Seeing Through the Mimicry of Papilio bootes by Combining Computer‐Aided and Human Eyesight Morphological Comparisons [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionThe Tailed Redbreast Papilio bootes exhibits a tendency for specific mimicry of sympatric Byasa species across its distribution range, but this phenomenon has not yet been quantitatively analysed.
Yuan‐Rui‐Xue Xie +6 more
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Genomic hotspots for adaptation: the population genetics of Müllerian mimicry in Heliconius erato. [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2010 Wing pattern evolution in Heliconius butterflies provides some of the most striking examples of adaptation by natural selection. The genes controlling pattern variation are classic examples of Mendelian loci of large effect, where allelic variation ...
Brian A Counterman +17 more
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Assessing Müllerian mimicry in North American bumble bees using human perception [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Despite the broad recognition of mimicry among bumble bees, distinct North American mimicry rings have yet to be defined, due in part to the prevalence of intermediate and imperfect mimics in this region.
Joseph S. Wilson +3 more
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Müllerian mimicry as a result of codivergence between velvet ants and spider wasps. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Recent studies have delineated a large Nearctic Müllerian mimicry complex in Dasymutilla velvet ants. Psorthaspis spider wasps live in areas where this mimicry complex is found and are phenotypically similar to Dasymutilla.
Juanita Rodriguez +3 more
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A hypothesis to explain accuracy of wasp resemblances [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2017 Mimicry is one of the oldest concepts in biology, but it still presents many puzzles and continues to be widely debated. Simulation of wasps with a yellow‐black abdominal pattern by other insects (commonly called “wasp mimicry”) is traditionally ...
Michael Boppré +2 more
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Analysis of the Holarctic Dictyoptera aurora Complex (Coleoptera, Lycidae) Reveals Hidden Diversity and Geographic Structure in Müllerian Mimicry Ring [PDF]
Insects, 2022 The elateroid family Lycidae is known for limited dispersal propensity and high species-level endemism. The red net-winged beetle, Dictyoptera aurora (Herbst, 1874), differs from all relatives by the range comprising almost the entire Holarctic region ...
Michal Motyka +3 more
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Conspicuousness, phylogenetic structure, and origins of Müllerian mimicry in 4000 lycid beetles from all zoogeographic regions [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 Biologists have reported on the chemical defences and the phenetic similarity of net-winged beetles (Coleoptera: Lycidae) and their co-mimics. Nevertheless, our knowledge has remained fragmental, and the evolution of mimetic patterns has not been studied
Michal Motyka +8 more
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Phylogenetic codivergence supports coevolution of mimetic Heliconius butterflies. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 The unpalatable and warning-patterned butterflies Heliconius erato and Heliconius melpomene provide the best studied example of mutualistic Müllerian mimicry, thought-but rarely demonstrated-to promote coevolution.
Jennifer Hoyal Cuthill +1 more
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Mimicry between adult rove beetles and assassin bug nymphs with unequal defenses: antagonistic or mutualistic? [PDF]
PeerJDefensive mimicry encompasses a continuum ranging from Batesian to Müllerian mimicry. Batesian mimicry involves antagonistic interactions between undefended and defended species, whereas Müllerian mimicry represents mutualistic interactions between ...
Shinji Sugiura, Masakazu Hayashi
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Comparison of African and North American velvet ant mimicry complexes: Another example of Africa as the 'odd man out'. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Africa has the most tropical and subtropical land of any continent, yet has relatively low species richness in several taxa. This depauperate nature of the African tropical fauna and flora has led some to call Africa the "odd man out." One exception to ...
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