Observations on the GenusTeratanerin Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Taxonomy and Natural History of the Crematogaster (Decacrema)-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Madagascar

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Revision of the Pachycondyla sikorae species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Madagascar.

The Malagasy ponerine Pachycondyla sikorae-group is revised and a worker-based key to species is presented. Fourteen species are recognised, of which 13 are described as new. The species group is redefined and divided into two species complexes: the sikorae-complex (P. gorogota sp. n., P. haratsingy sp. n., P. ivolo sp. n., P. maeva sp. n., P. mialy sp. n., P nosy sp. n. and P. sikorae Forel) a...

Observations on the Specialized Predatory Behavior of the Pitchfork-mandibled Ponerine Ant Thaumatomyrmex Paludis (hymenoptera: Formicidae)

In this natural history note we describe and illustrate the specialized predatory behavior of the ponerine ant Thaumatomyrmex paludis from the Brazilian Amazon. This study of T. paludis implies that specialized predation on polyxenid millipedes is widespread in the genus Thaumatomyrmex. The observation that one T. paludis forager only partly depilated its prey before it started feeding suggests...

Common names for Australian ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Most insects do not have common names, and this is a significant barrier to public interest in them, and to their study by non-specialists. This holds for even highly familiar insect groups such as ants. Here, I propose common names for all major native Australian ant genera and species-groups, as well as for many of the most abundant and distinctive species. Sixty-two genera, 142 species-group...

A North Florida Ant Fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)