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- Myrmeconema_neotropicum abstract "Myrmeconema neotropicum is a tetradonematid nematode parasite.At present, the only known host species is Cephalotes atratus, a South American ant with a black abdomen. Upon infection, the gaster, or bulbous hindmost region of the abdomen, resembles one of the many red berries found in tropical forest canopies.Myrmeconema neotropicum is a new genus and species of parasitic tetradonematid nematode that apparently induces fruit mimicry in the tropical ant Cephalotes atratus. Infected ants develop bright red gasters, tend to be more sluggish, and walk with their gasters in a conspicuous elevated position. These changes likely cause frugivorous birds to confuse the infected ants for berries and eat them. Parasite eggs passed in the bird's feces are subsequently collected by foraging Cephalotes atratus and are fed to their larvae, thus completing the life cycle of Myrmeconema neotropicum (Yanoviak et al. 2008).Female Myrmeconema neotropicum mature within the gaster of the host ants. They are about 1000 μm in length and about 112 μm at their greatest width. Males are smaller than females (680 μm in length and 97 μm in diameter) (Poinar & Yanoviak 2008). The adult worms mate within the gaster of the ant pupa. The male worm dies and eggs develop within the female as the ant becomes an adult. The infected young adult ant is completely black and spends most of its time tending brood within the nest. As the parasite embryos develop within the eggs, the ant gaster becomes translucent, ultimately appearing as bright red. Increased reddening coincides with a shift in ant behavior that includes foraging outside the nest, thus increasing the probability of consumption by a duped bird. Although bird predation on an infected Cephalotes atratus has not yet been observed, the combination of field experiments and the known natural history of the ant indicate that this is the most parsimonious explanation for transmission of the parasite to new ant colonies.".
- Myrmeconema_neotropicum class Adenophorea.
- Myrmeconema_neotropicum class Enoplia.
- Myrmeconema_neotropicum family Tetradonematidae.
- Myrmeconema_neotropicum kingdom Animal.
- Myrmeconema_neotropicum order Mermithida.
- Myrmeconema_neotropicum phylum Nematode.
- Myrmeconema_neotropicum thumbnail InfectedCephalotesAtratus.jpg?width=300.
- Myrmeconema_neotropicum wikiPageExternalLink 16_ants.shtml.
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- Myrmeconema_neotropicum binomial "Myrmeconema neotropicum".
- Myrmeconema_neotropicum binomialAuthority "Poinar & Yanoviak, 2008".
- Myrmeconema_neotropicum classis Adenophorea.
- Myrmeconema_neotropicum familia Tetradonematidae.
- Myrmeconema_neotropicum genus "Myrmeconema".
- Myrmeconema_neotropicum hasPhotoCollection Myrmeconema_neotropicum.
- Myrmeconema_neotropicum imageCaption "Cephalotes atratus ant infected with Myrmeconema neotropicum showing swollen red abdomen".
- Myrmeconema_neotropicum imageWidth "250".
- Myrmeconema_neotropicum ordo Mermithida.
- Myrmeconema_neotropicum phylum Nematode.
- Myrmeconema_neotropicum regnum "Animalia".
- Myrmeconema_neotropicum species "M. neotropicum".
- Myrmeconema_neotropicum subclassis Enoplia.
- Myrmeconema_neotropicum subject Category:Enoplia.
- Myrmeconema_neotropicum subject Category:Parasites_of_insects.
- Myrmeconema_neotropicum subject Category:Parasitic_nematodes.
- Myrmeconema_neotropicum subject Category:Myrmeconema.
- Myrmeconema_neotropicum type Animal100015388.
- Myrmeconema_neotropicum type Invertebrate101905661.
- Myrmeconema_neotropicum type LivingThing100004258.
- Myrmeconema_neotropicum type Nematode101930112.
- Myrmeconema_neotropicum type Nematodes.
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- Myrmeconema_neotropicum type Parasites.
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- Myrmeconema_neotropicum type Worm101922303.
- Myrmeconema_neotropicum type Animal.
- Myrmeconema_neotropicum type Eukaryote.
- Myrmeconema_neotropicum type Species.
- Myrmeconema_neotropicum type Organism.
- Myrmeconema_neotropicum comment "Myrmeconema neotropicum is a tetradonematid nematode parasite.At present, the only known host species is Cephalotes atratus, a South American ant with a black abdomen. Upon infection, the gaster, or bulbous hindmost region of the abdomen, resembles one of the many red berries found in tropical forest canopies.Myrmeconema neotropicum is a new genus and species of parasitic tetradonematid nematode that apparently induces fruit mimicry in the tropical ant Cephalotes atratus.".
- Myrmeconema_neotropicum label "Myrmeconema neotropicum".
- Myrmeconema_neotropicum label "Myrmeconema neotropicum".
- Myrmeconema_neotropicum sameAs Myrmeconema_neotropicum.
- Myrmeconema_neotropicum sameAs m.03m57wd.
- Myrmeconema_neotropicum sameAs Q1953495.
- Myrmeconema_neotropicum sameAs Q1953495.
- Myrmeconema_neotropicum sameAs Myrmeconema_neotropicum.
- Myrmeconema_neotropicum wasDerivedFrom Myrmeconema_neotropicum?oldid=592608120.
- Myrmeconema_neotropicum depiction InfectedCephalotesAtratus.jpg.
- Myrmeconema_neotropicum isPrimaryTopicOf Myrmeconema_neotropicum.