Two new ant species (Formicidae: Dorylinae, Ponerinae) from New Caledonia
European Journal of Taxonomy, 2019 Two new species of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) collected from New Caledonia are described and figured based on worker specimens: Leptogenys loarelae Ramage sp. nov. (Ponerinae, Ponerini) and Lioponera neocaledonica Jouault, Ramage & Perrichot sp. nov.
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Las hormigas cazadoras del género Ectatomma (Formicidae: Ponerinae) en Colombia Las hormigas cazadoras del género Ectatomma (Formicidae: Ponerinae) en Colombia [PDF]
Caldasia, 1991 Ectatomma is a conspicuous genus of hunting ants (Formicidae: Ponerinae) with about 12 endemic species in continental tropical America. Eight species are reported here for Colombia: E. goninion, E. opaciventre (first record in Colombia). E.
Fernández Fernando
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Supplementary Studies On Ant Larvae: Ponerinae. [PDF]
Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 1976 xBio:D Automated ...
Wheeler, G. C., Wheeler, J.
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Neotropical ants are at greater risk from global warming in savanna than in adjacent forest. [PDF]
EcologyAbstract Determining how the thermal tolerances of species are related to climatic conditions at multiple spatial scales can improve our understanding of species distributions and their vulnerability to climate change. We compare the warming tolerances—a metric of warming vulnerability—of arboreal and ground‐dwelling ants from savanna and adjacent ...
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Ant Diversity and Stratification in an Amazonian Rainforest. [PDF]
Ecol EvolWe 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 +6 more
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Effect of Time-Since-Fire on Ant Communities in a Semi-Arid Landscape. [PDF]
Ecol EvolWe sampled ants from five sites with varying fire histories (3, 5, 9, 26, and 34 years since the last fire). A total of 16,360 ants were collected, and 59 species across 20 genera were identified. Our results indicate that total ant abundance was higher in recently burnt sites and decreased with increasing time‐since‐fire, while ant species richness ...
Fernando NL +3 more
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The Larva of Dinoponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae) [PDF]
Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 1985 xBio:D Automated ...
George C. Wheeler, Jeanette Wheeler
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Vertical Stratification Increases the Capacity of Morphological Traits to Predict Trophic Position in Neotropical Ants. [PDF]
Ecol EvolWe 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 +5 more
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Footprint Glands in Amblyoponea Australis (Formicidae, Ponerinae) [PDF]
Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 1989 Bert Hölldobler, Jacqueline M. Palmer
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Foraging by predatory ants: A review. [PDF]
Insect SciThis 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
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