Myrmecophily
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Myrmecophily consists of positive, mutualistic, interspecies associations between ants and a variety of other organisms, such as plants, other arthropods, and fungi. It may also include commensal or e
Myrmecophilous aphids being tended by ants
Ant obtaining honeydew from an aphid
A leaf-hopper nymph tended by an ant
Ant tending a Lycaenid caterpillar
Aphid
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Aphids are small sap-sucking insects in the family Aphididae of the order Hemiptera. Common names include greenfly and blackfly, although individuals within a species can vary widely in color. The gro
Myrmecophily
…Pselaphidae, Staphylinidae, Histeridae, and Ptiliidae. The myrmecophilous staphylinids are especially diverse. Myrmecophilous associations are also seen in aphids and treehoppers, in the hoverfly genus Microdon, and several other groups of flies. The mollusc Allopeas myrmekophilos is another non-insect myrmecophile…
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Forewing of the early Middle Triassic (early Anisian) aphid Vosegus triassicus
An aphid fossilised in Baltic amber (Eocene)
Front view of wheat aphid, Schizaphis graminum, showing the piercing-sucking mouthparts