Myrmica
National Institutes of Health
Papers overview
Semantic Scholar uses AI to extract papers important to this topic.
The arms race between Maculinea butterflies and Myrmica host ants leads to local host-parasite adaptations. In our study, we…
Myrmica ants have been model species for studies in a variety of disciplines, including insect physiology, chemical communication…
Butterflies of the highly endangered genus Maculinea are parasites of red Myrmica ants. Prior to the adoption by Myrmica worker…
Phengaris butterflies, which is the valid name for Maculinea van Eecke, 1915, display an intricate parasitic relationship with…
SummaryEcological studies have been made of all 5 European species of Maculinea. These confirm that M. nausithous and M. rebeli…
SummaryCaterpillars of Maculinea arion are obligate predators of the brood of Myrmica sabuleti ants. In the aboratory…
SummaryThe mortality of Maculinea arion caterpillars was measured in both laboratory and wild Myrmica nests, and found to be…
Maculinea butterflies in Europe, and probably most of Asia, are host specific social parasites of various species of Myrmica ants…
Analyses were made of the habitats of the endangered myrmecophilous butterfly, Maculinea arion, and its host ant, Myrmica…
In the course of a population study on Myrmica sabuleti Meinert a miniature queen was found in some colonies. This paper…