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Title: Does allometry account for shape variability in ephedrus persicae froggatt (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) parasitic wasps?
Authors: Žikić, Vladimir
Tomanović, Željko 
Kavallieratos, Nickolas
Starý, Petr
Ivanović, Ana 
Keywords: Allometry;Ephedrus persicae;Geometric morphometrics;Morphometric variability
Issue Date: 1-Nov-2010
Rank: M23
Publisher: Elsevier GmbH ^Urban & Fischer Verlag
Project: 143006B
S5007102
“Self-sown plants asreservoirs of parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) forcitrus cultivation”(Benaki Phytopathological Institute)
“Aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae): diversity of trophic associations and their role in agroecosystems” (General Secretariat for Research and Technology, Ministry of Development of the Hellenic Republic)
Entomology Institute ProjectZ50070508
Journal: Organisms Diversity and Evolution
Abstract: 
We analysed linear measurements on various parts of the body and the configuration of 11 landmarks on the wing in a large sample of Ephedrus persicae that had emerged from 13 aphid host species, to assess whether static allometry (a measure of the scaling relationship between traits in a population of individuals at the same ontogenetic stage) accounts for variation in body shape. The analysed specimens came from several localities in Europe, Asia Minor, Japan and South America, and cover a large portion of the distribution area of E. persicae. We found that allometry accounts for variation in body shape among different biotypes within the E. persicae group. The allometric slopes for head size (HD), petiolus width (PETW), mesoscutum width (MSC), and ovipositor sheath length (OVPL) diverged significantly among biotypes, indicating biotype-specific allometries. The analysis of allometric variation in wing shape showed that the pattern and direction of allometric changes also differed among individuals that had emerged from different hosts. Our results (observed divergences in the directions of allometric slopes of particular morphometric traits and wing shape) suggest that allometric relations within E. persicae are not conserved, so that allometry itself changes, evolving differently in aphid parasitoids that emerge from different hosts. © 2010 Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik.
URI: https://biore.bio.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3202
ISSN: 1439-6092
DOI: 10.1007/s13127-010-0032-0
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