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New records of hunting ants (Poneroids and Ectatomminoids) in the northern part of the Colombian Orinoquia region [PDF]

Arxius de Miscel-lània Zoològica, 2017
We reviewed 466 specimens of hunting ant species collected in flooded savanna environments and their adjacent forest fragments in the rural area of Arauca municipality (Arauca, Colombia).
J. A. Agudelo Martínez, N. Pérez-Buitrago   +1 more
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Genomic-Phenomic Reciprocal Illumination: Desyopone hereon gen. et sp. nov., an Exceptional Aneuretine-like Fossil Ant from Ethiopian Amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae) [PDF]

Insects, 2022
Fossils are critical for understanding the evolutionary diversification, turnover, and morphological disparification of extant lineages. While fossils cannot be sequenced, phenome-scale data may be generated using micro-computed tomography (µ-CT), thus ...
Brendon E. Boudinot, Adrian K. Richter, Jörg U. Hammel, Jacek Szwedo, Błażej Bojarski, Vincent Perrichot   +5 more
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A genus-level classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) [PDF]

ZooKeys
The genus-level classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) is revised based on a comprehensive phylogenomic analysis of more than 2,300 ultraconserved element (UCE) loci across 1,170 sampled specimens representing 1,020 taxa (
Brian L. Fisher, Michael G. Branstetter, Bonnie B. Blaimer, Marek L. Borowiec, Gabriela P. Camacho, Maël Doré, Philip S. Ward, John T. Longino   +7 more
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Ant Diversity and Stratification in an Amazonian Rainforest. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
We examined the three strata of an Amazonian rainforest (e.g., the ground and leaf litter, understory and canopy) using only two sampling techniques and analyzed their functional traits. We identified 494 ant species from 10 subfamilies and 77 genera over ≈3.0 ha, showing that they are species rich and abundant, particularly at ground level.
Delabie JHC, Dejean A, Leponce M, Longino JT, Orivel J, Touchard A, Compin A.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Paving Behavior in Ants and Its Potential Application in Monitoring Two Urban Pest Ants, Solenopsis invicta and Tapinoma melanocephalum [PDF]

Insects, 2023
Our previous study discovered that two urban pest ants, red imported fire ants, Solenopsis invicta Buren (Formicidae: Myrmicinae), and ghost ants, Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius) (Formicidae: Dolichoderinae), can pave viscose surfaces with particles ...
Liming Shen, Chao Wen, Xuan Chen, Yan Hua, Chengju Du, Jiacheng Cai, Xiujun Wen, Lei Wang, Cai Wang   +8 more
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Vertical Stratification Increases the Capacity of Morphological Traits to Predict Trophic Position in Neotropical Ants. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
We use data from 73 Neotropical ant species to examine the strength of associations between nine morphological traits and trophic position. No individual morphological trait explained variation in the trophic position of arboreal species, whereas three traits individually correlated with the trophic position of ground species, but only weakly so ...
Vieira J, Neves KC, Zuanon LA, Gibb H, Andersen AN, Vasconcelos HL.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Evolutionary history of ponerine ants highlights how the timing of dispersal events shapes modern biodiversity [PDF]

Nature Communications
Disentangling the drivers of global biodiversity patterns is a cornerstone of biogeography that remains elusive for many diverse biological groups. Here we present a complete species-level phylogeny of the ant subfamily Ponerinae based on new genomic ...
Maël Doré, Marek L. Borowiec, Michael G. Branstetter, Gabriela P. Camacho, Brian L. Fisher, John T. Longino, Philip S. Ward, Bonnie B. Blaimer   +7 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Foraging by predatory ants: A review. [PDF]

Insect Sci
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
Dejean A, Orivel J, Cerdá X, Azémar F, Corbara B, Touchard A.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Novel Worker-Like Behavior Observed in Gynes of the Social Parasite <i>Tetramorium microgyna</i>. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Our article reports, to our knowledge, the first observations of inquiline gynes performing worker tasks for their host colony. We dissected these gynes to establish that they were all unmated. We hypothesize that nest excavation by social parasites represents an artifact of a non‐parasitic past.
Brassard F, Kwapich C.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Distribution Pattern of Ants in Huanglianshan National Nature Reserve From Yunnan, China. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
This study found that ant diversity in the Huanglian Mountain National Nature Reserve exhibits a non‐linear distribution pattern along the altitudinal gradient, encompassing 209 species across 9 subfamilies and 66 genera. Elevation significantly structured ant communities in the reserve.
Li X, Zeng H, Zhang Y, Yu Y, Chen C.
europepmc   +2 more sources