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Cretaceous-Burmese-Amber Ants: Morphological Features and Community Structureстатья
- Автор: Perfilieva K.S.
- Журнал: Biology Bulletin Reviews
- Том: 13
- Номер: 1
- Год издания: 2023
- Издательство: Pleiades Pub.
- Местоположение издательства: Tortola, British Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands
- Первая страница: 38
- Последняя страница: 54
- DOI: 10.1134/S207908642301005X
- Аннотация: We consider the phenomenon of the morphological diversity of ants from Cretaceous Burmeseamber (Kachin). An ethologic-ecological hypothesis of its origin and features of Mesozoic and Cenozoicmyrmecocomplexes is put forward. It seems that some morphological features of stem Formicoidae allow theassumption of the absence of effective communication and, as a result, coordinated behavior and collectivehunting. Thus, the diversity of Cretaceous stem ants as predators represents food specialization according to the types of prey, under the condition of a family lifestyle, which leads to division of the ecological space into subniches between ant species. Crown groups of ants have evolved a crucial adaptation, i.e., effective communication and collective hunting (mobilization). This adaptation allowed them to move beyond the niches of specialized predators and serve large colonies, since with developed communication the type and size of the prey are not strictly limited to the size of the ants and its jaws. Due to this, the myrmecocomplexes of modern ants are arranged not so much according to the principle of division of ecological niches, as in the Mesozoic, but according to the principle of colonies dominance.
- Добавил в систему: Перфильева Ксения Сергеевна