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001-es BibID:	BIBFORM087470
035-os BibID:	(cikkazonosító)556
Első szerző:	Tartally András (biológus)
Cím:	Host Ant Change of a Socially Parasitic Butterfly (Phengaris alcon) through Host Nest Take-Over / András Tartally, Anna Ágnes Somogyi, Tamás Révész, David R. Nash
Dátum:	2020
ISSN:	2075-4450
Megjegyzések:	The socially parasitic Alcon blue butterfly (Phengaris alcon) starts its larval stage by feeding on the seeds of gentians, after which it completes development in the nests of suitable Myrmica ant species. The host plant and host ant species can differ at the population level within a region, and local adaptation is common, but some host switches are observed. It has been suggested that one mechanism of change is through the re-adoption of caterpillars by different ant species, either through occupation of abandoned nests or take-over of established nests by competitively superior colonies. To test this question in the lab we introduced relatively strong colonies (50 workers) of alien Myrmica species to the arenas of weaker colonies (two caterpillars with six workers), and to orphaned caterpillars (two caterpillars without ants). We used caterpillars from a xerophylic population of P. alcon, and both local hosts, M. sabuleti and M. scabrinodis, testing the possibility of host switch between these two host ant species during larval development. Most of the caterpillars were successfully readopted by alien ants, and survived well. Our results suggest higher ecological plasticity in host ant usage of this butterfly than generally thought.
Tárgyszavak:	Természettudományok Biológiai tudományok idegen nyelvű folyóiratközlemény külföldi lapban folyóiratcikk alcon blue Maculinea rebeli Myrmica cuckoo strategy adaptation multi-host mimicry
Megjelenés:	Insects. - 11 : 9 (2020), p. 1-15. -
További szerzők:	Somogyi Anna Ágnes (1988-) (biológus) Révész Tamás Zoltán (1998-) (biológus) Nash, David R.
Pályázati támogatás:	EFOP-3.6.1-16-2016-00022 EFOP ÚNKP-18-4 Egyéb ÚNKP-19-4 Egyéb
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