Lycaenidae obtained by breeding with myrmica ants in plaster nests. 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. Maculinea nausithous bergstrasser, dusky large blue, dunkle wiesenknopfameisenblauling, azure des paluds. Habitat requirements and niche selection of maculinea. The dry habitat form occurs in juniper grasslands, pastures and other dry grassland formations usually on limestone. 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 is currently defined to include the genus maculinea. Papillons lycaenidae maculinea nausithous bergstrasser, 1779. He wrote males as rule relatively small and pale, the forewings at the most four weak spots. Nov 18, 2004 most currently recognized species, including the widely distributed species m. Despite much research on the socially parasitic large blue butterflies genus maculinea in the past 40 years, their relationship to their closest relatives, phengaris, is controversial and the relationships among the remaining genera in the glaucopsyche section are largely unresolved. Cr1 clade of nonltr retrotransposons from maculinea.
Mclasp this website uses cookies our website uses cookies to ensure that we give you the best possible online experience. Bama, bw9 on the himmeroder denkschrift, see roland g. The dusky large blue maculinea nausithous kijevensis sheljuzhko, 1928 in the transylvanian basin. Here, we present a comprehensive study on the wolbachia infestation and the genetic diversity of all maculinea species. Phengaris doherty, 1891 maculinea van eecke, 1915 butterflies are. Phengaris nausithous on eurobutterflies by matt rowlings. The species is in parasitic relations with ants myrmica rubra, that is why the second and third instar larvae.
Maculinea alcon alconides korb, 1997 maculinea alcon alconides korb, 1997. Maculinea nausithous butterfly conservation armenia. Identifying the factors determining the distribution and abundance of species is a fundamental question in population ecology. Maculinea alcon mainly inhabits fens with gentian occurrence.
Spatial and functional aspects of coherence for insect. 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. In 1979 the species became extinct in britain but has been successfully reintroduced with new conservation methods. Iec 8251 pdf iec standard safety of laser products part 1. Niche overlap and host specificity in parasitic maculinea. Maculinea butterflies are social parasites of myrmica ants. Comparison of genetic population structure of the large. The type species of the latter was the alcon blue m. Logos bible software is offering a prepublication offer on charles simeons massive, volume, 12, page horae homileticae originally. Jul 02, 2019 horae homileticae pdf logos bible software is offering a prepublication offer on charles simeons massive, volume, 12, page horae homileticae originally. The large blue phengaris arion is a species of butterfly in the family lycaenidae.
A low level of genetic variation within the populations coupled with strong differentiation among them implies the effect of genetic drift. Based on habitat characteristics, we sought to identify factors affecting the abundance of two vulnerable large blue butterflies, maculinea teleius and maculinea nausithous. Most currently recognized species, including the widely distributed species m. 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. Then him riding to her rescue when she is dangling at the end of a proverbial rope. Host ant specificity of large blue butterflies phengaris maculinea. Maculinea nausithous occur in transylvania romania. Jul 04, 2019 pdf maculinea nausithous bergstrasser, was recently discovered in two parts of the transylvanian basin.
Nonlong terminal repeat nonltr retrotransposons are mobile genetic elements that propagate themselves by reverse transcription of an rna intermediate. Distribution and biological peculiarities in armenia. Microsatellite markers for the large blue butterflies maculinea nausithous and maculinea alcon lepidoptera. The evolutionary history of this butterfly section is particularly important to understand the. Pdf new information on the biology of maculinea nausithous and. Maculinea nausithous is sometimes found most common in young fallows and most regularly on meadows on the edge of bogs. It was a surprise to me that even a small amount of sanguisorba can support even a mediumsized colony. Maculinea nausithous, enzyme polymorphism, morphometric variation, geographical differentiation introduction the dusky large blue maculinea nausithous bergstrasser, 1779 has a special life cycle. Lycaenidae and their amplification in other maculinea species. Horizontal transmission is believed to be a very rare event in nonltr retrotransposons. 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. Equipment classification, requirements and users guide. 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. Blues in the roer valley habitat selection and behaviour. Vertical evolution and horizontal transfer of cr1 nonltr. Jan 04, 2020 key words numbering 3 to 7 should not be repeated in the title. Strong genetic differentiation of four maculinea species m. Our knowledge of distribution and diversity of insect non. Dusky large blue butterfly maculinea nausithous resting on a great burnet sanguisorba officinalis, wenger moor, salzburg, austria, europe author. Maculinea nausithous bergstrasser, 1779 and maculinea teleius bergstrasser, 1779 ritter et al. Papilio nausithous bergstrasser, 1779 glaucopsyche nausithous bergstrasser, 1779 maculinea nausithous bergstrasser, 1779 lycaena kijevensis sheljuzhko, 1928 maculinea erebus knoch, 1782.
This species was previously known as maculinea nausithous. Free service for documents up to 200 pages or 50 mb and 3 tasks per hour. We do not use these to store personal information about you. Key words numbering 3 to 7 should not be repeated in the title. 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. Controversial patterns of wolbachia infestation in the social. Both species often occur in sympatry and thus seem to have very similar requirements with. Nonltr retrotransposons are known to evolve mainly via vertical transmission and random loss. An maculinea in nahilalakip ha familia nga lycaenidae. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. The animal diversity web is an educational resource written largely by and for college students.
Microsattelite fragmnta for faunistic large blue butterflies maculinea nausithous and maculinea alcon lepidoptera. Bergstrasser, 1779 larvae inside myrmica nests, but this species may have an intermediate strategy. The site is inhabited by three social parasites of. The hitherto unknown host ant specificity of these populations was investigated at two sites, where myrmica scabrinodis was the only potential host ant found. Donker pimpernelblauwtje maculinea nausithous h1061. Jun 25, 2007 nonlong terminal repeat nonltr retrotransposons are mobile genetic elements that propagate themselves by reverse transcription of an rna intermediate. The species is distributed at northwest spain and from central eastern france, switzerland, germany and eastwards up to russia, kazakhstan, and caucasus. The evolution of alternative parasitic life histories in.
Both species often occur in sympatry and thus seem to have very. We present the findings of a 2year research study on sympatric populations of two endangered butterflies. Maculinea alcon flies from late june to early august in a single generation in most high density. Mar 23, 2020 pdf maculinea nausithous bergstrasser, was recently discovered in two parts of the transylvanian basin. Donker pimpernelblauwtje maculinea nausithous h1061 1. 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. Wolbachia seems to have an influence on the mitochondrial dna pattern of maculinea hosts in different ways.
The recent distribution of the european maculinea species. May 29, 2009 identifying the factors determining the distribution and abundance of species is a fundamental question in population ecology. The species was first defined in 1758 and first recorded in britain in 1795. Sequences of cr1 nonltr retrotransposons were deposited in. Pdf the biology and ecology of the large blue butterfly. 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. Maculinea nausithous, myrmica rubra, hostant specificity, hungary.
The recent distribution of the european maculinea species article pdf available in journal of insect conservation 21. Report on the main results of the surveillance under. 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. Maculinea butterflies and myrmica ants can be attributed to a similarity in their climatic niches.
Donker pimpernelblauwtje maculinea nausithous tabel 3 stowa. Variation in butterfly larval acoustics as a strategy to. A phylogenetic revision of the glaucopsyche section. Pdf maculinea nausithous bergstrasser, was recently discovered in two parts of the transylvanian basin. Controversial patterns of wolbachia infestation in the.
Lycaenidae and their amplification in other maculinea. Samples were collected as eggs on foodplants gentiana pneumonanthe, and reared to 4th instar caterpillars in the laboratory. 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. Details of a reintroduction of maculinea teleius scarce large blue butterfly and maculinea nausithous dusky large blue butterfly into a nature reserve. Previous molecular and morphological studies point to phengaris as the closest genus to maculinea als et al. New facts on the life history of the dusky large blue maculinea nausithous lepidoptera. Lacks any submarginal markings on the underside hindwing. Genetic differentiation among the maculinea species. This page was last edited on 24 november 2014, at 02. Maculinea nausithous exploits myrmica scabrinodis in. 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. Pdf lessons from the reintroduction of maculinea teleius. In the seventies this butterfly species had gone extinct in the netherlands but in 1990 m.
Female lays eggs in the flowers of sanguisorba officinalis. Lessons from the reintroduction of maculinea teleius and m. This particular site was exceptional for both nausithous and the scarce large blue p. 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. Traditionally in europe, five maculinea species are recognized. Here we present results of laboratory experiments on adoption, survival, development and. Pdf population ecology of the endangered butterflies maculinea. Pdf fourth instar larvae of the two obligately antassociated lycaenid species macuinea nausithous and m teleius are adopted by their host ants in. The dusky large blue phengaris nausithous is a species of butterfly in the family lycaenidae. 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. Structures similar to ant stridulatory organs, formed of a plectrum and a file, are not present on the cuticles of maculinea larvae. Lycaena arion alconides aurivillius, 1888, lycaena alcon alconides dahlstrom, 1899. Both oviposit on the flowerheads of sanguisorba officinalis, but spend most of their. Isolated populations of the myrmecophilous dusky large blue butterfly maculinea nausithous occur in transylvania romania.
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