Aposematic coloration from Mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber | |
Xu, Chunpeng(徐春鹏)1,2,3; Luo, Cihang(罗慈航)1,2,3; Jarzembowski, Edmund A.2,3; Fang, Yan (方艳)2,3; Wang, Bo (王博)2,3 | |
刊名 | PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES |
2022-03-28 | |
卷号 | 377期号:1847页码:8 |
关键词 | aposematism coloration fossil Orthoptera Elcanidae |
ISSN号 | 0962-8436 |
DOI | 10.1098/rstb.2021.0039 |
英文摘要 | Aposematic coloration is among the most diverse antipredator strategies, which can signal unpleasantness of organisms to potential predators and reduce the probability of predation. Unlike mimesis, aposematic coloration allows organisms to warn their predators away by conspicuous and recognizable colour patterns. However, aposematism has been a regular puzzle, especially as the long-term history of such traits is obscured by an insufficient fossil record. Here, we report the discovery of aposematic coloration in an orthopteran nymph from Mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber (99 million years old). It is attributed to the extinct family Elcanidae and erected as a new genus identified by conspicuous dark/light-striped coloration, four apical spurs on the metatibia, a two-segmented metatarsus and unsegmented stylus. It represents the first fossil orthopteran preserved with aposematic coloration from the Mesozoic, demonstrating that orthopterans had evolved aposematism by the Mid-Cretaceous. Our findings provide novel insights into the early evolution of anti-predator strategies among orthopterans. Together with mimesis, debris-carrying camouflage and aposematism previously reported, our findings demonstrate the relative complexity of prey-predator interactions in the Mesozoic, especially in the Mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber forest. This article is part of the theme issue 'The impact of Chinese palaeontology on evolutionary research'. |
资助项目 | Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences[XDB26000000] ; Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research[2019QZKK0706] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[42125201] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41688103] ; Chinese Academy of Sciences under the President's International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI) ; Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship |
WOS关键词 | ELCANIDAE INSECTA ORTHOPTERA ; WARNING COLORATION ; EVOLUTION ; KATYDIDS ; FAMILY ; TETTIGONIIDAE ; COCKROACH ; TOXICITY ; FRANCE ; GENUS |
WOS研究方向 | Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics |
语种 | 英语 |
出版者 | ROYAL SOC |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000751802600003 |
资助机构 | Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ; Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Chinese Academy of Sciences under the President's International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI) ; Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship |
内容类型 | 期刊论文 |
源URL | [http://ir.nigpas.ac.cn/handle/332004/40444] |
专题 | 中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所 |
通讯作者 | Xu, Chunpeng(徐春鹏); Wang, Bo (王博) |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Excellence Life & Paleoenvironm, Nanjing 210008, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Nanjing Inst Geol & Palaeontol, State Key Lab Palaeobiol & Stratig, Nanjing 210008, Peoples R China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Xu, Chunpeng,Luo, Cihang,Jarzembowski, Edmund A.,et al. Aposematic coloration from Mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber[J]. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES,2022,377(1847):8. |
APA | Xu, Chunpeng,Luo, Cihang,Jarzembowski, Edmund A.,Fang, Yan ,&Wang, Bo .(2022).Aposematic coloration from Mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber.PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES,377(1847),8. |
MLA | Xu, Chunpeng,et al."Aposematic coloration from Mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber".PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 377.1847(2022):8. |
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