Ants feeding on anal exudate from tortricid larvae: a new type of trophobiosis
- 1 October 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Natural History
- Vol. 20 (5), 1041-1050
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938600770751
Abstract
A new type of trophobiosis between tortricid larvae of a hitherto unknown genus and species, and various ant species of the subfamilies Formicinae, Dolichoderinae and Myrmicinae, was found in Malaysia. The larvae live in silken shelters fixed to the leaves of bamboo. In response to mechanical stimuli from the ants, they discharge from the anus a liquid containing sugar and amino acids and/or protein. The tortricid is described as Semutophila saccharopa gen. nov., sp. nov.; a second species, S. susurra sp. nov., is described from New Guinea.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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