Flashcards
Bug on Bug Mimicry: Who am I and Who am I Trying to be?
Flashcards do conjunto (20)
- 1—Acanthinus argentinus
In reality: beetle (family: Anthicidae)
Mimicking: ant (family: Formicidae)
- 2—Aphantochilus rogersi
In reality: crab spider (family: Thomisidae)
Mimicking: turtle ant (genus: Cephalotes)
- 3—Acelyphus sp.
In reality: 'beetle fly' (family: Celyphidae)
Mimicking: leaf beetle (family: Chrysomelidae) - 4—*Arachnid mimics arachnid*
Cheliferoides longimanus
In reality: jumping spider (family: Salticidae)
Mimicking: pseudoscorpion (Order: Pseudoscorpiones)
- 5—Coatonachthodes ovambolandicus
In reality: rove beetle (family: Staphylinidae)
Mimicking: termite (infraorder: Isoptera)
- 6—Coccorchestes ferreus
In reality: jumping spider (family: Salticidae)
Mimicking: beetle (Order: Coleoptera)
- 7—Cyphonia clavata
In reality: treehopper (family: Membracidae)
Mimicking: turtle ant (genus: Cephalotes)
- 8—Empyreuma pugione
In reality: tiger moth (tribe: Arctiini)
Mimicking: pepsid spider wasps (tribe: pepsini)
- 9—Eristalis tenax
In reality: drone fly (family: Syrphidae)
Mimicking: Honeybee (species: Apis mellifera)
- 10—Member of subfamily Gonatopodinae
In reality: parasitic wasp (family: Dryinidae)
Mimicking: ant (family: Formicidae)
- 11—Hemaris diffinis
In reality: sphinx moth (family: Sphingidae)
Mimicking: generic bee (family: Apidae)
- 12—Homodes bracteigutta
In reality: larva of underwing moth (superfamily: Erebidae)
Mimicking: a line of weaver ants (genus: Oecophylla)
- 13—Horama panthalon
In reality: tiger moth (tribe: Arctiini)
Mimicking: paper wasp (genus: Polistes)
- 14—Hyalymenus tarsatus
In reality: nymph of broad-headed bug (family: Alydidae)
Mimicking: ant (family: Formicide)
- 15—Macroxiphus sumatranus
In reality: nymph of a katydid (family: Tettigoniidae)
Mimicking: ant (family: Formicidae)
- 16—Melzerella lutzi
In reality: long-horned beetle (family: Cerambycidae)
Mimicking: true bug (suborder: Heteroptera)
- 17—Myrmecothea myrmecoides
In reality: picture-winged fly (family: Ulidiidae)
Mimicking: ant (family: Formicidae)
- 18—Odontomantis planiceps
In reality: nymph of mantis (Order: Mantodea)
Mimicking: ant (family: Formicidae)
- 19—Myrmeparmena sudrei
In reality: long-horned beetle (family: Cerambycidae)
Mimicking: ant (family: Formicidae)
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Informações
- Descrição
- A quick tangent/exercise on arthropod mimicry.
- Criado por
- Jacob Simon
- Visualizações
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- Avaliação