A defensive body plan was pre-adaptive for termitophily in the rove beetle tribe Termitohospitini (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)
T. Kanao, K.T. Eldredge, M. Maruyama
This paper reconstructs the evolutionary history of termitophilous rove beetles, showing that a defensive body form was pre-adaptive for termitophily.
bioRxiv · Oct 27, 2016 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology