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ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2024

A light in the dark: a mid-Cretaceous bioluminescent firefly with specialized antennal sensory organs.

Chenyang Cai, Erik Tihelka, Lesley Ballantyne, Yan-Da Li, Diying Huang, Michael S Engel, Robin Kundrata

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Article in Proceedings. Biological sciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Authors and funding

7 authors.

Chenyang CaiState Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Nanjing, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-9283-8323
Erik TihelkaDepartment of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge , Cambridge CB2 3EQ, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5048-5355
Lesley BallantyneSchool of Agricultural, Environmental and Veterinary Sciences, Charles Sturt University , Wagga Wagga 2678, Australia.
Yan-Da LiState Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Nanjing, People's Republic of China.
Diying HuangState Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Nanjing, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-5637-4867
Michael S EngelDivision of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History , New York, NY 10024-5192, USA.
Robin KundrataDepartment of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Palacky University , Olomouc 779 00, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0001-9397-1030

Funding

CONCYTECInterinstitutional Alliances for Doctorate ProgramsNational Natural Science Foundation of China
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The beetle superfamily Elateroidea comprises the most biodiverse bioluminescent insects among terrestrial light-producing animals. Recent exceptional fossils from the Mesozoic era and phylogenomic studies have provided valuable insights into the origin and evolution of bioluminescence in elateroids. However, due to the fragmentary nature of the fossil record, the early evolution of bioluminescence in fireflies (Lampyridae), one of the most charismatic lineages of insects, remains elusive. Here, we report the discovery of the second Mesozoic bioluminescent firefly,

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FirefliesFossilsAnimalsArthropod AntennaeBiological EvolutionFemaleLuminescenceMyanmarPhylogenybioluminescencediversityLampyridaeMesozoic

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PMID39255838
PMCPMC11387053

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