Comprising a substantial part of living biomass on earth, ants are integral to the functioning
of terrestrial ecosystems. More than 12,000 species have been described to date, and it is …

The first checklist of the ants of Iran is presented. The study is based on a comprehensive
review of literature and the examination of material from our own collections and from …

This revision treats the members of the Palaearctic Tetramorium ferox species-complex on
the basis of external morphology and using high precision morphometrics. With this …

Cryptic species are a major challenge for alpha-taxonomy in ants. Their reliable
identification requires the application of elaborate methods such as Numeric Morphology …

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 …

Since their origin about 120 million years ago (Mya), ants have evolved to become the most
species-rich and ecologically diverse group of social insects (Grimaldi and Engel 2005; …

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 …

Based on material collected between the years 1988-2015 numerous new province and
country records of ants from Turkey are given. A total of 143 ant species were listed of which …

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 …

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 …