Ant species of Sumatra Island, Indonesia
The island of Sumatra in Indonesia is the sixth-largest island in the world and one of the main components of the Malay Archipelago. It harbours...
Monthly Archive: October 2020
Viruses and their effects in ants
In the review article by Baty et al. (2020) “Viruses and their effects in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)” published in Myrmecological News, the authors conduct a...
Viruses of ants – diversity and impact
In the review article by Baty et al. (2020) “Viruses and their effects in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)” published in Myrmecological News, the authors conduct a...
Doing an ant PhD: Nokuthula Mbanyana-Nhleko
My name is Nokuthula Mbanyana-Nhleko. I am a curator at Iziko Museums of South Africa in the Entomology Department and also registered for a PhD...
James Trager
James C. Trager is a North American ant taxonomist who did his Ph.D. and subsequent 4-year post-doctoral position at the University of Florida from 1980-1988....
Defensive, antimicrobial, and insecticidal gland secretion in the Bornean ant Colobopsis explodens
In the recent article “Strong antimicrobial and low insecticidal activity of mandibular gland reservoir content in Bornean ‘exploding ants’ Colobopsis explodens Laciny & Zettel, 2018...
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