Development of parasitic maculinea teleius (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) larvae in laboratory nests of four myrmica ant host species

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 403-411

  Witek, M ^a,b   Skorka P ^c   Sliwinska E B ^b   Nowicki, P ^b   Moron D ^d   Settele, J ^e   Woyciechowski, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^d INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION OF ANIMALS   (Poland)

^e HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Host parasite relationship; Larval development; Lycaenidae; Myrmecophily; Social parasitism

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ANT; BODY MASS; COLONY STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LABORATORY METHOD; LARVA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NEST SITE; SOCIAL INSECT; SPECIALIZATION; SURVIVAL;

FORMICIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAENIDAE; MACULINEA; MACULINEA RUBRA; MACULINEA TELEIUS; MYRMICA; MYRMICA RUBRA; MYRMICA RUGINODIS; MYRMICA RUGULOSA; MYRMICA SCABRINODIS; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 79959793016     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-011-0156-z     Document Type: Article

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