Aposematism and mimicry in soft-bodied beetles of the superfamily Cleroidea (Insecta)

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Alternative codes found

RIV/61989592:15410/16:33161968

Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12132" target="_blank" >10.1111/zsc.12132</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Aposematism and mimicry in soft-bodied beetles of the superfamily Cleroidea (Insecta)

Original language description

The evolution of animal life strategies is among the main themes of current evolutionary biology. Checkered beetles, soft-winged flower beetles and their allies (superfamily Cleroidea) exhibit well-known aposematic color patterns, particularly in the family Cleridae, which participate in mimicry complexes mostly with unpalatable beetles, ants and velvet ants representing a Müllerian-Batesian continuum. Many cleroids also exhibit attenuated hardening of cuticular layers resulting in a soft-bodied appearance. Here, a molecular phylogenetic analysis of the entire Cleroidea was performed using sequences of two nuclear and two mitochondrial loci of ~4 kb total length. Inferred phylogenies were used to reconstruct ancestral color patterns and involvement in mimicry complexes. The hypothesis of a soft-bodied ancestor of Cleridae and allies was tested. The phylogenetic analyses corroborated the expanded Cleroidea concept including Byturidae and Biphyllidae formerly classified as Cucujoidea. Character state optimization showed cryptic coloration was the ancestral state in Cleroidea, from which aposematic coloration originated several times in distant cleroid lineages. Within Cleridae mimicry also arose from an ancestor that was cryptic, and multiple lineages that mimicked unpalatable beetles (Chrysomelidae, Meloidae, Lycidae) and stinging-Hymenoptera evolved. Aposematic coloration was acquired in all major clerid lineages including Thanerocleridae, which are either the sister group of Chaetosomatidae, or Cleridae. These findings suggest that mimetic traits in the clerid clade evolved at various times, possibly soon after the origin of soft-bodiedness. The adaptive value of aposematism in cleroids is likely to be enhanced in soft-bodied species, as this trait provide limited means of protection against predators, and therefore may promote the acquisition of aposematic and mimetic coloration in various ecological situations.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EG - Zoology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Zoologica Scripta

ISSN

0300-3256

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

45

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

"9-21"

UT code for WoS article

000370075400002

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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