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Phylogenomic analysis sheds light on the evolutionary pathways towards acoustic communication in Orthoptera

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  • Hojun Song

    (Texas A&M University)

  • Olivier Béthoux

    (MNHN – CNRS – Sorbonne Université, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle)

  • Seunggwan Shin

    (University of Memphis
    Seoul National University)

  • Alexander Donath

    (Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK))

  • Harald Letsch

    (Universität Wien)

  • Shanlin Liu

    (BGI-Shenzhen
    China Agricultural University)

  • Duane D. McKenna

    (University of Memphis)

  • Guanliang Meng

    (BGI-Shenzhen)

  • Bernhard Misof

    (Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK))

  • Lars Podsiadlowski

    (Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK))

  • Xin Zhou

    (China Agricultural University)

  • Benjamin Wipfler

    (Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
    Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig)

  • Sabrina Simon

    (Wageningen University and Research)

Abstract

Acoustic communication is enabled by the evolution of specialised hearing and sound producing organs. In this study, we performed a large-scale macroevolutionary study to understand how both hearing and sound production evolved and affected diversification in the insect order Orthoptera, which includes many familiar singing insects, such as crickets, katydids, and grasshoppers. Using phylogenomic data, we firmly establish phylogenetic relationships among the major lineages and divergence time estimates within Orthoptera, as well as the lineage-specific and dynamic patterns of evolution for hearing and sound producing organs. In the suborder Ensifera, we infer that forewing-based stridulation and tibial tympanal ears co-evolved, but in the suborder Caelifera, abdominal tympanal ears first evolved in a non-sexual context, and later co-opted for sexual signalling when sound producing organs evolved. However, we find little evidence that the evolution of hearing and sound producing organs increased diversification rates in those lineages with known acoustic communication.

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  • Hojun Song & Olivier Béthoux & Seunggwan Shin & Alexander Donath & Harald Letsch & Shanlin Liu & Duane D. McKenna & Guanliang Meng & Bernhard Misof & Lars Podsiadlowski & Xin Zhou & Benjamin Wipfler &, 2020. "Phylogenomic analysis sheds light on the evolutionary pathways towards acoustic communication in Orthoptera," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 11(1), pages 1-16, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:11:y:2020:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-020-18739-4
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18739-4
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    1. David Peris & Fabien L. Condamine, 2024. "The angiosperm radiation played a dual role in the diversification of insects and insect pollinators," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-11, December.

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