The first record of the parasitic myrmecophilous caterpillar Liphyrabrassolis (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) inside Asian weaver ant (Oecophyllasmaragdina) nests in oil palm plantations

Asian weaver ants (Oecophyllasmaragdina) are an important biocontrol agent in agricultural habitats. We conducted surveys in oil palm plantations in Riau, Indonesia for an obligate myrmecophilous butterfly larvae, Liphyrabrassolis (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae), that is known to consume weaver ant larvae...

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Autores principales: Dwi Advento, Andreas, Yusah, Kalsum M, Salim, Hasber, Naim, Mohammad, Caliman, Jean-Pierre, Fayle, Tom Maurice
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9848595/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36761604
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e83842
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author Dwi Advento, Andreas
Yusah, Kalsum M
Salim, Hasber
Naim, Mohammad
Caliman, Jean-Pierre
Fayle, Tom Maurice
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Yusah, Kalsum M
Salim, Hasber
Naim, Mohammad
Caliman, Jean-Pierre
Fayle, Tom Maurice
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description Asian weaver ants (Oecophyllasmaragdina) are an important biocontrol agent in agricultural habitats. We conducted surveys in oil palm plantations in Riau, Indonesia for an obligate myrmecophilous butterfly larvae, Liphyrabrassolis (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae), that is known to consume weaver ant larvae in other habitat types. We found L.brassolis larvae in five of the twenty nests surveyed, with larval presence not being related to weaver ant nest size. We also observed L.brassolis larvae in a weaver ant mass rearing facility. This is the first report of L.brassolis from oil palm plantations and may have implications for the use of weaver ants as biological control agents.
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spelling pubmed-98485952023-02-08 The first record of the parasitic myrmecophilous caterpillar Liphyrabrassolis (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) inside Asian weaver ant (Oecophyllasmaragdina) nests in oil palm plantations Dwi Advento, Andreas Yusah, Kalsum M Salim, Hasber Naim, Mohammad Caliman, Jean-Pierre Fayle, Tom Maurice Biodivers Data J Short Communication Asian weaver ants (Oecophyllasmaragdina) are an important biocontrol agent in agricultural habitats. We conducted surveys in oil palm plantations in Riau, Indonesia for an obligate myrmecophilous butterfly larvae, Liphyrabrassolis (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae), that is known to consume weaver ant larvae in other habitat types. We found L.brassolis larvae in five of the twenty nests surveyed, with larval presence not being related to weaver ant nest size. We also observed L.brassolis larvae in a weaver ant mass rearing facility. This is the first report of L.brassolis from oil palm plantations and may have implications for the use of weaver ants as biological control agents. Pensoft Publishers 2022-08-15 /pmc/articles/PMC9848595/ /pubmed/36761604 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e83842 Text en Andreas Dwi Advento, Kalsum M Yusah, Hasber Salim, Mohammad Naim, Jean-Pierre Caliman, Tom Maurice Fayle https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Dwi Advento, Andreas
Yusah, Kalsum M
Salim, Hasber
Naim, Mohammad
Caliman, Jean-Pierre
Fayle, Tom Maurice
The first record of the parasitic myrmecophilous caterpillar Liphyrabrassolis (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) inside Asian weaver ant (Oecophyllasmaragdina) nests in oil palm plantations
title The first record of the parasitic myrmecophilous caterpillar Liphyrabrassolis (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) inside Asian weaver ant (Oecophyllasmaragdina) nests in oil palm plantations
title_full The first record of the parasitic myrmecophilous caterpillar Liphyrabrassolis (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) inside Asian weaver ant (Oecophyllasmaragdina) nests in oil palm plantations
title_fullStr The first record of the parasitic myrmecophilous caterpillar Liphyrabrassolis (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) inside Asian weaver ant (Oecophyllasmaragdina) nests in oil palm plantations
title_full_unstemmed The first record of the parasitic myrmecophilous caterpillar Liphyrabrassolis (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) inside Asian weaver ant (Oecophyllasmaragdina) nests in oil palm plantations
title_short The first record of the parasitic myrmecophilous caterpillar Liphyrabrassolis (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) inside Asian weaver ant (Oecophyllasmaragdina) nests in oil palm plantations
title_sort first record of the parasitic myrmecophilous caterpillar liphyrabrassolis (lepidoptera, lycaenidae) inside asian weaver ant (oecophyllasmaragdina) nests in oil palm plantations
topic Short Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9848595/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36761604
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e83842
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