Isoptera; biogeography; ecology; feeding group; mitogenomes; stable isotopes; Soil; Animals; Diet; Ecosystem; Genome, Mitochondrial; Isoptera/genetics; General Agricultural and Biological Sciences; General Environmental Science; General Immunology and Microbiology; General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; General Medicine
Abstract :
[en] Termites feed on vegetal matter at various stages of decomposition. Lineages of wood- and soil-feeding termites are distributed across terrestrial ecosystems located between 45°N and 45°S of latitude, a distribution they acquired through many transoceanic dispersal events. While wood-feeding termites often live in the wood on which they feed and are efficient at dispersing across oceans by rafting, soil-feeders are believed to be poor dispersers. Therefore, their distribution across multiple continents requires an explanation. Here, we reconstructed the historical biogeography and the ancestral diet of termites using mitochondrial genomes and δ13C and δ15N stable isotope measurements obtained from 324 termite samples collected in five biogeographic realms. Our biogeographic models showed that wood-feeders are better at dispersing across oceans than soil-feeders, further corroborated by the presence of wood-feeders on remote islands devoid of soil-feeders. However, our ancestral range reconstructions identified 33 dispersal events among biogeographic realms, 18 of which were performed by soil-feeders. Therefore, despite their lower dispersal ability, soil-feeders performed several transoceanic dispersals that shaped the distribution of modern termites.
Research Center/Unit :
FOCUS - Freshwater and OCeanic science Unit of reSearch - ULiège
Disciplines :
Zoology Entomology & pest control Environmental sciences & ecology
Author, co-author :
Hellemans, Simon ; Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan
Šobotník, Jan ; Faculty of Tropical AgriScience, Czech University of Life Sciences, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague 6 Suchdol, Czech Republic
Lepoint, Gilles ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Biologie, Ecologie et Evolution > Laboratoire d'Ecologie trophique et isotopique
Mihaljevič, Martin ; Institute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Mineral Resources, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Albertov 6, 128 00 Prague, Czech Republic
Roisin, Yves ; Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Avenue F.D. Roosevelt 50, CP 160/12, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
Bourguignon, Thomas ; Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan ; Faculty of Tropical AgriScience, Czech University of Life Sciences, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague 6 Suchdol, Czech Republic
Language :
English
Title :
Termite dispersal is influenced by their diet.
Publication date :
25 May 2022
Journal title :
Proceedings of the Royal Society. Biological Sciences
ČZU - Ceska Zemedelska Univerzita v Praze JSPS - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique
Funding text :
The mitochondrial genomes generated in this study are available on GenBank under accession nos. OK163842–OK163858 and OL469804–OL469805 (electronic supplementary material, data S1, sheet 3).
The mitochondrial genomes generated in this study are available on GenBank under accession nos. OK163842–OK163858 and OL469804–OL469805 (electronic supplementary material, data S1, sheet 3).
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