文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Zhao, Zhipeng ¹ ; Shih, Chungkun ² ; Gao, Taiping ² ; Ren, Dong ² ;

作者机构： 1.Chinese Acad Fishery Sci, Fishery Resource & Environm Res Ctr, Beijing 100141, Peoples R China

2.Capital Normal Univ, Coll Life Sci, Beijing 100048, Peoples R China

3.Capital Normal Univ, Acad Multidisciplinary Studies, Beijing 100048, Peoples R China

4.Smithsonian Inst, Dept Paleobiol, Natl Museum Nat Hist, Washington, DC 20013 USA

关键词： Termitoidae; Cockroach; Eusocial; Caste; Termitophiles; Ecosystem

期刊名称：CRETACEOUS RESEARCH （ 影响因子：2.176； 五年影响因子：2.275 ）

ISSN： 0195-6671

年卷期： 2021 年 117 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Termites are estimated to have originated in the Late Jurassic with an evolutionary radiation in the Early Cretaceous. This rapidly evolved eusocial group, having close associations with the ecological communities and surrounding environments, established delicate microecosystems in the Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystems. Cretaceous amber with well-preserved clues of natural history provide a "time portal" for paleoentomologists to study the ecosystems in this geological age. Herein, we review the termites and related inclusions reported from Cretaceous amber. Studies on fossil termites have been active in the last two decades with the discoveries of diverse taxa, early eusociality, feeding habits, termitophiles, etc. Termite interactions have been demonstrated by either co-embedded specimens or specialized morphologies known from the extant evidence. The termites and associated communities in Cretaceous amber are significant for us to understand the termites' early evolution, ecology and eusociality that had complicated interactions in their nests. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.