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in that they are produced by the plant rather than being induced by their inhabitants, but the distinction is not sharp; the development of many types of domatia is influenced and promoted by the inhabitants. Most domatia are inhabited either by
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Often domatia are formed on the lower surface of leaves, at the juncture of the midrib and the veins. They usually consist of small depressions partly enclosed by leaf tissue or hairs. Many members of the family
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O'Dowd, Dennis J.; Mary F. Willson (June 1991). "Associations Between Mites and Leaf Domatia".
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develop leaf domatia. Domatia are also found in some rainforest tree species in the families
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Trees and Shrubs in Rainforests of New South Wales and Southern Queensland
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may take parasitic advantage of the protection offered by this structure.
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Wilson, Edward O., The Insect Societies, Publisher: Belknap Press 1971,
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make their nests. Plants that provide myrmecodomatia are called
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Williams, J.B; Harden, G.J.; McDonald, W.J.F. (1984).
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A hairless foveole domatium in the leaf underside of
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Index

Domatia

Guioa acutifolia

Eriophyoid
Cinnamomum camphora

Mite
Cinnamomum camphora
galls
mites
ants
mutualist
thrips
Acacia sphaerocephala
Pseudomyrmex
Tetraponera
myrmecophytes
Myrmecodia
Lauraceae
Alangiaceae
Elaeocarpaceae
Fabaceae
Icacinaceae
Meliaceae
Rubiaceae
Sapindaceae
Simaroubaceae
Acarodomatia
A video showing ants living inside a domatium

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