作者: MUHAMMAD Z. AHMED , OCKERT F. C. GREYVENSTEIN , CHRISTOFF ERASMUS , JOHN J. WELCH , JACO M. GREEFF
DOI: 10.1111/EEN.12002
关键词: Biology 、 Fig wasp 、 Sex ratio 、 Arthropod 、 Subgenus 、 Taxonomy (biology) 、 Pollinator 、 Wolbachia 、 Ecological niche 、 Ecology
摘要: Wolbachia are very common and widespread endosymbionts of arthropods. They can have a considerable effect on their host's fitness. It has been estimated that as many 40% arthropod species infected with Wolbachia, but particular taxonomic groups ecological niches display significantly higher or lower incidences. In this study, an African sample was combined those three previous studies from other continents. incidence in 172 fig wasp (including pollinators, non-pollinators, gallers non gallers) associated 81 trees six subgenera reanalysed it > 80% were which is far than putative global infection rates arthropods. It found that, within wasps, does not vary consistently respect to host taxonomy, ecology geography. In particular, seems remarkably constant across samples different geographical locations.