Exploring Ant‐Mollusk Interactions: Insights From Southern Spain [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionAnts occupy a great variety of habitats, perform essential ecological roles, and interact with a wide variety of other organisms. However, the interaction between ants and mollusks is a lesser‐explored relationship that can be categorized into (a) ant ...
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Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of Neoasterolepisma foreli (Insecta: Zygentoma: Lepismatidae) and the phylogeny of basal Ectognatha [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2021 The silverfish Neoasterolepisma foreli belongs to the family Lepismatidae within Zygentoma and is well known for the peculiar habit of living in strict association with ant nests (myrmecophily).
Claudio Cucini +5 more
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Comparative Studies of Perianal Structures in Myrmecophilous Aphids (Hemiptera, Aphididae) [PDF]
Insects, 2022 There are three types of relationships between aphids and ants: non-myrmecophilous, obligatory and facultatively myrmecophilous. The degree of involvement in this mutualism is believed to be corelated with morphological adaptations of perianal structures.
Natalia Kaszyca-Taszakowska +2 more
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The Intranidal Myrmecophiles of the Maltese Islands with Notes on Messor Nests as Repositories of Biodiversity [PDF]
Insects, 2023 The intranidal myrmecophilous arthropod fauna of the Maltese Islands is reviewed. Thirty species from nine orders are found to be obligate myrmecophiles, of which four species are recorded from the Maltese archipelago for the first time: Phrurolithus sp.
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Redescription of the enigmatic neotropical inquiline Paramyrmetes foveipennis Bruch, 1929 with notes on myrmecophily (Coleoptera, Histeridae) in the Saprininae subfamily [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2017 The poorly-known and highly autapomorphic myrmecophilous Neotropical taxon Paramyrmetes foveipennis Bruch, 1929 is redescribed, figured and its lectotype designated.
Tomáš Lackner
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Impact of Seasonal Atmospheric Factors and Photoperiod on Floral Biology, Plant–Pollinator Interactions, and Plant Reproduction on Turnera ulmifolia L. (Passifloraceae) [PDF]
BiologyReproductive traits and plant–pollinator interactions largely depend on seasonal weather conditions, which are species-specific. Turnera ulmifolia is an ornamental plant distributed worldwide. There is little information about plant species’ reproductive
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Impact of Long-Term Floods on Spatial Dynamics of Myrmica scabrinodis, a Host Ant of a Highly Threatened Scarce Large Blue (Phengaris teleius) [PDF]
Insects, 2023 Extensively used wet meadows with high species diversity are under threat in Europe by anthropogenic pressure. The increasing frequency of prolonged flooding is emerging as an additional threat to this fragile environment.
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Ant responses in a lycaenid–ant symbiosis are not facilitated by cuticular compounds alone [PDF]
Royal Society Open ScienceInitiating partnerships in protective symbioses can be asymmetrical if there is a risk of attack from their symbionts. Myrmecophiles may encounter chemically mediated recognition systems that allow the host ants to distinguish nestmates from natural ...
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A Mesozoic clown beetle myrmecophile (Coleoptera: Histeridae) [PDF]
eLife, 2019 Complex interspecies relationships are widespread among metazoans, but the evolutionary history of these lifestyles is poorly understood. We describe a fossil beetle in 99-million-year-old Burmese amber that we infer to have been a social impostor of the
Yu-Lingzi Zhou +3 more
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Nectar Secretion of Floral Buds of Tococa guianensis Mediates Interactions With Generalist Ants That Reduce Florivory [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020 The specialised mutualism between Tococa guianensis and ants housed in its leaf domatia is a well-known example of myrmecophily. A pollination study on this species revealed that flowers in the bud stage exude a sugary solution that is collected by ants.
José Neiva Mesquita-Neto +4 more
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