
pmid: 21419982
The term myrmecophile means ‘ant lover’, from the Greek ‘myrmex’ (ant) and ‘philos’ (loving). In the most general sense, any organism that is dependent on ants at least during part of its lifecycle is a myrmecophile. This definition encompasses plants that attract ants with food bodies or extrafloral nectaries, homopterans such as aphids, membracids, and scale insects that provide ants with honeydew, as well as fungi and bacteria that are cultivated or housed by some ants.
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
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570, Life Cycle Stages, Mites, Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all), Behavior, Animal, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all), Ants, 590, Coleoptera, Animals, Symbiosis, Ecosystem
570, Life Cycle Stages, Mites, Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all), Behavior, Animal, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all), Ants, 590, Coleoptera, Animals, Symbiosis, Ecosystem
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