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Gnostus floridanus
Photo#228403
Copyright © 2008
Michael C. Thomas
A mymecophilus ptinid -
Gnostus floridanus
Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida, USA
Size: 2 mm
Gnostus floridanus
Blatchley, lives in nests of
Crematogaster ashmeadi
in the bark of living longleaf pines.
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Contributed by
Michael C. Thomas
on 24 September, 2008 - 4:12pm
Last updated 24 September, 2008 - 6:20pm
From longleaf pines . . .
The associated ants are more likely to be the sister species
C. pinicola
.
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James C. Trager
, 3 February, 2012 - 3:38pm
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These myrmecophiles
really stretch the envelope of expected morphology.
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Jim McClarin
, 24 September, 2008 - 7:06pm
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Moved
Moved from
Spider Beetle
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Phillip Harpootlian
, 24 September, 2008 - 6:20pm
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it ended up on a wrong page -- pls relocate
[and keep entertaining me with FL oddities!]
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v belov
, 24 September, 2008 - 4:52pm
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