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SUBMITTER: Di Giulio A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4496082 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Di Giulio Andrea A Maurizi Emanuela E Barbero Francesca F Sala Marco M Fattorini Simone S Balletto Emilio E Bonelli Simona S
PloS one 20150708 7
Ants use various communication channels to regulate their social organisation. The main channel that drives almost all the ants' activities and behaviours is the chemical one, but it is long acknowledged that the acoustic channel also plays an important role. However, very little is known regarding exploitation of the acoustical channel by myrmecophile parasites to infiltrate the ant society. Among social parasites, the ant nest beetles (Paussus) are obligate myrmecophiles able to move throughou ...[more]