Socially parasitic myrmecophily has evolved numerous times in arthropods, but
myrmecophilous lineages are non-randomly distributed across phylogeny. Evolution of this …

Highlights•Paussus are among the most integrated parasites of social insects.•Both
immatures and adults feed on ant hemolymph and possibly via trophallaxis.•Immatures and …

Background Ant colonies are plagued by a diversity of arthropod guests, which adopt
various strategies to avoid or to withstand host attacks. Chemical mimicry of host recognition …

The first record of the tribe Paussini Latreille is reported based on a specimen from late
Eocene Rovno amber. It is the first known close relative of the genus Eohomopterus …

Ants use various communication channels to regulate their social organisation. The main
channel that drives almost all the ants' activities and behaviours is the chemical one, but it is …

Stridulatory organs in the myrmecophilous carabid beetle tribe Paussini have long been
recognized and used as a defining character of some genera and higher level taxa, however …

Ant nest beetles (P aussus L.) are ecologically fascinating and phenotypically bizarre.
Obligate myrmecophiles, P aussus have undergone extreme adaptations for life with ants …

Several specimens of the myrmecophilous beetle Paussus favieri were reared in ant nests of
Pheidole pallidula. Their interactions were recorded and all behaviors observed are …

The myrmecophilous immature stages of hover flies of the genus Microdon Meigen, 1803
(Diptera, Syrphidae) are still poorly known and only about 15 species were previously …

Обладая высокой численностью и большим видовым разнообразием, жужелицы
играют важную роль в сложении и функционировании сообществ почвенных …