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

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2005

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Mant, J
Brown, Graham
Weston, Peter

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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

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

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Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

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2037-12-31