Cohabitation with aggressive hosts: description of a new microhisterid species in nests of a ponerine ant with ecological notes
Abstract A new clown beetle species, Bacanius neoponerae, is described from Mexican nests of the arboreal ponerine ant Neoponera villosa found in the tank bromeliad Aechmea bracteata. Adult beetles were found in brood chambers or inner refuse piles, but also outside the ant nests, in decaying organi...
Main Authors: | Gabriela Pérez-Lachaud, Nicolas Degallier, Yves Gomy, Manuel Elías-Gutiérrez, Franklin H. Rocha, Jean-Paul Lachaud |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2023-10-01
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Series: | Scientific Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-45692-1 |
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