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dc.contributor.authorFiala, Brigitte
dc.contributor.authorWells, Konstans
dc.contributor.authorHaubenreisser, Julia
dc.contributor.authorPittroff, Andreas
dc.contributor.authorKaya-Zeeb, Sinan
dc.contributor.authorChung, Arthur Y. C.
dc.contributor.authorHashim, Rosli Bin
dc.contributor.authorKeller, Alexander
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-21T02:43:50Z
dc.date.available2018-05-21T02:43:50Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.issn1095-8312
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/bij.12605
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/171746
dc.description.abstractThrips (Thysanoptera) have been recorded as pollinators of various plant species, but they are mostly regarded to be of low ecological relevance. In Southeast Asia, thrips were recently discovered to pollinate flowers of several taxonomic sections of the pioneer tree genus Macaranga (Euphorbiaceae), which is particularly well known as an ant-plant, and for its importance in early forest succession. The lack of taxonomic treatment and of knowledge about systematic relationships among extant thrips, however, has prevented firm conclusions on the specificity of this plant-pollinator interaction. Here, results from sequencing of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit support our previous morphospecies concept of Macaranga flower thrips, and confirm the genetic identity of five recently described species. They were remarkably all assigned to the genus Dolichothrips (Phlaeothripidae), which typically consists of phytophagous species. In addition, the molecular data revealed one cryptic species. A first phylogenetic tree of the Dolichothrips associated with Macaranga provides insights into their systematic position. In particular, we identify monophyly of all important Macaranga pollinator species, all species being largely specific to particular taxonomic host plant sections. Our results suggest a closely matched diversification of pollinating thrips with Macaranga trees. This adds a novel type of association to thrips pollinator-plant interactions, which have been so far documented as single-species interactions or generalist thrips species visiting multiple plant taxa.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom558
dc.relation.ispartofpageto570
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalBiological Journal of the Linnean Society
dc.relation.ispartofvolume116
dc.subject.fieldofresearchZoology not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiological Sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode060899
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode06
dc.titleMonophyletic clades of Macaranga-pollinating thrips show high specificity to taxonomic sections of host plants
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorWells, Konstans


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