With a long history of more than 100 million years and about 14,000 described living
species, ants are one of the most important and well-known groups of insects in the world …

During the Mid-Miocene Climatic Optimum [MMCO,~ 14 to 17 million years (Ma) ago], global
temperatures were similar to predicted temperatures for the coming century. Limited …

The object of curiosity and admiration of scientists and conservationists, the Brazilian
Atlantic Forest is scientifically explored in this book. Over the 23 chapters written by 149 …

Abstract Knowledge of the internal phylogeny and evolutionary history of ants (Formicidae),
the world's most species-rich clade of eusocial organisms, has dramatically improved since …

An updated and extensively revised checklist of the arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican
Republic and Haiti) is presented 11 years after the publication of the original in 2008. It …

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

The ant fossil record is summarized with special reference to the earliest ants, first
occurrences of modern lineages, and the utility of paleontological data in reconstructing …

Abstract Tatuidris tatusia Brown & Kempf, 1968, the armadillo ant, is a morphologically
unique species found in low to high elevation forests in regions of Central and South …

We present a phylogeny of the trap‐jaw ant genera Anochetus and Odontomachus with
dense taxon sampling representing all biogeographical regions and all species groups for …

Burmese amber and amber from other periods and regions became a rich source of new
extinct insect species and yielded important insights in insect evolution in the dimension of …