Beiträge von Teleutotje
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Two new publications are appeared:
BJE 2020 vol. 101 - Venuste Nsengimana & Wouter Dekoninck - A preliminary checklist of ants from Rwanda (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) (22pp).
http://www.srbe-kbve.be/cm/sit…ANA%20%26%20DEKONINCK.pdf
And then a part of a bigger genus:
Salata, S.; Fisher, B. L. 2020c. The ant genus Pheidole Westwood, 1839 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Madagascar—taxonomic revision of the bessonii species-group. Zootaxa 4843: 1-64.
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Not 9 but 10 species named after H. Kutter (6 still valid, 4 as synonyms.):
Camponotus kutterianus
kutterianus. Camponotus kutterianus Baroni Urbani, 1972: 132, figs. 1-3 (w.) CUBA.
Baroni Urbani, C. 1972. Studi sui Camponotus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel 82:122-135.
http://antcat.org/documents/141/6311.pdf
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Long-term effects of neonicotinoid insecticides on ants.
Daniel Schläppi, Nina Kettler, Lars Straub, Gaétan Glauser & Peter Neumannhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-020-1066-2
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https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-020-1066-2.pdfReviews:
https://www.unibe.ch/aktuell/m…uf_ameisen/index_ger.html
https://www.scinexx.de/news/bi…ide-schaden-auch-ameisen/Thanks Reber
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... with a key:
Ladino, N.; Feitosa, R. M. 2020. Taxonomic revision of the genus Prionopelta Mayr, 1866 (Formicidae: Amblyoponinae) for the Neotropical region. Zootaxa 4821:201-249.
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A new encyclopedia "in the making":
Encyclopedia of Social Insects.
https://link.springer.com/refe…10.1007/978-3-319-90306-4
It is planned to appear on December 25, 2020:https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030281014
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A little bit older, but from this year, but still good, with a restricted determination-key and new genus-characters:
Pérez-Gonzáles, S.; Gómez-Durán, J. M.; Martínez-Ibáñez, M. D. 2020. Highlighting the elusive: new findings and a redescription of the rare ant Leptanilla plutonia López, Martínez Et Barandica, 1994, presenting morphological novelties for the genus. Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 70:289-304.
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A new species of Protanilla from India and a determination-key for the genus (workers!):
Baidya, P.; Bagchi, S. 2020. A new species of Protanilla Taylor 1990 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Leptanillinae) from India. Halteres 11:19-24.
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3 new publications with determination-key:
Salata, S.; Fisher, B. L. 2020b. Taxonomic revision of the Pheidole sikorae species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Madagascar. ZooKeys 949:1-185.
https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/51269/
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https://zookeys.pensoft.net/ar…51269/download/pdf/432650
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http://antcat.org/documents/79…p_from_madagascar_low.pdfA Taxonomic Study on the Genus Strumigenys Smith, 1860 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Korea with a description of new species.
MIN-SOO DONG AND SAM-KYU KIM.
http://www.asian-myrmecology.o…-and-kim2020-am012001.pdfHoenle, P. O.; Lattke, J. E.; Donoso, D. A.; von Beeren, C.; Heethoff, M.; Schmelzle, S.; Argoti, A.; Camacho, L.; Ströbel, B.; Blüthgen, N. 2020. Odontomachus davidsoni sp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), a new conspicuous trap-jaw ant from Ecuador. ZooKeys 948:75-105.
https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/48701/
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https://zookeys.pensoft.net/ar…48701/download/pdf/431671
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http://antcat.org/documents/79…onotomachus_davidsoni.pdf
This article includes 9 supplementary informations with these two:
https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/48701/download/suppl/31/ and https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/48701/download/suppl/32/ -
The ant genus Myopias Roger, 1861 from Borneo, with a determination-key:
Jaitrong, W.; Wiwatwitaya, D.; Yamane, S. 2020. Three new species of the ant genus Myopias Roger, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae) from Borneo. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 68:608-618.
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Okido, H.; Ogata, K.; Hosoishi, S. 2020. Taxonomic revision of the ant genus Myrmecina in Southeast Asia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Kyushu University Museum 17:1-108.
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Yes, I hope you can see that. Got it form Emse, on Ameisenportal.de ...
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Let me start with a small correction of the reference:
Kutter, H., 1920, “”Gehe hin zur Ameise!” Anleitung zur selbständigen Ameisenforschung.” Naturwissenschaftliche Beobachtungsbücher 1-2: viii + 165 pp.
The time the book was written is 1920, publication time, so in reality it must have been written in 1918-1919, a hard/though post-war time. So, with great respect, it is an incredible prestation to write a book about ants. And I must say, it is a fantastic little gem.
First the “Vorwort.” (p. iii-iv), a small but great introduction from the world around us to the world of the ants. In it is already a first mention that it is a general review and not an in-depth study of the ants of Switzerland. So, he won’t give everything known about those insects but invites us to study them and discover things already known and new!
Chapter one: “Allgemeine Orientierung.” (p. 1-7). Why are ants interesting and how should we study them? In it, there is a general review about how we can study ants and that we will not leave them alone afterwards…
Chapter two: “Die Ameisen und die wichtigsten Tatsachen aus ihrem Leben.” (p. 8-29). In this chapter he gives the most important things from the life of these insects. A total of 21 steps gives a very good view of the extraordinary life’s of these little creatures. And he is also in favour of ants communicating with chemical substances…
Chapter three: “Die Exkursionsausrüstung und ihr Gebrauch etc.” (p. 30-48). A very good introduction to the way how we can go on a tour to collect ants and how to keep them at home. In it is a complete guide about what you need to collect ants and a first step to keep them at home.
Chapter four: “Die künstlichen Beobachtungsnester, ihre Nebenapparate und die Ameisenzucht.” (p. 49-97). Here you get a very good review of how to keep ants for scientific reasons and technics about how to introduce queens in alien nests. It does not include some of the more modern ant-keeping ways but the chapter is surprisingly well written.
Chapter five: “Präparation und Sammlung.” (p. 98-105). A very good introduction about how to make a dry preparation and how to organise your collection. Some products used are a little bit old and should now be replaced but that does not reduce the quality of the technics used.
Chapter six: “Reiseausrüstung, Fragen der Tiergeographie etc.” (p. 106-112). The part about the “Reiseausrüstung” is good and is an amendment on chapter three. But the second part of this chapter isn”t very good. For questions about animal geography this little booklet is way too old.
Chapter seven: “Die Bedeutung der Ameisen.” (p. 113-118). This chapter starts very well, only the figures about how many species of ants there are on the world are old. But the second part, about the extermination materials for ants, is very old and should be omitted. It gets great again when talking about myrmecochoric plants.
Chapter eight: “Unsere einheimischen Ameisen.” (p. 119-161). This chapter is again very good but old. The very good part is about what kind of individuals are found in a nest, their differences, the parts of the worker ant (also some internal structures!), which animals will be determined and a list of authors.
The last 30 pages of the chapter are about the determination of the Swiss ants. In these pages you can find these ants (52 sp., v. and r.):Camponotus vagus Scop.
Camponotus herculeanus L.
Camponotus herculeanus r. ligniperdus Latr.
Camponotus aethiops Latr.
Colobopsis truncates Spin.
Formica sanguinea Latr.
Formica execta Nyl.
Formica rufa L.
Formica rufa r. pratensis Retzius.
Formica rufa r. truncicola Nyl.
Formica fusca r. fusca L.
Formica fusca r. glebaria Nyl.
Formica fusca r. rufibarbis F.
Formica fusca r. cinerea Mayr.
Polyergus rufescens Latr.
Lasius fuliginosus Latr.
Lasius flavus F.
Lasius umbratus Nyl.
Lasius niger L.
Lasius emarginatus Ol.
Lasius brunneus Latr.
Plagiolepis pygmaea Latr.
Myrmica rubida Latr.
Myrmica rubra r. levinodis Nyl.
Myrmica rubra r. ruginodis Nyl.
Myrmica scabrinodis Nyl.
Myrmica lobicornis Nyl.
Myrmica rugulosa Nyl.
Myrmica sulcinodis Nyl.
Tetramorium caespitum L.
Strongylognathus testaceus Schenck.
Strongylognathus huberi r. huneri For.
Strongylognathus huberi r. alpinus Wheeler.
Anergates atratulus Schenck.
Leptothorax acervorum F.
Leptothorax nylanderi Först.
Leptothorax tuberum r. tuberum F.
Leptothorax tuberum r. unifasciatus Latr.
Leptothorax tuberum r. affinis Mayr.
Harpagoxenus sublaevis Nyl.
Formicoxenus nitidulus Nyl.
Solenopsis fugax Latr.
Myrmecina graminicola Latr.
Aphaenogaster subterranean Latr.
Messor structor Latr.
Cremastogaster scutellaris Ol.
Pheidole pallidula Nyl.
Pheidole anastasii v. cellarum For.
Monomorium pharaonic L.
Tapinoma erraticum Latr.
Dolichoderus quadripunctatus L.
Ponera coarctata Latr.It is a simplified determination key. A bigger/fuller key you can find in Forel 1915. Also, some of the species discovered by himself aren’t yet found, most importantly Teleutomyrmex schneideri, described in 1950, Doronomyrmex pacis, described in 1945, Leptothorax arcanus, described in 1973, and so on, not even including new found species, etc.
It is an old list but, for that time, a relative good one. Like he says, Forel 1915 is for specialists.Chapter nine: “Literatur.” (p. 162-164). For that time it is a great reference list, for Switzerland and general books.
And finally “Nachwort.” (p. 165). Kutter thanks all the people who helped him with his book and dates it on “März 1920”.
In general, this is a very good book about ants, here and there a little bit old but for the most part very good. Only his list about Swiss ants is an old one. For those who can read it, do it and learn from it!
But if you look now at Seifert, 2018…. What a difference! For that moment in time, 100 years ago, Kutter must have been a good introduction to the study of ants! So… -
Let me start with a small correction of the reference:
Kutter, H., 1920, “”Gehe hin zur Ameise!” Anleitung zur selbständigen Ameisenforschung.” Naturwissenschaftliche Beobachtungsbücher 1-2: viii + 165 pp.
The time the book was written is 1920, publication time, so in reality it must have been written in 1918-1919, a hard/though post-war time. So, with great respect, it is an incredible prestation to write a book about ants. And I must say, it is a fantastic little gem.
First the “Vorwort.” (p. iii-iv), a small but great introduction from the world around us to the world of the ants. In it is already a first mention that it is a general review and not an in-depth study of the ants of Switzerland. So, he won’t give everything known about those insects but invites us to study them and discover things already known and new!
Chapter one: “Allgemeine Orientierung.” (p. 1-7). Why are ants interesting and how should we study them? In it, there is a general review about how we can study ants and that we will not leave them alone afterwards…
Chapter two: “Die Ameisen und die wichtigsten Tatsachen aus ihrem Leben.” (p. 8-29). In this chapter he gives the most important things from the life of these insects. A total of 21 steps gives a very good view of the extraordinary life’s of these little creatures. And he is also in favour of ants communicating with chemical substances…
Chapter three: “Die Exkursionsausrüstung und ihr Gebrauch etc.” (p. 30-48). A very good introduction to the way how we can go on a tour to collect ants and how to keep them at home. In it is a complete guide about what you need to collect ants and a first step to keep them at home.
Chapter four: “Die künstlichen Beobachtungsnester, ihre Nebenapparate und die Ameisenzucht.” (p. 49-97). Here you get a very good review of how to keep ants for scientific reasons and technics about how to introduce queens in alien nests. It does not include some of the more modern ant-keeping ways but the chapter is surprisingly well written.
Chapter five: “Präparation und Sammlung.” (p. 98-105). A very good introduction about how to make a dry preparation and how to organise your collection. Some products used are a little bit old and should now be replaced but that does not reduce the quality of the technics used.
Chapter six: “Reiseausrüstung, Fragen der Tiergeographie etc.” (p. 106-112). The part about the “Reiseausrüstung” is good and is an amendment on chapter three. But the second part of this chapter isn”t very good. For questions about animal geography this little booklet is way too old.
Chapter seven: “Die Bedeutung der Ameisen.” (p. 113-118). This chapter starts very well, only the figures about how many species of ants there are on the world are old. But the second part, about the extermination materials for ants, is very old and should be omitted. It gets great again when talking about myrmecochoric plants.
Chapter eight: “Unsere einheimischen Ameisen.” (p. 119-161). This chapter is again very good but old. The very good part is about what kind of individuals are found in a nest, their differences, the parts of the worker ant (also some internal structures!), which animals will be determined and a list of authors.
The last 30 pages of the chapter are about the determination of the Swiss ants. In these pages you can find these ants (52 sp., v. and r.):Camponotus vagus Scop.
Camponotus herculeanus L.
Camponotus herculeanus r. ligniperdus Latr.
Camponotus aethiops Latr.
Colobopsis truncates Spin.
Formica sanguinea Latr.
Formica execta Nyl.
Formica rufa L.
Formica rufa r. pratensis Retzius.
Formica rufa r. truncicola Nyl.
Formica fusca r. fusca L.
Formica fusca r. glebaria Nyl.
Formica fusca r. rufibarbis F.
Formica fusca r. cinerea Mayr.
Polyergus rufescens Latr.
Lasius fuliginosus Latr.
Lasius flavus F.
Lasius umbratus Nyl.
Lasius niger L.
Lasius emarginatus Ol.
Lasius brunneus Latr.
Plagiolepis pygmaea Latr.
Myrmica rubida Latr.
Myrmica rubra r. levinodis Nyl.
Myrmica rubra r. ruginodis Nyl.
Myrmica scabrinodis Nyl.
Myrmica lobicornis Nyl.
Myrmica rugulosa Nyl.
Myrmica sulcinodis Nyl.
Tetramorium caespitum L.
Strongylognathus testaceus Schenck.
Strongylognathus huberi r. huneri For.
Strongylognathus huberi r. alpinus Wheeler.
Anergates atratulus Schenck.
Leptothorax acervorum F.
Leptothorax nylanderi Först.
Leptothorax tuberum r. tuberum F.
Leptothorax tuberum r. unifasciatus Latr.
Leptothorax tuberum r. affinis Mayr.
Harpagoxenus sublaevis Nyl.
Formicoxenus nitidulus Nyl.
Solenopsis fugax Latr.
Myrmecina graminicola Latr.
Aphaenogaster subterranean Latr.
Messor structor Latr.
Cremastogaster scutellaris Ol.
Pheidole pallidula Nyl.
Pheidole anastasii v. cellarum For.
Monomorium pharaonic L.
Tapinoma erraticum Latr.
Dolichoderus quadripunctatus L.
Ponera coarctata Latr.It is a simplified determination key. A bigger/fuller key you can find in Forel 1915. Also, some of the species discovered by himself aren’t yet found, most importantly Teleutomyrmex schneideri, described in 1950, Doronomyrmex pacis, described in 1945, Leptothorax arcanus, described in 1973, and so on, not even including new found species, etc.
It is an old list but, for that time, a relative good one. Like he says, Forel 1915 is for specialists.Chapter nine: “Literatur.” (p. 162-164). For that time it is a great reference list, for Switzerland and general books.
And finally “Nachwort.” (p. 165). Kutter thanks all the people who helped him with his book and dates it on “März 1920”.
In general, this is a very good book about ants, here and there a little bit old but for the most part very good. Only his list about Swiss ants is an old one. For those who can read it, do it and learn from it!
But if you look now at Seifert, 2018…. What a difference! For that moment in time, 100 years ago, Kutter must have been a good introduction to the study of ants! So… -
It has been a very long time since somebody looked at the ant fauna of the Aeolian Islands, a Sicilian volcanic archipelago. The last one was Kutter in 1927, after that only now and then an author but very confined qua species.
Kutter, H. 1927a. Ein myrmekologischer Streifzug durch Sizilien. Folia Myrmecologica et Termitologica 1:94-104.
Kutter, H. 1927b. Ein myrmekologischer Streifzug durch Sizilien (Schluss). Folia Myrmecologica et Termitologica 1:135-136.http://antcat.org/documents/1955/4710.pdf and http://hymfiles.biosci.ohio-st…pdfs-osuc/23139/23139.pdf
And now we have this article, very good, magnificent:
Schär, S.; Menchetti, M.; Schifani, E.; Hinojosa, J. C.; Platania, L.; Dapporto, L.; Vila, R. 2020. Integrative biodiversity inventory of ants from a Sicilian archipelago reveals high diversity on young volcanic islands (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Organisms Diversity & Evolution 0:0-0. [online early]
http://antcat.org/documents/79…rsity_aeolian_islands.pdf
With this abstract;
"Islands are fascinating study systems for biogeography, allowing researchers to investigate patterns across organisms on a comparable geographical scale. They are also often important for conservation. Here, we present the first bio-inventory of the ant fauna of the Aeolian Islands, a Sicilian volcanic archipelago formed within the last million years. We documented a total of 40 species, including one first record for Italy (Lasius casevitzi). Mitochondrial DNA barcodes were obtained for all 40 taxa sampled on the islands, 13 of which were studied genetically for the first time. Mitochondrial DNA sequences of island specimens were compared with those of conspecific samples from other Aeolian Islands, Sicily and mainland Italy. Standardized photographical documentation of all sequenced specimens is provided. All but one currently recognized species (97.5%) were recovered as monophyletic. Genetic divergence within species ranged up to 12.4% in Pheidole pallidula, although most species had much lower levels of intraspecific divergence. At the scale of the Aeolian Islands, intraspecific genetic divergence varied significantly between subfamilies, with species of the subfamily Myrmicinae showing higher intraspecific divergences than the Formicinae. Comparison of specimens from the Aeolian Islands with conspecific ones from the putative source populations (Sicily and mainland Italy) suggested that the island of Panarea has the genetically most derived myrmeco-fauna among the seven focal Islands. Overall, DNA barcoding is a useful-albeit not perfect-method for classifying poorly studied groups of organisms and ants in particular."
And then, this very richly illustrated Electronic supplementary material:
https://static-content.springe…7_2020_442_MOESM1_ESM.pdf
Great!!!
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Tinaut, A., Martínez-Ibáñez, M. D., Ruano, F., 2007, “Inventário de las especies de formícidos de Sierra Nevada, Granada (España) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).” or “Inventory of the ant species of Sierra Nevada, Granada (Spain) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).” Zoologica Baetica, vol. 18, p. 49-68.
- 20 pp., 0 figs. - [2007-??-??].93 references.
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No. As far as the article goes all stay in Lasius.
Only for the rest he will inquire other myrmecologists...
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An unforseen but very great article, new from the press:
A taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic members of the subgenus Lasius s.str. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).
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