AZC 46 Supplement (2003)
Issue:
VOL NA
Keywords:
Aaquatic insects, history, Carboniferous, Permian, Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous, Cenozoic, palaeoentomology
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Main ecological events in aquatic insects history
Abstract:
In the Carboniferous no one undoubtedly aquatic insect remain is found. Mayflies and stoneflies were the oldest aquatic insects found in the Early Permian. Permian was the time when the aquatic insects became diverse and probably colonized different types of waters. Only one mayfly is found in the Early Triassic. The Middle and Late Triassic aquatic insect assemblages are characterized by combination of Paleozoic and Mesozoic elements. Diverse and widespread lacustrine insects are typical for the Jurassic. Recent families of aquatic insects appeared in the Early Cretaceous. The Late Cretaceous assemblages are considerably impoverished. The Cenozoic is the time of recolonization of lacustrine habitats.
