Top 10 Blog Posts 2020
Myrmecological News Blog and its editorial team celebrate the end of this very difficult year 2020 with a Top 10 Blog Posts Special and use...
Monthly Archive: December 2020
Cannibalistic necrophagy in the wood ant Formica polyctena
Cannibalistic necrophagy is rarely observed in social hymenopterans, although a lack of food might promote such a behaviour. A suggested reason for its rarity is...
Beast ant – a lost ant-wasp intermediate
In the recent paper “†Camelosphecia gen. nov., lost ant-wasp intermediates from the mid-Cretaceous (Hymenoptera, Formicoidea)” published in ZooKeys, Brendon Boudinot, Vincent Perrichot, and Júlio C....
Self-organized walls between Neotropical army-ant colonies
In the recent article “Incidental interactions among Neotropical army-ant colonies are met with self-organized walls of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)” published in Myrmecological News, the authors...
Morphometry and colony structure of Cardiocondyla species from Georgia
In the recent paper “Morphometry and colony structure of ants of the genus Cardiocondyla (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Georgia”, Nana Gratiashvili, Lena Kuschel, and Jürgen Heinze...
Waste management in Myrmica rubra
In the recent article “Waste management by ants: the enhancing role of larvae” published in Animal Behaviour, Hugo Pereira, Margaux Jossart, and Claire Detrain reveal...
First description of male Protanilla (Leptanillinae: Anomalomyrmini), and tribal delimitation in the Leptanillinae based upon male morphology
In the recent paper “Delimitation of tribes in the subfamily Leptanillinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a description of the male of Protanilla lini Terayama, 2009” published...
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