Nonintegrated Host Association of Myrmecophilus tetramorii, a Specialist Myrmecophilous Ant Cricket (Orthoptera: Myrmecophilidae)

Figure 1

Behavior recognized in M. tetramorii (T) and in M. kubotai (K) in colonies of T. tsushimae. (a) Being attacked by ants and escaped from them immediately, (b) feed foods for themselves, (c) groom ant body, (d) muscle in trophallaxis between ants, (e) be done a feeding by direct mouth-to-mouth transfer by ants. Results of each behavior were based on averages of all individuals of each species (𝑁=20) observed. The box plot represents 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles. The top and bottom whiskers represent largest and smallest nonoutlier observations, respectively. Dots represent outliners that are any value greater than 1.5 times the spread outside the closest hinge. *𝑃<0.05, **𝑃<0.01  by Wilcoxon rank-sum test.

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