Beiträge von Teleutotje

  • The extreme, workerless inquilines.

    The extreme, workerless inquilines.

    Teleutomyrmex Kutter, 1950

    01) Teleutomyrmex schneideri Kutter, 1950
    (= Tetramorium schneideri (Kutter, 1950), by Ward, Brady, Fisher & Schultz, 2015 ("2014"))
    (not Tetramorium schneideri Emery, 1898)
    (= Tetramorium inquilinum Ward, Brady, Fisher & Schultz, 2015 ("2014"))
    02) Teleutomyrmex kutteri Tinaut, 1990
    (= Tetramorium kutteri (Tinaut, 1990), by Ward, Brady, Fisher & Schultz, 2015 ("2014"))
    (not Tetramorium semilaeve kutteri Santschi, 1927)
    03) Teleutomyrmex seiferti Kiran & Karaman, in Kiran, et al. 2017
    (= Tetramorium seiferti (Kiran & Karaman, in Kiran, et al. 2017), by analogy)
    04) Teleutomyrmex buschingeri Lapeva-Gjonova, in Kiran, et al. 2017
    (= Tetramorium buschingeri (Lapeva-Gjonova, in Kiran, et al. 2017), by analogy)

    Not yet described species of extreme, workerless inquiline, from the genus Teleutomyrmex Kutter, 1950

    05) The new, undescribed species from Teleutomyrmex Kutter, 1950 from Farab, Turkmenistan… See Dlussky, Soyunov, Zabelin, 1990 [“1989”].

    Anergates Forel, 1874

    06) Anergates atratulus (Schenck, 1852), by Forel, 1874
    (= Myrmica atratula Schenck, 1852)
    [Also described as new by Schenck, 1853b]
    (= Tetramorium atratulum (Schenck, 1852), by Mayr, 1855)
    [= Tomognathus atratulus (Schenck, 1852), by Mayr, 1863 following Mayr, 1861, obsolete combination.]
    (= Tetramorium atratulum (Schenck, 1852), by Ward, Brady, Fisher & Schultz, 2015 ("2014"))
    07) Anergates friedlandi Creighton, 1934
    [= Tetramorium friedlandi (Creighton, 1934), by analogy]

    Tetramorium Mayr, 1855
    (Only a few species in a big genus.)

    08) Tetramorium microgyna Santschi, 1918
    09) Tetramorium parasiticum Bolton, 1980

    Pheidole Westwood, 1839
    (Only a few species in a big genus.)

    10) Pheidole neokohli Wilson, 1984
    (= Pheidole kohli (Wasmann, 1915), by Wilson, 1984)
    (= Anergatides kohli Wasmann, 1915)
    (not Pheidole kohli Mayr, 1901)
    11) Pheidole acutidens (Santschi, 1922), by Wilson, 1984
    (= Bruchomyrma acutidens Santschi, 1922)
    12) Pheidole argentina (Bruch, 1932), by Wilson, 1984
    (= Gallardomyrma argentina Bruch, 1932)
    13) Pheidole parasitica Wilson, 1984

    Excluded from the extreme, workerless inquilines
    Once this species was included in the extreme, workerless inquilines but now it is considered to be a workerless inquiline without extreme reductions, e.g. no pupoid males but normal ones. The decision to exclude it was made by Edward Osborne Wilson in 1984 in a study of the inquilines in the genus Pheidole Westwood, 1839.

    Pheidole Westwood, 1839
    (Only one species in a big genus.)

    14) Pheidole kusnezovi Wilson, 2003
    (= Pheidole symbiotica (Kusnezov, 1952), by Wilson, 1984)
    (= Eriopheidole symbiotica Kusnezov, 1952)
    (not Pheidole symbiotica Wasmann, 1909)

    Distribution

    01) Europe (Alps, Pyrenees and Northern Spain)
    02) Europe (Southern Iberia)
    03) Turkey (Anatolia)
    04) Europe (Southern Balkans)

    05) Turkmenistan

    06) Europe
    07) North America

    08) Southern Africa
    09) Southern Africa

    10) Central Africa
    11) South America
    12) South America
    13) India

    14) South America

    Host species

    01), 02), 03), 04), 05), 06), 07), 08) and 09) Certain species of the genus Tetramorium Mayr, 1855

    01) T. alpestre Steiner, Schlick-Steiner & Seifert, 2010 and T. impurum (Förster, 1850)
    and maybe T. caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)?
    02) T. cf. caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)
    03) T. cf. chefketi Forel, 1911
    04) T. cf. chefketi Forel, 1911

    05) A species from the genus Tetramorium Mayr, 1855…

    06) T. impurum (Förster, 1850), T. caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758), T. immigrans Santschi, 1927, T. staerckei Kratochvíl, in Kratochvíl, Novák, Šnoflák, 1944
    and T. moravicum [Kratochvil, in] Novák & Sadil, 1941, T. diomedeum Emery, 1908, T. chefketi Forel, 1911
    07) T. immigrans Santschi, 1927

    08) T. sericeiventre Emery, 1877 and T. sepositum Santschi, 1918
    09) T. avium Bolton, 1980

    10), 11), 12), 13) and 14) Certain species of the genus Pheidole Westwood, 1839

    10) P. megacephala (Fabricius, 1793) subsp. melancholica Santschi, 1912
    11) P. strobeli Emery, 1906
    12) P. nitidula Emery, 1888
    13) P. indica Mayr, 1879

    14) P. obscurior Forel, 1886

    A remark about synonymy

    Anergates friedlandi Creighton, 1934 is now a synonym from Anergates atratulus (Schenck, 1852), more precisely an introduced form in North Americe. So, the name is Anergates atratulus (Schenck, 1852) or, if you follow Ward et al. 2015 ("2014"), Tetramorium atratulum (Schenck, 1852)...

    Synonyms of host species

    - T. caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758) (= Formica caespitum Linnaeus, 1758)
    - T. impurum (Förster, 1850) (= Myrmica impura Förster, 1850)

    - T. staerckei Kratochvíl, in Kratochvíl, Novák, Šnoflák, 1944 (= Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758) subsp. hungarica Röszler, 1935 ("1933-34") var. staerckei Röszler, 1936)
    - P. megacephala (Fabricius, 1793) (= Formica megecephala Fabricius, 1793)
    - P. megacephala (Fabricius, 1793) subsp. melancholica Santschi, 1912 was originally described as P. punctulata Mayr, 1866 st. melancholica Santschi, 1912
    - The host species P. strobeli Emery, 1906 was known, during much of its history, as a subspecies of an other species, nl. P. nitidula Emery, 1888 subsp. richteri Forel, 1909 (a much used junior synonym of the older P. perversa Forel, 1908 subsp. richteri Forel, 1909) and known, in 1922, for a while as P. strobeli Emery, 1906 subsp. richteri Forel, 1909, this since Santschi, 1916. The species P. strobeli Emery, 1906 was revived from synonymy (with P. nitidula Emery, 1888 since Wilson, 2003) and the subspecies was synonymized with it in Casadei-Ferreira, Economo, Feitosa, 2020.
    - P. obscurior Forel, 1886 was revived from synonymy with the 1 page older P. susannae Forel, 1886 and this in Casadei-Ferreira et al., 2020.

  • The other extreme, workerless inquilines.

    And a second more references missed in the literature lists of Teleutomyrmex Kutter, 1950 and Anergates Forel, 1874.

    Evans, M. A., Evans, H. E., 1970, “William Morton Wheeler, biologist.” Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 363 pp.

    Künckel d’Herculais, J., 1882, “Les Merveilles de la Nature. L’Homme et les Animaux. A. E. Brehm. Les Insectes. Les Myriopodes, les Arachnides et les Crustacs. Edition Franaise par J. Künckel d’Herculais. Tome 1.” Paris, Museum d’Histoire Naturelle, viii + 720 pp.

    Künckel d’Herculais, J., 1882, “Les Merveilles de la Nature. L’Homme et les Animaux. A. E. Brehm. Les Insectes. Les Myriopodes, les Arachnides. Edition Franaise par J. Künckel d’Herculais. Tome 2.” Paris, Museum d’Histoire Naturelle, iv + 802 pp.
    - Tome 2 starts with “Les Formicides.” on pages 1 to 150.

    Skinner, G. J., 1987, “Ants of the British Isles.” Shire Natural History Series, vol. 21, p. 1-24.

    Skinner, G. J., Allen, G. W., 1996, “Ants.” Naturalists' Handbook, vol. 24, Slough, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd., ii + 83 pp.
    - This volume, in its introduction, speaks as one of only a few, about Solenopsis wagneri.

    Taber, S. W., 2000, “Fire Ants.” Texas A&M University Press, 328 pp.

    The beginning of modern myrmecology.

    Huber, P., 1810, “Recherches sur les mœurs des fourmis indigènes.” Paris, Chez J. J. Paschoud, ?? pp.

    Latreille, P. A., 1798, “Essai sur l'histoire des fourmis de la France.” Brive, F. Bourdeaux, 50 pp.

    Two books NOT to have…

    Gösswald, K., 2012, “Die Waldameise. Biologie, Ökologie und forstliche Nutzung.” 1. Auflage, gekürzte Sonderausgabe in einem Band, Aula Verlag, Wiebelsheim, xii + 630 pp. (Editors unknown!).

    Tschinkel, W. R., 2006, “The Fire Ants.” Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 744 pp.

    6 + 2 + 2 references.

  • A few articles.

    Borowiec, M. L.; Cover, S. P.; Rabeling, C. 2021. The evolution of social parasitism in Formica ants revealed by a global phylogeny. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 118 (38):10 pp. e2026029118.


    http://antcat.org/documents/81…ica_phylogeny_incl_si.pdf or The evolution of social parasitism in Formica ants revealed by a global phylogeny | PNAS or https://www.pnas.org/content/p…8/38/e2026029118.full.pdf with one supplement.

  • A few articles.

    Johnson, R. A. 2021. A taxonomic revision of South American species of the seed-harvester ant genus Pogonomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Part II. Zootaxa 5033:1-230.


    http://antcat.org/documents/81…uth_america_-_part_ii.pdf


    Oliveira, A. M.; Powell, S.; Feitosa, R. M. 2021. A taxonomic study of the Brazilian turtle ants (Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Cephalotes). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 65(3):e20210028. [online early]


    http://antcat.org/documents/81…_cephalotes_of_brazil.pdf


    And a very interesting article:


    Boudinot, B. E.; Moosdorf, O. T. D.; Beutel, R. G.; Richter, A. 2021. Anatomy and evolution of the head of Dorylus helvolus (Formicidae: Dorylinae): Patterns of sex- and caste-limited traits in the sausagefly and the driver ant. Journal of Morphology -:1-43. [online early]


    http://antcat.org/documents/81…_dorylus_head_anatomy.pdf or https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jmor.21410 or https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jmor.21410 with 5 supplements.

  • The other extreme, workerless inquilines.

    And a few more references missed in the literature lists of Teleutomyrmex Kutter, 1950 and Anergates Forel, 1874.

    Bolton, B., Collingwood, C. A., 1975, “Handbooks for the identification of British Insects. Hymenoptera, Formicidae.” Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, vol. 6, no. 3(c), p. 1-34.

    Emery, C., 1910, “Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dorylinae.” Genera Insectorum, vol. 102, p. 1-34.

    Emery, C., 1911, “Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae.” Genera Insectorum, vol. 118, p. 1-125.

    Emery, C., 1913 ("1912"), “Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dolichoderinae.” Genera Insectorum, vol. 137, p. 1-50.

    Emery, C., 1921, “Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part].” Genera Insectorum, vol. 174A, p. 1-94 (+ 7 plates.).

    Emery, C., 1922, “Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part].” Genera Insectorum, vol. 174B, p. 95-206.

    Emery, C., 1924 ("1922"), “Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.].” Genera Insectorum, vol. 174C, p. 207-397.

    Emery, C., 1925, “Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae.” Genera Insectorum, vol. 183, p. 1-302.

    Forel, A., 1921, “Le monde social des fourmis comparé à celui de l'homme. Tome 1. Genèse, formes, anatomie, classification. géographie, fossiles.” Genève, Librairie Kundig, xiv + 192 pp.

    Forel, A., 1921, “Le monde social des fourmis comparé à celui de l'homme. Tome 2. Sensations, physiologie, fourmis et plantes, hôtes, parasites, nids.” Genève, Librairie Kundig, iii + 184 pp.

    Forel, A., 1922, “Le monde social des fourmis comparé à celui de l'homme. Tome 3. Appareils d'observation. Fondation des foumilières. Moeurs à l'intérieur des nids. Bétail, jardins, fourmis parasites. (Avec appendice du Dr. E. Bugnion.).” Genève, Librairie Kundig, vii + 227 pp.

    Forel, A., 1923, “Le monde social des fourmis comparé à celui de l'homme. Tome 4. Alliances et guerres, parabiose, lestobiose, esclavagisme.” Genève, Librairie Kundig, vii + 172 pp.

    Forel, A., 1923, “Le monde social des fourmis comparé à celui de l'homme. Tome 5. Moeurs specialisées. Epilogue, les fourmis. Les termites et l'homme.” Genève, Librairie Kundig, vi + 174 pp.

    Forel, A., 1948, “Die Welt der Ameisen. (Ausgewählt und übersetzt von Heinrich Kutter.).” Zürich, Rotapfel, 275 pp.

    Gotwald, W. H., Jr., 1995, “Army ants: the biology of social predation.” Ithaca, New York, Cornell University Press, xviii + 302 pp.

    Kronauer, D. J. C., 2020, “Army Ants: Nature’s Ultimate Social Hunters.” Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 384 pp.

    Lach, L., Parr, C. L., Abbott, K. (Editors.), 2009, “Ant ecology.” Oxford, Oxford University Press, xvii + 410 pp.

    Schneirla, T. C., 1971, “Army ants. A study in social organization. (Edited by H. R. Topoff.).” San Francisco, W. H. Freeman & Co., xx + 349 pp.

    Vander Meer, R. K., Jaffe, K., Cedeno, A. (Editors.), 1990, “Applied myrmecology: a world perspective.” Boulder, Westview Press, xv + 741 pp.

    Weber, N. A., 1972, “Gardening ants, the attines.” Philadelphia, American Philosophical Society, xvii + 146 pp.

    Williams, D. F. (Editor.), 1994, “Exotic ants. Biology, impact, and control of introduced species.” Boulder, Westview Press, xvii + 332 pp.

    21 references.

    There are a lot more references missed in the literature lists but I think I have now included most of the more important ones in the lists from Teleutomyrmex, Anergates and the two lists missed in the literature lists.

  • An official literature list of Teleutomyrmex Kutter, 1950.

    I updated one reference to include more info:


    Gösswald, K., 1952, “Zur Biologie und Histologie parasitär degenerierter Ameisenarten mit besonderer Berücksichtigung von Teleutomyrmex schneideri Kutter (Tribus Tetramorini).” Transactions of the IX-th International Congress of Entomology, Amsterdam, August 17-24 (1951), vol. 1, p. 446-448.


    It became this:


    Gösswald, K., 1952, “Zur Biologie und Histologie parasitär degenerierter Ameisenarten mit besonderer Berücksichtigung von Teleutomyrmex schneideri Kutter (Tribus Tetramorini).” P. 446-448 in: de Wilde, J. (ed.), 1952, “Transactions of the IX-th International Congress of Entomology, Amsterdam, August 17-24 (1951), vol. 1.” The Netherlands, The Hague, Exselsior’s Photo-Offset, lxi + 1116 pp.

  • An official literature list of Teleutomyrmex Kutter, 1950.

    An addition to the official literature list of Teleutomyrmex Kutter, 1950.
    This is the case when Ward et al., 2015 is accepted and if the synonymy is taken to Strongylognathus.

    Emery, C., 1898c, “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der palaearktischen Ameisen.” Öfversigt af Finska Vetenskaps-Societetens Förhandlingar (Helsinki), vol. 20, p. 124-151.
    - 28 pp., 4 figs. - [1898-(12-31)].

    Girard, M., 1879, “Traité élémentaire d'entomologie. Volume 2.” Paris, Librairie J.-B. Baillière et Fils, 1028 pp.
    - 1028 pp., ?? figs. - [1879-??-??].

    Hahn, C. W., 1832, “Die Wanzenartigen Insecten. Getreu nach der Natur abgebildet und beschrieben. Band I, Heft 3.” Nürnberg, Zeh, p. 81-118.
    - 38 pp., ?? figs. - [1832-11-??].

    Karavaiev, V., 1912b, “Ameisen aus dem paläarktischen Faunengebiete.” Russkoe Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, vol. 12, p. 581-596.
    - 16 pp., ?? figs. - [1912-12-28].

    Mayr, G., 1853e, “Ueber die Abtheilung der Myrmiciden, und eine neue Gattung derselben.” Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Vereins in Wien, vol. 3, p. 387-394.
    - 8 pp., 1 plate (5 figs.). - [1853-(12-31)].

    Mayr, G., 1855, “Formicina austriaca. Beschreibung der bisher im österreichischen Kaiserstaate aufgefundenen Ameisen, nebst Hinzufügung jener in Deutschland, in der Schweiz und in Italien vorkommenden Arten.” Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Vereins in Wien, vol. 5, p. 273-478.
    - 206 pp., 1 plate (5 figs.). - [1855-(12-31)].

    Radchenko, A. G., Scupola, A., 2015, “Taxonomic revision of the striativentre species group of the genus Tetramorium (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).” Vestnik Zoologii, vol. 49, no. 3, p. 219-244.
    - 26 pp., ?? figs. – [2015-??-??].

    Santschi, F., 1927b, “A propos du Tetramorium caespitum L.” Folia Myrmecologica et Termitologica, vol. 1, no. 4/5, p. 53-58.
    - 6 pp., 0 figs. - [1927-02-(28)].

    Schenck, C. F., 1853b, “Die nassauischen Ameisen-Species. (Fortsetzung.).” Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, vol. 14, p. 185-198.
    - 14 pp., 0 fig. - [1853-06-(30)].

    Tarbinsky, Y. S., 1976, “[The ants of Kirghizia.]” [In Russian.]. Frunze, Ilim, 217 pp.
    - 217 pp., ?? figs. - [1976-06-04].

    10 references.

  • A few articles.

    Fernández, F.; Guerrero, R. J.; Sánchez-Restrepo, A. F. 2021. Systematics and diversity of Neotropical ants. Revista Colombiana de Entomología 47:e11082.


    http://antcat.org/documents/81…sity_neotropical_ants.pdf


    Yamane, S.; Hosoishi, S.; Syaukani, S. 2021. Taxonomic notes on rattan-inhabting ants of the genus Camponotus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zoosystematica Rossica 30:175-182.


    http://antcat.org/documents/81…ting_species_taxonomy.pdf


    Aswaj, P.; Sahanashree, R.; Udayakantha, W. S.; Aniruddha, M.; Priyadarsanan, D. R. 2021. Two new species of doryline ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) with 11-segmented antennae from India. ZooKeys 1056:59-72.


    http://antcat.org/documents/81…cia_india_new_species.pdf (With determination keys....)

  • The other extreme, workerless inquilines.

    And a few references missed in the literature lists of Teleutomyrmex Kutter, 1950 and Anergates Forel, 1874.

    Agosti, D., Majer, J. D., Alonso, L. E., Schultz, T. R. (Editors.), 2000, “Ants: Standard Methods for Measuring and Monitoring Biodiversity.” Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press, xix + 280 pp.

    Agosti, D., Majer, J. D., Alonso, L. E., Schultz, T. R. (Editors.), 2000, “Sampling ground-dwelling ants: case studies from the world's rain forests.” Perth, Australia, Curtin University School of Environmental Biology (Bulletin No. 18), xii + 75 pp.

    Boer, P., 2010, “Mieren van de Benelux.” ′s-Graveland, Netherlands, Stichting Jeugdbondsuitgeverij, 184 pp.

    Boer, P., 2015, “Mieren van de Benelux. Tweede - herziene druk.” ′s-Graveland, Netherlands, Stichting Jeugdbondsuitgeverij, 184 pp.

    Bourke, A. F. G., Franks, N. R., 1995, “Social Evolution in Ants.” Princeton, Princeton University Press, xiii + 529 pp.

    Buschinger, A., 1985, “Staatenbildung der Insekten.” Erträge der Forschung, Band 223. Darmstadt, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, X + 211 pp.

    Donisthorpe, H., 1927, “British ants, their life history and classification (2nd edn.).” London, G. Routledge and Sons, xvi + 436 pp.

    Donisthorpe, H., 1927, “The guests of British ants, their habits and life-histories.” London, G. Routledge and Sons, xxii + 244 pp.

    Forel, A., 1915, “Fauna insectorum helvetiae. Hymenoptera. Formicidae. Die Ameisen der Schweiz.” Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, vol. 12 (Beilage), p. 1-77.

    Forel, A,. 1920, “Les fourmis de la Suisse. Notices anatomiques et physiologiques, architecture, distribution géographique, nouvelles expériences et observations de moeurs. Seconde édition revue et corrigée.” La Chaux-de-Fonds, Imprimerie Coopérative, xvi + 333 pp.
    - Without the section “Systématique”, so without descriptions et al.

    Gösswald, K., 1989, “Die Waldameise, Band 1: Biologische Grundlagen, Ökologie und Verhalten.” Wiesbaden, AULA-Verlag, xi + 660 pp.

    Gösswald, K., 1990, “Die Waldameise, Band 2: Die Waldameise im Ökosystem Wald, ihr Nutzen und ihre Hege.” Wiesbaden, AULA-Verlag, x + 510 pp.

    Gould, W., 1747, “An Account Of English Ants.” London, A. Millar, xvi + 112 pp.

    Hermann, H. R. (Editor.), 1979, “Social Insects, Vol. 1.” New York, Academic Press, xv + 437 pp.

    Hermann, H. R. (Editor.), 1981, “Social Insects, Vol. 2.” New York, Academic Press, xiii + 491 pp.

    Hermann, H. R. (Editor.), 1982, “Social Insects, Vol. 3.” New York, Academic Press, xiii + 459 pp.

    Hermann, H. R. (Editor.), 1982, “Social Insects, Vol. 4.” New York, Academic Press, 385 pp.

    Hermann, H. R. (Editor.), 1984, “Defensive Mechanisms in Social Insects.” New York, Praeger Publishers, xii + 259 pp.

    Hölldobler, B., Wilson, E. O., 2008, “The Superorganism. The Beauty, Elegance, and Strangeness of Insect Societies.” New York, W. W. Norton & Company, xxi + 522 pp.

    Hölldobler, B., Wilson, E. O., 2011, “The Leafcutter Ants. Civilisation by Instinct.” New York, W. W. Norton & Company, 160 pp.

    Kutter, H., 1920, “”Gehe hin zur Ameise!” Anleitung zur selbständigen Ameisenforschung.” Naturwissenschaftliche Beobachtungsbücher, Band 1-2. Bern und Leipzig, Ernst Bircher Verlag, viii + 165 pp.

    Passera, L., 1984, “L'Organisation Sociale des Fourmis.” Toulouse, Editions Privat, 360 pp.

    Schmitz, H., 1906, “Das Leben der Ameisen und ihrer Gäste.” Regensburg, G. J. Manz, 190 pp.

    Schmitz, H., 1915, “De Nederlandsche mieren en haar gasten.” Maastricht, C. Goffin, iv + 146 pp.

    Stitz, H., 1939, “Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meersteile nach ihren Merkmalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise. 37. Theil. Hautflüger oder Hymenoptera. I: Ameisen oder Formicidae.” Jena, G. Fischer, 428 pp.

    Wheeler, W. M., 1910, “Ants: Their Structure, Development and Behavior.” New York, Columbia University Press, xxv + 663 pp.

    Wheeler, W. M., 1923, “Social life among the insects.” New York, Harcourt, Brace and Co., vii + 375 pp.

    Wheeler, W. M., 1926, “The natural history of ants. From an unpublished manuscript in the archives of the Academy of Sciences of Paris by René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur. Translated and annotated by William Morton Wheeler.” New York, A. Knopf, 280 pp.

    Wheeler, W. M., 1928, “The social insects: their origin and evolution.” New York, Harcourt, Brace and Co., xviii + 378 pp.

    Wilson, E. O., 1990, “Excellence in Ecology, Vol. 2: Success and Dominance in Ecosystems: The Case of the Social Insects.” Oldendorf/Luhe, Ecology Institute, xxi + 104 pp.

    30 references.

  • The other extreme, workerless inquilines.

    A complete, systematic literature list of Anergates Forel, 1874.

    Atanassov, N., Dlussky, G. M., 1992, “Fauna of Bulgaria. Hymenoptera, Formicidae.” [In Bulgarian.]. Fauna na Bûlgariya, vol. 22, p. 1-310.

    Creighton, W. S., 1934, “Descriptions of three new North American ants with certain ecological observations on previously described forms.” Psyche (Cambridge.), vol. 41, p. 185-200.

    Creighton, W. S., 1950a, “The ants of North America.” Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College, vol. 104, p. 1-585.

    Csősz, S., Radchenko, A., Schulz, A., 2007, “Taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic Tetramorium chefketi species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).” Zootaxa, vol. 1405, p. 1-38.

    Csősz, S., Schulz, A., 2010, “A taxonomic review of the Palaearctic Tetramorium ferox species-complex (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).” Zootaxa, vol. 2401, p. 1-29.

    Donisthorpe, H., 1915f, “British ants, their life-history and classification.” Plymouth, Brendon & Son Ltd., xv + 379 pp.

    Forel, A., 1874, “Les fourmis de la Suisse. Systématique, notices anatomiques et physiologiques, architecture, distribution géographique, nouvelles expériences et observations de moeurs.” Neue Denkschriften der Allgemeinen Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften, vol. 26, p. 1-452.

    Girard, M., 1879, “Traité élémentaire d'entomologie. Volume 2.” Paris, Librairie J.-B. Baillière et Fils, 1028 pp.

    Hahn, C. W., 1832, “Die Wanzenartigen Insecten. Getreu nach der Natur abgebildet und beschrieben. Band I, Heft 3.” Nürnberg, Zeh, p. 81-118.

    Mayr, G., 1853e, “Ueber die Abtheilung der Myrmiciden, und eine neue Gattung derselben.” Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Vereins in Wien, vol. 3, p. 387-394.

    Mayr, G., 1855, “Formicina austriaca. Beschreibung der bisher im österreichischen Kaiserstaate aufgefundenen Ameisen, nebst Hinzufügung jener in Deutschland, in der Schweiz und in Italien vorkommenden Arten.” Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Vereins in Wien, vol. 5, p. 273-478.

    Mayr, G., 1861, “Die europäischen Formiciden. Nach der analytischen Methode bearbeitet.” Wien, C. Gerold’s Sohn, 80 pp.

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    Schenck, C. F., 1853a, “Die nassauischen Ameisen-Species.” Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, vol. 14, p. 157-163.

    Schenck, C. F., 1853b, “Die nassauischen Ameisen-Species. (Fortsetzung.).” Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, vol. 14, p. 185-198.

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    Ward, P. S., Brady, S. G., Fisher, B. L., Schultz, T. R., 2015 (“2014”), “The evolution of myrmicine ants: Phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).” Systematic Entomology, vol. 40, no. 1, p. 61-81. (Article first published online: 23 July 2014).

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    21 references.

  • The other extreme, workerless inquilines.

    First: Yes, we keep Teleutomyrmex Kutter, 1950 and Anergates Forel, 1874.

    All species in these little genera with the names Teleutomyrmex Kutter, 1950 and Anergates Forel, 1874 and, of course, the big genus Tetramorium Mayr, 1855.

    Second: No, we don’t keep Teleutomyrmex Kutter, 1950 and Anergates Forel, 1874 but yes, we keep Tetramorium Mayr, 1855.

    But: Only a few species in the genus Tetramorium Mayr, 1855 following Ward et al., 2015 (“2014”)…

    Tetramorium inquilinum Ward, Brady, Fisher & Schultz, 2015
    = Tetramorium schneideri (Kutter, 1950)
    Tetramorium kutteri (Tinaut, 1990), still needs a new name
    Tetramorium seiferti (Kiran & Karaman, in Kiran, et al. 2017)
    Tetramorium buschingeri (Lapeva-Gjonova, in Kiran, et al. 2017)
    Tetramorium atratulus (Schenck, 1852)
    = Tetramorium friedlandi (Creighton, 1934)
    Tetramorium microgyna Santschi, 1918
    Tetramorium parasiticum Bolton, 1980

    Third: No, we don’t keep Teleutomyrmex Kutter, 1950, Anergates Forel, 1874 and Tetramorium Mayr, 1855.

    Or: …, if you follow the line further then Ward et al., 2015 (“2014”), a few species in the genus Strongylognathus Mayr, 1853.

    Strongylognathus inquilinum (Ward, Brady, Fisher & Schultz, 2015)
    = Strongylognathus schneideri (Kutter, 1950)
    Strongylognathus kutteri (Tinaut, 1990), still needs a new name
    Strongylognathus seiferti (Kiran & Karaman, in Kiran, et al. 2017)
    Strongylognathus buschingeri (Lapeva-Gjonova, in Kiran, et al. 2017)
    Strongylognathus atratulus (Schenck, 1852)
    = Strongylognathus friedlandi (Creighton, 1934)
    Strongylognathus microgyna (Santschi, 1918)
    Strongylognathus parasiticum (Bolton, 1980)

    The original descriptions.

    Tetramorium Mayr, 1855.

    Tetramorium [Myrmicinae: Tetramoriini].
    - Tetramorium Mayr, 1855: 423. Type-species: Formica caespitum, by subsequent designation of Girard, 1879: 1016.

    Strongylognathus Mayr, 1853e.

    Strongylognathus [Myrmicinae: Tetramoriini].
    - Strongylognathus Mayr, 1853e: 389. Type-species: Eciton testaceum, by monotypy. Replacement name for Myrmus Schenck, 1853b: 188. [Junior homonym of Myrmus Hahn, 1832: 81 (Hemiptera).].

    Myrmus [junior homonym, see Strongylognathus].
    - Myrmus Schenck, 1853b: 188. Type-species: Myrmus emarginatus (junior synonym of Eciton testaceum), by monotypy. [Junior homonym of Myrmus Hahn, 1832: 81 (Hemiptera).].
    - Strongylognathus Mayr, 1853e: 389, replacement name for Myrmus Schenck.

    Myrmus Schenck, 1853b.

    Myrmus [junior homonym, see Strongylognathus].
    - Myrmus Schenck, 1853b: 188. Type-species: Myrmus emarginatus (junior synonym of Eciton testaceum), by monotypy. [Junior homonym of Myrmus Hahn, 1832: 81 (Hemiptera).].
    - Strongylognathus Mayr, 1853e: 389, replacement name for Myrmus Schenck.

    The original references.

    Girard, M., 1879, “Traité élémentaire d'entomologie. Volume 2.” Paris, Librairie J.-B. Baillière et Fils, 1028 pp.

    Hahn, C. W., 1832, “Die Wanzenartigen Insecten. Getreu nach der Natur abgebildet und beschrieben. Band I, Heft 3.” Nürnberg, Zeh, p. 81-118.

    Mayr, G., 1853e, “Ueber die Abtheilung der Myrmiciden, und eine neue Gattung derselben.” Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Vereins in Wien, vol. 3, p. 387-394.

    Mayr, G., 1855, “Formicina austriaca. Beschreibung der bisher im österreichischen Kaiserstaate aufgefundenen Ameisen, nebst Hinzufügung jener in Deutschland, in der Schweiz und in Italien vorkommenden Arten.” Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Vereins in Wien, vol. 5, p. 273-478.

    Schenck, C. F., 1853b, “Die nassauischen Ameisen-Species. (Fortsetzung.).” Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, vol. 14, p. 185-198.

  • A few articles.

    A new Colobopsis species in Europe:


    Schifani, E.; Giannetti, D.; Csősz, S.; Castellucci, F.; Luchetti, A.; Castracani, C.; Spotti, F. A.; Mori, A.; Grasso, D. A. 2021. Is mimicry a diversification-driver in ants? Biogeography, ecology, ethology, genetics and morphology define a second West-Palaearctcic Colobopsis speceis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society XX:1-27.


    http://antcat.org/documents/81…olobopsis_new_species.pdf


    And a little sidestep, not about ants but about orchids:


    'Sleutel voor uitgebloeide orchideeën van Nederland en België' by Jean and Marijke Claessens.


    https://europeanorchids.com/wp…loeide-orchideeen-bev.pdf

  • A few articles.

    Casacci, L.P.; Barbero, F.; Ślipiński, P.; Witek, M. The Inquiline Ant Myrmica karavajevi Uses Both Chemical and Vibroacoustic Deception Mechanisms to Integrate into Its Host Colonies. Biology 2021, 10, 654.


    https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/10/7/654/htm or https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/10/7/654/pdf and https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/10/7/654/s1 (Thanks to Merkur!)


    And an article from last year, online since a few days ago:


    Williams, J. L.; Zhang, Y. M.; Lloyd, M. W.; LaPolla, J. S.; Schultz, T. R.; Lucky, A. 2020. Global domination by crazy ants: phylogenomics reveals biogeographical history and invasive species relationships in the genus Nylanderia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 45:730-744.


    http://antcat.org/documents/81…onships_in_nylanderia.pdf