Maintenance of specificity in sympatric host-specific fig/wasp pollination mutualisms [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Background Fig/wasp pollination mutualisms are extreme examples of species-specific plant-insect symbioses, but incomplete specificity occurs, with potentially important evolutionary consequences. Why pollinators enter alternative hosts, and the fates of
Hua Xie +5 more
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Sexual selection on population-level mating opportunities drives morph ratios in a fig wasp with extreme male dimorphism [PDF]
BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Background Alternative mating tactics are widespread in animals and associated with extreme morphological polymorphism in some insects. Some fig wasps have both highly modified wingless males and dispersing winged males.
James M. Cook
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Seven Sycoryctine Fig Wasp Species (Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae) Associated with Dioecious Ficus hirta Inhabiting South China and Southeast Asia [PDF]
Biology, 2022 Even though non-pollinating fig wasps are essential components in tropical and subtropical habitats, yet they are poorly described in the Oriental communities.
Da-Mien Wong, Songle Fan, Hui Yu
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A comparative venomic fingerprinting approach reveals that galling and non-galling fig wasp species have different venom profiles. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 The galling habit represents a complex type of interaction between insects and plants, ranging from antagonism to mutualism. The obligate pollination mutualism between Ficus and fig wasps relies strongly on the induction of galls in Ficus flowers, where ...
Larissa G Elias +6 more
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Genomes of Wiebesia Fig Wasps Reveal the Adaptation and Codiversification in the Fig–Fig Wasp Mutualism [PDF]
Genome Biology and EvolutionAbstract Figs and fig wasps represent one of the most intimate examples of plant–pollinator coevolution. As figs diversified into geographically isolated populations, both figs and fig wasps underwent selective pressures driven by local adaptation and coevolution.
Bai-Wei Lo +7 more
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Genomic evidence of prevalent hybridization throughout the evolutionary history of the fig-wasp pollination mutualism [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2021 Figs and their wasp pollinators are a classic example of coevolution. By assembling and analysing genomes from across the Ficus clade, authors suggest that fig hybridization driven by pollinator host-switching in this obligate pollination system, is more
Gang Wang +13 more
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Fig Macula as a Key Multifunctional Structure Mediating the Fig–Fig Wasp Mutualism [PDF]
PlantsPlant-insect mutualisms often drive the evolution of adaptive morphological and physiological traits, enabling ecological specialization and diversification.
Simone Pádua Teixeira +5 more
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Life-history strategy, resource dispersion and phylogenetic associations shape dispersal of a fig wasp community [PDF]
Movement Ecology, 2017 Background The combined influence of life-history strategy and resource dispersion on dispersal evolution of a biological community, and by extension, on community assemblage, has received sparse attention.
Vignesh Venkateswaran +3 more
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Geographic variation in floral scent reinforces local pollinator attraction in the fig–fig wasp mutualism [PDF]
BMC Ecology and EvolutionBackground Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted during floral receptivity are crucial for attracting pollinators, especially in brood-site pollination systems. Geographic variation in floral scent can alter host recognition cues, potentially shaping
Xiaoxia Deng +8 more
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Local ecological factors, not interference competition, drive the foundress number of two species of fig wasp sharing Ficus septica figs. [PDF]
PLoS ONERecent studies have challenged assumptions about the classic fig-fig wasp pollination mutualism model, suggesting that further investigation into the receptive phase of fig development is needed.
Bruno Di Giusto, Anthony Bain
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