Taxonomy of the ant genus Cardiocondyla Emery, 1869 from China, with the description of a new species of the sima group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) [PDF]
ZooKeysThe genus Cardiocondyla Emery, 1869 is a diverse group of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae, with a total of 89 recognised species and subspecies recorded worldwide. A new species of the sima group C. zhoui sp. nov.
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Metabolic plasticity supports a flexible nutritional symbiosis in Cardiocondyla ants [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsNutritional symbioses have repeatedly evolved in insects, yet how hosts regulate these partnerships to balance benefits across development and environments remains unclear.
Phoebe Cunningham +7 more
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Worker ants promote outbreeding by transporting young queens to alien nests [PDF]
Communications Biology, 2021 Vidal et al. identify a breeding system in the ant Cardiocondyla elegans that avoids colonial inbreeding, managed by a third party of worker ants. This system bears similarities to human matchmaking, but with fundamental genetic drivers rather than ...
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Courtship with two spoons—Anatomy and presumed function of the bizarre antennae of Cardiocondyla zoserka ant males [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Mating in ants often occurs on the wing during nuptial flights or on the ground when scattered female sexuals attract males by pheromones. In both scenarios, there is little opportunity for males to engage in prolonged aggressive competition or elaborate
Jürgen Heinze +5 more
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Assisted dispersal and reproductive success in an ant species with matchmaking [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Workers of the ant Cardiocondyla elegans drop female sexuals into the nest entrance of other colonies to promote outbreeding with unrelated, wingless males.
Mathilde Vidal, Jürgen Heinze
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European Journal of Entomology, 2007 Cardiocondyla is one of the few ant genera in which winged dispersing males coexist with wingless fighter males, which predominantly mate inside their maternal nests. Male polymorphism is not genetically determined but induced by environmental conditions
Alexandra Schrempf, Jürgen Heinze
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A chromosome-level genome assembly of the native populations of the Japanese pavement ant, Tetramorium tsushimae Emery (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) [PDF]
Scientific DataThe Japanes pavement ant, Tetramorium tsushimae Emery is an ecologically significant ant species recognized for its mutualistic interactions with aphids and other hemipterans.
Anandapadmanaban Gokulanathan +2 more
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New ant records from La Réunion Island (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) [PDF]
Biodiversity Data JournalLa Réunion Island (Mascarene Archipelago, south-western Indian Ocean) hosts a largely introduced ant fauna, shaped by historical and ongoing human-mediated introductions.
Dominique Carval +6 more
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Fertility correlates with queen size and sperm quality in an ant. [PDF]
PLoS ONEFitness can vary between individuals of the same population for reasons related to nutrient acquisition during development, but also to the quality of the mating partners.
Lena-Marie Süß +2 more
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They arrived and don’t stop coming: an update on the distribution of exotic ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in continental Ecuador [PDF]
Check List, 2023 We present an updated list of introduced ants to continental Ecuador, and compile records of occurrence, as well as map the distribution of 15 exotic species.
Jefferson Salazar-Basurto +4 more
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