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Bayesian species delimitation reveals generalist and specialist parasitic wasps on Galerucella beetles (Chrysomelidae): sorting by herbivore or plant host

Hambäck, Peter; Weingartner, Elisabet; Ericson, Lars; Fors, Lisa; Lundhagen, Anna; Stenberg, Johan A; Bergsten, Johannes

Abstract

Conclusion: Using multilocus sequence data in a Bayesian species delimitation analysis we propose that hymenopteran parasitoids of the genus Asecodes that infest Galerucella larvae constitute at least three species with narrow diet breath. The evolution of parasitoid Asecodes and host Galerucella show a fully congruent coevolutionary pattern. This finding strengthens the hypothesis that the parasitoid in host search uses cues of the host rather than more general cues of both host and plant.

Published in

BMC Evolutionary Biology
2013, Volume: 13, article number: 92
Publisher: BIOMED CENTRAL LTD

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        • UKÄ Subject classification

        Ecology
        Genetics
        Evolutionary Biology

        Publication identifier

        DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-13-92

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        https://res.slu.se/id/publ/51532