The morphology of the Oriental rare monotypic ant genus Opamyrma
In the recently published article “Unveiling the morphology of the Oriental rare monotypic ant genus Opamyrma Yamane, Bui & Eguchi, 2008 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Leptanillinae) and...
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Cuticular hydrocarbons in ants and other insects
In the recently published review article “Cuticular hydrocarbons in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and other insects: how and why they differ among individuals, colonies, and species”...
Good News for 2020: pay less!
Dear Ant Lovers, As you know, Myrmecological News has always been a non-profit journal, and all editorial work has always been done in an honorary...
Top 10 Blog Posts 2019
Myrmecological News Blog and its editorial team celebrate the end of the year 2019 with a Top 10 Blog Posts Special and use this occasion...
A year has passed – what happened to your wishes for 2019?
At the beginning of the year, we wondered about the 2019 wish list of the myrmecological community. Now that a year has passed, eight researchers...
Interview with Christian Peeters
Christian Peeters is a research scientist at the French National Scientific Research Agency (CNRS). In this interview, we talk about his diverse research interests from...
Ants of Hong Kong, SAR, China
The special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau are located in South-East Asia. Despite containing large cities and virtually no primary forest, both regions...
Messing around with Atta sp. in Yucatan, Mexico
Recently there was a contribution by Andrea Marina Alma in this blog, „Obstacle size affects clearing foraging trails in leaf-cutting ants“. This photoblog made Alfred...
Trophallaxis: a charismatic quirk, simple food exchange, or an opportunity to conquer the world
Adria LeBoeuf recently started her own research group at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. She tries to understand how socially exchanged fluids evolve and...
Interview with Fabiana Cuezzo
Fabiana Cuezzo is a biologist at the National University of Tucumán, a little town located in the north of Argentina, doing ant research and teaching...
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