Beetle #Clytra #laeviuscula (#Chrysomelidae) is #myrmecophilous. Its juveniles carry cases of feces for #antprotection. F. A. Agrain et al. (2015) state that myrmecophily in #leafbeetles only appears in #Clytrini and #Cryptocephalini within #Cryptocephalinae. Numbers of origins of the strategy are unknown, but there were preadaptations as e.g. feces cases.

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Reference

F. A. Agrain et al. (2015):
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.547.6098

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"Almost all #LeafBeetles have incorporated foreign genetic material into their genome, which is responsible for the production of #enzymes necessary to digest plant cell wall components... half of the species of leaf #beetles live in close association with symbiotic #bacteria. These #symbionts provide the beetles with important digestive enzymes, vitamins, and amino acids."

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#NewSpecies
New leaf beetle from #china just crawled by:

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Publication: http://doi.org/10.25221/fee.499.1
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Black-and-red Pot Beetle, Cryptocephalus bipunctatus Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 Srbsko, Czech Republic 7/29/ 2009 f/2.8 1/160 iso: 800 #Chrysomelidae #Crytocephalus #Beetles #Coleoptera #LeafBeetles #Insects #invertebrates #macro #Grasslands

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Oreina alpestris Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/2.8 1/126 iso: 400 Srbsko, Czech Republic 8/15/2010 #beetles #Chrysomelidae #Coleoptera #leafbeetles #viviparous #insects #invertebrates #macro

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Red Poplar Beetle, Chrysomela populi Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/7.1 1/160 iso: 400 MIlovice, Czech Republic 6/8/2010 #Beetles #Chrysomelidae #leafBeetles #Coleoptera #insects #invertebrates #Macro #grasslands

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Green Dock Beetle, Gastrophysa viridula
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