Originating most likely in the early Cretaceous, ants have diversified to become the world's
most successful eusocial insects, occupying most terrestrial ecosystems and acquiring a …

This study investigates the evolutionary history of a hyperdiverse clade, the ant subfamily M
yrmicinae (H ymenoptera: F ormicidae), based on analyses of a data matrix comprising 251 …

As one of the 17 megadiverse countries of the world and with four biodiversity hotspots
represented in its borders, India is home to an impressive diversity of life forms. However …

Cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) cover the cuticles of virtually all insects, serving as a
waterproofing agent and as a communication signal. The causes for the high CHC variation …

Abstract Background Temnothorax (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) is a diverse genus of ants
found in a broad spectrum of ecosystems across the northern hemisphere. These diminutive …

Acropyga ants are a widespread clade of small subterranean formicines that live in obligate
symbiotic associations with root mealybugs. We generated a data set of 944 loci of …

Although some species of Cryptocephalinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) have been
documented with ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) for almost 200 years, information on this …

Levels of diversity vary strikingly among different phylogenetic lineages of ants. Rapid
radiations in early ant evolution have often proven difficult to resolve with traditional Sanger …

Aim One of the most consistent global biogeographic patterns is the latitudinal diversity
gradient where species richness peaks within the equatorial tropics and decreases towards …

Recent efforts to understand global patterns of ant diversity have largely neglected the
canopy which harbours a diverse ant fauna, particularly in tropical lowland forests. We …