RESEARCH OF INSECT BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY FROM MID-CRETACEOUS BURMESE AMBER

Burmese amber contains one of the most diverse amber biotas all around the world. The geological age for Burmese amber is about 98.8 Ma, which was widely accepted as mid-Cretaceous. The Burmese amber biota provides an important window for us to seek the biodiversity and palaeoecology of the ancient world. Here, based on the study of stratigraphy and palaeobiolo-gy, palaeoenvironment and the deductions of the insect behavioral ecology proposed by numerous authors are comprehen-sively reviewed. These fields refer to co-evolution of insect and plant, predation, eusocial evidence, parasitism, courtship be-havior and structural coloration, provide us a more comprehensive summary of palaeoecology and insect behavioral ecology in Burmese amber.

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