PRJNA680377
First screening of bacterial communities of Microdon myrmicae and its ant host: do microbes facilitate the invasion of ant colonies by social parasites?
Microdon is a peculiar fly genus whose larvae are able to successfully infiltrate ant colonies and feed upon the ant brood. We provide the first microbiome survey of Mi. myrmicae third instar larvae and larvae and workers of its host, Myrmica scabrinodis, collected from two sites in England.