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  1. Stefan F. Wirth @[email protected] ·

    Beetle #Clytra #laeviuscula (#Chrysomelidae) is #myrmecophilous. Its juveniles carry cases of feces for #antprotection. F. A. Agrain et al. (2015) state that myrmecophily in #leafbeetles only appears in #Clytrini and #Cryptocephalini within #Cryptocephalinae. Numbers of origins of the strategy are unknown, but there were preadaptations as e.g. feces cases.

    © This sci-com. text #StefanFWirth 2025

    Reference

    F. A. Agrain et al. (2015):
    doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.547.60

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    © Me, Bln, new edits 2025

    #clytra #laeviuscula #chrysomelidae #antprotection #leafbeetles #clytrini