30 Citations
Revisionary Studies on the Enigmatic Neotropical Ant Genus Stegomyrmex Emery , 1912 ( Hymenoptera : Formicidae : Myrmicinae ) , With the Description of Two New Species
- Biology
- 2008
—The recent increase in leaf litter ants sampling effort in Neotropical wet forests has revealed new and interesting records of the highly specialized myrmicine ant genus Stegomyrmex Emery,…
The ant genus Tetraponera in the Afrotropical region: synopsis of species groups and revision of the T. ambigua-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
- Biology
- 2006
The Afrotropical species of the ant genus Tetraponera F. SMITH, 1862 are evaluated, and five monophyletic species groups are established, and one of these clades, the T. ambigua-group, is revised at the species level.
A revision of the Neotropical Solenopsidini ant genus Oxyepoecus Santschi, 1926 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). 1. The Vezenyii species-group
- Biology
- 2004
Revisamos neste trabalho a taxonomia das especies do grupo Vezenyii do genero de formigas Solenopsidini exclusivamente neotropical Oxyepoecus e registramos informacoes novas quanto a distribuicao das Especies.
A synoptic review of the ant genera (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the Philippines
- BiologyZooKeys
- 2012
The biology and ecology of the 92 genera of Philippine ants are summarized in the form of brief generic accounts and a checklist of valid species and subspecies and their island distributions are provided.
genus OxyepOecus Santschi, 1926 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). 2. Final. Key for species and revision of the Rastratus species-group
- Biology
- 2009
The Vezenyii species group of the exclusively Neotropical solenopsidine (Myrmicinae) ant genus Oxyepoecus is revised and distribution information on the VezenYii group species is updated and the Rastratus species-group is revised.
Comparative phylogeography of an ant-plant mutualism: An encounter in the Andes
- Environmental Science, Biology
- 2021
The Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Sri Lanka: a taxonomic research summary and updated checklist
- BiologyZooKeys
- 2020
An updated checklist of the ants of Sri Lanka is presented, which provides a synthesis of the regional taxonomical work carried out to date and will serve as a baseline for future studies on the ant fauna of this biodiversity hotspot.
Phylogeny and evolution of the cryptic fungus‐farming ant genus Myrmicocrypta F. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) inferred from multilocus data
- BiologySystematic Entomology
- 2018
It is hoped that these results will encourage additional species‐level phylogenies of fungus‐farming ants and their fungal cultivars, which are necessary for understanding the evolutionary processes that gave rise to agriculture in ants and that produced the current diversity of mutualistic ant–fungus interactions.
Evolution, systematics, and natural history of a new genus of cryptobiotic fungus‐growing ants
- BiologySystematic Entomology
- 2018
Bayesian multilocus phylogenetic analyses indicate that X.n. explicatus comb.