Ptilotrigona lurida (Smith, 1854) (Hymenoptera: Apidae), a stingless bee as the potential mimetic model of the assassin bug Notocyrtus fornicatus (Fabricius, 1794) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) in the Amazon canga

ABSTRACT Historically, theories of protective mimicry have dominated the literature. However, other mimicry hypotheses have gained ground, such as “aggressive mimicry”, in which a predator resembles another organism to achieve greater success in predation. This seems to be the case of Notocyrtus Bur...

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Main Authors: Joshua Pablo Cavalcanti, Ayane Suênia-Bastos, Mario Cupello, Paulo R. M. Duarte, Glauco L. N. Martins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia 2025-08-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Entomologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262025000300206&lng=en&tlng=en
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