The predatory behavior of ants: an impressive panoply of morphological adaptations
Insect Science, EarlyView.This review focuses on predation in ants, showing the wide diversity of cases from solitary foraging to group hunting tactics, as well as the evolution of mandible shape frequently adapted to capture specific prey. Although most ants are generalist feeders, finding their sugary substances directly on plants or indirectly via sap‐sucking insects, some ...
Alain Dejean +6 more
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Sociobiology, 2021 Ants of the genus Cardiocondyla are considered omnivorous in nature. This genus is native to Afrotropical, Australasia, Indomalaya, Malagasy, Oceania, and Palearctic regions. A total of 72 valid species and 2 valid subspecies has been described worldwide.
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Third Argentine record of Eurhopalotrhix bruchi (Santschi, 1922) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), description of an interomorphic queen and the colony, and notes on biology and ecology [PDF]
, 2018 Se registra por tercera vez para Argentina, segunda para la Provincia de Buenos Aires, a la especie Eurhopalothrix bruchi. Además se realiza el primer registro de una colonia y se describe por primera vez a la Reina.
Arcusa, Juan Manuel, Cicchino, Armando
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Wasmannia Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) in Argentina: Systematics and Distribution [PDF]
Sociobiology, 2015 Le genre Wasmannia est endémique des Néotropiques, avec 10 espèces présentes dans l'aire de répartition présumée du genre du Mexique à l'Argentine. Seule la petite fourmi de feu, Wasmannia auropunctata, est largement distribuée, présente du centre-est de l'Argentine aux Bermudes, et est devenue tristement célèbre en raison de sa récente expansion ...
Fabiana Cuezzo +3 more
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Two New Aphaenogaster Species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Baltic Amber
ZoodiversityAphaenogaster groehni Radchenko, sp. n. and A. ribbeckei Radchenko, sp. n., are described from the Late Eocene Baltic amber, each based on the holotype worker. Aphaenogaster groehni Radchenko, sp. n.
A. G. Radchenko +2 more
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Paussus brancuccii sp.nov., an unusually abundant species of the Paussus jousselinii group from Laos and South China (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Paussinae, Paussini) [PDF]
, 2016 A new myrmecophilous species of flanged bombardier beetles is described from northeastern Laosand China (Guangxi), Paussus brancuccii sp.nov. This species stands out from other members of the Paussusjousselinii group and most other Paussines by the large
Nagel, Peter
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Insights Into the Chinese Pangolin's (Manis pentadactyla) Diet in a Peri-Urban Habitat: A Case Study From Hong Kong [PDF]
, 2017 published_or_final_versio
Cheung, K +3 more
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Cephalotes atratus Myrmicinae 1758
, 2019 Published as part of Leponce, Maurice, Delabie, Jacques H. C., Orivel, Jérôme, Jacquemin, Justine, Martin, Mariano Calvo & Dejean, Alain, 2019, Tree-dwelling ant survey (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Mitaraka, French Guiana, pp. 163-179 in Zoosystema 41 (10) on page 175, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2019v41a10, http://zenodo.org/record ...
Leponce, Maurice +5 more
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Journal of Biogeography, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aim Climate change is altering species distributions globally, but predicting the impacts on assemblages and their spatial overlaps under future scenarios remains an ongoing challenge. Here, we explore how climate change influences distributions among two interacting assemblages.
Jenna Braun, Christopher J. Lortie
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Ant Species Richness Around Amravati City Maharashtra, India [PDF]
, 2010 Ants deserve a special place in the study of ecology, including behavior, given their species richness, social habits, and high densities, contributing to much of the animal biomes on earth (Gadagkar et.at. 1993).
Aravind B. Chavhan +2 more
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