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Skeletomuscular adaptations of head and legs of Melissotarsus ants for tunnelling through living wood
BACKGROUND: While thousands of ant species are arboreal, very few are able to chew and tunnel through living wood. Ants of the genus Melissotarsus (subfamily Myrmicinae) inhabit tunnel systems excavated under the bark of living trees, where they keep large numbers of symbiotic armoured scale insects...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6092875/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30127838 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12983-018-0277-6 |