A light in the dark: a mid-Cretaceous bioluminescent firefly with specialized antennal sensory organs

doi:10.1098/rspb.2024.1671

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	A light in the dark: a mid-Cretaceous bioluminescent firefly with specialized antennal sensory organs
通讯作者	Cai, Chenyang([email protected]) ; Kundrata, Robin([email protected])
	Cai, Chenyang1 ; Tihelka, Erik 2; Ballantyne, Lesley 3; Li, Yan-Da 1,4; Huang, Diying1 ; Engel, Michael S.5,6,7; Kundrata, Robin 8
	2024-09-11
发表期刊	PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
ISSN	0962-8452
卷号	291 期号:2030 页码:8
摘要	The beetle superfamily Elateroidea comprises the most biodiverse bioluminescent insects among terrestrial light-producing animals. Recent exceptional fossils from the Mesozoic era and phylogenomic studies have provided valuable insights into the origin and evolution of bioluminescence in elateroids. However, due to the fragmentary nature of the fossil record, the early evolution of bioluminescence in fireflies (Lampyridae), one of the most charismatic lineages of insects, remains elusive. Here, we report the discovery of the second Mesozoic bioluminescent firefly, Flammarionella hehaikuni Cai, Ballantyne & Kundrata gen. et sp. nov., from the Albian/Cenomanian of northern Myanmar (ca 99 Ma). Based on the available set of diagnostic characters, we interpret the specimen as a female of stem-group Luciolinae. The fossil possesses deeply impressed oval pits on the apices of antennomeres 3-11, representing specialized sensory organs likely involved in olfaction. The light organ near the abdominal apex of Flammarionella resembles that found in extant light-producing lucioline fireflies. The growing fossil record of lampyrids provides direct evidence that the stunning light displays of fireflies were already established by the late Mesozoic.
关键词	diversity Mesozoic bioluminescence Lampyridae
DOI	10.1098/rspb.2024.1671
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
关键词[WOS]	COLEOPTERA-LAMPYRIDAE ; SEXUAL COMMUNICATION ; BALTIC AMBER ; LUCIOLINAE ; EVOLUTION ; OLIVIER ; NOV.
资助项目	CONCYTEC
WOS研究方向	Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Evolutionary Biology
WOS类目	Biology ; Ecology ; Evolutionary Biology
WOS记录号	WOS:001309718700001
项目资助者	CONCYTEC
出版者	ROYAL SOC
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.nigpas.ac.cn/handle/332004/44283
专题	中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所
通讯作者	Cai, Chenyang; Kundrata, Robin
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Nanjing Inst Geol & Palaeontol, State Key Lab Palaeobiol & Stratig, Nanjing, Peoples R China 2.Univ Cambridge, Dept Earth Sci, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, England 3.Charles Sturt Univ, Sch Agr Environm & Vet Sci, Wagga Wagga 2678, Australia 4.Univ Bristol, Sch Earth Sci, Bristol Palaeobiol Grp, Bristol BS8 1TQ, England 5.Amer Museum Nat Hist, Div Invertebrate Zool, New York, NY 10024 USA 6.Univ Nacl Mayor San Marcos, Fac Ciencias Biol, Lima 15081, Peru 7.Univ Nacl Mayor San Marcos, Dept Entomol, Museo Hist Nat, Lima 15072, Peru 8.Palacky Univ, Fac Sci, Dept Zool, Olomouc 77900, Czech Republic
第一作者单位	中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所
通讯作者单位	中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Cai, Chenyang,Tihelka, Erik,Ballantyne, Lesley,et al. A light in the dark: a mid-Cretaceous bioluminescent firefly with specialized antennal sensory organs[J]. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES,2024,291(2030):8.
APA	Cai, Chenyang.,Tihelka, Erik.,Ballantyne, Lesley.,Li, Yan-Da.,Huang, Diying.,...&Kundrata, Robin.(2024).A light in the dark: a mid-Cretaceous bioluminescent firefly with specialized antennal sensory organs.PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES,291(2030),8.
MLA	Cai, Chenyang,et al."A light in the dark: a mid-Cretaceous bioluminescent firefly with specialized antennal sensory organs".PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 291.2030(2024):8.