Supergenes matter for ant social structure
Michel Chapuisat reviews concepts and findings on supergenes in the recent article “Supergenes as drivers of ant evolution” published in Myrmecological News. Colony social structure...
Category: Interviews
Interview with Christina Kwapich
Christina Kwapich is an assistant professor at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. She is interested in the behavior and ecology of animals, and has a...
Preferential food allocation in a worker subcaste of the invasive yellow crazy ant
In the recent publication “Preferential food allocation to an essential worker subcaste in the invasive yellow crazy ant, Anoplolepis gracilipes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)” published in Myrmecological...
‘Continuusparity’ in ants
In the recent article “Late-life fitness gains and reproductive death in Cardiocondyla obscurior ants” published in Life, the authors Luisa Maria Jaimes-Nino, Jürgen Heinze, and...
The first high-resolution global map of ant biodiversity and estimates of where future sampling could yield undiscovered species
In the recent paper “The global distribution of known and undiscovered ant biodiversity” published in Science Advances, Kass and collaborators* investigate the global biodiversity patterns...
What ants teach us about collaboration
In the recent study “Who is working on ant physiology? There is room to improve international collaborations” by Virola-V et al.* published in Myrmecological News,...
International collaboration uncovers cryptic diversity in the enigmatic ant genus Overbeckia and its evolution within the Camponotini
In the recent paper “Uncovering cryptic diversity in the enigmatic ant genus Overbeckia and insights into the phylogeny of Camponotini (Hymenoptera : Formicidae : Formicinae)”...
Old samples tell new stories
In the recent paper “Genetic identification of Formica rufa group species and their putative hybrids in northern Europe” published in Myrmecological News, Pekka Pamilo and...
They’re not coming out of the walls – Tetramorium immigrans, our innocuous worldwide partner
In the recent review “Always under foot: Tetramorium immigrans (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a review”, the authors Alexander D. Moss, John G. Swallow, and Michael J. Greene...
Spiny ants (Polyrhachis lamellidens) parasitise Camponotus obscuripes in nature
In the short communication “The evidence of temporary social parasitism by Polyrhachis lamellidens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in a Camponotus obscuripes colony (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)” published in Insectes...
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