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Título: | Comparative flight morphology in queens of invasive and native Patagonian bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Bombus) |
Autor: | Polidori, Carlo CSIC ORCID; Nieves-Aldrey, J. L. CSIC ORCID | Palabras clave: | Bombus dahlbomii Bombus terrestris Flight muscle ratio Wing loading Wing aspect ratio |
Fecha de publicación: | 2015 | Editor: | Elsevier | Citación: | Comptes Rendus Biologies 338: 126-133 (2015) | Resumen: | Since its introduction in Chile, the European Bombus terrestris L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae) has progressively reduced the abundance of the native Patagonian bumblebee, Bombus dahlbomii Guérin. Because an important cause of successful invasion of a species may depend on a potentially advantageous phenotype, we studied morphologies related to flight performance (flight muscle ratio (FMR), wing loading (WL), excess power index (EPI, which integrates FMR and WL) and wing aspect ratio (AR)) in the queens of the two species. Previous empirical studies showed that greater FMR, AR and EPI, and lower WL increase flight performance. In the Patagonian Chilean fjord where the study was carried out, B. dahlbomii was 40% heavier than B. terrestris, a difference theoretically allowing the queens of the native species to take off with heavier loads, despite the fact that the two species have virtually identical FMRs. However, FMR negatively depended on body mass at the intra-specific level. The total wing area was 35% greater in B. dahlbomii, but the difference in forewing length was only of 16%. Once taken into account the effect of body size, WL, was significantly lower in B. terrestris. AR increased with body mass and did not differ between species. EPI was weakly but significantly higher in B. terrestris. Experiments formally linking such parameters with flight performance may help to explain the observed quick and wide spread of this alien species in Patagonia in the last few years. | Versión del editor: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crvi.2014.11.001 | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/118107 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.crvi.2014.11.001 | ISSN: | 1631-0691 | E-ISSN: | 1768-3238 |
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