Cocoon mimicry and predation by myrmecophilous Diptera (Diptera: Syrphidae)
Cocoon mimicry and predation by myrmecophilous Diptera (Diptera: Syrphidae)
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茧拟态和食蚁双翅目（双翅目：食蚜蝇科）的捕食
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1985
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通讯作者：
G. Sehlke
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作者：
W. B. Garnett;R. Akre;G. Sehlke
三种食蚁性微刺蚁(双翅目：食蚁科)、白腹小蜂属(M.cothurnatus Bigot)和胡椒小蜂属(M.Piperi Knab)的幼体表现出攻击性拟态。在寄主蚂蚁的巢中，一龄和二龄幼虫类似于它们捕食的蚂蚁茧，并由工人将其与茧一起运送。未成熟的蚂蚁不会受到宿主蚂蚁的攻击，似乎拥有与宿主整合的化学和物理属性。
Three species of myrmecophilous Microdon (Diptera: Syrphidae) M. albicomatus Novak, M. cothurnatus Bigot, and M. Piperi Knab, exhibit aggressive mimicry as immatures. In nests of their host ants (species of Camponotus and Formica), the 1st and 2nd larval instars resemble the ant cocoons upon which they prey and are transported with the cocoons by workers. Immatures are not attacked by their host ants and appear to possess chemical as well as physical attributes providing integration with their host.