[PDF][PDF] Social parasitism among ants: a review (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

A Buschinger - Myrmecological News, 2009‏ - antwiki.org
The latest review of social parasitism in ants was published in 1990. Since then,
comparatively few new parasitic species have been discovered, but research has …

Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) as host and intruder: recent advances and future directions in the study of exploitative strategies

A De La Mora, M Sankovitz, J Purcell - Myrmecological News, 2020‏ - biotaxa.org
Despite their reputation for building fortress-like colonies, ants and other social insects have
many natural enemies that can infiltrate and exploit them. This profitable strategy, which …

UCE phylogenomics resolves major relationships among ectaheteromorph ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae, Heteroponerinae): a new classification for …

GP Camacho, W Franco, MG Branstetter… - Insect Systematics …, 2022‏ - academic.oup.com
Uncovering the evolutionary history of the subfamilies Ectatomminae and Heteroponerinae,
or ectaheteromorphs, is key to understanding a major branch of the ant tree of life. Despite …

Neotropical ants (Hymenoptera) functional groups: nutritional and applied implications

CRF Brandão, RR Silva… - Insect bioecology and …, 2012‏ - api.taylorfrancis.com
Ants are eusocial organisms; that is, they adopt an advanced level of colonial structure in
which adult individuals belonging to two or more generations contribute to the maintenance …

Acromyrmex fowleri: a new inquiline social parasite species of leaf-cutting ants from South America, with a discussion of social parasite biogeography in the …

C Rabeling, S Messer, S Lacau, IC Do Nascimento… - Insectes Sociaux, 2019‏ - Springer
Ant inquiline social parasites obligately depend on their hosts for survival and reproduction.
Because of their shift from a eusocial to a socially parasitic life history, inquiline social …

Global biogeography of ant social parasites: Exploring patterns and mechanisms of an inverse latitudinal diversity gradient

KW Gray, C Rabeling - Journal of Biogeography, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Aim One of the most consistent global biogeographic patterns is the latitudinal diversity
gradient where species richness peaks within the equatorial tropics and decreases towards …

Multi-queen breeding is associated with the origin of inquiline social parasitism in ants

RA Dahan, C Rabeling - Scientific reports, 2022‏ - nature.com
Social parasites exploit the brood care behavior of their hosts to raise their own offspring.
Social parasites are common among eusocial Hymenoptera and exhibit a wide range of …

Cytogenetic studies on the social parasite Acromyrmex ameliae (Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Attini) and its hosts reveal chromosome fusion in Acromyrmex

LAC Barros, HJAC de Aguiar, GA Teixeira… - Zoologischer …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The ant Acromyrmex ameliae is a social parasite of two leaf-cutting ant subspecies:
Acromyrmex subterraneus subterraneus and A. subterraneus brunneus. Cytogenetic data …

Diversity of butterfly–ant symbioses in the neotropical genus Ectatomma (Formicidae: Ectatomminae)

JP Lachaud, LA Kaminski, G Pérez-Lachaud - Insectes Sociaux, 2024‏ - Springer
Despite the extraordinary diversity of organisms associated with ants, few species or genera
have been inventoried for the myrmecophilous communities they host. Here, we review the …

[PDF][PDF] Lista de especies de hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) para México

M Vásquez-Bolaños - Dugesiana, 2011‏ - researchgate.net
Se presenta una lista de las especies de hormigas para México, con base en revisión de
literatura. Para cada especie se menciona el estado del país en el que se registra y la …