Roridulaceae 3 claims

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Roridula gorgonias2 claims · 1 paperRoridula1 claim · 1 paper

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Pameridea roridulae walks on the sticky plant without being trapped.

Taxon
Pameridea roridulaee0
Interactor
Roridula gorgoniasRoridula gorgoniast0host
Outcome
lives and walks on this sticky plant surface without being trappede0

Verbatim

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“the specialized mutualistic mirid bug Pameridea roridulae lives and walks on this sticky plant surface without being trapped”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 212–336
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“Roridula gorgonias”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 132–150

Title

An insect trap as habitat: cohesion-failure mechanism prevents adhesion ofPameridea roridulaebugs to the sticky surface of the plantRoridula gorgonias

Dagmar Voigt; Stanislav Gorb Journal of Experimental Biology 2008. doi:10.1242/jeb.019273

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Mechanismauthor interpretationoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

A weak greasy layer was suggested to prevent solid cuticle contact with plant secretion.

Taxon
Pameridea roridulaet0
Interactor
Roridula gorgoniasRoridula gorgoniast0host
Outcome
preventing the formation of contactse0
Qualifier
a thick and cohesively weak film of an outermost, epicuticular greasy secretione0

Verbatim

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“a thick and cohesively weak film of an outermost, epicuticular greasy secretion acts as a ;sloughing-off' layer, preventing the formation of contacts between the sticky plant secretion and the solid insect cuticle”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 719–932
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“Pameridea roridulaebugs to the sticky surface of the plantRoridula gorgonias”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 74–150

Title

An insect trap as habitat: cohesion-failure mechanism prevents adhesion ofPameridea roridulaebugs to the sticky surface of the plantRoridula gorgonias

Dagmar Voigt; Stanislav Gorb Journal of Experimental Biology 2008. doi:10.1242/jeb.019273

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

In choice experiments Pameridea strongly preferred its carnivorous host plant Roridula over unrelated host plants.

Taxon
PamerideaPamerideae0
Interactor
RoridulaRoridulae0host
Outcome
strong preferencee0
Comparator
unrelated host plantse0
Setting
choice experimentse0

Verbatim

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“In choice experiments, the hemipteran (Pameridea) has a strong preference for its carnivorous host plant (Roridula) above unrelated host plants”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1193–1336

Title

COMPARATIVE POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURES AND LOCAL ADAPTATION OF TWO MUTUALISTS

Bruce Anderson; Isabelle Olivieri; Mathieu Lourmas; et al. Evolution 2004. doi:10.1554/03-317

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