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A cuckoo-like parasitic moth leads African weaver ant colonies to their ruin
In myrmecophilous Lepidoptera, mostly lycaenids and riodinids, caterpillars trick ants into transporting them to the ant nest where they feed on the brood or, in the more derived “cuckoo strategy”, trigger regurgitations (trophallaxis) from the ants and obtain trophic eggs. We show for the first tim...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2016
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4810499/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27021621 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep23778 |