Earliest behavioral mimicry and possible food begging in a Mesozoic alienopterid pollinator
Abstract
Morphological insect-insect mimicry is known from few Cretaceous cockroaches and a beetle. Formicamendax vrsanskyi gen. et sp. n. (Blattaria, Alienopteridae) shows myrmecomorph features such as an elongated, smooth and black body, simple fenestrated hindwing, legs lacking protective spines. Elbowed or “geniculate “antenna is a typical character of advanced ants and weevils used for different forms of communication. Together with reduced...
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Title
Earliest behavioral mimicry and possible food begging in a Mesozoic alienopterid pollinator
Published Date
May 29, 2019
Journal
Volume
75
Issue
1
Pages
83 - 92
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