Rapid radiation of ant parasitic butterflies during the Miocene aridification of Africa
Africa has undergone a progressive aridification during the last 20 My that presumably impacted organisms and fostered the evolution of life history adaptations. We test the hypothesis that shift to living in ant nests and feeding on ant brood by larvae of phyto-predaceous Lepidochrysops butterflies...
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Rapid radiation of ant parasitic butterflies during the Miocene aridification of Africa |
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Rapid radiation of ant parasitic butterflies during the Miocene aridification of Africa |
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Rapid radiation of ant parasitic butterflies during the Miocene aridification of Africa Espeland, Marianne Butterfly–ant interactions Lepidochrysops Lycaenidae Myrmecophagy Phytopredation |
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Rapid radiation of ant parasitic butterflies during the Miocene aridification of Africa |
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Rapid radiation of ant parasitic butterflies during the Miocene aridification of Africa |
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Rapid radiation of ant parasitic butterflies during the Miocene aridification of Africa |
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Rapid radiation of ant parasitic butterflies during the Miocene aridification of Africa |
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Espeland, Marianne Chazot, Nicolas Condamine, Fabien L. Lemmon, Alan R. Moriarty Lemmon, Emily Pringle, Ernest Heath, Alan Collins, Steve C. Tiren, Wilson Mutiso, Martha Lees, David C. Fisher, Stewart Murphy, Raymond Woodhall, Stephen Tropek, Robert Ahlborn, Svenja S. Cockburn, Kevin Dobson, Jeremy Bouyer, Thierry Kaliszewska, Zofia A. Baker, Christopher C. M. Talavera, Gerard Vila, Roger Gardiner, Alan J. Williams, Mark Martins, Dino J. Sáfián, Szabolcs Edge, David A. Pierce, Naomi E. |
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Espeland, Marianne |
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Espeland, Marianne Chazot, Nicolas Condamine, Fabien L. Lemmon, Alan R. Moriarty Lemmon, Emily Pringle, Ernest Heath, Alan Collins, Steve C. Tiren, Wilson Mutiso, Martha Lees, David C. Fisher, Stewart Murphy, Raymond Woodhall, Stephen Tropek, Robert Ahlborn, Svenja S. Cockburn, Kevin Dobson, Jeremy Bouyer, Thierry Kaliszewska, Zofia A. Baker, Christopher C. M. Talavera, Gerard Vila, Roger Gardiner, Alan J. Williams, Mark Martins, Dino J. Sáfián, Szabolcs Edge, David A. Pierce, Naomi E. |
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Chazot, Nicolas Condamine, Fabien L. Lemmon, Alan R. Moriarty Lemmon, Emily Pringle, Ernest Heath, Alan Collins, Steve C. Tiren, Wilson Mutiso, Martha Lees, David C. Fisher, Stewart Murphy, Raymond Woodhall, Stephen Tropek, Robert Ahlborn, Svenja S. Cockburn, Kevin Dobson, Jeremy Bouyer, Thierry Kaliszewska, Zofia A. Baker, Christopher C. M. Talavera, Gerard Vila, Roger Gardiner, Alan J. Williams, Mark Martins, Dino J. Sáfián, Szabolcs Edge, David A. Pierce, Naomi E. |
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Research Council of Norway German Research Foundation Synthesys Museum of Comparative Zoology (US) Hintelmann Award for Zoological Systematics Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72] |
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Butterfly–ant interactions Lepidochrysops Lycaenidae Myrmecophagy Phytopredation |
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Butterfly–ant interactions Lepidochrysops Lycaenidae Myrmecophagy Phytopredation |
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Africa has undergone a progressive aridification during the last 20 My that presumably impacted organisms and fostered the evolution of life history adaptations. We test the hypothesis that shift to living in ant nests and feeding on ant brood by larvae of phyto-predaceous Lepidochrysops butterflies was an adaptive response to the aridification of Africa that facilitated the subsequent radiation of butterflies in this genus. Using anchored hybrid enrichment we constructed a time-calibrated phylogeny for Lepidochrysops and its closest, non-parasitic relatives in the Euchrysops section (Poloyommatini). We estimated ancestral areas across the phylogeny with process-based biogeographical models and diversification rates relying on time-variable and clade-heterogeneous birth-death models. The Euchrysops section originated with the emerging Miombo woodlands about 22 million years ago (Mya) and spread to drier biomes as they became available in the late Miocene. The diversification of the non-parasitic lineages decreased as aridification intensified around 10 Mya, culminating in diversity decline. In contrast, the diversification of the phyto-predaceous Lepidochrysops lineage proceeded rapidly from about 6.5 Mya when this unusual life history likely first evolved. The Miombo woodlands were the cradle for diversification of the Euchrysops section, and our findings are consistent with the hypothesis that aridification during the Miocene selected for a phyto-predaceous life history in species of Lepidochrysops, with ant nests likely providing caterpillars a safe refuge from fire and a source of food when vegetation was scarce. |
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Rapid radiation of ant parasitic butterflies during the Miocene aridification of AfricaEspeland, MarianneChazot, NicolasCondamine, Fabien L.Lemmon, Alan R.Moriarty Lemmon, EmilyPringle, ErnestHeath, AlanCollins, Steve C.Tiren, WilsonMutiso, MarthaLees, David C.Fisher, StewartMurphy, RaymondWoodhall, StephenTropek, RobertAhlborn, Svenja S.Cockburn, KevinDobson, JeremyBouyer, ThierryKaliszewska, Zofia A.Baker, Christopher C. M.Talavera, GerardVila, RogerGardiner, Alan J.Williams, MarkMartins, Dino J.Sáfián, SzabolcsEdge, David A.Pierce, Naomi E.Butterfly–ant interactionsLepidochrysopsLycaenidaeMyrmecophagyPhytopredationAfrica has undergone a progressive aridification during the last 20 My that presumably impacted organisms and fostered the evolution of life history adaptations. We test the hypothesis that shift to living in ant nests and feeding on ant brood by larvae of phyto-predaceous Lepidochrysops butterflies was an adaptive response to the aridification of Africa that facilitated the subsequent radiation of butterflies in this genus. Using anchored hybrid enrichment we constructed a time-calibrated phylogeny for Lepidochrysops and its closest, non-parasitic relatives in the Euchrysops section (Poloyommatini). We estimated ancestral areas across the phylogeny with process-based biogeographical models and diversification rates relying on time-variable and clade-heterogeneous birth-death models. The Euchrysops section originated with the emerging Miombo woodlands about 22 million years ago (Mya) and spread to drier biomes as they became available in the late Miocene. The diversification of the non-parasitic lineages decreased as aridification intensified around 10 Mya, culminating in diversity decline. In contrast, the diversification of the phyto-predaceous Lepidochrysops lineage proceeded rapidly from about 6.5 Mya when this unusual life history likely first evolved. The Miombo woodlands were the cradle for diversification of the Euchrysops section, and our findings are consistent with the hypothesis that aridification during the Miocene selected for a phyto-predaceous life history in species of Lepidochrysops, with ant nests likely providing caterpillars a safe refuge from fire and a source of food when vegetation was scarce.This work was funded by the Research Council of Norway (# 204308), the German Research Foundation (ES 522/1-1), Synthesys (GB-TAF-6197), the Putnam Exploration Fund of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, and the Hintelmann Prize for Zoological systematics to ME, and NSF DEB-0447244 and a Wetmore-Colles grant from the Museum of Comparative Zoology to NEP. ERC-EMARES (# 250325) funded fieldwork by DJL in Madagascar. Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL.1 INTRODUCTION 2 MATERIALS AND METHODS Taxon sampling Probe design 2.2.1 Selection of AHE target loci 2.2.2 Selection of anonymous target loci 2.2.3 Incorporation of legacy loci 2.2.4 Probe generation Molecular methods, data cleaning, and assembly Molecular data, phylogeny, and dating Historical biogeography Diversification dynamics 3 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Diversification during the aridification of Africa Increasing occupation of drier biomes Extinction and rise of phyto-predation Aphytophagy: A rare and risky life history strategy in Lepidoptera Ant association and adaptation to the aridification of Africa 4 CONCLUSIONS AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENTPeer reviewedJohn Wiley & SonsResearch Council of NorwayGerman Research FoundationSynthesysMuseum of Comparative Zoology (US)Hintelmann Award for Zoological SystematicsConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]2023202320232023info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Publisher's versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/308915https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10046reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Ingléshttps://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10046Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/3089152026-05-22T06:33:51Z |
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