Patterns of host use by brood parasitic Maculinea butterflies across Europe. (11th February 2019)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Patterns of host use by brood parasitic Maculinea butterflies across Europe. (11th February 2019)
- Main Title:
- Patterns of host use by brood parasitic Maculinea butterflies across Europe
- Authors:
- Tartally, András
Thomas, Jeremy A.
Anton, Christian
Balletto, Emilio
Barbero, Francesca
Bonelli, Simona
Bräu, Markus
Casacci, Luca Pietro
Csősz, Sándor
Czekes, Zsolt
Dolek, Matthias
Dziekańska, Izabela
Elmes, Graham
Fürst, Matthias A.
Glinka, Uta
Hochberg, Michael E.
Höttinger, Helmut
Hula, Vladimir
Maes, Dirk
Munguira, Miguel L.
Musche, Martin
Nielsen, Per Stadel
Nowicki, Piotr
Oliveira, Paula S.
Peregovits, László
Ritter, Sylvia
Schlick-Steiner, Birgit C.
Settele, Josef
Sielezniew, Marcin
Simcox, David J.
Stankiewicz, Anna M.
Steiner, Florian M.
Švitra, Giedrius
Ugelvig, Line V.
Van Dyck, Hans
Varga, Zoltán
Witek, Magdalena
Woyciechowski, Michal
Wynhoff, Irma
Nash, David R.
… (more) - Abstract:
- Abstract : The range of hosts exploited by a parasite is determined by several factors, including host availability, infectivity and exploitability. Each of these can be the target of natural selection on both host and parasite, which will determine the local outcome of interactions, and potentially lead to coevolution. However, geographical variation in host use and specificity has rarely been investigated. Maculinea (= Phengaris ) butterflies are brood parasites of Myrmica ants that are patchily distributed across the Palæarctic and have been studied extensively in Europe. Here, we review the published records of ant host use by the European Maculinea species, as well as providing new host ant records for more than 100 sites across Europe. This comprehensive survey demonstrates that while all but one of the Myrmica species found on Maculinea sites have been recorded as hosts, the most common is often disproportionately highly exploited. Host sharing and host switching are both relatively common, but there is evidence of specialization at many sites, which varies among Maculinea species. We show that most Maculinea display the features expected for coevolution to occur in a geographic mosaic, which has probably allowed these rare butterflies to persist in Europe. This article is part of the theme issue 'The coevolutionary biology of brood parasitism: from mechanism to pattern'.
- Is Part Of:
- Philosophical transactions. Volume 374:Number 1769(2019)
- Journal:
- Philosophical transactions
- Issue:
- Volume 374:Number 1769(2019)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 374, Issue 1769 (2019)
- Year:
- 2019
- Volume:
- 374
- Issue:
- 1769
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2019-0374-1769-0000
- Page Start:
- Page End:
- Publication Date:
- 2019-02-11
- Subjects:
- coevolution -- geographic mosaic -- chemical mimicry -- local adaptation -- Phengaris
Biology -- Periodicals
Science -- Periodicals
570 - Journal URLs:
- https://royalsocietypublishing.org/loi/rstb ↗
- DOI:
- 10.1098/rstb.2018.0202 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0962-8436
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