Specialized Predation on Oribatid Mites by Two Species of the Ant Genus Myrmecina (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Specialized predation on oribatid mites was confirmed in two Japanese species of the myrmicine genus Myrmecina, the first instance in the Formicidae. Using the mouthparts and legs, a worker skillfully tears a hole in the oribatid body and gives the partly dismembered prey to a larva. During food pre...
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| author | Keiichi Masuko |
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| description | Specialized predation on oribatid mites was confirmed in two
Japanese species of the myrmicine genus Myrmecina, the first
instance in the Formicidae. Using the mouthparts and legs, a
worker skillfully tears a hole in the oribatid body and gives the
partly dismembered prey to a larva. During food preparation workers
bend the gaster forward deeply and raise their anterior body
thus making the working posture stable; both seem necessary for
handling such round slippery prey as oribatid mites. The larva of
Myrmecina has a peculiarly elongate head which it inserts into an
oribatid body and consumes the contents. |
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| institution | Kabale University |
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| spelling | doaj-art-264e7e3598514b73a36aed03400c5db82025-02-03T06:42:24ZengWileyPsyche: A Journal of Entomology0033-26151687-74381994-01-011013-415917310.1155/1994/96412Specialized Predation on Oribatid Mites by Two Species of the Ant Genus Myrmecina (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)Keiichi Masuko0School of Business Administration, Senshu University, Kawasaki 214, JapanSpecialized predation on oribatid mites was confirmed in two Japanese species of the myrmicine genus Myrmecina, the first instance in the Formicidae. Using the mouthparts and legs, a worker skillfully tears a hole in the oribatid body and gives the partly dismembered prey to a larva. During food preparation workers bend the gaster forward deeply and raise their anterior body thus making the working posture stable; both seem necessary for handling such round slippery prey as oribatid mites. The larva of Myrmecina has a peculiarly elongate head which it inserts into an oribatid body and consumes the contents.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1994/96412 |
| spellingShingle | Keiichi Masuko Specialized Predation on Oribatid Mites by Two Species of the Ant Genus Myrmecina (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Psyche: A Journal of Entomology |
| title | Specialized Predation on Oribatid Mites by Two Species of the Ant
Genus Myrmecina (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) |
| title_full | Specialized Predation on Oribatid Mites by Two Species of the Ant
Genus Myrmecina (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) |
| title_fullStr | Specialized Predation on Oribatid Mites by Two Species of the Ant
Genus Myrmecina (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Specialized Predation on Oribatid Mites by Two Species of the Ant
Genus Myrmecina (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) |
| title_short | Specialized Predation on Oribatid Mites by Two Species of the Ant
Genus Myrmecina (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) |
| title_sort | specialized predation on oribatid mites by two species of the ant genus myrmecina hymenoptera formicidae |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1994/96412 |
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