#myrmecophiles — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #myrmecophiles, aggregated by home.social.
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I recently finished "An Affair with Africa" by Alzada Kistner and am now absolutely fascinated by the beetle species that hang out in ant colonies, only appearing above ground when their hosts go out on raiding forays or when the nest is relocating. Any recs for a book or article about them? Ideally with photographs. #ants #beetles #myrmecophiles #coleoptera #staphylinidae #entomology #africa
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OK #ant boffins and #myrmecophiles. One of my #Canberra #Malaise trap records matches (100%) 9 other ants from further west in Canberra and a (private) record from #FrenchPolynesia (PF) identified as #Carebara tahitiensis: https://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_SearchTerms?query=BOLD:AAY6881
Which is more likely?
Carebara tahitiensis in Canberra
Carebara tahitiensis == an AU Carebara species
PF record is misidentified widespread species
No COI difference between two species
Contamination
PF location wrong