A new myrmecophilous species of Drusilla (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from Peninsular Malaysia, a possible Batesian mimic associated with Crematogaster inflata (Hymenoptera, Formicidae Myrmicinae)
A new myrmecophilous species of Drusilla (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from Peninsular Malaysia, a possible Batesian mimic associated with Crematogaster inflata (Hymenoptera, Formicidae Myrmicinae)
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马来西亚半岛的 Drusilla 类新种（鞘翅目、Staphylinidae、Aleocharinae），可能是与 Crematogaster infata（膜翅目、蚁科 Myrmicinae）相关的贝氏拟态物种
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10.1007/s00114-004-0559-z
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2003
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M. Maruyama
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M. Maruyama
美味的物种利用它们与不美味的物种在外表上的相似性来避免被捕食的机制被称为贝叶斯模仿。一些节肢动物被认为是社会性昆虫的贝叶斯模仿者；然而，群居昆虫之间的贝叶斯模仿者是罕见的。在马来西亚，我们在一种树栖蚂蚁（Camponotussp）中发现了一种可能的贝叶斯模仿者。这是在米鼠和火炬手的觅食轨迹上唯一观察到的。这两个物种的亮黄色和黑色的颜色模式，以及行走行为，都非常相似。我们观察了这两个物种之间的一般相互作用，并测试了它们的适口性和非常相似的视觉颜色模式对捕食者躲避的意义。Prey主动提出要给c。尽管受到c的攻击，但它也被camponotusworkers吃掉了。膨胀，表明康波诺图斯。是c的共栖。inflata。一项以雏鸟为潜在捕食者的实验表明，解析：选c。inflatais不快。tastingC之后。膨胀后，小企鹅不再攻击坎波诺图斯了。，表明camponotussp。是火葬场膨胀的贝叶斯模拟。
The mechanism by which palatable species take advantage of their similarity in appearance to those that are unpalatable, in order to avoid predation, is called Batesian mimicry. Several arthropods are thought to be Batesian mimics of social insects; however, social insects that are Batesian mimics among themselves are rare. In Malaysia we found a possible Batesian mimic in an arboreal ant species,Camponotussp., which was exclusively observed on foraging trails of the myrmicine antCrematogaster inflata. The bright yellow and black colouring pattern, as well as the walking behaviour, were very similar in both species. We observed general interactions between the two species, and tested their palatability and the significance of the remarkably similar visual colour patterns for predator avoidance. Prey offered toC. inflatawas also eaten byCamponotusworkers in spite of their being attacked byC. inflata, indicating thatCamponotussp. is a commensal ofC. inflata. An experiment with chicks as potential predators suggests thatCamponotussp. is palatable whereasC. inflatais unpalatable. After tastingC. inflata, the chicks no longer attackedCamponotussp., indicating thatCamponotussp. is a Batesian mimic ofCrematogaster inflata.