The first syninclusions of extant tropical and Holarctic ant genera are reported from Bitterfeld
amber: the tropical Oecophylla F. Smith (O. brischkei Mayr, 1868) with the Holarctic genus …

A new species, Formica ribbeckei Radchenko & Perkovsky, sp. nov., is described based on
four workers from late Eocene Rovno amber (Ukraine). It most resembles F. flori Mayr, 1868 …

A taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic species of the ant genus Tapinoma Emery 1861 is
provided. Due to the extreme rarity of discernable characters, the female castes of 64% of …

Members of the Aphaenogaster splendida group are reviewed. We recognize 12 species, of
which three are new: A. hamaensis sp. nov.(Syria), A. peloponnesiaca sp. nov.(continental …

The reliance on visual cues can vary among ant species living in different habitats, and is
mostly influenced by the level of ambient illumination and the morphological adaptations of …

A new species of the genus Niphargus Schiödte, 1849 (Crustacea: Amphipoda:
Niphargidae), co-existing with other stygobiotic amphipods, Diasynurella kiwi Marin and …

Red wood ants (RWA, Formica rufa group) play a key role in forest ecosystems as effective
entomophages and participants in the circulation of organic matter. The aim of our study was …

The ant genus Temnothorax is very diverse in the Palaearctic region. It consists of many
cryptic species which are hard to discover with conventional toolkits of alpha taxonomy …

We used the COI marker, the most popular DNA barcode for the animal kingdom, to assess
the taxonomic status of Corsican populations of eight groups of species of ants that occur …

The potential of subdominant ants of the Formica fusca group and their role in forests are still
underestimated. Since ant behaviour is dependent on colony size, studying the functional …