First record of myrmecophily in buprestid beetles: immature stages of Habroloma myrmecophila sp nov (Coleoptera : Buprestidae) associated with Oecophylla ants (Hymenoptera : Formicidae)

Abstract

The association of Habroloma myrmecophila sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Trachydini) with Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius, 1775) ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) has been observed on secondary shrubs in Goa Province (India).

Keywords

• asian weaver ants
• smaragdina fabricius
• phytophagous insects
• lepidoptera
• lycaenidae
• evolution
• herbivory
• mutualism
• behavior
• ecology
• coleoptera
• buprestidae