Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Micropezidae that probably mimicks weaver ants, Thailand

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 09-01-2012 20:39
#1
Size approx. 9 mm. December 12, 2011, Trat prov., Koh Chang island, White Sand Beach area, Sai Khao Inn env., edge of rubber tree plantation.

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 09-01-2012 20:42
#2
The possible model (Oecophylla smaragdina).

Posted by javanerkelens on 09-01-2012 23:35
#3
Interesting and nice to see!
I just read about it in .. Christopher Wills " The wisdom of the genes".
Edited by javanerkelens on 09-01-2012 23:47

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 10-01-2012 01:59
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there is also another interesting relationship with this ant. The salticid spider Cosmophasis bitaeniata is a myrmecophilic associate of the green tree ant, Oecophylla smaragdina... see here:
http://www.mnh.si...ommunE.htm

http://www.ncbi.n...d/12035930
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 10-01-2012 02:14

Posted by muscicapa on 10-01-2012 06:21
#5
I have two posts following this from the Western Ghats - and have photos of perhaps the same species or a close relative.

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 10-01-2012 16:31
#6
I saw a different ant-mimicking spider nearby Jorge, couldn't shoot or catch it though, it was looking rather like a crab spider. Yes I think yours is a very similar or same fly miscicapa.