IMBIV 05474
INSTITUTO MULTIDISCIPLINARIO DE BIOLOGIA VEGETAL
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Eating with the enemy? Mimic complex between a stingless bee and assassin bugs
Autor/es:
ALVAREZ, L.J.; ZAMUDIO, F.; MELO, M.C.
Revista:
PAPéIS AVULSOS DE ZOOLOGIA.
Editorial:
Museo de Zoologia de la Universidad de Sao Paulo
Referencias:
Lugar: Sao Paulo; Año: 2019 vol. 59 p. 1 - 6
ISSN:
0031-1049
Resumen:
In this study, we record for the first time the genus Notocyrtus (Heteroptera, Reduviidae)from Argentina based on three species: Notocyrtusdorsalis (Gray), Notocyrtus dispersusCarvalho & Costa, and Notocyrtusfoveatus Stål. We also describe and illustrate a mimetic complex comprisingthe three Notocyrtus species and Tetragona clavipes (Fabricius) (Apidae, Meliponini),that were collected on Bahuinia forficata Link (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae).We include biological comments on the plant-reduvid-bee interaction andhypothesize about the functionality of the mimetic complex described.
