-
various insect species. The term
phragmosis has
since been
further extended beyond just insects.
Examples of
phragmosis are
found in the
order Anura (frogs...
- to its
burrow with it, and
using it as a shield, a
phenomenon called phragmosis.
According to the
Director and
Senior Biological Engineer of the Insect...
- clog the
entrance of
their burrows when threatened, a
phenomenon called phragmosis. The
disks have
strong spines around the edge, and they each have four...
- E.; Tambourgi, D. V.; Rodrigues, M. T. (2005). "Head co-ossification,
phragmosis and
defence in the casque-headed tree frog
Corythomantis greeningi". Journal...
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protected by the shield. This form of
morphological adaptation is
called phragmosis. Latreille, P.A. (1802).
Histoire naturelle,
generale et particuliere...
- N. L.; Silvestre, R. (September 2001). "The
first case of
intranidal phragmosis in ants. The
ergatoid queen of
Blepharidatta conops (Formicidae, Myrmicinae)...
-
entrances of
their tunnels and plug them
using their sclerotised abdomens (
phragmosis).
Laboratory tests have
confirmed that P.
mimulus create their own tunnels...
-
chemical defenses.
Termites take
advantage of
their modified mandibles in
phragmosis,
which is the
blocking of the nest with any part of the body; in this...
- This
allows a
major worker or
queen to plug an
entrance using her head (
phragmosis). To
allow nestmates to p****, the soldier/queen
moves back into the nest...
- kind of plug to
shield itself from predators. This
phenomenon is
called phragmosis and
occurs in
perfection in the
spider genus Cyclocosmia (Ctenizidae)...
