The Great Imitation Game of Arthropods: Diversity of Terrestrial Arthropods Exhibiting Mimicry From Hazaribag Plateau Region

The Great Imitation Game of Arthropods: Diversity of Terrestrial Arthropods Exhibiting Mimicry From Hazaribag Plateau Region | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Research Article The Great Imitation Game of Arthropods: Diversity of Terrestrial Arthropods Exhibiting Mimicry From Hazaribag Plateau Region Rahul Kumar, Mirtunjay Sharma, Birendra Kumar Gupta, Ajay Kumar Sharma This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-8008727/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract Arthropods have co-evolved adaptive traits like mimicry due to their co-existence in shared habitats with different species over millions of years. These imitations, which can be morphological, chemical signatures, or behavioural patterns, have fascinated biologists for centuries. The Chotanagpur (or Chhotanagpur) Plateau, characterized by its ancient origins and extensive forest cover, has a rich biodiversity, but a significant portion of this biodiversity remains unrecorded or inadequately documented. Hazaribag (or Hazaribagh) Plateau region being one of the densely forested regions of Chotanapur Plateau presents unlimited opportunities to study biodiversity and natural history of arthropods. A review of literature found that most published works from Chotanagpur Plateau focus on recording and cataloguing insect species, with some studies focusing on diversity of specific taxa. Large scale studies integrating diversity and behavioural traits like mimicry in arthropods is altogether missing. The present work is one of its kind. It provides an overview of mimicry among terrestrial arthropods in the Hazaribag Plateau region, highlighting the arthropod diversity, geography and uniqueness of the region. The Hazaribag Plateau region has high biodiversity, leading to ecological interactions and an evolutionary arms race. Present study shows that mimics are widespread in nature. Aggressive mimicry Batesian mimicry Chemical mimicry Chotanagpur plateau Müllerian mimicry Wasmannian mimicry Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. 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