Symbiotic aphids manipulate the aggressive behavior of ants
In the recent article “A symbiotic aphid selfishly manipulates attending ants via dopamine in honeydew” by Tatsumi Kudo, Hitoshi Aonuma, and Eisuke Hasegawa published in...
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A multi-level look at the social evolution of ant supercolonies
In the recent review “Supercolonies of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): ecological patterns, behavioural processes and their implications for social evolution” by Heikki Helanterä published in Myrmecological...
A fungus garden for a new ant queendom
In the recent article “Foraging for the fungus: why do Acromyrmex subterraneus (Formicidae) queens need to forage during the nest foundation phase?” by Tatiane A....
Christian Peeters (1956–2020)
A little over a year ago, on the first of September 2020, the myrmecological community received the sad news about the passing of Dr. Christian...
Tree preference and activity of native California woodland ants in an urban environment
In the recent article “Tree Preference and Temporal Activity Patterns for a Native Ant Community in an Urbanized California Woodland” published in the Journal of...
Seed dispersal of non-myrmecochorous diaspores in a West African montane landscape
In the recent article “Interactions between ants and non-myrmecochorous diaspores in a West African montane landscape” published in the Journal of Tropical Ecology, Jennifer A....
Hairs distinguish castes and sexes in larvae of a fungus-growing ant
In the recent paper “Hairs distinguish castes and sexes: Identifying the early ontogenetic building blocks of a fungus-farming superorganism (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)” by Adams et al.*...
New Wolbachia strains detected in the genus Solenopsis
In the recent article “New Strains of Wolbachia Unveiling the Complexity of This Symbiotic Interaction in Solenopsis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)” published in Microbiology Research (MDPI), Martins...
Mimicry as a driver of diversification in Colobopsis ants
In the recent publication “Is mimicry a diversification-driver in ants? Biogeography, ecology, ethology, genetics and morphology define a second West-Palaearctic Colobopsis species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)” by...
Nest choice in turtle ants is influenced by spatial constraints
In the recent article “Nest choice in arboreal ants is an emergent consequence of network creation under spatial constraints” published in Swarm Intelligence, Joanna Chang,...
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