Linsenmaier's colour version of 1951:
Beiträge von Teleutotje
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The previous picture came from Kutter's book from 1977. This is Linsenmaier's original from 1951:
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Two new articles:
Sharaf, M. R.; Abdel-Dayem, M. S.; Mohamed, A. A.; Fisher, B. L.; Aldawood, A. S. 2020. A preliminary synopsis of the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Qatar with remarks on the zoogeography. Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 70 (4):533-560.
http://antcat.org/documents/8057/05_az-70-4_533-560.pdf
Salata, S.; Fisher, B. L. 2021. Taxonomic revision of Madagascan species of the Pheidole fervens species-group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). PLoS ONE 16(1):e024419.
http://antcat.org/documents/8060/journal-pone-0244195.pdf
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https://journals.plos.org/plos…1371/journal.pone.0244195
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https://journals.plos.org/plos…ne.0244195&type=printable and https://journals.plos.org/plos…journal.pone.0244195.s001 and https://journals.plos.org/plos…journal.pone.0244195.s002 -
Behaviours indicating cannibalistic necrophagy in ants are modulated by the perception of pathogen infection level.
István Maák, Eszter Tóth, Magdalena Lenda, Gábor Lőrinczi, Anett Kiss, Orsolya Juhász, Wojciech Czechowski & Attila Torma.https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-74870-8
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A new checklist for Nepal:
An updated checklist of Nepalese ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).
Indra Prasad Subedi, Prem Bahadur Budha, Himender Bharti, Leeanne Alonso.https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/58808/
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You can find
Radchenko, A.G. & Elmes, G.W. 2010. Myrmica ants of the Old World. Fauna Mundi 3: 1-789.
here http://antbase.org/ants/public…tions/x23416xxx/23416.pdf
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pisarskii. Formica (Coptoformica) pisarskii Dlussky, 1964: 1034, figs. (w.q.) MONGOLIA. See also: Kupyanskaya, 1990: 204; Seifert, 2000a: 551.
Dlussky, G. M. 1964. The ants of the subgenus Coptoformica of the genus Formica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the USSR. Zool. Zh. 4 43: 1026-1040 (page 1034, figs. worker, queen described)
https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/images/0/01/Dlussky_1964.pdf
Kupyanskaya, A. N. 1990a. Ants of the Far Eastern USSR. Vladivostok: Akademiya Nauk SSSR, 258 pp. (page 204, see also)
Seifert, B 2000a. A taxonomic revision of the ant subgenus Coptoformica Mueller, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zoosystema 22:517-568. (page 551, see also)
https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/images/3/31/Seifert_2000a.pdfpisarskii. Myrmica pisarskii Radchenko, 1994h: 208, figs. 1-12 (w.q.m.) RUSSIA, MONGOLIA. See also: Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 216.
Radchenko, A. G. 1994j. New Palaearctic species of the genus Myrmica Latr. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Memorabilia Zool. 48: 207-217 (page 208, figs. 1-12 worker, queen, male described)
Radchenko, A.G. & Elmes, G.W. 2010. Myrmica ants of the Old World. Fauna Mundi 3: 1-789.pisarskii. Strongylognathus pisarskii Poldi, 1994: 187, fig. 1 (w.) ITALY.
Poldi, B. 1994. Strongylognathus pisarskii species nova (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Memorabilia Zool. 48: 187-191 (page 187, fig. 1 worker described)
https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/images/7/73/Poldi_1994.pdfpisarskii. Temnothorax pisarskii Radchenko, 2004: 115, figs. 7-15 (w.q.m.) NORTH KOREA.
Radchenko, A. 2004. A review of the ant genera Leptothorax Mayr and Temnothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the Eastern Palaearctic. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. 50(2):109-137. (page 115, figs. 7-15 worker, queen, male described)
https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/images/1/18/Radchenko_2004.pdf
Zhou, Shanyi; Huang, Jianhua; Yu, Daojian and Liu, Zhongjian. 2010. Eight New Species and Three Newly Recorded Species of The Ant Genus Temnothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) From the Chinese Mainland, With a Key. Sociobiology. 56(1):7-26.
https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/i…ang%2C_Yu%2C_Liu_2010.pdfTetraponera pisarskii
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Tetraponera modesta.
pisarskii. Tetraponera pisarskii Radchenko, 1997g: 480, figs. 1, 2 (w.) KOREA. Junior synonym of modesta: Ward, 2001: 616.
Radchenko, A. G. 1997h. Tetraponera pisarskii sp. nov. - the first native member of subfamily Pseudomyrmicinae from Palaearctic Asia. Ann. Zool. (Warsaw) 47: 479-480.(page 480, figs. 1, 2 worker described)
https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/images/3/35/Radchenko_1997h.pdf
Ward, P. S. 2001. Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of the ant genus Tetraponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Oriental and Australian regions. Invertebr. Taxon. 15: 589-665 (page 616, Junior synonym of modesta)
https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/images/e/e8/Ward_2001.pdfpisarskii. Tetramorium pisarskii Radchenko & Scupola, 2015: 226, fig. 5 (w.) AFGHANISTAN.
Radchenko, A.G. and Scupola, A. 2015. Taxonomic revision of the strativentre species group of the genus Tetramorium (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Vestnik zoologii. 49:219–244.
https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/i…the_genus_Tetramorium.pdf6 species, 5 still valid, 1 not valid.
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A new phylogenetic article:
Comprehensive phylogeny of Myrmecocystus honey ants highlights cryptic diversity and infers evolution during aridification of the American Southwest.
Tobiasvan Elst, Ti H. Eriksson, Jürgen Gadaua, Robert A. Johnson, Christian Rabeling, Jesse E. Taylor, Marek L. Borowiec.https://www.sciencedirect.com/…cle/pii/S1055790320303080
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A very big step forward in the study of Leptanillinae:
Myrmecol. News 30: 229-250.
Delimitation of tribes in the subfamily Leptanillinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a description of the male of Protanilla lini Terayama, 2009.
Griebenow, Z.https://myrmecologicalnews.org…tegory&id=1571&Itemid=435
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https://myrmecologicalnews.org…_printable.pdf&format=raw
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An updated checklist of the ants of Thailand (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).
Salinee Khachonpisitsak, Seiki Yamane, Patchara Sriwichai, Weeyawat Jaitrong.https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/54902/
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https://zookeys.pensoft.net/ar…54902/download/pdf/480278 and https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/54902/download/suppl/31/ -
Contribution of a DNA barcode to an assessment of the specificity of ant taxa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on Corsica.
Rumsaïs BLATRIX, Clément AUBERT, Thibaud DECAËNS, Cyril BERQUIER, Marie-Cécile ANDREI-RUIZ, Christophe GALKOWSKI.https://www.eje.cz/artkey/eje-…ra_formicidae_on_cors.php
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https://www.eje.cz/pdfs/eje/2020/01/46.pdf and https://www.eje.cz/attachments/000079.xlsx and https://www.eje.cz/attachments/000080.xlsx
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Hosoishi, S. 2020. Taxonomic review of the Crematogaster ransonneti-group in Asia, with description of a new species from Malaysia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 68:759-768.
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The loss of flight in ant workers enabled an evolutionary redesign of the thorax for ground labour.
Christian Peeters, Roberto A. Keller, Adam Khalife, Georg Fischer, Julian Katzke, Alexander Blanke, Evan P. Economo.https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12983-020-00375-9
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Joma, A. M. A.; Mackay, E. 2020. Revision of the African ants of the Bothroponera talpa species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 146:355-408.
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A new "Mitarbeiter" by Myrmecological News:
https://blog.myrmecologicalnews.org/2020/10/14/james-trager/
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A new subterranean species and an updated checklist of Strumigenys (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Macao SAR, China, with a key to species of the Greater Bay Area.
François Brassard, Chi-Man Leong, Hoi-Hou Chan, Benoit Guénard.https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/54958/
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https://zookeys.pensoft.net/ar…54958/download/pdf/455317
with the supplements https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/54958/list/5/And, more important for us:
Revision of the Plagiolepis schmitzii group with description of Pl. invadens sp. nov. – a new invasive supercolonial species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Bernhard Seifert.https://dez.pensoft.net/article/53199/
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Dobrzanska, J. & Dobrzanski, J., 1988, “Pasozytnictwo spoleczne u mrowek. Pasozytnictwo obowiazkowe.”, or “[Social parasitism in ants. Obligatory parasitism.]” Kosmos, vol. 37, nr. 4: 617-639.
-> Dobrzanska, J. & Dobrzanski, J., 1988, “1. Inkwilinizm.”, or “[Inquilinism.]” Kosmos, vol. 37, nr.4: 617-629.
-> Dobrzanska, J. & Dobrzanski, J., 1988, “2. Niewolnictwo.”, or “[Slavery.]” Kosmos, vol. 37, nr. 4: 629-639.94 references.
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The Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Sri Lanka: a taxonomic research summary and updated checklist.
Ratnayake Kaluarachchige Sriyani Dias, Benoit Guénard, Shahid Ali Akbar, Evan P. Economo, Warnakulasuriyage Sudesh Udayakantha, Aijaz Ahmad Wachkoo.https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/54432/
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https://zookeys.pensoft.net/ar…54432/download/pdf/452594
and the two supplements:
https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/54432/list/5/
