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history:evolution [2026/06/15 00:33] – [Proterozoic eon (2500 - 540 mya)] gary1history:evolution [2026/07/17 10:23] (current) – [Proterozoic eon (2500 - 540 mya)] gary1
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                                 * Siphonaptera (125-65mya **fleas**)                                 * Siphonaptera (125-65mya **fleas**)
                           * Hymenoptera (250mya)                           * Hymenoptera (250mya)
-                            * Aculeata (aculeate **wasps** and descendants)+                            * Aculeata (aculeate **stinging wasps** and descendants)
                               * Vespoidea                               * Vespoidea
-                                * Vespidae (eusocial and many solitary wasps)+                                * Vespidae (eusocial and many solitary wasps, hornets)
                               * Pompilidea (spider wasps)                               * Pompilidea (spider wasps)
                               * Tiphioidea (tiphiid wasps)                               * Tiphioidea (tiphiid wasps)
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                                 * Apoidea ("sphecoid" wasps, and **bees**)                                 * Apoidea ("sphecoid" wasps, and **bees**)
                                 * Formicoidea                                 * Formicoidea
-                                  * Formicidae (**ants**)+                                  * Formicidae (**ants**) c130mya
                                     * diversified extensively during the Angiosperm Terrestrial Revolution and assumed ecological dominance around 60mya                                     * diversified extensively during the Angiosperm Terrestrial Revolution and assumed ecological dominance around 60mya
-                                    * ant populations really took off c23mya and now accounted for 20-40% of all insects which was followed by at least 12 separate convergent evolutions of various ant eating mammals+                                    * ant populations really took off c23mya and now have 14,000 species and account for 20-40% of all insects which was followed by at least 12 separate convergent evolutions of various ant eating mammals
                                     * Myrmeciinae (c100mya **Australian bull ants**) - once found world wide (until 20-10mya?) but now restricted to Australia and one is in New Caledonia (//M. apicalis//), they were probably out-competed by more modern, more rapidly evolving ant species                                     * Myrmeciinae (c100mya **Australian bull ants**) - once found world wide (until 20-10mya?) but now restricted to Australia and one is in New Caledonia (//M. apicalis//), they were probably out-competed by more modern, more rapidly evolving ant species
                                     * Myrmicinae (c100mya)                                     * Myrmicinae (c100mya)
history/evolution.txt · Last modified: 2026/07/17 10:23 by gary1

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