Host specificity among maculinea butterflies in myrmica. The behaviour and habitat requirements of maculinea nausithous the dusky large blue butterfly and m. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Phylogeny and classification of the phengarismaculinea. This species was found to be less closely related to most other supposed members of maculinea than the traditional phengaris species, and hence the two genera were merged to form a monophyletic group. Phengaris maculinea teleius butterflies select host. In europe, both species occur in highly fragmented populations and are vulnerable to local extinction. Pdf lessons from the reintroduction of maculinea teleius.
May 29, 2019 the microbiome of the maculineamyrmica hostparasite interaction. The biodiversity heritage library works collaboratively to make biodiversity literature openly available to the world as part of a global biodiversity community. Apparently, chemical signals are used by phengaris nausithous bergstrasser larvae to mimic those of the host brood to be recognized by the ants. Phengaris maculinea butterflies are social parasites of myrmica ant colonies. Maculinea, myrmica, roer valley, habitat selection maculinea nausithous is a butterfly species which has been listed on the iucn red list as low risknear threatened iucn 2004. Currently large blue is classified as near threatened on the iucn red list of threatened species. The species was first defined in 1758 and first recorded in britain in 1795. Metapopulations of endangered maculinea butterflies are resilient to large. Lacks any submarginal markings on the underside hindwing. A phylogenetic revision of the glaucopsyche section. Very few colonies of these butterflies survive, and leading conservation bodies have called for. We present the findings of a 2year research study on sympatric populations of two endangered butterflies. Butterflies in the oriental genus phengaris, like maculinea, use foodplants from more than one plant family, and their caterpillars have a parasitic lifestyle similar to that of maculinea. The recent distribution of the european maculinea species.
Strong genetic differentiation of four maculinea species m. The large blue phengaris arion is a species of butterfly in the family lycaenidae. The dry habitat form occurs in juniper grasslands, pastures and other dry grassland formations usually on limestone. Maculinea nausithous exploits myrmica scabrinodis in.
Phengaris clade is probably nested within glaucopsyche. Population ecology of the endangered butterflies maculinea. Phylogeny and classification of the phengarismaculinea clade. Maculinea alcon mainly inhabits fens with gentian occurrence. The type species of the latter was the alcon blue m.
The evolution of alternative parasitic life histories in. Pdf maculinea nausithous bergstrasser, was recently discovered in two parts of the transylvanian basin. Author links open overlay panel christian anton martin musche josef settele. The dusky large blue phengaris nausithous is a species of butterfly in the family lycaenidae. Aug 11, 2005 butterflies of the genus maculinea are highly endangered in europe. Thomas the institute of terrestrial ecology, furzebrook research station, wareham, dorset bh20 5as, great britain abstract maculinea nausithous and m. Maculinea nausithous occur in transylvania romania. Terrestrische ecologie en natuurbeheer, terrestrial ecology and nature conservation. Download fulltext pdf maculinea nausithous bergstrasser, 1779 en madrid article pdf available in shilap 2184. The proportion of variable allozyme loci, average heterozygosity and genetic differentiation among. No other species are similar, even amongst the other large blues, maculinea. New information on the biology of maculinea nausithous and m. Ecological studies have been made of all 5 european species of maculinea.
A low level of genetic variation within the populations coupled with strong differentiation among them implies the effect of genetic drift. The hitherto unknown host ant specificity of these populations was investigated at two sites, where myrmica scabrinodis was the only potential host ant found. A phylogeny of blue butterflies of the genus maculinea and related genera lycaenidae is proposed, based on 91 morphological and ecological characters. Using presenceabsence data and a set of environmental variables, the distribution of m. Using the occasion of an extensive fire that occurred at the floodplain meadow complex in the vistula river valley, southern poland, in march 2012, we investigated its impact on one of the largest european metapopulations of endangered maculinea teleius and maculinea nausithous butterflies.
The behaviour and habitat requirements of maculinea. Previous molecular and morphological studies point to phengaris as the closest genus to maculinea als et al. Biological conservation 28 1984 325347 the behaviour and habitat requirements of maculinea nausithous the dusky large blue butterfly and m. Blues in the roer valley habitat selection and behaviour. Unlimited viewing of the articlechapter pdf and any associated supplements and figures. Dec, 2014 phengaris maculinea butterflies are social parasites of myrmica ant colonies.
The behaviour and habitat requirements of maculinea nausithous. Pdf lessons from the reintroduction of maculinea teleius and m. Genetic differentiation among the maculinea species. May 14, 2007 abstract total evidence analysis, based on a combination of morphological and ecological characters with two mitochondrial sequences cytochrome c oxidase subunits i and ii and one nuclear elongation factor. Abstract total evidence analysis, based on a combination of morphological and ecological characters with two mitochondrial sequences cytochrome c oxidase subunits i and ii and one nuclear elongation factor. Pdf details of a reintroduction of maculinea teleius scarce large blue butterfly and maculinea nausithous dusky large blue butterfly into a nature. Maculinea nausithousis the most endangered iberian butterfly, being included in the bern and habitat directives and in the spanish red book for invertebrates. The biology and ecology of the large blue butterfly phengaris maculinea arion. Maculinea alcon flies from late june to early august in a single generation in most high density. Patterns of host use by brood parasitic maculinea butterflies. Download pdf download all download jpeg 2000 download text. The recent distribution of the european maculinea species article pdf available in journal of insect conservation 21. Phengaris maculinea teleius butterflies select host plants. Berger, designated it as a separate species in 1946.
Discriminant analyses based on these axes showed that the myrmica community on sites occupied by different maculinea could be split into two major divisions by the first nmds axis. Vargathe dusky large blue maculinea nausithous kijevensis sheljuzhko, 1928 in the transylvanian basin. Pdf new information on the biology of maculinea nausithous and. Lepidoptera, lycaenidae from mainland china with description of a new species min wang 1, josef settele2, 1 department of entomology, college of natural resources and environment, south china agricultural uni versity, guangzhou 510640, china 2 ufz. The dusky large blue maculinea nausithous kijevensis sheljuzhko, 1928 in the transylvanian basin. Large blues maculinea are one of the best known members of the family lycaenidae, which has more than onethird of the worlds 18000 butterfly species ackery, 1984. Butterflies of the genus maculinea are highly endangered in europe. Phengaris is currently defined to include the genus maculinea. Pdf reintroduction of maculinea teleius and maculinea. Dusky large blue butterfly maculinea nausithous resting on a great burnet sanguisorba officinalis, wenger moor, salzburg, austria, europe. Pdf new information on the biology of maculinea nausithous. Alternatively, maculinea could be restricted to the one or two species. In the seventies this butterfly species had gone extinct in the netherlands but in 1990 m. Lycaenidae and their amplification in other maculinea species.
Phengaris doherty, 1891 maculinea van eecke, 1915 butterflies are among. The microbiome of the maculinea scientific reports. Download acrobat pdf file 105kb supplementary data 2. Phengaris rebeli formerly maculinea rebeli, common name mountain alcon blue, is a species of butterfly in the family lycaenidae. Microsatellite markers for the large blue butterflies maculinea nausithous and maculinea alcon lepidoptera. Metapopulations of endangered maculinea butterflies are.
The clade, including all species of maculinea and phengaris. Very few colonies of these butterflies survive, and leading conservation bodies have called for urgent research into their habitat requirements. Maculinea teleius in the last two countries and the dusky large blue maculinea nausithous in the netherlands 2,12, have spurred increased conservation efforts. Larvae of the parasite are adopted by the ant workers into the colonies. New information on the biology of maculinea nausithous and. Pdf maculinea nausithous bergstrasser, 1779 en madrid. This page was last edited on 24 november 2014, at 02. Both oviposit on the flowerheads of sanguisorba officinalis, but spend most of their. The microbiome of the maculineamyrmica hostparasite interaction. Download fulltext pdf reintroduction of maculinea teleius and maculinea nausithous in the netherlands in 1990. The dusky large blue maculinea nausithous bergstrasser, 1779. Large blue maculinea butterflies are highly endangered throughout the palaearctic region, and have been the focus of intense conservation research1,2,3.
Phengaris nausithous on eurobutterflies by matt rowlings. Traditionally in europe, five maculinea species are recognized. By continuing to use our website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. In total, 58 overwintered maculinea nausithous bergstrasser, 1779 larvae were found in nests of myrmica rubra. An maculinea in nahilalakip ha familia nga lycaenidae. The main discovery was that each maculinea species depends on a single, and different, host species of myrmica. Spatial patterns of host exploitation in a larval parasitoid of the predatory dusky large blue maculinea nausithous. Lycaenidae based on morphological and ecological characters. It was first found and described in styria, austria, on mount hochschwab around 1700.
Comparison of genetic population structure of the large. All natural habitat edges matter equally for endangered. Comparison of genetic population structure of the large blue. It is found in armenia, austria, azerbaijan, belarus, bulgaria, czech republic, france, georgia, germany, hungary, kazakhstan, moldova, montenegro, the netherlands, poland, romania, russia, slovenia, spain, switzerland, and ukraine the life cycle of this species is strongly related to the. Pdf the biology and ecology of the large blue butterfly. We map its potential distribution in the iberian peninsula, identifying potentially suitable areas where to focus future surveys. Lessons from the reintroduction of maculinea teleius and m. We investigated the genetic population structure of two rare myrmecophilous lycaenid butterflies, maculinea nausithous and m. One or two small areas of northwest spain with the main distribution from central eastern france, switzerland, germany absent from the north and eastwards. The sister genus to the phengarismaculinea clade was caerulea. In 1979 the species became extinct in britain but has been successfully reintroduced with new conservation methods.
In the present study, chemical extracts of ant brood and butterfly larvae using four different. Aug 02, 20 dusky large blue butterfly maculinea nausithous resting on a great burnet sanguisorba officinalis, wenger moor, salzburg, austria, europe. Papilio nausithous bergstrasser, 1779 glaucopsyche nausithous bergstrasser, 1779 maculinea nausithous bergstrasser, 1779 lycaena kijevensis sheljuzhko, 1928 maculinea erebus knoch, 1782. Host ant specificity of large blue butterflies phengaris maculinea. Details of a reintroduction of maculinea teleius scarce large blue butterfly and maculinea nausithous dusky large blue butterfly into a nature reserve in the netherlands are given. Spatial patterns of host exploitation in a larval parasitoid. Although it was initially classified as a subspecies of p. Maculinea are regarded as flagships of grassland conservation and useful.
Glaucopsyche nausithous maculinea nausithous bergstrasser, 1779 the dusky large blue phengaris nausithous is a species of butterfly in the family lycaenidae. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Tetracosane on the cuticle of the parasitic butterfly. Maculinea nausithous bergstrasser, dusky large blue, dunkle wiesenknopfameisenblauling, azure des paluds. Pdf fourth instar larvae of the two obligately antassociated lycaenid species macuinea nausithous and m. Host specificity among maculinea butterflies in myrmica ant nests. Both oviposit on the flowerheads of sanguisorba officinalis, but spend most of their immature lives inside myrmica spp.
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