myrmecophily
Britishnoun
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symbiosis with ants
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pollination of plants by ants
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In contrast, aleocharines are a wholly different lineage of rove beetles, and with their flexible bodies, have run a totally different evolutionary track to advanced myrmecophily.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 10, 2012
He is interested in developing model organisms and tools to study myrmecophily at the molecular genetic level.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 10, 2012
They radiated extensively in the very habitats dominated by ants, we think by exploiting the same defensive preadaptations that make these beetles so prone to myrmecophily.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 10, 2012
Indeed, amongst pselaphines, tribes where the body is relatively less “armoured” and compact tend not to evolve myrmecophily.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 10, 2012
Trophibiosis, is the relationship between ants on the one hand and aphids, coccids and the like on the other; these species being sought and attended by the ants for their own benefit: see myrmecophily.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
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