Exotic ants of the Asia-Pacific: invasion, national response, and ongoing needs

Y Xu, EL Vargo, K Tsuji, R Wylie - Annual review of entomology, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Human activity has facilitated the introduction of many exotic species via global trade. Asia-
Pacific countries comprise one of the most economically and trade-active regions in the …

[HTML][HTML] Introduced Pheidole of the world: taxonomy, biology and distribution

EM Sarnat, G Fischer, B Guénard, EP Economo - ZooKeys, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The objective of this study is to provide a detailed taxonomic resource for identifying and
studying ants in the genus Pheidole that have established beyond their native ranges. There …

Further additions to the knowledge of Strumigenys (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) within South East Asia, with the descriptions of 20 new species

KL Tang, B Guénard - european Journal of …, 2023 - europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu
The species of the ant genus Strumigenys Smith, 1860 from Southeast Asia are reviewed
based on recent sampling efforts as well as unreported historical material from southern …

Breakdown in seasonal dynamics of subtropical ant communities with land-cover change

JM Kass, M Yoshimura… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Concerns about widespread human-induced declines in insect populations are mounting,
yet little is known about how land-use change modifies both the trends and variability of …

Effects of neonicotinoid insecticide trunk injections on non-target arboreal ants, potential biological control agents for invasive longhorn beetle Aromia bungii on …

E Sunamura, S Tamura, H Taki, G Buczkowski… - Applied Entomology and …, 2023 - Springer
Trunk injection is a relatively new, environmentally friendly method to apply insecticides to
trees which does not cause insecticide drift and environmental runoff. However, little is …

Switching escape strategies in the parasitic ant cricket Myrmecophilus tetramorii

R Tanaka, Y Mitaka, D Takemoto, MP Sato… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Social parasites employ diverse strategies to deceive and infiltrate their hosts in order to
benefit from stable resources. Although escape behaviours are considered an important part …

[HTML][HTML] Review of the genus Strumigenys (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) in Hong Kong with the description of three new species and the addition of five …

KL Tang, MP Pierce, B Guénard - ZooKeys, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The species of the ant genus Strumigenys Smith, 1860 found in Hong Kong are reviewed
based on new sampling efforts performed over the past five years (2014–2018). Prior to this …

[PDF][PDF] An alternative host searching strategy found in the subfamily Hybrizontinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae)

Y Hisasue, K Konishi, K Takashino - Journal of Hymenoptera …, 2023 - jhr.pensoft.net
The present study reports the oviposition behavior of the ant parasitoid wasp, Ghilaromma
orientalis, on an undescribed ant species from Lasius fuliginosus species group in Japan …

[HTML][HTML] A new subterranean species and an updated checklist of Strumigenys (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Macao SAR, China, with a key to species of the …

F Brassard, CM Leong, HH Chan, B Guénard - ZooKeys, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In the past few decades, sampling of leaf litter with Winkler extractors revealed how
abundant and ubiquitous ants from the genus Strumigenys are. It is now known that this …

Systematics and biogeography of the ant genus Crematogaster Lund subgenus Orthocrema Santschi in Asia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

S Hosoishi, K Ogata - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The subgenus Orthocrema of the ant genus Crematogaster is a well defined group and
diverse in the tropical Asia. Its systematics has remained poorly understood because of a …