Specialized springtail predation by Loricera beetles: An example of evolutionary stasis across the K-Pg extinction  

作　　者：Yan-Da Li Erik Tihelka Michael SEngel Diying Huang Chenyang Cai 

机构地区：[1]State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy,Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Nanjing 210008,China [2]Department of Earth Sciences,University of Cambridge,Cambridge CB23EQ,UK [3]Bristol Palaeobiology Group,School of Earth Sciences,University of Bristol,Bristol BS81TQ,UK [4]Division of Invertebrate Zoology,American Museum of Natural History,New York,NY 10024-5192,USA [5]Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas,Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos,Lima 15081,Perú [6]Departamento de Entomología,Museo de Historia Natural,Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos,Lima 15072,Perú

出　　处：《The Innovation》2024年第3期25-26,共2页创新（英文）

基　　金：National Natural Science Foundation of China(41925008,42222201,and 42288201);Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research project(2019QZKK0706);Y.-D.L.is supported by a scholarship granted by the China Scholarship Council(202108320010).

摘　　要：Dear Editor,The Cretaceous-Paleogene(K-Pg)mass extinction precipitated one of the most profound restructurings of biodiversity in recent geological history.Despite the extinction of many iconic groups,particularly the non-avian dinosaurs,there is emerging evidence that previously overlooked taxa experienced stark morphological and evolutionary stasis.In this study,we report both adult and larva of beetles of the genus Loricera preserved in mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber(Figure 1),which display striking similarity to extant congeners,indicating a stasis of their specialized feeding behavior persisting at least 100 million years.

关 键 词：EXTINCTION Figure CRETACEOUS 

分 类 号：Q96[生物学—昆虫学]