Teleutotje Student
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Posts by Teleutotje

  • A few articles.

    Mohseni, M. R.; Mikheyev, A. S. 2023. A new species of Crematogaster Lund, 1831 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran with an identification key to Iranian Crematogaster species. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 16:23 pp.


    Pdf and key:


    https://antcat.org/documents/8…iv_crematogaster_iran.pdf


    Orou, N.; Csősz, S.; Arnan, X.; Pol, R. G.; Arthofer, W.; Schlick-Steiner, B. C.; Steiner, F. M. 2023. Messor erwini sp. n., a hitherto cryptic harvester ant in the Iberian Peninsula. Zoologischer Anzeiger 307:36-53.


    Pdf and key:


    https://antcat.org/documents/8…rom_iberian_peninsula.pdf


    Text, pdf, key and 5 supporting files:


    https://www.sciencedirect.com/…44523123000980?via%3Dihub

  • A few articles.

    A new species of Typhlomyrmex from Colombia, re-description of the worker of T. clavicornis Emery, description of the worker of T. prolatus Brown, and key of known species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).

    Fernando Fernández, Gianpiero Fiorentino, Daniel Castro.


    Text, determination key and pdf:


    https://jhr.pensoft.net/article/103219/


    First record of the genus Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) in Hong Kong, with descriptions of two new species.

    Matthew T. Hamer, Roger H. Lee, Benoit Guénard.


    Text and pdf:


    https://europeanjournaloftaxon…php/ejt/article/view/2165


    Jeenthong, T.; Jaitrong, W.; Tasen, W. 2023. A new species of the ant genus Vombisidris Bolton, 1991 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) from Thailand. Tropical Natural History 23 (1):105-113.


    Text and key:


    https://antcat.org/documents/8…species_from_thailand.pdf


    Dhadwal, T.; Bharti, H. 2023. Aenictus dirangensis sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a new species of Aenictus ceylonicus group from India. Journal of the Entomological Research Society 25 (2):387-403.


    Pdf and key:


    https://antcat.org/documents/8…sis_sp_nov_from_india.pdf

  • A few articles.

    Csősz, S.; Loss, A. C.; Fisher, B. L. 2023. Exploring the diversity of the Malagasy Ponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) fauna via integrative taxonomy. Organisms Diversity & Evolution -:11 pp. [online early]


    Pdf and key:


    https://antcat.org/documents/8…_evol_malagasy_ponera.pdf


    Text, pdf, key and 3 supplemental files:


    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13127-023-00610-1


    Salata, S.; Demetriou, J.; Georgiadis, C.; Borowiec, L. 2023. The genus Messor Forel, 1890 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Cyprus. Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 73:215-234.

    Pdf and key:


    https://antcat.org/documents/8…z-73-2_salata_215-234.pdf

  • A few articles.

    Satria, R.; Putri, D. H.; Ahda, Y. 2023. Genus Protanilla Taylor, 1990 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Leptanillinae) from Sumatra, with the description of a new species. Serangga 28 (1):69-78.


    Pdf and key:


    https://antcat.org/documents/8…_species_from_sumatra.pdf


    Silva, T. S. R; Hamer, M. T.; Guénard, B. 2023. A checklist of Nylanderia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) from Hong Kong and Macao SARs, with an illustrated identification key for species in Southeast China and Taiwan. Zootaxa 5301 (5):501-539.


    Pdf and key:


    https://antcat.org/documents/8…_nylanderia_checklist.pdf

  • Extreme, workerless inquilinism.

    The Extreme, Workerless Inquilines of the World.


    The inquiline species.


    The Tetramorium inquilinum species-group (“Degenerate workerless social parasites of several other Tetramorium species”, complete.) Before as Tetramorium Mayr, 1855 (Only a few species in a big genus.) (= Teleutomyrmex Kutter, 1950, by Ward, Brady, Fisher, Schultz, 2015 (“2014”), the old genus, complete.).


    01) Tetramorium inquilinum Ward, Brady, Fisher, Schultz, 2015 (“2014”)

    (= 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"), replacement name)

    02) Tetramorium kutteri (Tinaut, 1990)

    (= Teleutomyrmex kutteri Tinaut, 1990)

    (= Tetramorium kutteri (Tinaut, 1990), by Ward, Brady, Fisher, Schultz, 2015 ("2014"))

    (not Tetramorium semilaeve André, 1883 var. kutteri Santschi, 1927)

    03) Tetramorium seiferti (Kiran, Karaman, 2017, in Kiran, Karaman, Lapeva-Gjonova, Aksoy, 2017)

    (= Teleutomyrmex seiferti Kiran, Karaman, 2017, in Kiran, Karaman, Lapeva-Gjonova, Aksoy, 2017)

    (= Tetramorium seiferti (Kiran, Karaman, 2017, in Kiran, Karaman, Lapeva-Gjonova, Aksoy, 2017), by analogy)

    04) Tetramorium buschingeri (Lapeva-Gjonova, 2017, in Kiran, Karaman, Lapeva-Gjonova, Aksoy, 2017)

    (= Teleutomyrmex buschingeri Lapeva-Gjonova, 2017, in Kiran, Karaman, Lapeva-Gjonova, Aksoy, 2017)

    (= Tetramorium buschingeri (Lapeva-Gjonova, 2017, in Kiran, Karaman, Lapeva-Gjonova, Aksoy, 2017), by analogy)

    05) Tetramorium albenae Salata, van Delft, Borowiec, 2023, in Salata, van Delft, van Delft, Georgiadis, Borowiec, 2023


    Not yet described species of extreme, workerless inquiline, from the Tetramorium inquilinum species-group (= Teleutomyrmex Kutter, 1950.).


    06) The new, undescribed species from Tetramorium Mayr, 1855 (= Teleutomyrmex Kutter, 1950) from Farab, Turkmenistan… See Dlussky, Soyunov, Zabelin,

    1990 [“1989”].


    Tetramorium Mayr, 1855 (Only a few species in a big genus.) (= Anergates Forel, 1874, by Ward, Brady, Fisher, Schultz, 2015 (“2014”), the old genus, complete.).


    07) Tetramorium atratulum (Schenck, 1852)

    (= Myrmica atratula Schenck, 1852)

    [Also described as new by Schenck, 1853]

    (= Tetramorium atratulum (Schenck, 1852), by Mayr, 1855)

    [= Tomognathus atratulus (Schenck, 1852), by Mayr, 1863 following Mayr, 1861, obsolete combination.]

    (= Anergates atratulus (Schenck, 1852), by Forel, 1874)

    (= Tetramorium atratulum (Schenck, 1852), by Ward, Brady, Fisher, Schultz, 2015 ("2014"))

    08) Tetramorium friedlandi (Creighton, 1934)

    (= Anergates friedlandi Creighton, 1934)

    [= Tetramorium friedlandi (Creighton, 1934), by analogy]


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


    09) Tetramorium microgyna Santschi, 1918

    10) Tetramorium parasiticum Bolton, 1980


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


    11) Pheidole neokohli Wilson, 1984

    (= Anergatides kohli Wasmann, 1915)

    (= Pheidole kohli (Wasmann, 1915), by Wilson, 1984)

    (not Pheidole kohli Mayr, 1901)

    (= Pheidole neokohli Wilson, 1984, replacement name)

    12) Pheidole acutidens (Santschi, 1922)

    (= Bruchomyrma acutidens Santschi, 1922)

    (= Pheidole acutidens (Santschi, 1922), by Wilson, 1984)

    13) Pheidole argentina (Bruch, 1932)

    (= Gallardomyrma argentina Bruch, 1932)

    (= Pheidole argentina (Bruch, 1932), by Wilson, 1984)

    14) 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.).


    15) Pheidole kusnezovi Wilson, 2003

    (= Eriopheidole symbiotica Kusnezov, 1952)

    (= Pheidole symbiotica (Kusnezov, 1952), by Wilson, 1984)

    (not Pheidole symbiotica Wasmann, 1909)

    (= Pheidole kusnezovi Wilson, 2003, replacement name)


    Distribution.


    01) Europe (Alps, Pyrenees and Northern Spain)

    02) Europe (Southern Iberia)

    03) Turkey (Anatolia)

    04) Europe (Southern Balkans or, more precisely, Bulgaria)

    05) Europe (Balkan Peninsula or, more precisely, Greece)


    06) Turkmenistan


    07) Palaearctic region (most important: Europe)

    08) North America


    09) Southern Africa

    10) Southern Africa


    11) Central Africa

    12) South America

    13) South America

    14) India


    15) South America


    The host species.


    01), 02), 03), 04), 05), 06), 07), 08), 09) and 10) 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) T. kephalosi Salata, Borowiec, 2017


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


    07) T. impurum (Förster, 1850), T. caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758), T. immigrans Santschi, 1927, T. staerckei Kratochvíl, 1944, in Kratochvíl, Novák, Šnoflák, 1944

    and T. moravicum [Kratochvil, 1941, in] Novák, Sadil, 1941, T. diomedeum Emery, 1908, T. chefketi Forel, 1911

    08) T. immigrans Santschi, 1927


    09) T. sericeiventre Emery, 1877 and T. sepositum Santschi, 1918

    10) T. avium Bolton, 1980


    11), 12), 13), 14) and 15) Certain species of the genus Pheidole Westwood, 1839.


    11) P. megacephala (Fabricius, 1793) subsp. melancholica Santschi, 1912

    12) P. strobeli Emery, 1906

    13) P. nitidula Emery, 1888

    14) P. indica Mayr, 1879


    15) P. obscurior Forel, 1886


    A remark about synonymy.


    Tetramorium friedlandi (Creighton, 1934) is now a synonym from Tetramorium atratulum (Schenck, 1852), more precisely an introduced form in North America (see also Schär, Talavera, Espadaler, Rana, Andersen, Cover, Vila, 2018.). This synonymy was given by Creighton, 1950. So, the name is Tetramorium atratulum (Schenck, 1852)...


    Synonyms of the host species.


    - T. impurum (Förster, 1850) (= Myrmica impura Förster, 1850)

    - T. caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758) (= Formica caespitum Linnaeus, 1758)

    - T. chefketi Forel, 1911 (= T. caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758) var. chefketi Forel, 1911)

    - T. immigrans Santschi, 1927 (= T. caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758) var. immigrans Santschi, 1927)

    - T. staerckei Kratochvíl, 1944, in Kratochvíl, Novák, Šnoflák, 1944 (= T. caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758) subsp. hungarica Röszler, 1935 ("1933-34") var. staerckei

    Röszler, 1936)

    - T. diomedeum Emery, 1908 (= T. caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758) var. diomedea Emery, 1908)

    - T. sepositum Santschi, 1918 (= T. gladstonei Forel, 1913 var. seposita Santschi, 1918)

    - P. megacephala (Fabricius, 1793) (= Formica megecephala Fabricius, 1793) (= Formica edax Forskål, 1775, a nomen oblitum under Art. 23.9 of ICZN (1999))

    - P. megacephala (Fabricius, 1793) subsp. melancholica Santschi, 1912 was originally described as P. punctulata Mayr, 1866 st. melancholica Santschi, 1912

    - P. strobeli Emery, 1906 (= P. perversa Forel, 1908 subsp. richteri Forel, 1909, or, in 1922, at the moment the extreme, workerless inquiline species was

    described, = P. strobeli Emery, 1906 subsp. richteri Forel, 1909.)

    - P. nitidula Emery, 1888 (= P. triconstricta Forel, 1886 var. nitidula Emery, 1888)

    - P. obscurior Forel, 1886 (= P. susannae Forel, 1886 r. obscurior Forel, 1886)


    And then...


    …, if you follow the line further that Ward, Brady, Fisher, Schultz, 2015 (“2014”) outlined, the first 10 extreme, workerless inquilines become a few species in the genus Strongylognathus Mayr, 1853.


    01) Strongylognathus inquilinum (Ward, Brady, Fisher, Schultz, 2015 (“2014”))

    (= Strongylognathus schneideri (Kutter, 1950))

    02) Strongylognathus kutteri (Tinaut, 1990)

    03) Strongylognathus seiferti (Kiran, Karaman, 2017, in Kiran, Karaman, Lapeva-Gjonova, Aksoy, 2017)

    04) Strongylognathus buschingeri (Lapeva-Gjonova, 2017, in Kiran, Karaman, Lapeva-Gjonova, Aksoy, 2017)

    05) Strongylognathus albenae (Salata, van Delft, Borowiec, 2023, in Salata, van Delft, van Delft, Georgiadis, Borowiec, 2023)


    07) Strongylognathus atratulus (Schenck, 1852)

    08) Strongylognathus friedlandi (Creighton, 1934)


    09) Strongylognathus microgyna (Santschi, 1918)

    10) Strongylognathus parasiticum (Bolton, 1980)


    If you followed the systematics of ants in 2014-2015, you noticed that all the species of Teleutomyrmex Kutter, 1950 and Anergates Forel, 1874 became Tetramorium Mayr, 1855. But normally, they should have the name Strongylognathus Mayr, 1853. No, they, Ward, Brady, Fisher, Schultz, 2015 (“2014”), didn't like that! So, until the ICZN would say different, they kept Tetramorium Mayr, 1855.


    And now you find under a few species, described in the "normal" genus “Teleutomyrmex Kutter, 1950”, this:


    “[Note: Kiran, et al. 2017: 146, retain the paraphyletic genus Teleutomyrmex.]”


    But they keep themselves a paraphyletic genus, nl. Tetramorium Mayr, 1855! So it should be Strongylognathus Mayr, 1853...

  • Extreme, workerless inquilinism.

    Long time no update. These are recent inclusions:


    Salata, S., van Delft, J. P. L., van Delft, J. J. C. W., Georgiadis, C., Borowiec, L., 2023, “Tetramorium albenae Salata, van Delft & Borowiec n. sp. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) – a new inquiline ant species from the Balkan Peninsula.” The European Zoological Journal, vol. 90, no. 1, p. 333-343 (+ 4 supporting files.).


    Text and pdf:


    https://www.tandfonline.com/do…080/24750263.2023.2198548


    Pdf:


    https://antcat.org/documents/8…from_balkan_peninsula.pdf


    And for the host:


    Salata, S., Borowiec, L., 2017, "Species of Tetramorium semilaeve complex from Balkans and western Turkey, with description of two new species of (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae)." Annales Zoologici (Warsaw), vol. 67, no. 2, p. 279-313.


    https://antcat.org/documents/6…_complex_from_balkans.pdf

  • A few articles.

    Salata, S.; Demetriou, J.; Georgiadis, C.; Borowiec, L. 2023. The ant genus Cataglyphis Förster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Cyprus. Zootaxa 5264 (3):301-322.


    Pdf and key:


    https://antcat.org/documents/8…cataglyphis_in_cyprus.pdf


    The global spread and invasion capacities of alien ants.

    Mark K.L. Wong, Evan P. Economo, Benoit Guénard.

    Current Biology.

    Volume 33, Issue 3, 6 February 2023, Pages 566-571.


    Text and pdf:


    https://www.sciencedirect.com/…cle/pii/S0960982222019200


    The ant subgenus Campomyrma of the genus Polyrhachis Smith, 1857 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Formicinae) in Thailand and Laos, with descriptions of two new species.

    WEEYAWAT JAITRONG, SEIKI YAMANE, YUDTHANA SAMUNG, NAWEE NOON-ANANT.


    Pdf and key:


    https://antcat.org/documents/8…_-campomyrma-_species.pdf


    A revision of the Palaearctic species of the ant genus Cardiocondyla Emery 1869 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).

    BERNHARD SEIFERT.


    Pdf and key:


    https://antcat.org/documents/8…earctic_cardiocondyla.pdf


    Subedi I.P., Yusupov Z.M., Budha P.B.

    Three new species of the ant genus Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Myrmicinae) from Nepal.


    Pdf and key:


    https://www.biosoil.ru/FEE/Publication/2529


    Seifert, B. 2023a. The ant genus Cardiocondyla (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): the species groups with Oriental and Australasian origin. Diversity 15 (1): 25:61 pp.


    Pdf and key:


    https://antcat.org/documents/8…ondyla_species_groups.pdf


    Text, pdf and key:


    https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/1/25

  • Greece.

    Borowiec, L.; Salata, S. 2022. A monographic review of ants of Greece (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Vol. 1. Introduction and review of all subfamilies except the subfamily Myrmicinae. Part 1: text. Bytom: Natural History Monographs of the Upper Silesian Museum, 1-297.


    https://antcat.org/documents/8…tsvolume1_part_1_text.pdf


    Borowiec, L.; Salata, S. 2022. A monographic review of ants of Greece (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Vol. 1. Introduction and review of all subfamilies except the subfamily Myrmicinae. Part 2: plates with color photos. Bytom: Natural History Monographs of the Upper Silesian Museum, 301-757.


    https://antcat.org/documents/8…volume1_part_2_plates.pdf

  • A few articles.

    A new study of an ant head but this time from a fossil ant:


    Richter, A.; Boudinot, B.; Yamamoto, S.; Katzke, J.; Beutel, R. G. 2022. The first reconstruction of the head anatomy of a Cretaceous insect, †Gerontoformica gracilis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), and the early evolution of ants. Insect Systematics and Diversity 6(5), 4:1-80.


    Pdf:


    https://antcat.org/documents/8…formicidae_groundplan.pdf


    Text, pdf and 9 supplemental files:


    https://academic.oup.com/isd/a…6/5/4/6723985?login=false


    Harshana, A.; Dey, D. 2022. Taxonomic studies on the ant genus Lepisiota Santschi 1926 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) in India, with description of four new species. Oriental Insects -:1-35.


    https://antcat.org/documents/8…n_of_four_new_species.pdf


    Chen, Z.; Liang, C.; Du, C. 2022. Revision of Chinese species of the ant genus Parasyscia Emery, 1882 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dorylinae). Zootaxa 5196 (3):301-330.


    Pdf and key Asian species:


    https://antcat.org/documents/8…xa_chinese_parasyscia.pdf

  • My personal introduction books to ants...

    Two additions:

    About the relation between myrmecophiles and ants:

    01) Hölldobler, B. K., Kwapich, C. L., 2022, “The Guests of Ants: How Myrmecophiles Interact with Their Hosts.” Cambridge, Mass., Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, xvi + 560 pp.

    A unique booklet about a special group of ants:

    01) Kutter, H., 1968 (“1969”), “Die sozialparasitischen Ameisen der Schweiz.” Neujahrsblatt herausgegeben von der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich auf das Jahr 1969, vol. 171, (Ausgegeben am 31. Dezember 1968), p. 1-62.


    Official literature lists 82.pdf