Diverse Cretaceous larvae reveal the evolutionary and behavioural history of antlions and lacewings
dc.contributor.author | Badano, Davide | |
dc.contributor.author | Engel, Michael S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Basso, Andrea | |
dc.contributor.author | Wang, Bo | |
dc.contributor.author | Cerretti, Pierfilippo | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-13T15:19:35Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-11-13T15:19:35Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-08-22 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Badano, D., Engel, M.S., Basso, A. et al. Diverse Cretaceous larvae reveal the evolutionary and behavioural history of antlions and lacewings. Nat Commun 9, 3257 (2018) doi:10.1038/s41467-018-05484-y | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/29759 | |
dc.description.abstract | Myrmeleontiformia are an ancient group of lacewing insects characterized by predatory larvae with unusual morphologies and behaviours. Mostly soil dwellers with a soft cuticle, their larvae fossilize only as amber inclusions, and thus their fossil record is remarkably sparse. Here, we document a disparate assemblage of myrmeleontiform larvae from the midCretaceous amber (99 Ma) of Myanmar, evidence of a considerable diversification. Our cladistic analysis integrating extant and extinct taxa resolves the fossils as both stem- and crown-groups. Similarities between extinct and extant species permit inferences of larval ethology of the fossil species through statistical correlation analyses with high support, implying that morphological disparity matched behavioural diversity. An improved understanding of the evolutionary history of antlions and relatives supports the conclusion that hunting strategies, such as camouflage and fossoriality, were acquired early within the lineage. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | . The work of M.S.E. was supported by the US National Science Foundation grant DEB-1144162 | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | B.W. was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41572010, 41622201, 41688103) | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDB26000000) | en_US |
dc.publisher | Nature Research | en_US |
dc.rights | © The Author(s) 2018Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by/4.0/. | en_US |
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dc.subject | Entomology | en_US |
dc.subject | Palaeontology | en_US |
dc.subject | phylogenetics | en_US |
dc.subject | Taxonomy | en_US |
dc.title | Diverse Cretaceous larvae reveal the evolutionary and behavioural history of antlions and lacewings | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
kusw.kuauthor | Engel, Michael S. | |
kusw.kudepartment | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1038/s41467-018-05484-y | en_US |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9715-3107 | en_US |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3067-077X | en_US |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6784-7271 | en_US |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8001-9937 | en_US |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9204-3352 | en_US |
kusw.oaversion | Scholarly/refereed, author accepted manuscript | en_US |
kusw.oapolicy | This item meets KU Open Access policy criteria. | en_US |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess | en_US |
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