Grappling with homoplasy: taxonomic refinements and reassignments in the ant genera Camponotus and Colobopsis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) [PDF]
Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny, 2021 Camponotus and Colobopsis are widely distributed and species-rich genera in the ant tribe Camponotini. Molecular phylogenetic studies demonstrate that they are not sister taxa, but several lineages within each genus have converged to a remarkable degree,
Philip S. Ward, Brendon E. Boudinot
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Invertebrate Systematics, 2022 Fig. 8. Variation in Overbeckia species occurrence across four vegetation types and two seasons in the EFForTS project (dry season, bars in red; wet season, bars in blue).
Rimandai, Maling +17 more
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Unprecedented loss of ammonia assimilation capability in a urease-encoding bacterial mutualist [PDF]
BMC Genomics, 2010 Background Blochmannia are obligately intracellular bacterial mutualists of ants of the tribe Camponotini. Blochmannia perform key nutritional functions for the host, including synthesis of several essential amino acids.
Laura E Williams, Jennifer J Wernegreen
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Changes in the core species of the ant-plant network of oak forest converted to grassland: replacement of its ant functional groups [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Land-use change in terrestrial environments is one of the main threats to biodiversity. The study of ant-plant networks has increased our knowledge of the diversity of interactions and structure of these communities; however, little is known about how ...
Mariana Cuautle +3 more
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, 2016 Tribe Camponotini Forel 1878 = Polyrhachidini Ashmead 1905 Genera: Calomyrmex, Camponotus, † Chimaeromyrma, Colobopsis, Dinomyrmex, Echinopla, Opisthopsis, Overbeckia, Polyrhachis, † Pseudocamponotus. Comments. The composition of this tribe remains
Blaimer, Bonnie B. +2 more
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The complete mitochondrial genome of Camponotus concavus Kim & Kim, 1994 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2019 Camponotus concavus Kim & Kim, 1994 is a large carpenter ant endemic to the Korean peninsula. We have determined the mitochondrial genome of C. concavus. The circular mitogenome of C.
Jonghyun Park +2 more
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Myrmozercon mites are highly host specific: two new species of Myrmozercon Berlese associated with sympatric Camponotus ants in southern Quintana Roo, Mexico [PDF]
PeerJTwo new species of Myrmozercon, M. serratus sp. nov. and M. spatulatus sp. nov., are described based on adults and deutonymphs collected in association with ants in Mexico. They represent the first records of this genus from the Neotropic s.s.
Gabriela Pérez-Lachaud +3 more
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Bacterial Communities in the Heads and Gasters of 26 Ant Taxa [PDF]
InsectsInsect-associated bacterial communities can vary with host diet, phylogeny, and body region. In this study, we used 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene amplicon sequencing and a host phylogenetic tree constructed from mitochondrial genes to analyze bacterial ...
Zixin Pei +5 more
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Molecular Phylogeny of the Ant Subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from China Based on Mitochondrial Genes [PDF]
Sociobiology, 2013 To resolve long-standing discrepancies in the relationships among genera within the ant subfamily Formicinae, a phylogenetic study of Chinese Formicine ants based on three mitochondria genes (Cyt b, COI, COII) was conducted.
Zhilin Chen +4 more
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Effects of Habitat Conversion on Ant Functional Groups: A Global Review [PDF]
Sociobiology, 2021 Conversion of natural to anthropogenic environments affects biodiversity, and the understanding of these impacts may be improved by assessing how different functional groups respond to such land conversion.
Roberta de Jesus Santos +2 more
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