Biology and defensive secretion of myrmecophilous<i>Thiasophila</i>spp. (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) associated with the<i>Formica rufa</i>species group

Zagaja, Mirosław; Staniec, Bernard; Pietrykowska-Tudruj, Ewa; Trytek, Mariusz

doi:10.1080/00222933.2017.1387299

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“…Two representatives of Staphylinidae: Thiasophila angulata and Leptacinus formicetorum are predators, actively seeking out early developmental stages of ants (eggs and larvae) and other invertebrates inhabiting nests of red wood ants. They can also scavenge dead bodies of adult ants and other insects in the anthill [2,21]. What is more, T. angulate adapts its behavior to avoid ants aggression or to defend when attacked [21,22].…”

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First Insight into Microbiome Profiles of Myrmecophilous Beetles and Their Host, Red Wood Ant Formica polyctena (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—A Case Study

Kaczmarczyk-Ziemba

Zagaja

Wagner

et al. 2020

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Formica polyctena belongs to the red wood ant species group. Its nests provide a stable, food rich, and temperature and humidity controlled environment, utilized by a wide range of species, called myrmecophiles. Here, we used the high-throughput sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene on the Illumina platform for identification of the microbiome profiles of six selected myrmecophilous beetles (Dendrophilus pygmaeus, Leptacinus formicetorum, Monotoma angusticollis, Myrmechixenus subterraneus, Ptenidium formicetorum and Thiasophila angulata) and their host F. polyctena. Analyzed bacterial communities consisted of a total of 23 phyla, among which Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, and Firmicutes were the most abundant. Two known endosymbionts—Wolbachia and Rickettsia—were found in the analyzed microbiome profiles and Wolbachia was dominant in bacterial communities associated with F. polyctena, M. subterraneus, L. formicetorum and P. formicetorum (>90% of reads). In turn, M. angusticollis was co-infected with both Wolbachia and Rickettsia, while in the microbiome of T. angulata, the dominance of Rickettsia has been observed. The relationships among the microbiome profiles were complex, and no relative abundance pattern common to all myrmecophilous beetles tested was observed. However, some subtle, species-specific patterns have been observed for bacterial communities associated with D. pygmaeus, M. angusticollis, and T. angulata.

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“…They can also scavenge dead bodies of adult ants and other insects in the anthill [2,21]. What is more, T. angulate adapts its behavior to avoid ants aggression or to defend when attacked [21,22]. Dendrophilus pygmaeus (Histeridae) is carnivorous, feeding on insect remains or dead ants.…”

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First Insight into Microbiome Profiles of Myrmecophilous Beetles and Their Host, Red Wood Ant Formica polyctena (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—A Case Study

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Zagaja

Wagner

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“…Evidence for this could be the presence in adult beetles, in contrast to the other representatives of this genus, of glands modifying the behaviour of the ants, which enables the beetles to live unmolested in the near neighbourhood of the anthill. Again, on the basis of existing classifications (Wasmann 1894, Kistner 1979) and observations of different behavioural aspects of Thisophilaangulata , Zagaja et al (2017) place this species among host-integrated myrmecophiles. However, Stoeffler et al (2011) demonstrated that the relations of T.angulata with ants resemble a pre-adaptation (initial phase) to a closer relationship with them, rather than complete integration, as in the case of P.laticollis .…”

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“…Relationships between myrmecophiles and their hosts exhibit varying degrees of advancement (Wasmann 1894, Hölldobler 1971, Hölldobler and Wilson 1990, Stoeffler et al 2011, Staniec et al 2017, Zagaja et al 2017), which may be correlated with certain morphological adaptations in actively living developmental forms, including larvae. The data listed in Table 2 summarize the current state of our studies, which focus on the external structure of the larval stages of European myrmecophilous aleocharine species, especially in relation to the differing degrees of integration with their hosts (Stoeffler et al 2011, Staniec et al 2009, 2017, 2018, Zagaja et al 2014).…”

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“…On the other hand, both these beetles will readily feed on ant larvae, thus exhibiting typical features of synechtry (Parmentier et al 2015, own observations). The myrmecophilous Thiasophilaangulata (Erichson W.F., 1837) has a similar lifestyle (Zagaja et al 2017), but the morphology of its larva is no different from that of the larvae of other, related but non-myrmecophilous aleocharine beetles (Zagaja et al 2014).…”

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Comparative larval ultramorphology of some myrmecophilous Aleocharinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), with a first description of the larvae of Amidobia talpa (Heer O, 1841) and Oxypoda haemorrhoa (Mannerheim C.G., 1830), associated with the Formica rufa species group

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Pietrykowska-Tudruj³

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The paper describes the external structures of the late larval stages of two Palearctic myrmecophilous staphylinids: Amidobiatalpa and Oxypodahaemorrhoa associated with the Formicarufa species group. This is the first-ever description of the larva of Amidobia, and the only complete, detailed account of the morphology of this developmental stage in the genus Oxypoda currently available. For the first time in these two genera, 13 and 10 larval diagnostic features, respectively, are proposed. Morphological differences have been established between known and the newly described larvae of five species (genera) of myrmecophilous and one non-myrmecophilous Aleocharinae, belonging to three tribes. Amidobiatalpa and O.haemorrhoa are probably typical, tiny predators, like most other Aleocharinae, including non-myrmecophilous ones. Being very small and highly mobile, they are ignored by worker ants. Not surprisingly, no particular larval morphological modifications were found to enable them to survive among ants. Such features have, however, evolved in the larvae of larger aleocharines, that is, those that are perceived by ants and are wholly integrated with their hosts in the ant nest (e.g. Lomechusa). This comparative analysis of the functional morphology of the larvae of known myrmecophilous Aleocharinae is a springboard to further such studies of these interesting insects.

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Myrmekophile im Ökosystem der Ameisennester

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Kwapich²

2023

Die Gäste Der Ameisen

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Biology and defensive secretion of myrmecophilousThiasophilaspp. (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) associated with theFormica rufaspecies group

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First Insight into Microbiome Profiles of Myrmecophilous Beetles and Their Host, Red Wood Ant Formica polyctena (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—A Case Study

First Insight into Microbiome Profiles of Myrmecophilous Beetles and Their Host, Red Wood Ant Formica polyctena (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—A Case Study

Comparative larval ultramorphology of some myrmecophilous Aleocharinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), with a first description of the larvae of Amidobia talpa (Heer O, 1841) and Oxypoda haemorrhoa (Mannerheim C.G., 1830), associated with the Formica rufa species group

Myrmekophile im Ökosystem der Ameisennester

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