On the internet, searching for ants leads to new paths to engage with science
In the recent paper “No matter where you are, Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) get attention when it is warm” published in Myrmecological News, Queiroz et al....
Monthly Archive: March 2021
Chemistry in biotic interactions: The many facets of cuticular hydrocarbons
Many insects coat their body surfaces with cuticular hydrocarbons (alkanes, alkenes, etc. with various chain lengths), which act as desiccation resistance and communication tool. Florian...
Distribution of epigeic and hypogeic ants in the Brazilian Amazon
In the recent paper “Distribution of epigeic and hypogeic ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in ombrophilous forests in the Brazilian Amazon” published in Sociobiology, the authors Marcos...
Amoimyrmex, a new leaf‐cutting ant genus
In the recent paper “Amoimyrmex Cristiano, Cardoso & Sandoval, gen. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a new genus of leaf‐cutting ants revealed by multilocus molecular phylogenetic and...
In honor of Walter W. Kempf on the centenary of his birth in 1920
The year 2020 marked the centenary of the birth of the German-Brazilian myrmecologist, Dr. Frei Walter Wolfgang Franz Kempf, O.F.M., (1920-1976), whose remarkable research contributed...
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