Two extinct genera of ants from the late Eocene (ca. 40 Ma), Protomyrmica gen. nov. and Plesiomyrmex gen. nov. (family Formicidae, subfamily Myrmicinae), are described based on single specimens (males), from Baltic and Bitterfeld (also called Saxonian) ambers respectively; both genera belong to the tribe Myrmicini. In gross morphology they are similar to modern Myrmica but have a series of apom...

Background: Synanthropic ants can transmit pathogens especially in hospital environments,  but this fact had not been confirmed in Palaearctic region. This is the first study on confirming this ability of ants in this region. Methods: Three hospitals of Bandar Abbas, Iran have been selected for monthly sampling of ants in their various wards. The main processe...

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...

Abstrak. Nilam merupakan tanaman tropis yang termasuk dalam ordo Lamiales dan famili Lamiaceae. Umumnya petani menanam secara monokultur untuk memperoleh hasil lebih banyak dengan pemeliharaan mudah, namun pola tanam mempengaruhi keseimbangan serangga hama musuh alami. Sistem budidaya polikultur penanaman beberapa jenis ditanam waktu bersamaan, sehingga penggunaan lahan efisien serta mengurangi...

Abstract Polyrhachis lamellidens is a temporary socially parasitic ant whose new queen utilizes other species in the early stages of colony foundation. Field observations and rearing experiments suggest that Camponotus japonicus host P. . It presumed obscuripes also by field observations; however, there are no records workers or brood coexisting C. colonies observations, clear evidence natural ...