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Fig. 2

From: Chemical and behavioural strategies along the spectrum of host specificity in ant-associated silverfish

Fig. 2

CHC similarity among silverfish and host ants. NMDS plot displays the Bray-Curtis similarities for all detected CHCs (N = 199). Filled symbols represent the host ants (congeneric species have the same colour), open symbols represent silverfish associated with ants. For clarity, the seven Messor specialist species are not specified on this plot but grouped as Messor specialists (green open symbols). A detailed NMDS plot with each Messor specialist species specified is given in Additional file 21. The colour and shape of the silverfish symbols correspond with the colour and shape of their host ant. Species identity of myrmecophilous silverfish is given on the plot, except for Proatelurina pseudolepisma which is indicated with a letter code (PP) for clarity. Unassociated silverfish are represented with a letter code: Allacrotelsa kraepelini (AK), Ctenolepisma ciliatum (CC), Ctenolepisma nicoletii (CN), Lepisma baetica (LB – one individual not associated with ants), Ctenolepisma guadianicum (CG)

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