myrmecophile
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English
Etymology
Noun
myrmecophile (plural myrmecophiles)
- An organism, especially an insect, that lives in close association with or shares a nest with a species of ant.
- 2022 September 19, Schultheiss et al., “The abundance, biomass, and distribution of ants on Earth”, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, page 1, column 1:
- Ants are integral components of terrestrial ecosystems, owing to their manifold interactions with other organisms. They serve as seed dispersers for plants (myrmecochory), mutualists with sap-sucking insects (trophobionts), and hosts for a wide range of associate organisms (myrmecophiles) and act as both predator and prey.
Translations
organism that lives in close association with ants
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