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Description: a Lateral and b dorsal view of Eciton mexicanum s. str. workers with N. kronaueri attached between the ants’ petiole and postpetiole. c, d Close-ups showing N. kronaueri grasping the trunk between petiole and postpetiole with its mandibles.
Title: N. kronaueri on army ant
Credit: Nymphister kronaueri von Beeren & Tishechkin sp. nov., an army ant-associated beetle species (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Haeteriinae) with an exceptional mechanism of phoresy. BMC Zoology. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40850-016-0010-x
Author: Christoph von Beeren, and Alexey K. Tishechkin
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