Behavioral, ecological and evolutionary mechanisms underlying caterpillar-ant symbioses.
Journal
Current opinion in insect science
ISSN: 2214-5753
Titre abrégé: Curr Opin Insect Sci
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101635599
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 2022
08 2022
Historique:
received:
10
12
2021
revised:
24
02
2022
accepted:
25
02
2022
pubmed:
9
3
2022
medline:
5
8
2022
entrez:
8
3
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
At least 30 different groups in seventeen butterfly and moth families (Lepidoptera) include ant-associated caterpillars. The life histories of more than 900 ant-associated species have been documented from the butterfly families Lycaenidae and Riodinidae, with relationships ranging from parasitism to mutualism. Caterpillars that appear to secrete food rewards for ants are not necessarily mutualists, and a number of species are known to manipulate ants with deceptive chemical and vibratory signals. The functional variability of different exocrine glands deployed as 'ant organs' makes them prone to convergence, and it remains unclear whether ant association originated more than once in lycaenids and riodinids. The relative costs and benefits of caterpillar integration with ants is context dependent: both top-down and bottom-up effects influence the evolution of ant associations.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35257969
pii: S2214-5745(22)00033-5
doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2022.100898
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
100898Informations de copyright
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