Research article - Peer-reviewed, 2013
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, JohannesAbstract
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 Biology2013, volume: 13, article number: 92
Publisher: BIOMED CENTRAL LTD
Authors' information
Hambäck, Peter
Weingartner, Elisabet
Stockholm University
Ericson, Lars
Umeå University
Fors, Lisa
Stockholm University
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Ecology
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Ecology
Bergsten, Johannes
UKÄ Subject classification
Ecology
Genetics
Evolutionary Biology
Publication Identifiers
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-13-92
URI (permanent link to this page)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/51532