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SUBMITTER: Pekar S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9515603 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pekár Stano S Martišová Martina M Špalek Tóthová Andrea A Haddad Charles R CR
iScience 20220914 10
Myrmecomorphy is the most frequent type of Batesian mimicry. Myrmecomorphic species differ in the accuracy with which they resemble ants; however, the hypothesis of the co-evolution of mimetic traits has been rarely tested. Here, we measured dozens of traits of color, shape, size, and behavior, and quantified objectively the resemblance between dozens of arthropod mimics and ants. In all traits, the mimics were more similar to ants than to closely related non-myrmecomorphic species. We found tha ...[more]