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Foraging by predatory ants: A review

Insect Science, EarlyView.
This review focuses on ecological and behavioral characteristics of foraging in ants showing the wide diversity of cases. Most ants can feed on sugary substances, but some ground‐nesting species are strict predators. Except army ants during the nomadic phase, they are central‐place foragers that can recruit nestmates when necessary. They prey mostly on
Alain Dejean, Jérôme Orivel, Xim Cerdá, Frédéric Azémar, Bruno Corbara, Axel Touchard   +5 more
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Tetramorium Parvioculum Sp. N. (FORMICIDAE: MYRMICINAE), A new species of the T. Simillimum group from Gibraltar [PDF]

, 2009
We describe a new species of Tetramorium, which has so far only been found in Gibraltar. Tetramorium parvioculum sp. n. belongs to the simillimum-group, which is of Afrotropical origin.
Bensusan, Keith, Guillem, Rhian
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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, Delabie, Jacques H. C., Orivel, Jérôme, Jacquemin, Justine, Martin, Mariano Calvo, Dejean, Alain   +5 more
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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, Luis A. Calcaterra, Lucila Chifflet, P. A. Follet   +3 more
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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, Xim Cerdá, Jérôme Orivel, Frédéric Azémar, Alexander L. Wild, Bruno Corbara, Axel Touchard   +6 more
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Vitellogenin Underwent Subfunctionalization to Acquire Caste and Behavioral Specific Expression in the Harvester Ant Pogonomyrmex barbatus [PDF]

, 2013
PMCID: PMC3744404This is an open-access article, free of all copyright, and may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any lawful purpose.
A Bourke, A Dolezal, A Khila, A Li, A Löytynoja, A Stamatakis, A Toth, A Tóth, AFG Bourke, C Holt, C Kent, C Lucas, C Smith, C Smith, C Smith, CM Nelson, CS Moreau, D Bates, D Cardoen, D Gordon, DS Marco Antonio, EO Wilson, G Suen, GE Robinson, GV Amdam, GV Amdam, GV Amdam, H Havukainen, H Lin, J Hancock, J Wang, JD Thompson, Jianzhi Zhang, JT Jackson, K Crailsheim, K Ingram, K Ingram, K Katoh, KJ Livak, Laurent Keller, M Andersson, M Corona, M Hawkins, M Piulachs, M Scharf, MH Haydak, Miguel Corona, N Franks, N Goto, Oksana Riba-Grognuz, P Babin, R Acher, R Bonasio, R Gadagkar, R Page, Romain A. Studer, Romain Libbrecht, S Blank, S Camazine, S Capella-Gutiérrez, S Capella-Gutiérrez, S Cardinal, S Khalil, S Lewis, S Nygaard, T Cremonez, T Fujita, T Junier, T Trenczek, W Engels, W Rutz, Y Ben-Shahar, Y Wurm, Y Wurm, Yannick Wurm, Z Yang   +75 more
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Potential of alternative control of leaf‐cutting ants using essential oils: A systematic review

Agricultural and Forest Entomology, EarlyView.
Abstract Leaf‐cutting ants (LCAs) are abundant and cause considerable damage to agricultural and forest crops in the Neotropical region and are commonly controlled using sulfluramid‐based ant baits. However, this active ingredient is a precursor of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), a persistent, human‐made pollutant that poses serious environmental
Heloisa S. S. Pinheiro, Crislaine C. Calazans, Virginia E. Masiulionis, Valfran S. Andrade, Tainara da S. Carvalho, Itamara Bomfim Gois, Genésio T. Ribeiro, Arie F. Blank, Ana P. A. Araújo, Leandro Bacci   +9 more
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ZZE-Configuration of chromophore ß-153 in C-phycocyanin from Mastigocladus laminosus [PDF]

, 1987
The photochemistry of C-phycocyanin has been studied after denaturation in the dark. It shows an irreversible reaction which has characteristics of a Ζ,Ζ,Ε- to Z,Z,Z-isomerization of dihydrobilins. Its amplitude depends on the reaction conditions, with
Bode, W., Fischer, R., Huber, R., Rüdiger, W., Scheer, Hugo, Schirmer, T., Schmidt, G., Siebzehnrübl, S.   +7 more
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Phylogenomics of Messor harvester ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Stenammini) unravels their biogeographical origin and diversification patterns La phylogénomique des fourmis moissonneuses Messor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Stenammini) clarifie leur origine biogéographique et leurs patrons de diversification

Systematic Entomology, EarlyView.
Phylogenomic analysis of 2524 ultraconserved‐element loci from 58 Messor harvester ant species helps in redefining taxonomic groups of the genus. Messor ants emerged in the Irano‐Indian area around 20 million years ago, rapidly dispersing to the Western Palaearctic and Northeastern Africa during the early Miocene.
Yannick Juvé, Arthur Weyna, Elodie Lauroua, Sabine Nidelet, Mourad Khaldi, Ghania Barech, Claude Lebas, Jean‐Yves Rasplus, Astrid Cruaud, Fabien L. Condamine, Jonathan Romiguier   +10 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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