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Myrmecophily (/mɜːrməˈkɒfəli/ mur-mə-KOF-ə-lee, lit. 'love of ants')
consists of positive, mutualistic,
interspecies ****ociations
between ants and a variety...
- have
developed complex interspecies relationships with ants,
known as
myrmecophily. Rove
beetles are
among the most rich and
diverse families of myrmecophilous...
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record appear in the mid-Cretaceous
alongside the
earliest ants. In
myrmecophily,
mimic and
model live
commensally together; in the case of ants, the...
- in the host larva's
cocoon to
pupate alongside it. The
nature of the
myrmecophily observed in
certain species of
phorid flies is unknown, such as the recently...
- doi:10.2307/2387854. JSTOR 2387854.
Cushing PE (1997). "Myrmecomorphy and
myrmecophily in spiders: A Review" (PDF). The
Florida Entomologist. 80 (2): 165–193...
- Magro, Alexandra; Orivel, Jérôme (2012). "Evolutionary
Perspectives on
Myrmecophily in Ladybirds". Psyche: A
Journal of Entomology. 2012: 1–7. doi:10.1155/2012/591570...
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Myrmecophilus acervorum is an
orthopteran insect belonging to the
family Myrmecophilidae (the ant-loving crickets). This
continental European species is...
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about 75% of
species ****ociate with ants, a
relationship called myrmecophily.
These ****ociations can be mutualistic, parasitic, or
predatory depending...
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green leaves. Some
Cryptocephalinae have
larvae that live in ant
nests (
myrmecophily),
where they feed on dead
plant or even dead
animal matter. The semi-aquatic...
- in Peru
discovered that the
caterpillars of A.
annulifera engaged in
myrmecophily. They live on the
shoots of
bamboo species in the
genus Guadua, providing...
