The Inquiline Ant Myrmica karavajevi Uses Both Chemical and Vibroacoustic Deception Mechanisms to Integrate into Its Host Colonies

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Although fiercely defended by workers, ant societies can be infiltrated by social parasites that exploit the whole colony and its resources, instead of taking advantage of a single organism. Among them, we studied Myrmica karavajevi, a rare ant species in which the worker caste does...

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Autores principales: Casacci, Luca Pietro, Barbero, Francesca, Ślipiński, Piotr, Witek, Magdalena
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8301377/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34356510
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology10070654

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8301377/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34356510
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology10070654

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