Proctodeal Feeding by Termitophilous Staphylinidae Associated with Reticulitermes virginicus (Banks)
- 11 August 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 201 (4355) , 541-543
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.201.4355.541
Abstract
Trichopsenius depressus Le Conte, Xenistusa hexagonalis Seevers, and Philotermes howardi Kistner and Gut solicit and receive proctodeal and stomodeal fluids from their host, as well as engage in allogrooming with them. No other trophic behaviors were observed, suggesting that the beetles are completely integrated into the termite's trophic system.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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