Phylogenetic analysis of social behavior evolution in [Zetoborinae + Blaberinae + Gyninae + Diplopterinae] cockroaches: an update with the study of endemic radiations from the Atlantic forest

D’Haese

Deleporte

et al. 2013

Biol J Linn Soc Lond

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International audienceThe adequacy and utility of behavioural characters in phylogenetics is widely acknowledged, especially for stereotyped behaviours. However, the most common behaviours are not stereotyped, and these are usually seen as inappropriate or more difficult to analyze in a phylogenetic context. A few methods have been proposed to deal with such data, although they have never been tested on samples larger than six species, which limits their evolutionary interest. In the present study, we perform behavioural observations on 13 cockroach species and derive behavioural phylogenetic characters with the successive event-pairing method. We combine these characters with morphological and molecular data (approximately 6800 bp) in a phylogenetic study of 41 species. We then reconstruct ancestral states of the behavioural data to study evolution of social behaviour in these insects with regard to their social systems (i.e. solitary, gregarious, and subsocial) and diversity of habitat choice. We report for the first time that nonstereotyped behavioural data are adequate for phylogenetic analyses: they are no more homoplastic than traditional data, and support several phylogenetic relationships that we discuss. From an evolutionary perspective, we show that the solitary species Thanatophyllum akinetum does not display original behavioural interactions, suggesting phylogenetic inertia of interactive behaviours despite a radical change in social structure. Conversely, the subsocial species Parasphaeria boleiriana shows original behavioural interactions, which could result from its peculiar social system or habitat. We conclude that phylogenetic approaches in studies of behaviour are useful for deciphering evolution of behaviour and discriminating between its different modalities, even for nonstereotyped characters.(c) 2013 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2014, 111, 58-77

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…We thus focused on their autapomorphies. For habitats, data originated from several studies (Grandcolas, 1993a, c; Pellens et al ., ; Pellens et al ., 2007b). Finally, to evaluate whether the behavioural transformations concomitant with social system changes were more numerous than expected by chance alone, we performed a randomization test.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The evolution of social behaviour in Blaberid cockroaches with diverse habitats and social systems: phylogenetic analysis of behavioural sequences

D’Haese

Deleporte

et al. 2013

Biol J Linn Soc Lond

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“…, 2002, 2003b). It has been recently analysed in a molecular and morphological comparative framework in the subfamilies Zetoborinae and Blaberinae (Grandcolas, 1991, 1993a, b, 1998; Pellens, Legendre & Grandcolas, 2007a; Pellens et al. , 2007b), which provided both a phylogenetic reference and a natural history context for the interpretation of social behaviour observed in the laboratory (Grandcolas, 1991; van Baaren & Deleporte, 2001; van Baaren et al.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Gregarious behaviour in cockroaches is a famous example of presocial behaviour (Schal, Gautier & Bell, 1984;Gautier, Deleporte & Rivault, 1988;Nalepa & Bell, 1997;Grandcolas, 1999;van Baaren et al, 2002van Baaren et al, , 2003b. It has been recently analysed in a molecular and morphological comparative framework in the subfamilies Zetoborinae and Blaberinae (Grandcolas, 1991(Grandcolas, , 1993a(Grandcolas, , b, 1998Pellens, Legendre & Grandcolas, 2007a;Pellens et al, 2007b), which provided both a phylogenetic reference and a natural history context for the interpretation of social behaviour observed in the laboratory (Grandcolas, 1991;van Baaren & Deleporte, 2001;van Baaren et al, 2002van Baaren et al, , 2003a. In a first attempt to understand the evolution of social behaviour, relevant categories such as 'gregarious', 'solitary' and 'subsocial', have been mapped onto a phylogenetic tree based on morphology (Grandcolas, 1993a(Grandcolas, , 1998.…”

Section: An Illustrative Case Study: Gregarious Behaviour In Zetoborimentioning

confidence: 99%

Phylogenetic analysis of non-stereotyped behavioural sequences with a successive event-pairing method

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Robillard

Desutter‐Grandcolas

et al. 2008

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A new method is proposed which uses transitions among acts in non-stereotyped behavioural sequences as phylogenetic characters. This method is derived from the event-pairing method designed for the phylogenetic study of developmental sequences and from ethological analyses of transition matrices. It is applied to study the phylogenetic relationships within a well-known group, the presocial Zetoborinae cockroaches. The analysis is carried out with three data sets: a behavioural data set with transitions among acts in behavioural dyadic sequences, together with morphological and molecular data sets. Non-stereotyped behaviour proved to be phylogenetically informative and to display low homoplasy. This new method opens an avenue for studying the evolution of behaviour in the framework of phylogenetic analysis, which was restricted until now to the study of stereotyped sequences and/or isolated features involved in courting or building activities.

“…A few population or habitat studies on cockroaches have been conducted in the field (e.g., Gautier, ; Grandcolas, , , , , , , , ; Nalepa, ; Park, Grandcolas, & Choe, ; Pellens & Grandcolas, ; Pellens, Legendre, & Grandcolas, ; Roth & Willis, ; Schal et al., ; Shelford, ). These studies have brought important insights on our understanding of cockroach evolution, and more specifically social evolution.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The evolution of sociality in termites from cockroaches: A taxonomic and phylogenetic perspective

Grandcolas

2018

J Exp Zool Pt B

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Despite multiple studies and advances, sociality still puzzles evolutionary biologists in numerous ways, which might be partly addressed with the advent of sociogenomics. In insects, the majority of sociogenomic studies deal with Hymenoptera, one of the two groups that evolved eusociality with termites. But, to fully grasp the evolution of sociality, studies must obviously not restrict to eusocial lineages. Multiple kinds of social system transitions have been recorded and they all bring complementary insights. For instance, cockroaches, the closest relatives to termites, display a wide range of social interactions and evolved convergently subsocial behaviors (i.e., brood care). In this context, we emphasize the need for natural history, taxonomic, and phylogenetic studies. Natural history studies provide the foundations on which building hypotheses, whereas taxonomy provides the taxa to sample to test these hypotheses, and phylogenetics brings the historical framework necessary to test evolutionary scenarios of sociality evolution.