Seed harvesting ants are ecosystem engineers that shape vegetation, nutrient cycles, and
microclimate. Progress in ecological research is, however, slowed down by poor species …

This article introduces a new application of the Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) algorithms
Ward's method, Unweighted Pair Group Method with Arithmetic Mean (UPGMA), K-Means …

A list of 291 ant species recorded from Greece are given but approximately 15% of taxa
need confirmation due to recent studies on European ants and reinterpretation of several …

The first annotated checklist of the ants of Turkey is presented. A total of 306 valid names of
species-group taxa (286 species, 20 subspecies) is recorded based on literature records …

Islands are fascinating study systems for biogeography, allowing researchers to investigate
patterns across organisms on a comparable geographical scale. They are also often …

With 600 described species, the ant genus Tetramorium represents one of the most species-
rich ant radiations. However, much work remains to fully document the hyperdiversity of this …

New technologies for imaging and analysis of morphological characters offer opportunities
to enhance revisionary taxonomy and better integrate it with the rest of biology. In this study …

The present catalogue of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Bulgaria is made on a base
of critical reconsideration of literature (covering the period from 1892 till 2009 and part of …

In this paper we provide insight into the cryptic diversity and biogeographic patterns of a
widely distributed Mediterranean ant species, Temnothorax lichtensteini (Bondroit Annales …

Even though the European ant fauna is relatively well known, in certain parts of the continent
this insect group is still insufficiently investigated. This is true for the Balkan Peninsula …