Galls on galls: A hypergall‐inducing midge and its parasitoid community

Baine, Quinlyn; Casares, Emily E; Carabotta, Evangelina; Martinson, Vincent G.; Martinson, Ellen O.

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“…The copyright holder for this preprint this version posted September 5, 2023. ; https://doi.org/10. 1101/2023 This study is the first to fully characterize the entire arthropod communities associated with A. bigeloviae and A. trixa and found that both are rich and trophically complex in New Mexico.…”

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“…), which in some cases are present in extremely high abundances. This sub-community and its impact on A. bigeloviae ecology are fully described in (Baine et al 2023).…”

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“…), which in some cases are present in extremely high abundances. This sub-community and its impact on A. bigeloviae ecology are fully described in (Baine et al 2023). Some herbivorous hemipterans (aphids and scale insects) were collected as gall-associates because they were not visible at time of collection but are likely generalist herbivores on plant tissue.…”

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Arthropod communities associated with gall-inducingAciurina bigeloviaeandAciurina trixa(Diptera: Tephritidae) in New Mexico

Baine,

Casares,

Hughes

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Insect-induced galls are novel structures that serve as habitat to whole communities of associate arthropods that include predators, parasitoids and inquilines. Galling insects are generally under-described, but their associate communities, which can include many specialist organisms, are virtually unknown, particularly in the southwest United States.Aciurina bigeloviae(Cockerell 1890) andAciurina trixaCurran 1932 are unusually common and abundant galling flies in New Mexico. The 2 species are sister and occur in sympatric areas but have distinct gall morphologies. We reared all arthropods from 3800 galls from 14 sites in the northern and central regions of the state and as a result characterized the complete communities of both species, including barcode sequences and eclosion phenology. We also investigate interactions ofA. trixagalls with the abundant inquiline weevilAnthonomus cycliferusFall 1913 and find no measurable effect of inquiline abundance on the size of the emerged adult fly or gall. The total species count is 24 and includes 6 guilds; bothA. bigeloviaeandA. trixacommunities are richer and more complex than other documented Tephritidae-Asteraceae galling systems. This study highlights the potential of galling insects as ecosystem engineers to maintain large, rich and multi-trophic communities.

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confidence: 92%

“…), which in some cases are present in extremely high abundances. This sub-community and its impact on A. bigeloviae ecology are fully described in (Baine et al 2023).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Arthropod communities associated with gall-inducingAciurina bigeloviaeandAciurina trixa(Diptera: Tephritidae) in New Mexico

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Casares,

Hughes

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Galls on galls: A hypergall‐inducing midge and its parasitoid community

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Arthropod communities associated with gall-inducingAciurina bigeloviaeandAciurina trixa(Diptera: Tephritidae) in New Mexico

Arthropod communities associated with gall-inducingAciurina bigeloviaeandAciurina trixa(Diptera: Tephritidae) in New Mexico

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