Termite colonies from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar demonstrate their early eusocial lifestyle in damp wood
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| 作者 | Zhao, Zhipeng; Yin, Xiangchu ; Shih, Chungkun; Gao, Taiping; Ren, Dong
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| 刊名 | NATIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW
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| 出版日期 | 2020 |
| 卷号 | 7期号:2 |
| 关键词 | aggregation Termitoidae Stolotermitidae cooperative brood care caste |
| 英文摘要 | Insect eusociality is characterized by cooperative brood care, reproductive division of labour and multiple generations of adults within a colony. The morphological specializations of the different termite castes from Burmese amber were recently reported, indicating the termites possessed advanced sociality in the mid-Cretaceous. Unfortunately, all the reported Cretaceous termites are individually preserved, which does not cover the behaviours of the cooperative brood care and multiple generations of adults in the nests of the Cretaceous termites. Herein, we report three eusocial aggregations from colonies of the oldest known Stolotermitidae, Cosmotermes gen. nov., in 100 Ma mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. One large aggregation, comprising 8 soldiers, 56 workers/pseudergates and 25 immatures of different instars, additionally presents the behaviours of cooperative brood care and overlapping generations. Furthermore, taphonomic evidence indicates Cosmotermes most probably dwelled in damp/rotting wood, which provides a broader horizon of the early societies and ecology of the eusocial Cosmotermes. |
| 源URL | [http://210.75.249.4/handle/363003/60421]  |
| 专题 | 西北高原生物研究所_中国科学院西北高原生物研究所 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Zhao, Zhipeng,Yin, Xiangchu,Shih, Chungkun,et al. Termite colonies from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar demonstrate their early eusocial lifestyle in damp wood[J]. NATIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW,2020,7(2). |
| APA | Zhao, Zhipeng,Yin, Xiangchu,Shih, Chungkun,Gao, Taiping,&Ren, Dong.(2020).Termite colonies from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar demonstrate their early eusocial lifestyle in damp wood.NATIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW,7(2). |
| MLA | Zhao, Zhipeng,et al."Termite colonies from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar demonstrate their early eusocial lifestyle in damp wood".NATIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW 7.2(2020). |
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来源：西北高原生物研究所
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