,and analyses theArthropodan EmbryologicalSocietyofJapan for basedonlargecharactermatriceswereconducted.DNA invitation to contribute a presentation on hexapod sequencedatawereacquiredfornumeroushexapod phylogeny at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the species(thoughwithastrongfocusonahandfulof ArthropodanEmbryologicalSocietyofJapan(July4–6, markers),andmethodsfortheanalysisofsuchdatawere 2007)andtowritethisarticle.Theprojectandvisitto greatlyimproved.However,characterincongruencehas the meeting were supported by a grantfrom the sofargrowntothesameextentastheamountofdata, InternationalCooperativeResearchProjectUniversity andtherehasbeenhardlyanyimprovementwithregard ofTsukuba(Invitation)(2007). totheunresolvedpartsofhexapodphylogeny.Yet,onlya smallfractionofthepotentiallyusabledatahasbeen References made available by now forpurposes ofphylogeny Abascal,F.,D.Posada,R.D.KnightandR.Zadoya(2006)Parallelevolutionof reconstruction,andthisconcernsbothmolecularand thegeneticcodeinarthropodmitochondrialgenomes.PLosBiology,4 (5),e127doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0040127. morphologicaldata. 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