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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Extrafloral Nectary-Bearing Plants Recover Ant Association Benefits Faster and More Effectively after Frost-Fire Events Than Frost [PDF]
Plants, 2023 The Cerrado confronts threats such as fire and frost due to natural or human-induced factors. These disturbances trigger attribute changes that impact biodiversity.
Gabriela Fraga Porto +2 more
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Evolutionary Perspectives on Myrmecophily in Ladybirds [PDF]
Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 2012 Myrmecophiles are species that usually have developed specialized traits to cope with the aggressiveness of ants enabling them to live in their vicinity.
Amélie Vantaux +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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Coexistence Patterns Between Ants And Spiders In Grassland Habitats [PDF]
Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 2014 The ecological importance of both ants and spiders is well known, as well as the relationship between certain spiders and ants. The two main strategies ˗ myrmecomorphy (ant-mimicking) and myrmecophagy (ant-eating) ˗ that connect spiders to ants have been
Rákóczi, András Márton, Samu, Ferenc
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Myrmecophily in beetles (Coleoptera): evolutionary patterns and biological mechanisms [PDF]
, 2016 Socially parasitic myrmecophily has evolved numerous times in arthropods, but myrmecophilous lineages are non-randomly distributed across phylogeny. Evolution of this way of life is heavily biased towards the Coleoptera, within this order towards rove ...
Parker, Joseph
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Ecological intensification for biocontrol of aphids requires severing myrmecophily [PDF]
Journal of Pest ScienceWith the rollback of insecticides, novel tools for pest control are urgently needed. Aphids are particularly a major concern with few sustainable control alternatives. Ecological intensification has been promoted as a way of “inviting" back nature’s self-
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Leaf beetles are ant-nest beetles: the curious life of the juvenile stages of case-bearers (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae). [PDF]
Zookeys, 2015 Although some species of Cryptocephalinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) have been documented with ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) for almost 200 years, information on this association is fragmentary.
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Plants, People, PlanetSocietal Impact Statement Holoendoparasites are extremely rare plants that live entirely hidden inside their hosts, with only flowers and fruits visible.
Jessica A. Ramírez‐Ramírez +4 more
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Moth caterpillar solicits for homopteran honeydew. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2014 A life-history in which an organism depends on ants is called myrmecophily. Among Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies), many species of lycaenid butterflies are known to show myrmecophily at the larval stage.
Komatsu T, Itino T.
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