How diverse are myrmecophiles? In 1894, Erich Wasmann, an Austrian Jesuit priest and one of the pioneering students of myrmecophiles, documented 1,177 ant guests, and the list has grown at an astonishing rate ever since. Myrmecophily has evolved independently in a large number of taxonomic groups, including flies (Figure 1A), beetles (Figure 1B and C), crickets (Figure 1D), butterflies (Figure ...

Recently, we completed a revision of the Termitidae from New Guinea and neighboring islands, recording a total of 45 species. Here, we revise a second family, the Rhinotermitidae, to progress towards a full picture of the termite diversity in New Guinea. Altogether, 6 genera and 15 species are recorded, among which two species, Coptotermes gambrinus and Parrhinotermes barbatus, are new to scien...

the rice fields consist of diverse fauna of arthropoda because of both subterranean and aquatic ecosystems. in this research, the fauna of predator beetles including carabidae, coccinellidae, staphylinidae, malachiidae, and their population fluctuation were studied in mazandaran province during 2002-2006. a number of 13 carabid species, one staphylinid species, six coccinellid species, and two ...

The potential of different field boundary types in lowland farmland to contribute to arthropod biodiversity and sustainable agriculture was investigated. Field boundaries, categorised according to nationally applicable definitions, were found to represent ecologically differing habitats based on their woody abundance and the frequency of young and mature emergent trees. These habitat characteri...

The biodiversity of streams and riparian zones is highly interlinked by multiple cross-habitat flows organisms, nutrients materials, are thus increasingly recognized as forming an extended “meta-ecosystem” network spanning both within across entire catchments. However, current understanding how these networks respond to environmental change limited the lack studies quantifying local larger-scal...

A checklist of all identified species of the staphylinid subfamily Aleocharinae known to occur in New Zealand and associated outer islands (including the Kermadec, Chatham and Auckland Islands) is presented. Included for each species, and for synonyms known from New Zealand, is a reference to the original description, type locality and type depository, and for each species the known distributio...