{"id":46898,"date":"2025-03-10T12:30:06","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T11:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ellipse.prbb.org\/?p=46898"},"modified":"2025-03-10T12:30:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T11:30:00","slug":"la-mosca-somrient-que-volia-ser-un-termit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ellipse.prbb.org\/ca\/la-mosca-somrient-que-volia-ser-un-termit\/","title":{"rendered":"La mosca somrient que volia ser un t\u00e8rmit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tot i que sembli mentida, aquests dos ulls que et miren no s\u00f3n ulls, s\u00f3n dos forats per a respirar. El que veus tampoc \u00e9s una cara, \u00e9s el cul d\u2019una larva de mosca blava o cal\u00b7lif\u00f2rid. \u00c9s l\u2019\u00faltim crit en <strong>mimetisme animal<\/strong> amb el que s\u2019ha trobat el <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ibe.upf-csic.es\/home\/-\/asset_publisher\/T2caeLMECPvW\/content\/descubierta-una-mosca-con-un-falso-rostro-de-termita-capaz-de-infiltrarse-y-socializar-en-un-termitero\/maximized\" target=\"_blank\">grup d\u2019investigaci\u00f3 internacional<\/a> liderat per <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ellipse.prbb.org\/ca\/perseguint-papallones-un-viatge-transcontinental\/\" target=\"_blank\">Roger Vila<\/a> <\/strong>(<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ibe.upf-csic.es\/home\" target=\"_blank\">Institut de Biologia Evolutiva, IBE:CSI-UPF<\/a>). <strong>Aquesta larva es disfressa de t\u00e8rmit recol\u00b7lector<\/strong> (aquells membres del termiter que surten a la superf\u00edcie a tallar herba), per a poder entrar al termiter i fer vida amb els t\u00e8rmits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La larva ha evolucionat per a semblar-se tant als t\u00e8rmits que la reconeixen com a part de la seva col\u00f2nia. No \u00e9s nom\u00e9s la cara falsa; <strong>la <u><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ellipse.prbb.org\/ca\/de-mosques-i-humans\/\" target=\"_blank\">mosca<\/a><\/u> blava ha desenvolupat diferents mecanismes per a integrar-se completament<\/strong>. Per a comen\u00e7ar, t\u00e9 <strong>antenes <\/strong>i palps semblants als dels t\u00e8rmits. Tamb\u00e9 tenen uns ap\u00e8ndixs, cosa que normalment no es veu en larves de mosca, que imiten perfectament a les antenes dels insectes que mengen fusta. Amb ells, les larves es comuniquen amb v\u00e0ries termites a la vegada. Per\u00f2 la larva no nom\u00e9s ha canviat la seva aparen\u00e7a f\u00edsica, tamb\u00e9 el seu interior: <strong>l\u2019olor <\/strong>que desprenen \u00e9s exactament igual al dels t\u00e8rmits de la col\u00f2nia on entren. D\u2019aquesta manera, enganyen a les soldat per a que no les ataquin. Aix\u00ed, <strong>les larves de mosca blava s\u2019integren perfectament i deixen que els t\u00e8rmits les cuidin, netegin i donin de menjar<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:59px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gl-PRFsii08\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:59px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El descobriment va ser fortu\u00eft i <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/newsround\/articles\/c75zpy1609vo\" target=\"_blank\">ha donat la volta al m\u00f3n<\/a>. Quan l\u2019equip investigador estava buscant formiguers a la <strong>serralada Anti-Atles del Marroc<\/strong>, van aixecar una pedra i, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ellipse.prbb.org\/ca\/perdre-una-especie-es-com-perdre-una-obra-dart-patrimoni-de-la-unesco\/\" target=\"_blank\">en comptes de formigues<\/a>, van trobar el termiter amb tres larves quasi a la superf\u00edcie. Al estudiar-les al laboratori, han vist que les larves s&#8217;havien instal\u00b7lat on hi havia m\u00e9s t\u00e8rmits que no paraven d\u2019estar pendent d\u2019elles. Tot i aix\u00ed, l\u2019equip no ha pogut veure com es transformen en mosques adultes, ja que van morir abans de fer la <a href=\"https:\/\/ellipse.prbb.org\/ca\/hem-redefinit-el-proces-de-la-metamorfosi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">metamorfosi<\/a>. Ara, estan treballant per a entendre m\u00e9s en profunditat la relaci\u00f3 d\u2019aquesta estranya parella.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tot i que ja s\u2019havia vist com les mosques geperudes adultes s\u2019instal\u00b7laven en un termiter, \u00e9s el primer cop que es veu en aquesta esp\u00e8cie de mosca. Aix\u00f2 dona peu a pensar que <strong>\u00e9s una nova forma d\u2019integraci\u00f3 social<\/strong> i que, a m\u00e9s a m\u00e9s, s\u2019ha portat a terme molt r\u00e0pidament. \u00bfQuines m\u00e9s sorpreses evolutives ens deparar\u00e0?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tot i que sembli mentida, aquests dos ulls que et miren no s\u00f3n ulls, s\u00f3n dos forats per a respirar. El que veus tampoc \u00e9s una cara, \u00e9s el cul d\u2019una larva de mosca blava o cal\u00b7lif\u00f2rid. \u00c9s l\u2019\u00faltim crit en mimetisme animal amb el que s\u2019ha trobat el grup d\u2019investigaci\u00f3 internacional liderat per Roger [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":46894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[259,283,211],"new-type":[40],"class_list":["post-46898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recerca","tag-biodiversitat","tag-evolucio","tag-ibe-csic-upf","new-type-foto-de-la-setmana"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ellipse.prbb.org\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ellipse.prbb.org\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ellipse.prbb.org\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ellipse.prbb.org\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ellipse.prbb.org\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46898"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/ellipse.prbb.org\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46918,"href":"https:\/\/ellipse.prbb.org\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46898\/revisions\/46918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ellipse.prbb.org\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ellipse.prbb.org\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ellipse.prbb.org\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ellipse.prbb.org\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46898"},{"taxonomy":"new-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ellipse.prbb.org\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/new-type?post=46898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}