Taxonomic Partition Suggests a High Degree of Coevolution Between Termites and Their Termitophiles

Authors

  • Igor Eloi Universidade Estadual da Paraíba - Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8013-8963
  • Carlos M. Pires-Silva Universidade de São Paulo-Museu de Zoologia
  • Bruno Zilberman Universidade de São Paulo - Museu de Zoologia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v68i4.5942

Keywords:

Corotocini, Evolution, Biodiversity scaling, Termitophily

Abstract

Termites have a tight interaction with their social parasitic Corotocini beetles. This association is thought to be mainly host-specific, despite some host-switch events. By analyzing the taxonomic partition between species and genera of Corotocini, we propose the hypothesis that the main driver of the diversity of these termitophiles is coevolution.

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2021-11-24

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Eloi, I., Pires-Silva, C. M., & Zilberman, B. (2021). Taxonomic Partition Suggests a High Degree of Coevolution Between Termites and Their Termitophiles. Sociobiology, 68(4), e5942. https://doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v68i4.5942

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Vol. 68 No. 4 (2021)

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Short Note

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