With 600 described species, the ant genus Tetramorium represents one of the most species-
rich ant radiations. However, much work remains to fully document the hyperdiversity of this …

New technologies for imaging and analysis of morphological characters offer opportunities
to enhance revisionary taxonomy and better integrate it with the rest of biology. In this study …

This study represents the first comprehensive treatment of Kenyan myrmecofauna, which
includes a faunal overview, the first species checklist for Kenya, a bibliography, illustrated …

Background Ants are one of the most ubiquitous, widespread and abundant groups of
animals on Earth. They are eusocial and are well noted for their important ecosystem …

Macau is a small territory in South East China and one of the most densely populated
regions in the world. Previous studies on insect groups have shown that a relatively diverse …

The globally distributed ant genus Tetramorium Mayr is especially diverse in the Afrotropical,
Oriental, and Indo-Australian regions, while the Malagasy fauna, by contrast, seemed to be …

Tetramorium amalae sp. n. is described and illustrated from Saudi Arabia based on two
worker caste specimens collected in Al Bahah region. The new species belongs to the T …

This paper is a starting point towards a much needed comprehensive taxonomic treatment of
the genus Pheidole in the Afrotropical region. Despite its hyperdiversity, the taxonomy of this …

Rawdhat Khorim, a densely vegetated alluvial basin supporting a distinctive floral
community in the hyper-arid desert of central Saudi Arabia, is one of the most important …

The taxonomy of the T. kelleri and T. tortuosum groups is revised for the Malagasy
zoogeographical region. Twenty-fourspecies are recognised of which 18 are described as …