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| Autor(es): |
Elias, Larissa G.
[1]
;
Teixeira, Simone P.
[2]
;
Kjellberg, Finn
[3]
;
Santinelo Pereira, Rodrigo Augusto
Número total de Autores: 4
|
| Afiliação do(s) autor(es): | [1] Univ Sao Paulo, PPG Entomol, Dept Biol, FFCLRP, BR-14049 Ribeirao Preto, SP - Brazil
[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Depto Ciencias Farmaceut, FCFRP, BR-14049 Ribeirao Preto, SP - Brazil
[3] CNRS, Ctr Ecol Fonct & Evolut, F-34033 Montpellier - France
Número total de Afiliações: 3
|
| Tipo de documento: | Artigo Científico |
| Fonte: | Biological Journal of the Linnean Society; v. 106, n. 1, p. 114-122, MAY 2012. |
| Citações Web of Science: | 26 |
| Resumo | |
Mutualisms such as the figfig wasp mutualism are generally exploited by parasites. We demonstrate that amongst nonpollinating fig wasps (NPFWs) parasitic on Ficus citrifolia, a species of Idarnes galls flowers and another species feeds on galls induced by other wasps killing their larvae. The galling wasp inserts its ovipositor through the fig wall into the fig cavity. The ovipositor then follows a sinuous path and is introduced through the stigma and style of the flower. The egg is deposited between the integument and nucellus, in the exact location where the pollinating mutualistic wasp would have laid its egg. Gall induction is a complex process. In contrast, the path followed by the ovipositor of the other species is straightforward: attacking a larva within a developed gall poses different constraints. Shifts in feeding regime have occurred repeatedly in NPFWs. Monitoring traits associated with such repeated evolutionary shifts may help understand underlying functional constraints. (c) 2012 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2012, 106, 114122. (AU) | |
| Processo FAPESP: | 04/10299-4 - Efeitos da fragmentação florestal no funcionamento das populações de figueiras e no mutualismo ficus-vespas de figo |
| Beneficiário: | Rodrigo Augusto Santinelo Pereira |
| Modalidade de apoio: | Auxílio à Pesquisa - Programa BIOTA - Jovens Pesquisadores |