No other species are similar, even amongst the other large blues, maculinea. Citeseerx document details isaac councill, lee giles, pradeep teregowda. Genetic differentiation among the maculinea species. Lessons from the reintroduction of maculinea teleius and m. The species is in parasitic relations with ants myrmica rubra, that is why the second and third instar larvae. Nov 18, 2004 most currently recognized species, including the widely distributed species m. Sequences of cr1 nonltr retrotransposons were deposited in. Habitat requirements and niche selection of maculinea. Papillons lycaenidae maculinea nausithous bergstrasser, 1779. The behaviour and habitat requirements of maculinea nausithous. Donker pimpernelblauwtje maculinea nausithous h1061. It was a surprise to me that even a small amount of sanguisorba can support even a mediumsized colony. Cr1 clade of nonltr retrotransposons from maculinea.
Pdf population ecology of the endangered butterflies maculinea. Female lays eggs in the flowers of sanguisorba officinalis. Pdf fourth instar larvae of the two obligately antassociated lycaenid species macuinea nausithous and m teleius are adopted by their host ants in. Maculinea nausithous bergstrasser, 1779 and maculinea teleius bergstrasser, 1779 ritter et al.
Here, we present a comprehensive study on the wolbachia infestation and the genetic diversity of all maculinea species. Structures similar to ant stridulatory organs, formed of a plectrum and a file, are not present on the cuticles of maculinea larvae. Pdf lessons from the reintroduction of maculinea teleius. Horizontal transmission is believed to be a very rare event in nonltr retrotransposons. Maculinea nausithous exploits myrmica scabrinodis in. Variation in butterfly larval acoustics as a strategy to. Maculinea butterflies and myrmica ants can be attributed to a similarity in their climatic niches. Iec 8251 pdf iec standard safety of laser products part 1. Jul 04, 2019 pdf maculinea nausithous bergstrasser, was recently discovered in two parts of the transylvanian basin. Isolated populations of the myrmecophilous dusky large blue butterfly maculinea nausithous occur in transylvania romania. Glaucopsyche nausithous maculinea nausithous bergstrasser, 1779 the dusky large blue phengaris nausithous is a species of butterfly in the family lycaenidae.
Lacks any submarginal markings on the underside hindwing. We developed enms of associated maculinea and myrmica species i to assess the similarities of their climatic niches and ii to identify their niche overlap, today and when projected onto future conditions resulting from climate change. The animal diversity web is an educational resource written largely by and for college students. Jul 02, 2019 horae homileticae pdf logos bible software is offering a prepublication offer on charles simeons massive, volume, 12, page horae homileticae originally. Here we present results of laboratory experiments on adoption, survival, development and. 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. Details of a reintroduction of maculinea teleius scarce large blue butterfly and maculinea nausithous dusky large blue butterfly into a nature reserve.
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. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Lycaena arion alconides aurivillius, 1888, lycaena alcon alconides dahlstrom, 1899. Development of parasitic maculinea teleius lepidoptera. Traditionally in europe, five maculinea species are recognized. Jun 25, 2007 nonlong terminal repeat nonltr retrotransposons are mobile genetic elements that propagate themselves by reverse transcription of an rna intermediate. Pdf maculinea nausithous bergstrasser, was recently discovered in two parts of the transylvanian basin. Maculinea alcon mainly inhabits fens with gentian occurrence. Maculinea nausithous, enzyme polymorphism, morphometric variation, geographical differentiation introduction the dusky large blue maculinea nausithous bergstrasser, 1779 has a special life cycle. An maculinea in nahilalakip ha familia nga lycaenidae. Free service for documents up to 200 pages or 50 mb and 3 tasks per hour. We have investigated the genetic population structure within and the genetic differentiation between local populations of the large blue butterfly maculinea alcon throughout the jutland peninsula.
Maculinea nausithous, myrmica rubra, hostant specificity, hungary. Papilio nausithous bergstrasser, 1779 glaucopsyche nausithous bergstrasser, 1779 maculinea nausithous bergstrasser, 1779 lycaena kijevensis sheljuzhko, 1928 maculinea erebus knoch, 1782. In the seventies this butterfly species had gone extinct in the netherlands but in 1990 m. 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. New facts on the life history of the dusky large blue maculinea nausithous lepidoptera. Bergstrasser, 1779 larvae inside myrmica nests, but this species may have an intermediate strategy. Maculinea alcon and maculinea arion are infected in 100 %, each of these species with a single strain, but the infection level of maculinea nausithous and maculinea teleius is much lower. He wrote males as rule relatively small and pale, the forewings at the most four weak spots. The type species of the latter was the alcon blue m. Previous molecular and morphological studies point to phengaris as the closest genus to maculinea als et al. Maculinea butterflies are social parasites of myrmica ants.
Wolbachia seems to have an influence on the mitochondrial dna pattern of maculinea hosts in different ways. Both oviposit on the flowerheads of sanguisorba officinalis, but spend most of their. The recent distribution of the european maculinea species article pdf available in journal of insect conservation 21. Donker pimpernelblauwtje maculinea nausithous h1061 1. Controversial patterns of wolbachia infestation in the. Maculinea nausithous is sometimes found most common in young fallows and most regularly on meadows on the edge of bogs. Mar 23, 2020 pdf maculinea nausithous bergstrasser, was recently discovered in two parts of the transylvanian basin. Jun 23, 2019 ligeiramente maliciosos pdf livro s rie os bedwyns ligeiramente maliciosos volume 2 mary balogh pdf book is the book you are looking for, by download. Our knowledge of distribution and diversity of insect non. Samples were collected as eggs on foodplants gentiana pneumonanthe, and reared to 4th instar caterpillars in the laboratory. Niche overlap and host specificity in parasitic maculinea. Phengaris is currently defined to include the genus maculinea. Donker pimpernelblauwtje maculinea nausithous tabel 3 stowa. Lycaenidae obtained by breeding with myrmica ants in plaster nests.
The species is distributed at northwest spain and from central eastern france, switzerland, germany and eastwards up to russia, kazakhstan, and caucasus. Maculinea nausithous colonizes mesophilous to wet meadows and fens, which are unmown from early summer to the early autumn early or midjune to midseptember and host flowering plants of sanguisorba officinalis at flight time. The recent distribution of the european maculinea species. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Pdf the biology and ecology of the large blue butterfly. Pdf new information on the biology of maculinea nausithous and. This page was last edited on 24 november 2014, at 02. The evolutionary history of this butterfly section is particularly important to understand the. Both species often occur in sympatry and thus seem to have very similar requirements with.
Controversial patterns of wolbachia infestation in the social. A phylogenetic revision of the glaucopsyche section. A low level of genetic variation within the populations coupled with strong differentiation among them implies the effect of genetic drift. Vertical evolution and horizontal transfer of cr1 nonltr. Report on the main results of the surveillance under. Distribution and biological peculiarities in armenia. Nonltr retrotransposons are known to evolve mainly via vertical transmission and random loss.
Strong genetic differentiation of four maculinea species m. It is interactive so you can click and go directly to the aim page. However, in the mature postadoption larvae, we were able to observe a tiny toothandcomb organ 12, structurally similar to those described in the mutualistic australian lycaenid arhopala madytus 56. Host ant specificity of large blue butterflies phengaris maculinea. Jan 04, 2020 key words numbering 3 to 7 should not be repeated in the title. Based on habitat characteristics, we sought to identify factors affecting the abundance of two vulnerable large blue butterflies, maculinea teleius and maculinea nausithous. Butterflies of europe, 2004 out of print is now available as a pdf file 73 380mo.
Maculinea nausithous occur in transylvania romania. Jan 18, 2015 the british subspecies of maculinea arion eutyphron was described briefly by the german entomologist hans fruhstorfer surprisingly during the first world war in 1915. Spatial and functional aspects of coherence for insect. Then him riding to her rescue when she is dangling at the end of a proverbial rope. May 29, 2009 identifying the factors determining the distribution and abundance of species is a fundamental question in population ecology. Phengaris doherty, 1891 maculinea van eecke, 1915 butterflies are. Dusky large blue butterfly maculinea nausithous resting on a great burnet sanguisorba officinalis, wenger moor, salzburg, austria, europe author. Logos bible software is offering a prepublication offer on charles simeons massive, volume, 12, page horae homileticae originally. The evolution of alternative parasitic life histories in. Equipment classification, requirements and users guide.
Comparison of genetic population structure of the large. The large blue phengaris arion is a species of butterfly in the family lycaenidae. Maculinea alcon alconides korb, 1997 maculinea alcon alconides korb, 1997. One or two small areas of northwest spain with the main distribution from central eastern france, switzerland, germany absent from the north and eastwards. Phengaris nausithous on eurobutterflies by matt rowlings. The dry habitat form occurs in juniper grasslands, pastures and other dry grassland formations usually on limestone. The dusky large blue phengaris nausithous is a species of butterfly in the family lycaenidae. Blues in the roer valley habitat selection and behaviour. Lycaenidae and their amplification in other maculinea. The site is inhabited by three social parasites of. The dusky large blue maculinea nausithous kijevensis sheljuzhko, 1928 in the transylvanian basin. We present the findings of a 2year research study on sympatric populations of two endangered butterflies. Nonlong terminal repeat nonltr retrotransposons are mobile genetic elements that propagate themselves by reverse transcription of an rna intermediate.
This particular site was exceptional for both nausithous and the scarce large blue p. The species was first defined in 1758 and first recorded in britain in 1795. This species was previously known as maculinea nausithous. Maculinea nausithous butterfly conservation armenia. Bama, bw9 on the himmeroder denkschrift, see roland g. Microsatellite markers for the large blue butterflies maculinea nausithous and maculinea alcon lepidoptera. Imagoes lay eggs on the larger, apical flower heads of sanguisorba officinalis thomas 1984. Key words numbering 3 to 7 should not be repeated in the title. Mclasp this website uses cookies our website uses cookies to ensure that we give you the best possible online experience. 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. In 1979 the species became extinct in britain but has been successfully reintroduced with new conservation methods. 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.
Lycaenidae and their amplification in other maculinea species. Both species often occur in sympatry and thus seem to have very. Microsattelite fragmnta for faunistic large blue butterflies maculinea nausithous and maculinea alcon lepidoptera. Identifying the factors determining the distribution and abundance of species is a fundamental question in population ecology. Maculinea nausithous bergstrasser, dusky large blue, dunkle wiesenknopfameisenblauling, azure des paluds. Methods to study the strength of host ant specificity in the maculineamyrmica association include research on chemical and acoustic mimicry as well as experiments on ant adoption and rearing behaviour of maculinea larvae.
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