Interspecific differences in cuticular hydrocarbon profiles of Myrmica ants are sufficiently consistent to explain host specificity by Maculinea (large blue) butterflies

Oecologia

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 525-535

  Elmes, G W ^a   Akino, T ^b   Thomas, J A ^a   Clarke, R T ^a   Knapp, J J ^c  

^a Winfrith Technology Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b N I of Sericultural/Entomol Sci ^*  (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical mimicry; Coevolution; Maculinea rebeli; Social parasite; Species recognition

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; HOST SPECIFICITY; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MIMICRY; MYRMECOPHILY; RECOGNITION;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAENIDAE; MACULINEA; MYRMICA; MYRMICA RUBRA; MYRMICA RUGINODIS; MYRMICA SABULETI; MYRMICA SCABRINODIS; PAPILIONOIDEA; PHACELIA CONGESTA;

EID: 0036937340     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-001-0857-5     Document Type: Article

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