Skeletomuscular adaptations of head and legs of Melissotarsus ants for tunnelling through living wood

A Khalife, RA Keller, J Billen, F Hita Garcia… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - Springer
Background While thousands of ant species are arboreal, very few are able to chew and
tunnel through living wood. Ants of the genus Melissotarsus (subfamily Myrmicinae) inhabit …

The megathermal ant genus Gesomyrmex (Formicidae: Formicinae), palaeoindicator of wide latitudinal biome homogeneity during the PETM

C Aria, C Jouault, V Perrichot, A Nel - Geological Magazine, 2023 - cambridge.org
The Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) is one of the most important Cenozoic
climatic events shaping modern biodiversity, yet reconstructions of its palaeobiomes remain …

Worker policing

T Wenseleers, CA Oi, R Caliari Oliveira - Encyclopedia of social insects, 2021 - Springer
Honey bees (genus Apis) are a distinct group of 9–12 species of highly social bees. One of
these, A. mellifera, has been of intense interest to humans since antiquity and has long been …

Rhopalomastix is only the second ant genus known to live with armoured scale insects (Diaspididae)

G Yong, D Matile-Ferrero, C Peeters - Insectes Sociaux, 2019 - Springer
Rhopalomastix is a myrmicine ant distributed throughout tropical parts of Asia, with almost
nothing known about its biology. Its closest relative Melissotarsus in Africa is the only ant …

Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)

RE Bonoan, PT Starks - Encyclopedia of Social Insects, 2021 - Springer
Honey bees (genus Apis) are a distinct group of 9–12 species of highly social bees. One of
these, A. mellifera, has been of intense interest to humans since antiquity and has long been …

Wood Ants (Formica rufa Species Group)

EJH Robinson, JA Stockan - Encyclopedia of Social Insects, 2021 - Springer
Honey bees (genus Apis) are a distinct group of 9–12 species of highly social bees. One of
these, A. mellifera, has been of intense interest to humans since antiquity and has long been …

[HTML][HTML]  Corrieoponenouragues gen. nov., sp. nov., a new Ponerinae from French Guiana (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

FA Esteves, BL Fisher - ZooKeys, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
 Abstract This study describes the worker and queen castes of the Neotropical ponerine
Corrieoponenouraguesgen. nov., sp. nov., an ant from the tropical rainforest in French …

Worker polymorphism: Ants

M Molet - Encyclopedia of social insects, 2021 - Springer
Honey bees (genus Apis) are a distinct group of 9–12 species of highly social bees. One of
these, A. mellifera, has been of intense interest to humans since antiquity and has long been …

[PDF][PDF] Natural history research of ants in Thailand: case studies of Aphaenogaster and Harpegnathos

A Sunittra - ehime-u.repo.nii.ac.jp
Ants are eusocial insects and along with the related stinging wasps and bees. They are one
of the most abundant and widespread groups of animals on the earth, with 13,979 valid …

Weaver Ants (Oecophylla)

J Offenberg - Encyclopedia of Social Insects, 2021 - Springer
Honey bees (genus Apis) are a distinct group of 9–12 species of highly social bees. One of
these, A. mellifera, has been of intense interest to humans since antiquity and has long been …