ArticlePloS one2014
The first ant-termite syninclusion in amber with CT-scan analysis of taphonomy.
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- Syninclusions reveal "ant mosaic" in the Eocene amber forest.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Three taphonomic stories of three new fossil species of Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae).Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Extinct and extant termites reveal the fidelity of behavior fossilization in amber.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
- Necrophagy by insects in Oculudentavis and other lizard body fossils preserved in Cretaceous amber.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Impact of increasing morphological information by micro-CT scanning on the phylogenetic placement of Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) in amber.Swiss journal of palaeontology · 2023Article
- Termite colonies from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar demonstrate their early eusocial lifestyle in damp wood.National science review · 2020Article
- Carbon speciation in organic fossils using 2D to 3D x-ray Raman multispectral imaging.Science advances · 2019Article
- Unlocking preservation bias in the amber insect fossil record through experimental decay.PloS one · 2018Article
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Abstract
We describe here a co-occurrence (i.e. a syninclusion) of ants and termites in a piece of Mexican amber (Totolapa deposit, Chiapas), whose importance is two-fold. First, this finding suggests at least a middle Miocene antiquity for the modern, though poorly documented, relationship between Azteca ants and Nasutitermes termites. Second, the presence of a Neivamyrmex army ant documents an in situ raiding behaviour of the same age and within the same community, confirmed by the fact that the army ant is holding one of the termite worker between its mandibles and by the presence of a termite with bitten abdomen. In addition, we present how CT-scan imaging can be an efficient tool to describe the topology of resin flows within amber pieces, and to point out the different states of preservation of the embedded insects. This can help achieving a better understanding of taphonomical processes, and tests ethological and ecological hypotheses in such complex syninclusions.
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