- fungi. It may also
include commensal or even
parasitic interactions. A "
myrmecophile" is an
animal that ****ociates with ants. An
estimated 10,000 species...
-
others are
gregarious and form
dense aggregations. Some
species are
myrmecophiles,
forming mutualistic ****ociations with ants and
gaining their protection...
- effects,
interspecific variability and the
evolution of a
coccinellid myrmecophile". Oikos. 89 (2): 345–359. Bibcode:2000Oikos..89..345S. doi:10.1034/j...
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Jesuit priest Erich Wasmann, who
discovered ant mimicry,
listed 1,177
myrmecophiles in 1894; many more such
species have been
discovered since then. The...
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Retrieved 23
November 2015. Wheeler,
William Morton (November 1900). "A New
Myrmecophile from the
Mushroom Gardens of the
Texan Leaf-Cutting Ant". The American...
- At
least one
species (Lomechusa pubicollis) is a
highly specialized myrmecophile. Species:
Lomechusa atlantica (Koch, 1937)
Lomechusa barbarae (Schilow...
- and
plants in a
mutually symbiotic arrangement with ants are
called Myrmecophiles. In Madagascar, some
gecko species in the
genera Phelsuma and Lygodactylus...
-
Allen Rolfe in 1917. The name
Myrmecophila is a
derivative of the word
myrmecophile and
refers to the
symbiotic relationship with
colonies of ants that are...
-
contains "obligate
myrmecophiles",
species which have only been
found in ant colonies. More
species are "facultative
myrmecophiles", non-exclusively ****ociated...
- glycines. Many
species of Aphis, such as A.
coreopsidis and A. fabae, are
myrmecophiles,
forming close ****ociations with ants.
Aphis affinis Aphis asclepiadis...
