Beetle bioluminescence outshines aerial predators
G. S. Powell, N. A. Saxton, Y. Pacheco, K. F. Stanger-Hall, G. J. Martin, D. Kusy, L. F. L. Da Silveira, L. Bocak, M. A. Branham, S. M. Bybee
The paper estimates the timing of bioluminescence origins in fireflies and terrestrial beetles, finding they predate aerial predators and suggest terrestrial predators drove the evolution of bioluminescence.
bioRxiv · Nov 22, 2021Evolutionary Biology