Ant-Associated Beetle Fauna in Bulgaria: A Review and New Data

Lapeva-Gjonova, Albena

doi:10.1155/2013/242037

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“…A list of haeteriine host ant genera was obtained from the literature (Helava et al, 1985; Yélamos, 1997; Tishechkin, 2007; Lapeva-Gjonova, 2013; Mazur, 1981). To estimate ages of stem-group and Recent host ant taxa in Figure 3a, data for earliest-known fossils were obtained from Barden (2016) (Barden, 2016; Barden, 2018), and molecular age estimates of crown-groups were taken from recent taxon-specific phylogenetic studies (Borowiec et al, 2017a; Borowiec et al, 2017b; Blaimer et al, 2015; Ward et al, 2015; Ferguson-Gow et al, 2014; Ward et al, 2010; Schmidt, 2013).…”

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A Mesozoic clown beetle myrmecophile (Coleoptera: Histeridae)

Zhou

Ślipiński

Ren

et al. 2019

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Complex interspecies relationships are widespread among metazoans, but the evolutionary history of these lifestyles is poorly understood. We describe a fossil beetle in 99-million-year-old Burmese amber that we infer to have been a social impostor of the earliest-known ant colonies. Promyrmister kistneri gen. et sp. nov. belongs to the haeteriine clown beetles (Coleoptera: Histeridae), a major clade of ‘myrmecophiles’—specialized nest intruders with dramatic anatomical, chemical and behavioral adaptations for colony infiltration. Promyrmister reveals that myrmecophiles evolved close to the emergence of ant eusociality, in colonies of stem-group ants that predominate Burmese amber, or with cryptic crown-group ants that remain largely unknown at this time. The clown beetle-ant relationship has been maintained ever since by the beetles host-switching to numerous modern ant genera, ultimately diversifying into one of the largest radiations of symbiotic animals. We infer that obligate behavioral symbioses can evolve relatively rapidly, and be sustained over deep time.

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A Mesozoic clown beetle myrmecophile (Coleoptera: Histeridae)

Zhou

Ślipiński

Ren

et al. 2019

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“…Some species have zoosaprophagous and phytosaprophagous larvae (Schöller 1998). The myrmecophilous larvae appear to feed on ant droppings and pellets (Erber 1988; Lapeva-Gjonova 2013); others feed on detritus (LeSage 1985, 1986; Erber 1988, Stiefel 1993), leaf litter or dead insects collected by the ants (Schöller 1998); or, on ants or ant bodies (Riley 1882). Schöller (1995) posits that zoosaprophagy may be an important aid for the development of larvae inhabiting arid and semi-arid regions, when plant foliage is scarce.…”

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Leaf beetles are ant-nest beetles: the curious life of the juvenile stages of case-bearers (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae)

Agraín¹,

Buffington²,

Chaboo³

et al. 2015

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Although some species of Cryptocephalinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) have been documented with ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) for almost 200 years, information on this association is fragmentary. This contribution synthesizes extant literature and analysizes the data for biological patterns. Myrmecophily is more common in the tribe Clytrini than in Cryptocephalini, but not documented for Fulcidacini or the closely-related Lamprosomatinae. Myrmecophilous cryptocephalines (34 species in 14 genera) primarily live among formicine and myrmecines ants as hosts. These two ant lineages are putative sister-groups, with their root-node dated to between 77–90 mya. In the New World tropics, the relatively recent radiation of ants from moist forests to more xeric ecosystems might have propelled the association of cryptocephalines and ant nests. Literature records suggest that the defensive behavioral profile or chemical profile (or both) of these ants has been exploited by cryptocephalines. Another pattern appears to be that specialized natural enemies, especially parasitoid Hymenoptera, exploit cryptocephaline beetles inside the ant nests. With the extant data at hand, based on the minimum age of a fossil larva dated to 45 mya, we can infer that the origin of cryptocephaline myrmecophily could have arisen within the Upper Cretaceous or later. It remains unknown how many times myrmecophily has appeared, or how old is the behavior. This uncertainty is compounded by incongruent hypotheses about the origins of Chrysomelidae and angiosperm-associated lineages of cryptocephalines. Living with ants offers multiple advantages that might have aided the colonization of xeric environments by some cryptocephaline species.

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“…Apesar da diversidade e ampla variedade de locais de nidifi cação das poneromorfas, há pouca informação sobre a fauna associada a seus ninhos, com exceção de alguns registros isolados de ácaros, insetos e moluscos associados a Neoponera (MEN- DONÇA-LOPES et al, 2011, 2013SANTOS et al, 2012) e a presença de colêmbolos em ninhos de Leptogenys distinguenda (Emery) (WITTE et al, 1999).…”

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Castaño-Meneses¹,

Palacios‐Vargas²,

Carmo³

2015

As Formigas Poneromorfas Do Brasil

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All the contents of this work, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Todo o conteúdo deste trabalho, exceto quando houver ressalva, é publicado sob a licença Creative Commons Atribição 4.0. Todo el contenido de esta obra, excepto donde se indique lo contrario, está bajo licencia de la licencia Creative Commons Reconocimento 4.0. 26-Colêmbolos e outros inquilinos de formigueiros de poneromorfas

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Ant-Associated Beetle Fauna in Bulgaria: A Review and New Data

Cited by 19 publications

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A Mesozoic clown beetle myrmecophile (Coleoptera: Histeridae)

A Mesozoic clown beetle myrmecophile (Coleoptera: Histeridae)

Leaf beetles are ant-nest beetles: the curious life of the juvenile stages of case-bearers (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae)

Colêmbolos e outros inquilinos de formigueiros de poneromorfas

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