Do ant-mimics imitate cuticular hydrocarbons of their models?

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Authors

PEKÁR Stanislav JIROŠ Pavel

Year of publication 2011
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Animal Behaviour
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Faculty of Science

Citation
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.09.007
Field Zoology
Keywords Araneae; Batesian mimicry; defence; Formicidae
Description We studied whether myrmecomorphic spiders imitate cuticular hydrocarbons of their models. We chose five myrmecomorphic spider species (Liophrurillus flavitarsis, Micaria sociabilis, Myrmarachne formicaria, Phrurolithus festivus, Zodarion alacre) from four families and compared their cuticular hydrocarbon profiles to those of their ant models (Aphaenogaster senilis, Liometopum microcephalum, Formica rufibarbis, Lasius platythorax, Formica subrufa).
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