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A Preliminary Synopsis of the Ant Fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Qatar with Remarks on the Zoogeography

scientific article published on 06 January 2021

A global database of ant species abundances

scientific article

A mutualism without honeydew: what benefits for Melissotarsus emeryi ants and armored scale insects (Diaspididae)?

scientific article

A revised phylogenetic classification of the ant subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with resurrection of the genera Colobopsis and Dinomyrmex

scientific article

A revision of Malagasy species of Anochetus mayr and Odontomachus latreille (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

scientific article published on 28 May 2008

A revision of Pheidole Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the islands of the Southwest Indian Ocean and designation of a neotype for the invasive Pheidole megacephala

scientific article (publication date: 5 July 2013)

A revision of male ants of the Malagasy Amblyoponinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with resurrections of the genera Stigmatomma and Xymmer

scientific article published in 2012

A subfamília Amblyoponinae na Região Neotropical

ATLANTIC ANTS: a data set of ants in Atlantic Forests of South America

scientific article published in 2021

Additions to the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Oman: an updated list, new records and a description of two new species ⬇️

scholarly article published in 2018

Aggregating, tagging and integrating biodiversity research

scientific article

Airborne DNA reveals predictable spatial and seasonal dynamics of fungi

scientific article published on 10 July 2024

Aligning conservation priorities across taxa in Madagascar with high-resolution planning tools.

scientific article

Ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen): zoogeography, distribution and description of a new species

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Ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the collection of Volodymyr Opanasovych Karawajew. Communication 1. Dorylinae, Poneromorpha and Pseudomyrmecinae

scientific article published in 2023

AntWeb

website documenting the known species of ants

Ants of North America

edition

Borneo, fANTastique! ⬇️

scholarly article published in 2015

Both female castes contribute to colony emigration in the polygynous antMystrium oberthueri

scientific article published in 2013

Canopy and litter ant assemblages share similar climate-species density relationships

scientific article

Climatic drivers of hemispheric asymmetry in global patterns of ant species richness

scientific article

Comparing ant morphology measurements from microscope and online AntWeb.org 2D z‐stacked images

scientific article published in March 2023

Compositional heterogeneity and outgroup choice influence the internal phylogeny of the ants

scientific article published on 07 February 2019

DNA barcoding for effective biodiversity assessment of a hyperdiverse arthropod group: the ants of Madagascar

scientific article published in October 2005

Diversity and Use of Edible Grasshoppers, Locusts, Crickets, and Katydids (Orthoptera) in Madagascar

scientific article published on 10 December 2019

Dracula ant phylogeny as inferred by nuclear 28S rDNA sequences and implications for ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Amblyoponinae).

scientific article

Effect of Cricket Frass Fertilizer on growth and pod production of green beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)

scientific article published on 9 May 2024

Evaluating alternative hypotheses for the early evolution and diversification of ants

scientific article

Evidence of cospeciation between termites and their gut bacteria on a geological time scale

scientific article published on 21 June 2023

First record of the ant <i>Pheidole megatron</i> Fischer and Fisher, 2013 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Rwanda

scientific article published on 23 April 2021

Functional and phylogenetic approaches reveal the evolution of diversity in a hyper diverse biota

scholarly article by Bonnie B. Blaimer et al published 13 February 2015 in Ecography

Global Spore Sampling Project: A global, standardized dataset of airborne fungal DNA

scientific article published on 30 May 2024

Global diversity in light of climate change: the case of ants

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How much variation can one ant species hold? Species delimitation in the Crematogaster kelleri-group in Madagascar

scientific article

Individual variation in alkaloid content of poison frogs of Madagascar (Mantella; Mantellidae).

scientific article published in October 2006

Invasions, DNA barcodes, and rapid biodiversity assessment using ants of Mauritius ⬇️

scientific article

Lack of interruption of the gene network underlying wing polyphenism in an early-branching ant genus

scientific article published on 5 March 2018

Life cycle and production potential of a traditionally eaten phloem-feeding planthopper (sakondry, <i>Zanna tenebrosa</i>) in Madagascar

scientific article published on 31 May 2022

Madagascar’s extraordinary biodiversity: Evolution, distribution, and use

Madagascar’s extraordinary biodiversity: Threats and opportunities

scientific article published on 2 December 2022

Male-based key to the subfamilies and genera of Malagasy ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

scientific article published in 2024

Molecular Phylogeny Reveals the Past Transoceanic Voyages of Drywood Termites (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae)

scientific article published on 30 April 2022

Molecular phylogenetic analysis and morphological reassessments of thief ants identify a new potential case of biological invasions ⬇️

scientific article published on 21 July 2020

Molecular phylogenetics and diversification of trap-jaw ants in the genera Anochetus and Odontomachus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).

scientific article

Molecular systematics of basal subfamilies of ants using 28S rRNA (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).

scientific article published on 21 April 2006

Monomorium sahlbergi Emery, 1898 (Formicidae, Hymenoptera): a cryptic globally introduced species ⬇️

scientific article published on 27 October 2020

Neoisoptera repeatedly colonised Madagascar after the Middle Miocene climatic optimum

scientific article published on 21 April 2023

New exocrine glands in ants: the hypostomal gland and basitarsal gland in the genus Melissotarsus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).

scientific article published on 6 June 2014

Notes on Ants of the genus Strumigenys F. Smith, 1860 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula, with a key to species.

scientific article published in 2014

Paleotropical Diversification Dominates the Evolution of the Hyperdiverse Ant Tribe Crematogastrini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

scholarly article by Bonnie B Blaimer et al published 1 September 2018 in Insect Systematics and Diversity

Pheidole Westwood, 1839 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Madagascar – an introduction and a taxonomic revision of eleven species groups

scientific article

Phenotypic plasticity and modularity allow for the production of novel mosaic phenotypes in ants

scientific article

Phylogenomic methods outperform traditional multi-locus approaches in resolving deep evolutionary history: a case study of formicine ants

scientific article

Phylogeny and biogeography of dolichoderine ants: effects of data partitioning and relict taxa on historical inference

scientific article

Phylogeography in Response to Reproductive Strategies and Ecogeographic Isolation in Ant Species on Madagascar: Genus Mystrium (Formicidae: Amblyoponinae).

scientific article

Reproductive Caste Performs Intranidal Tasks Instead of Workers in the Ant Mystrium oberthueri

Revision of the Malagasy Camponotus edmondi species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Formicinae): integrating qualitative morphology and multivariate morphometric analysis

scientific article

Revision of the Pachycondyla wasmannii-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

scientific article (publication date: 29 January 2013)

Revisiting the morphological species groups of West-Palearctic Aphaenogaster ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) under a phylogenetic perspective: toward an evolutionary classification ⬇️

scientific article published on 28 November 2022

Sampling effort and choice of methods

journal article from 'Ants: standard methods for measuring and monitoring biodiversity' published in 2000

Socially Parasitic Ants Evolve a Mosaic of Host-Matching and Parasitic Morphological Traits

scientific article published on 21 July 2020

Spatial distribution of dominant arboreal ants in a malagasy coastal rainforest: gaps and presence of an invasive species ⬇️

scientific article

Survival and growth of Virola surinamensis yearlings: Water augmentation in gap and understory.

scientific article published on April 1991

Tales of dracula ants: the evolutionary history of the ant subfamily Amblyoponinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

scholarly article by Philip S. Ward & Brian Fisher published 2 June 2016 in Systematic Entomology

Taxonomic revision of Madagascan species of the Pheidole fervens species-group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

scientific article published on 06 January 2021

Taxonomic revision of Stigmatomma Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Malagasy region

scientific article

Taxonomic revision of imitating carpenter ants, Camponotus subgenus Myrmopytia (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Madagascar, using morphometry and qualitative traits

scientific article

Taxonomic revision of the <i>Pheidole megacephala</i> species-group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Malagasy Region

scientific article published on 26 April 2022

Taxonomic revision of the Malagasy Aphaenogaster swammerdami group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) ⬇️

scholarly article published in 2021

Taxonomic revision of the Malagasy Nesomyrmex madecassus species-group using a quantitative morphometric approach

scientific article

Taxonomic revision of the Pheidole sikorae species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Madagascar

scientific article published on 15 July 2020

Taxonomic revision of the cryptic ant genus Probolomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Proceratiinae) in Madagascar

scientific article published on 30 May 2014

Taxonomy of Malagasy Nesomyrmex brevicornis species-group using conventional morphology-based approach

scientific article

Taxonomy of the Crematogaster degeeri-species-assemblage in the Malagasy region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

scientific article published on 2 August 2013

Taxonomy of the ant genus Carebara Westwood (Formicidae, Myrmicinae) in the Malagasy Region.

scientific article published on 18 June 2018

The Madagascan endemic myrmicine ants related to Eutetramorium (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): taxonomy of the genera Eutetramorium Emery, Malagidris nom. n., Myrmisaraka gen. n., Royidris gen. n., and Vitsika gen. n.

scientific article (publication date: 24 April 2014)

The Tetramorium tortuosum species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) revisited - taxonomic revision of the Afrotropical T. capillosum species complex

scientific article published on 14 May 2013

The ant genus Pheidole Westwood, 1839 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Madagascar-taxonomic revision of the bessonii species-group

scientific article published on 31 August 2020

The ant genus Tetramorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Malagasy region—taxonomy of the T. bessonii, T. bonibony, T. dysalum, T. marginatum, T. tsingy, and T. weitzeckeri species groups ⬇️

scientific article published on 4 July 2012

The ant genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae): synonymisation of Decamorium Forel under Tetramorium, and taxonomic revision of the T. decem species group

scientific article

The evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

scholarly article by Philip S. Ward et al published 23 July 2014 in Systematic Entomology

The global distribution of known and undiscovered ant biodiversity

scientific article published in 2022

The hyper-diverse ant genus Tetramorium Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Malagasy region taxonomic revision of the T. naganum, T. plesiarum, T. schaufussii, and T. severini species groups

scientific article published on 4 June 2014

The rise of army ants and their relatives: diversification of specialized predatory doryline ants

scientific article published in 2014

Then there were five: a reexamination of the ant genus Paratrechina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

scientific article

Timeless standards for species delimitation

scientific article (publication date: 8 July 2016)

Two new Paraparatrechina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) species from the Seychelles, with notes on the hypogaeic weissi species-group

scientific article

Using computer vision to understand the global biogeography of ant color

scientific article published on 24 January 2023

Variation in the use of orchid extrafloral nectar by ants

scientific article published on 01 June 1990

Winged queens replaced by reproductives smaller than workers in Mystrium ants

scientific article published on 13 December 2006

Wolbachia and DNA barcoding insects: patterns, potential, and problems

scientific article

X-Ray microtomography for ant taxonomy: An exploration and case study with two new Terataner (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) species from Madagascar

scientific article (publication date: 22 March 2017)

A taxonomic revision of the Malagasy endemic subgenus Mayria of the genus Camponotus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) based on qualitative morphology and quantitative morphometric analyses ⬇️

scholarly article published in 2022

Corrieopone nouragues gen. nov., sp. nov., a new Ponerinae from French Guiana (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) ⬇️

scientific article published in 2021

Revision of the Malagasy Camponotus subgenus Myrmosaga (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) using qualitative and quantitative morphology

scientific article published on 03 May 2022

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