Phylogeny and host-plant evolution in Melittidae s.l. (Hymenoptera: Apoidea)

[en] Bees and the angiosperms they pollinate have developed intimate and often complex interactions over the past 100 million years. As in other insect-plant interactions, host-plant specificity is variable among taxa. While many solitary bee species display an obvious preference for a narrow spectrum of host-plants (oligolecty), others regularly visit a diversified array of pollen hosts (polylecty). Few studies have examined the patterns of host-plant associations in bees using well-resolved phylogenies at the species level combined with accurate and quantitative data on host-plant preferences. In this study, we examined the evolution of bee-plant relationships in several genera of specialist (oligolectic) bees. We used the Melittidae s.l. as a model taxon by mapping the preferred pollen hosts onto species-level phylogenies to investigate the frequency and pattern of host-plant switching. Our results suggest that host-plant associations are maintained over time in many lineages, but that host switches to unrelated plant families are also common. We find some evidence that host-switches occur more frequently to morphologically similar, rather than closely-related, host-plants suggesting that floral morphology plays a key role in host-plant evolution in bees.

Disciplines :

Zoology

Author, co-author :

Michez, Denis ; Université de Mons > Faculté des Sciences > Zoologie

Patiny, Sébastien

Rasmont, Pierre ; Université de Mons > Faculté des Sciences > Service de Zoologie

Timmermann, K.

Verrecken, N.

Language :

English

Title :

Phylogeny and host-plant evolution in Melittidae s.l. (Hymenoptera: Apoidea)

Publication date :

01 January 2008

Journal title :

Apidologie

ISSN :

0044-8435

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Springer, Germany

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Pages :

146-162

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S869 - Zoologie

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