EFFECTS OF LARVAL DIET ON MYRMECOPHILOUS QUALITIES OF POLYOMMATUS-ICARUS CATERPILLARS (LEPIDOPTERA, LYCAENIDAE)
EFFECTS OF LARVAL DIET ON MYRMECOPHILOUS QUALITIES OF POLYOMMATUS-ICARUS CATERPILLARS (LEPIDOPTERA, LYCAENIDAE)
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DOI：
10.1007/bf00317767
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发表时间：
1990-01-01
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影响因子：
2.7
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FIEDLER, K
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作者：
FIEDLER, K
四龄多眼瓢虫幼虫与蚂蚁保持亲蚁性。在实验室的实验中，幼虫的吸引力上的树叶刺槐树饲养的毛虫相比，草本豆科植物喂养显着降低。从背侧蜜腺器官分泌富含碳水化合物的液体的能力也大大降低，而触手器官的功能不受影响。吸引力和分泌能力的降低是由食物质量本身引起的，而不是由次级效应（如幼虫尺寸减小）引起的。的生态意义的结果进行了讨论与facultimate和专性myrmecophilous灰蝶。
Fourth instar larvae of Polyommatus icarus maintain myrmecophilous with ants. In laboratory experiments, the attractiveness of larvae reared on foliage of the tree Robinia pseudoacacia was significantly reduced compared with caterpillars fed with herbaceous Fabaceae. The ability to secrete carbohydrate-rich liquids from the dorsal nectary organ was also strongly reduced, while the function of the tentacle organs remained unaffected. The reductions in attractiveness and secretion abilities are caused by the food quality itself and not by secondary effects such as reduced larval size. The ecological significance of the results are discussed with respect to facultatively and obligately myrmecophilous lycaenids.