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Declassifying myrmecophily in the Coleoptera to promote the study of ant-beetle symbioses. Psyche DOI

, 2013
The symbiotic associations between beetles and ants have been observed in at least 35 beetle families. Among myrmecophiles, beetles exhibit the most diverse behavioral and morphological adaptations to a life with ants.
Glené Mynhardt
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Immature stages of Calycopis caulonia (Hewitson, 1877) (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Theclinae, Eumaeini), with notes on rearing detritivorous hairstreaks on artificial diet

, 2005
Details of egg, larval, and pupal morphology are described and illustrated for Calycopis caulonia (Hewitson). In particular, larval chaetotaxy is documented for the first time in Calycopis.
ROBERT K. ROBBINS, MARCELO DUARTE, OLAF H.H. MIELKE   +2 more
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Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on Geodiaprialongiceps Kieffer, 1911 (Hymenoptera, Diapriidae) and synonymy of the genus Geodiapria Kieffer, 1910. [PDF]

Zookeys, 2023
Hübner J, Chemyreva VG, Notton DG.
europepmc   +1 more source

On a poorly known Amazonian ant-plant association: Myrcia madida McVaugh (Myrtaceae) and Myrcidris epicharis Ward (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Pseudomyrmecinae) [PDF]

Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Naturais, 2010
Ecological data are provided for the first time on the myrmecophilious relationship between the ant Myrcidris epicharis Ward (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Pseudomyrmecinae) and the Amazonian tree Myrcia madida McVaugh (Myrtaceae), the only Neotropical ...
Leandro Valle Ferreira, Heraldo Luis de Vasconcelos   +1 more
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The influence of ants on the environment and their relationship with ecosystem components

Acta Biologica Sibirica
Having a wide geographical distribution and, as an engineering species, actively transforming the landscapes they inhabit, ants have a significant impact on the environment, creating new biogenic landforms and changing a number of its parameters ...
Bogdan A. Mikhaleiko, Andrei S. Babenko, Aldynay O. Khovalyg, Sayana D. Mongush, Maria I. Dongak, Svetlana O. Kanzivaa, Sergey O. Ondar, Sergey N. Kirpotin   +7 more
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Microbiome of the Aphid Genus Dysaphis Börner (Hemiptera: Aphidinae) and Its Relation to Ant Attendance. [PDF]

Insects, 2022
Kaszyca-Taszakowska N, Depa Ł.
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Genomics-based higher classification of the species-rich Hairstreaks (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Eumaeini). [PDF]

Syst Entomol, 2022
Robbins RK, Cong Q, Zhang J, Shen J, Busby RC, Faynel C, Duarte M, Martins ARP, Prieto C, Lamas G, Grishin NV.   +10 more
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Species-specific levels of ant attendance mediate performance costs in a facultative myrmecophilous butterfly

, 2015
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)Trophobiont butterfly larvae offer caloric rewards to ants through specialised glands and, in return, gain ant-derived ...
Kaminski, LA, Rodrigues, D
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Surprising effects of cascading higher order interactions. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2022
Hsieh HY, Vandermeer J, Perfecto I.
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Implicazioni filogenetiche dello studio delle larve di Carabidi: il caso dei Paussidi (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Corresponding author

, 2004
The article deals with the phylogenetic implications of the morphological and functional studies on larval stages of insects, with a special attention to ground beetles (Coleoptera Carabidae).
DI GIULIO, ANDREA
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