BELT, Thomas (1832 – 1878)

1832 – 1878

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Image source Thomas Belt · Frontispiece of first edition of The Naturalist in Nicaragua · Public domain

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1874 CE

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The naturalist in Nicaragua: A narrative of a residence at the gold mines of Chontales; journeys in the savannahs and forests, with observations on animals and plants in reference to the theory of evolution of living forms.

BELT, Thomas (1832 – 1878)

In this book Belt first described "the mutualistic relationship of certain Acacias and the ant we now know as Pseudomyrmex spinicola. These are a species of red myrmecophyte-inhabiting neotropical ants which are found…

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