Predation of ant species Lasius alienus on tick eggs: impacts of egg wax coating and tick species

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dc.authoridAkyildiz, Gurkan/0000-0002-8610-5174
dc.authorscopusid15769247000
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dc.authorscopusid56543627500
dc.authorscopusid57866209600
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dc.contributor.authorKar, Sırrı
dc.contributor.authorŞirin, Deniz
dc.contributor.authorAkyıldız, Gürkan
dc.contributor.authorŞakacı, Zafer
dc.contributor.authorTalay, Şengül
dc.contributor.authorCamlitepe, Yılmaz
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-20T08:01:15Z
dc.date.available2023-04-20T08:01:15Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.departmentFakülteler, Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi, Biyoloji Bölümü
dc.description.abstractSeveral animal species, including ants, have been reported to be capable of predation on ticks. However, determining factors in most interactions between ticks and predators have not yet been fully deciphered. We hypothesized that the ant species Lasius alienus, which is unknown whether it has any impact on ticks, may exhibit predation on the eggs of tick species Hyalomma marginatum, H. excavatum, and Rhipicephalus bursa, and that the tick egg wax can be the main determinant in possible predation. In the study, 6300 tick eggs with the natural wax coating (waxed/untreated) and 2700 dewaxed tick eggs, the wax of which was removed in the laboratory, were repeatedly presented to the foraging workers belonging to three different ant nests in their natural habitat. Depending on the tick species and trials, the rate of the eggs carried by the ants ranged from 12.8 to 52.1% in the waxed and from 59.8 to 78.4% in the dewaxed eggs. It was observed that the dewaxing process both increased the interest of the ants in the eggs and resulted in a reduction in the variation associated with tick species. This study showed that L. alienus has a predatory effect on tick eggs, the severity of this impact is closely associated with the tick species, the tick-associated difference is caused by the species-specific property of the egg wax, and the variety in the protective effects of the wax seems to be an evolutional result of the biological and ecological adaptation process of the species.
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41598-022-19300-7
dc.identifier.issn2045-2322
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.pmid36042343
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85136962327
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-19300-7
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11776/10824
dc.identifier.volume12
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000847803100063
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.institutionauthorKar, Sırrı
dc.institutionauthorŞirin, Deniz
dc.institutionauthorŞakacı, Zafer
dc.institutionauthorTalay, Şengül
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherNature Portfolio
dc.relation.ispartofScientific Reports
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectCattle Tick
dc.subjectAcari
dc.subjectPathogen
dc.subjectIxodidae
dc.titlePredation of ant species Lasius alienus on tick eggs: impacts of egg wax coating and tick species
dc.typeArticle

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