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Issue: Vol. 5399 No. 3: 12 Jan. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-01-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.3.7
Page range: 281-286
Abstract views: 278
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A natural history note on the Pseudoneoponera ant-mimicking behaviour of Naddia sp. (Staphylinidae: Staphylininae: Staphylinini: Staphylinina), from Kalyani University campus, Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal, India.

Cytogenetics and Molecular Biology Laboratory; Department of Zoology; University of Kalyani; Kalyani; Nadia- 741235; India; iForNature—Nature Club; Kolkata; West Bengal-700028; India
Cytogenetics and Molecular Biology Laboratory; Department of Zoology; University of Kalyani; Kalyani; Nadia- 741235; India; iForNature—Nature Club; Kolkata; West Bengal-700028; India
Private Entomological Laboratory & Collection; Rýznerova 37/37; Únětice u Prahy; Prague-West; Czech Republic
Cytogenetics and Molecular Biology Laboratory; Department of Zoology; University of Kalyani; Kalyani; Nadia- 741235; India; iForNature—Nature Club; Kolkata; West Bengal-700028; India
Coleoptera Ant mimic Myrmecomorphy ColeopteraStaphylinidae imperfect Batesian mimicry West Bengal India

Abstract

A unique ant-mimicking behaviour has been observed in the rove beetle genus Naddia sp. (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae: Staphylinini: Staphylinina) from the campus of the University of Kalyani, Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal, India. The individual has been observed to undergo imperfect Batesian mimicry by mimicking ants of the genus Pseudoneoponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae: Ponerini).

 

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