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How common is trophobiosis with hoppers (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) inside ant nests (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)? Novel interactions from New Guinea and a world-wide overview
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SYSNO ASEP 0488549 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title How common is trophobiosis with hoppers (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) inside ant nests (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)? Novel interactions from New Guinea and a world-wide overview Author(s) Klimeš, Petr (BC-A) RID, ORCID
Borovanská, Michaela (BC-A)
Plowman, Nichola S. (BC-A) RID
Leponce, M. (BE)Number of authors 4 Source Title Myrmecological News. - : Österreichische Gesellschaft für Entomofaunistik - ISSN 1994-4136
Roč. 26, FEB 01 (2018), s. 31-45Number of pages 15 s. Language eng - English Country AT - Austria Keywords ants ; Fulgoroidea ; Formicinae Subject RIV EH - Ecology, Behaviour OECD category Ecology R&D Projects GB14-36098G GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF) Institutional support BC-A - RVO:60077344 UT WOS 000426336500003 EID SCOPUS 85044117829 Annotation Trophobiotic interactions between ants and honeydew-providing hemipterans are widespread and many of them occur inside ant nests. However, these cryptic associations are poorly understood. We studied tree-dwelling ant and Hemiptera communities in nests along the Mt. Wilhelm elevational gradient in Papua New Guinea. In particular, we focus here on a novel case of symbiosis between Pseudolasius ants and planthoppers. We provide also a worldwide review of other ant-hopper interactions inside ant-built structures and compare their nature (obligate versus facultative) and distribution within the suborder Auchenorrhyncha. Morphology and molecular data of the planthoppers indicated four related species of the family Flatidae associated with Pseudolasius. This apparent partner-specificity is rare: worldwide, there are only about ten reported cases of obligate symbiosis in ant nests, distributed in five of the thirty-three Auchenorrhyncha families. Those trophobioses are randomly dispersed across the families phylogeny, and thus likely originated multiple times independently. Workplace Biology Centre (since 2006) Contact Dana Hypšová, eje@eje.cz, Tel.: 387 775 214 Year of Publishing 2019
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