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First host record of stylopization of a worker ant, Ectatomma edentatum (Formicidae: Ectatomminae), by a Myrmecolacidae (Strepsiptera) [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Insect Science
Strepsipterans of the family Myrmecolacidae are endoparasitoid insects of ants distributed worldwide, except in the Palearctic and Antarctic regions.
Jacques H C Delabie   +2 more
exaly   +4 more sources

Morphology of External Genitalia in the Genus Acanthoponera Mayr, with Redescription of A. mucronata (Roger) Male (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae) [PDF]

open access: yesInsects
In this study, using scanning electron microscope (SEM) and optical microscopy, we give a detailed description of the Acanthoponera mucronata male, supplementing the former male-based genus diagnoses.
Stefano Cantone, Andrea Di Giulio
doaj   +2 more sources

A new rescue behavior in the ant Ectatomma muticum Mayr, 1870 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae: Ectatomminae) captured by a trapdoor spider of the genus Neodiplothele Mello-Leitão, 1917 (Araneae: Barychelidae)

open access: yesEntomological Communications
Rescue behavior among eusocial insects, particularly ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), is a remarkable cooperative interaction in which individuals risk their lives to save others without direct reward.
André O. Silva-Júnior   +4 more
exaly   +3 more sources

A new species of Typhlomyrmex from Colombia, re-description of the worker of T. clavicornis Emery, description of the worker of T. prolatus Brown, and key of known species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Hymenoptera Research, 2023
Typhlomyrmex Mayr is a genus of small and cryptic ants of the subfamily Ectatomminae. Here, we provide taxonomic notes on the ants of the genus Typhlomyrmex Mayr from Colombia, along with the description of Typhlomyrmex encanto sp ...
Fernando Fernández   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and termites (Termitidae: Isoptera), Moron River basin, Carabobo, Venezuela: Preliminary data [PDF]

open access: yesCheck List, 2009
Nineteen ant species of six subfamilies (Dolichoderinae, Ecitoninae, Ectatomminae, Formicinae,Myrmicinae and Ponerinae) and two termite species (Termitidae) from Morón River basin (Carabobo, Venezuela) arelisted here as part of a preliminary arthropod ...
Riera-Valera, M. A.   +2 more
doaj   +4 more sources

Magnetosensibility and Magnetic Properties of Ectatomma brunneun Smith, F. 1858 Ants

open access: yesSociobiology, 2021
The aim of the present paper is to study magnetosensibility and to seek for magnetic nanoparticles in ants. The social insects, by living in colonies, developed very efficient methods of nestmate recognition, being less tolerant towards individuals from ...
Márlon César Pereira   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Catalogue of " poneromorph" ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

open access: yesPapéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2008
The present catalogue lists the type specimes of 112 nominal " poneromorph" ant species housed in the Formicidae collection of the Hymenoptera laboratory, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo (MZSP).
Cristiane P. Scott-Santos   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Description of the species of Dicoelothorax Ashmead (Chalcidoidea, Eucharitidae) and biology of D. platycerus Ashmead

open access: yesZooKeys, 2012
Descriptions of the adults of the two species of Dicoelothorax Ashmead, D. parviceps and D. platycerus, and the eggs, planidia and pupae of D. platycerus Ashmead are provided. Females of D.
Javier Torréns, John Heraty
doaj   +1 more source

The male genitalia of ants: musculature, homology, and functional morphology (Hymenoptera, Aculeata, Formicidae)

open access: yesJournal of Hymenoptera Research, 2013
The genitalia of male ants are interpreted in the context of the broader Hymenoptera. For the first time muscle homologies are established for twenty six species of ants in nine subfamilies: Amblyoponinae, Cerapachyinae, Dolichoderinae, Ecitoninae ...
Brendon Boudinot
doaj   +1 more source

Hormigas cazadoras en sistemas productivos del piedemonte amazónico colombiano: diversidad y especies indicadoras Hunter ants in productive systems of Colombian amazon foothills: diversity and indicator species

open access: yesActa Amazonica, 2011
Para conocer la abundancia, riqueza y composición de hormigas cazadoras y su variación en los sistemas productivos del departamento de Caquetá, se seleccionaron 27 fincas representativas de tres ventanas (agroforestal, silvopastoril y tradicional), en ...
Maria Catalina Sanabria-Blandón   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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