A natural history of Pleotomodes needhami Green (Coleoptera: Lampyridae): A firefly symbiont of ants.
By Sivinski et al.
JSTOR
John M. Sivinski, James E. Lloyd, Samuel N. Beshers, Lloyd R. Davis, Robert G. Sivinski, Steven R. Wing, Robert T. Sullivan, Paula E. Cushing and Erik Petersson. (1998) A Natural History of Pleotomodes needhami Green (Coleoptera: Lampyridae): A Firefly Symbiont of Ants. The Coleopterists Bulletin 52(1): 23-30.
Abstract
A firefly,
Pleotomodes needhami Green, lives in the nests of two, possibly three, species of ants. These ants are the fungus-growing
Trachymrmex septentrionalis (McCook), the carnivorous
Odontomachus clarus (Roger), and perhaps a
Dorymyrmex sp.