寄生蜂作为蓝灰蝶幼虫和蚂蚁共生关系中的选择剂。
Parasitoids as selective agents in the symbiosis between lycaenid butterfly larvae and ants.
出版信息
Science. 1981 Mar 13;211(4487):1185-7. doi: 10.1126/science.211.4487.1185.
Abstract
The larvae of Glaucopsyche lygdamus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) secrete substances that attract ants. In two field sites in Colorado, tending ants protect caterpillars of G. lygdamus from attack by braconid and tachinid parasitoids. This protection may have been an important feature in the evolution of the association between lycaenid larvae and ants.
摘要
蓝灰蝶幼虫（鳞翅目：蛱蝶科）会分泌吸引蚂蚁的物质。在科罗拉多的两个野外地点，蚂蚁会保护蓝灰蝶幼虫免受膜翅目茧蜂科和双翅目寄蝇科寄生性天敌的攻击。这种保护可能是蛱蝶幼虫与蚂蚁之间的共生关系进化的一个重要特征。
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