Cross-species cloning in ants ๐
These two males belong to different speciesโbut share the same mother. How? Why?
To celebrate the print release of our last paper in this weekโs @nature.com (issue 8084), hereโs a thread summarizing the results. Why? Letโs dive in๐งต๐ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Carebara bifida, holotype major worker.
#NewSpecies
New ant from #vietnam just nipped us:
Carebara bifida
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/CBDF3CBD-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/dez....
#DeutscheEntomologischeZeitschrift #CarebaraBifida
#FAIRdata
#biodiversity #nature #entomology #insects #hymenoptera #formicidae #myrmecology #ants
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Our new paper on the ant genus Carebara is out! It describes two new species from northern Vietnam and proposes a species group, including these two species and C. oni, based on shared morphological characters.
It is open access and can be accessed via the link in the quoted post.
Two new species are described from Vietnam as part of a taxonomic revision of the ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ species group of subterranean ants.
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New article about Messor harvester ant phylogeny and evolution funded by @erc.europa.eu in @isemevol.bsky.social resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Exciting news to add to the feedโmy second dissertation chapter was recently published in Systematic Entomology!
doi.org/10.1111/syen... ๐
Dorsal view of male velvet-ant (family Mutillidae), Myrmilloides grandiceps. The head is twice as wide as the mesosoma (i.e., thorax) and the large mandibles are open and looking quite formidable. This species as brachypterous males; they have wings, but they are tiny and non-functional. Overall the specimen is ferruginous, with a pair of pale spots on the metasoma (i.e., abdomen) and with pale stripes on the ends of the metasomal tergites. The mandibles, antennae, and legs are darker, at least in part.
Males of all North American velvet-ant species are winged, although males of Myrmilloides grandiceps are brachypterousโthe wings are present, but they're tiny and non-functional.
The intimidation factor of the large mandibles is offset by the derpy-looking wings, in my opinion. ๐
