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

The taxonomy of the ponerine ants of the genus Hypoponera is revised for the Afrotropical
and West Palaearctic regions. A combined key to both faunae is presented, and the West …

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 …

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

I present the updated version of the 'Checklist of the Italian Fauna'for what concerns ants
(Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae), which is part of the broader effort to produce an …

 Abstract This paper presents numeric morphology-based evidence on the broadly
overlapping distribution of two thief ant species Solenopsisfugax (Latreille, 1798) and S …

The ant fauna of Croatia is relatively poorly known. There are almost no recent literature
data, while past investigations were mainly restricted to the coastal part of the country. This …

Sardinia is the second largest island in the Mediterranean region, receiving significant
attention due to its interesting fauna and flora. The last checklist of Sardinian ants was …

A checklist of the ants of Slovenia with 132 species is presented. Sixteen species are new
for the Slovenian ant fauna (Ponera testacea, Cardiocondyla elegans, Myrmica gallienii …