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Opportunistic pollinator shifts among sexually deceptive orchids indicated by a phylogeny of pollinating and non-pollinating thynnine wasps (Tiphiidae)

Date

Authors

Mant, J

Brown, Graham

Weston, Peter

Publisher

Linnean Society of London

Abstract

The thynnine wasp genus Neozeleboria Rohwer is the main pollinating group of the sexually deceptive Australian orchid genus, Chiloglottis R.Br. In a highly specialized interaction, Chiloglottis species attract males from a single or very few Neozeleboria

Keywords

Keywords: morphology; phylogeny; pollinator; specialization; wasp; Chiloglottis; Neozeleboria; Orchidaceae; Tiphiidae Chemical mimicry; Cospeciation; Pollination; Pseudocopulation; Sexual deception; Specialization

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/82386

Collections

Open Access Research

Source

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00547.x

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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