A Mesozoic clown beetle myrmecophile (Coleoptera: Histeridae).

eLife7.70
Volume: 8
Published: Apr 16, 2019
Abstract
Complex interspecies relationships are widespread among metazoans, but the evolutionary history of these lifestyles is poorly understood. We describe a fossil beetle in 99-million-year-old Burmese amber that we infer to have been a social impostor of the earliest-known ant colonies. Promyrmister kistneri gen. et sp. nov. belongs to the haeteriine clown beetles (Coleoptera: Histeridae), a major clade of ‘myrmecophiles’—specialized nest intruders...
Paper Details
Title
A Mesozoic clown beetle myrmecophile (Coleoptera: Histeridae).
Published Date
Apr 16, 2019
Journal
Volume
8
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