First Data on the Host Ant Usage of Large Blue from the Carpathian Basin

Autor:	András Tartally, János Pál Tóth, Alex Váradi, Judit Bereczki
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2017
Předmět:	social parasitism Maculinea arion Phengaris Myrmica specioides Myrmica scabrinodis Hungary Zoology QL1-991 Ecology QH540-549.5 Natural history (General) QH1-278.5
Zdroj:	Sociobiology, Vol 64, Iss 1 (2017)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	0361-6525 2447-8067
DOI:	10.13102/sociobiology.v64i1.1206
Popis:	The protected Maculinea arion is an obligate myrmecophilous butterfly (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Fourth instar larvae and pupae develop in Myrmica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) ant nests. Host ant specificity varies geographically, and knowledge of the local host ant species is important to understand the biogeography and evolution of this species, and vital for its conservation. Here we report the first data on the host ant usage of M. arion in the Carpathian Basin, one prepupal caterpillar from a Myrmica specioides Bondroit, 1918 and one pupa from a M. scabrinodis Nylander, 1846 nest. Myrmica specioides is a new host ant species of M. arion. It is important to collect further data on the host ant usage of M. arion, despite the difficulties of data collection.
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