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Qiang Xuan^1,2, Zhi-Qiang Zhang^3,4, Chenyang Cai^1,5

¹State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing210008, People's Republic of China.

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Fossilized larval mites from Cretaceous amber reveal early terrestrial arthropod queueing migration. Silk threads physically linked individuals, providing the first fossil evidence of this behavior and silk use in mites.

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arachnids collective movement fossil silk thread spinneret

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Area of Science:

Paleontology
Evolutionary Biology
Arthropod Behavior

Background:

Collective behavior, such as queueing migration, is common in Metazoa but poorly understood in terrestrial arthropods due to rare fossil evidence.
Existing fossil evidence for collective movement is primarily from ancient marine taxa.

Purpose of the Study:

To document the earliest known evidence of queueing migration in terrestrial arthropods.
To investigate the mechanism of queue formation in ancient arthropods.
To establish the fossil record of silk use in mites.

Main Methods:

Analysis of exceptionally preserved larval mites (Protofilum ordinatum gen. et sp. nov.) in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (approx. 100 Ma).
Microscopic examination of fossilized individuals to identify behavioral mechanisms and structures.

Main Results:

Discovery of Protofilum ordinatum gen. et sp. nov., representing the earliest fossil evidence of queueing behavior in terrestrial arthropods.
Preserved fine silk threads physically linking the legs of adjacent mites, indicating the mechanism of queue formation.
First fossil evidence of silk extrusion apparatus and silk use in mites, functioning as a mechanical connector to stabilize the migrating queue.

Conclusions:

The findings reveal unexpected behavioral sophistication in early, minute arthropods.
Silk's role in stabilizing spatial organization during migration is a newly recognized function.
This discovery extends the deep-time record of queueing migration in terrestrial ecosystems and suggests potential benefits like facilitating superparasitism and mate finding.