Asian Myrmecology

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An exciting PhD opportunity at the Czech Academy of Sciences to study tropical ants and beetles in Taiwan:

A #PhD opportunity on social insect-soil-plant interactions with fieldwork in Borneo!

New in @AsianMyrmecol : Jason Williams describes a new Prenolepis species endemic to Nepal, Prenolepis rinpoche, and discusses the biogeography of Asian Prenolepis species. asian-myrmecology.org/doi/10.20362/a…

New in @AsianMyrmecol: Chen & Chen describe a new species of the rarely collected ant genus Gauromyrmex. Gauromyrmex orbihumerus from China is only the third Gauromyrmex species known to science & the first new species since 1935! asian-myrmecology.org/doi/10.20362/a…

New in @AsianMyrmecol: Wang et al. present a massive checklist of the ants in Singapore, with notes on their ecology & taxonomy. They document 409 nominal species (& subspecies) from 100 genera, including new records for 121 species & 10 genera asian-myrmecology.org/doi/10.20362/a…

New in @AsianMyrmecol: Mizuno et al. report on prey searching and nestmate recruitment in the millipede-specialized predatory ants Leptogenys cyanicatena, known for their striking metallic blue bodies and novel formations of 'daisy chains' asian-myrmecology.org/doi/10.20362/a…

New in @AsianMyrmecol: A memorial for the late Christian Peeters and his contributions to myrmecology. Ant scientists around the world share their experiences working with and being inspired by Christian. asian-myrmecology.org/doi/10.20362/a…

New in @AsianMyrmecol: Tsuji reviews reproductive differentiation and conflicts in the ant genus Diacamma, a model system for integrative sociobiology asian-myrmecology.org/doi/10.20362/a…

New in @AsianMyrmecol: Liu, Xu & Garcia present a taxonomic review of the ant genus Lordomyrma in China, describe two new species, and provide a key to known species of the world asian-myrmecology.org/doi/10.20362/a…

New in @AsianMyrmecol: Ito, Hashim & Gobin investigate the colony composition of the Oriental ectatommine ant, Gnamptogenys menadensis in Peninsular Malaysia asian-myrmecology.org/doi/10.20362/a…

New in @AsianMyrmecol: The nesting ecology and biology of the bark-digging ant genus Rhopalomastix by Yong, Jaitrong & Peeters. This article is part of the special issue dedicated to the late Christian Peeters. asian-myrmecology.org/doi/10.20362/a…

An obituary dedicated to Bakhtiar Effendi Bin Yahya (1973–2020), by his former advisor Seiki Yamane and former student Anati Sawang. asian-myrmecology.org/doi/10.20362/a…

New in @AsianMyrmecol: Remembering the late Rudy Kohout (1933–2016), by Simon Robson & Seiki Yamane. An expert of Polyrhachis ('spiny ants'), Rudy described over 150 new species, many from Australia & New Guinea asian-myrmecology.org/doi/10.20362/a…

New in @AsianMyrmecol: Dendup and colleagues present a preliminary checklist of ant species from Bhutan 🇧🇹asian-myrmecology.org/doi/10.20362/a…

New in @AsianMyrmecol: Chu Wang, Chung-Chi Lin, Roberto Keller & Johan Billen investigate the structure of 'hairwheels' unique to Strumigenys ant species & discuss their mysterious function. asian-myrmecology.org/doi/10.20362/a…

New in @AsianMyrmecol: Arthur Matte & Johan Billen use histological and dissection approaches to investigate the breakdown of flight muscles in newly mated queen ants asian-myrmecology.org/doi/10.20362/a…

New in @AsianMyrmecol: Shimizu-Kaya and colleagues report differences in herbivore species and herbivory rates on Macaranga lamellata plants tended by Crematogaster vs. Colobopsis ant species in Borneo 🌱🐜 bit.ly/3vB8OQE

Super happy to have another photograph of mine featuring on the journal cover of Asian myrmecology! 🐜 📸 😊

The first ergatoid queens of Pheidole #ants have been found on oceanic islands of the #Philippines! This incredible & unexpected discovery is described in a new @AsianMyrmecol paper by David General, Perry Buenavente & the late Christian Peeters bit.ly/3ypumRZ

New in @AsianMyrmecol: Monomorium hiten dealate queen ants can use thelytokous parthenogenesis, a relatively rare reproductive strategy in nature. From Ito et al. asian-myrmecology.org/doi/10.20362/a… #ant #biology