The biology and ecology of the large blue butterfly Phengaris (Maculinea) arion: a review

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• 作者：Matthew P. Hayes
• 关键词：Phengaris arion ; Myrmica sabuleti ; Social parasitism ; Ovipositional cues ; Host mimicry ; Host ant specificity ; Ecological niche ; Micro ; climate
• 刊名：Journal of Insect Conservation
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：December 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：19
• 期：6
• 页码：1037-1051
• 全文大小：500 KB
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• 作者单位：Matthew P. Hayes (1)
  
  1. School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
  
• 刊物类别：Biomedical and Life Sciences
• 刊物主题：Life Sciences
  Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/ Biogeography
  Evolutionary Biology
  Human Genetics
  
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1572-9753

文摘

It has long been known that Phengaris (Maculinea) arion has a complex lifecycle involving the social parasitisation of ants. However, research triggered by the extinction of the original UK population of P. arion in 1979 has greatly enhanced our knowledge of this butterfly. Adults lay their eggs on Thymus spp. and ovipositional patterns seem to be dictated by host plant bud phenology and be independent of host ant presence. After feeding for around 3 weeks P. arion larvae fall to the ground and await adoption by host ants of the genus Myrmica. To achieve adoption P. arion larvae employ various forms of appeasement and mimicry, of which chemical and acoustic mimicry seem to be especially important for gaining colony integration and raising larval status respectively. The predatory larvae of P. arion then proceed to eat their host ants-brood until they are ready to pupate. In the UK P. arion appears to be restricted to one primary host ant, Myrmica sabuleti, but across Europe a more complex pattern of host ant use seems to be occurring. In the UK the niche of M. sabuleti consists of closely cropped grassland and it is thought that a decline in these areas led to the extinction of P. arion in 1979. Scrub clearance and the implementation of grazing regimes has since enabled the successful reintroduction of P. arion to the UK, where sites are maintained to allow high densities of the specific larval host plant and host ant to co-occur. Keywords Phengaris arion Myrmica sabuleti Social parasitism Ovipositional cues Host mimicry Host ant specificity Ecological niche Micro-climate