TY - JOUR
T1 - Reproductive isolation due to prezygotic isolation and postzygotic cytoplasmic incompatibility in parasitoid wasps
AU - König, Kerstin
AU - Zundel, Petra
AU - Krimmer, Elena
AU - König, Christian
AU - Pollmann, Marie
AU - Gottlieb, Yuval
AU - Steidle, Johannes L.M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
PY - 2019/9/1
Y1 - 2019/9/1
N2 - The reproductive barriers that prevent gene flow between closely related species are a major topic in evolutionary research. Insect clades with parasitoid lifestyle are among the most species-rich insects and new species are constantly described, indicating that speciation occurs frequently in this group. However, there are only very few studies on speciation in parasitoids. We studied reproductive barriers in two lineages of Lariophagus distinguendus (Chalcidoidea: Hymenoptera), a parasitoid wasp of pest beetle larvae that occur in human environments. One of the two lineages occurs in households preferably attacking larvae of the drugstore beetle Stegobium paniceum (“DB-lineage”), the other in grain stores with larvae of the granary weevil Sitophilus granarius as main host (“GW-lineage”). Between two populations of the DB-lineage, we identified slight sexual isolation as intraspecific barrier. Between populations from both lineages, we found almost complete sexual isolation caused by female mate choice, and postzygotic isolation, which is partially caused by cytoplasmic incompatibility induced by so far undescribed endosymbionts which are not Wolbachia or Cardinium. Because separation between the two lineages is almost complete, they should be considered as separate species according to the biological species concept. This demonstrates that cryptic species within parasitoid Hymenoptera also occur in Central Europe in close contact to humans.
AB - The reproductive barriers that prevent gene flow between closely related species are a major topic in evolutionary research. Insect clades with parasitoid lifestyle are among the most species-rich insects and new species are constantly described, indicating that speciation occurs frequently in this group. However, there are only very few studies on speciation in parasitoids. We studied reproductive barriers in two lineages of Lariophagus distinguendus (Chalcidoidea: Hymenoptera), a parasitoid wasp of pest beetle larvae that occur in human environments. One of the two lineages occurs in households preferably attacking larvae of the drugstore beetle Stegobium paniceum (“DB-lineage”), the other in grain stores with larvae of the granary weevil Sitophilus granarius as main host (“GW-lineage”). Between two populations of the DB-lineage, we identified slight sexual isolation as intraspecific barrier. Between populations from both lineages, we found almost complete sexual isolation caused by female mate choice, and postzygotic isolation, which is partially caused by cytoplasmic incompatibility induced by so far undescribed endosymbionts which are not Wolbachia or Cardinium. Because separation between the two lineages is almost complete, they should be considered as separate species according to the biological species concept. This demonstrates that cryptic species within parasitoid Hymenoptera also occur in Central Europe in close contact to humans.
KW - Lariophagus distinguendus
KW - cytoplasmic incompatibility
KW - endosymbiotic bacteria
KW - parasitoid wasps
KW - sexual isolation
KW - speciation
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U2 - 10.1002/ece3.5588
DO - 10.1002/ece3.5588
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AN - SCOPUS:85070920905
SN - 2045-7758
VL - 9
SP - 10694
EP - 10706
JO - Ecology and Evolution
JF - Ecology and Evolution
IS - 18
ER -