The advantage of attending ants and gall aggregation for the gall wasp Andricus symbioticus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Feb 1992 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Oecologia, volume 89, pages 166-167 (issn: 0029-8549, eissn: 1432-1939,

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Authors: Yoshihisa, Abe;

doi: 10.1007/bf00317214

pmid: 28312869

The advantage of attending ants and gall aggregation for the gall wasp Andricus symbioticus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)

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Gall clusters of Andricus symbioticus secrete a sweet and sticky food attractive to ants. An ant exclusion experiment demonstrated the selective advantage of attending ants and gall aggregation for A. symbioticus. This gall wasp interacts with the gall-attending ants only through the host plant. Evolution of this symbiotic relationship seems to be associated with gall aggregation.

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