http://formicidae.darkbb.com/hot-topics-nouveautes-f13/-t1.htm Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:13:42 GMT 10 http://i27.servimg.com/u/f27/11/05/08/07/bandea10.jpg http://formicidae.darkbb.com/hot-topics-nouveautes-f13/-t1.htm http://formicidae.darkbb.com/hot-topics-nouveautes-f13/new-website-wwwformicidaeorg-t58.htm kiko
The new www.formicidae.org is up and running. The site is in final beta testing, and any suggestions will be welcome.

Please, find more info on the areas here]]> Hot topics / Nouveautes Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:13:42 GMT http://formicidae.darkbb.com/hot-topics-nouveautes-f13/new-website-wwwformicidaeorg-t58.htm#124 http://formicidae.darkbb.com/hot-topics-nouveautes-f13/new-website-wwwformicidaeorg-t58.htm http://formicidae.darkbb.com/hot-topics-nouveautes-f13/new-subfamily-t56.htm Benoit Guenard A news like this one does not arrive every day. Martialis heureka is the first species (will it be the only one?) of the new ant subfamily Martialidae. Not only it is a new subfamily, but it seems that this one could solve some of the problems in ant phylogeny. One of the author, Christian Rabeling was instructor at the Antcourse, and gave us a very good talk on his new discovery. The article is available on the early version of PNAS under the title: Newly discovered sister ... Hot topics / Nouveautes Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:36:37 GMT http://formicidae.darkbb.com/hot-topics-nouveautes-f13/new-subfamily-t56.htm#117 http://formicidae.darkbb.com/hot-topics-nouveautes-f13/new-subfamily-t56.htm http://formicidae.darkbb.com/hot-topics-nouveautes-f13/myrmecological-news-online-early-t44.htm abuschinger http://www.myrmecologicalnews.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=17&Itemid=64

Some papers are free. Very interesting e.g. Heinze: The demise of the standard ant.

A. Buschinger]]> Hot topics / Nouveautes Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:25:36 GMT http://formicidae.darkbb.com/hot-topics-nouveautes-f13/myrmecological-news-online-early-t44.htm#81 http://formicidae.darkbb.com/hot-topics-nouveautes-f13/myrmecological-news-online-early-t44.htm http://formicidae.darkbb.com/hot-topics-nouveautes-f13/journal-of-applied-entomology-formica-special-number-t37.htm Benoit Guenard The Journal of Applied Entomology has in its last edition of May 2008, articles only about ants and especially on Formica. Many studies look at the impact of ants as ecosystem engineers. Some other are interested in the distribution of native Formica in the Yellowstone park, or on the evolution of 30 years old introduced Formica population. Here is the list of the different articles: Ants in the soil system;a hydrological, chemical and biological approach pp. 265-265(1) Authors: ... Hot topics / Nouveautes Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:57:04 GMT http://formicidae.darkbb.com/hot-topics-nouveautes-f13/journal-of-applied-entomology-formica-special-number-t37.htm#65 http://formicidae.darkbb.com/hot-topics-nouveautes-f13/journal-of-applied-entomology-formica-special-number-t37.htm http://formicidae.darkbb.com/hot-topics-nouveautes-f13/new-evidences-for-the-evolution-of-eusociality-by-kin-selection-t43.htm Benoit Guenard An article by William O. H. Hughes, Benjamin P. Oldroyd, Madeleine Beekman and Francis L. W. Ratnieks is published in Science 320 p 1213-1216, under the title: Ancestral Monogamy Shows Kin Selection Is Key to the Evolution of Eusociality Here is the abstract: Close relatedness has long been considered crucial to the evolution of eusociality. However, it has recently been suggested that close relatedness may be a consequence, rather than a cause, of eusociality. We tested this idea with ... Hot topics / Nouveautes Fri, 30 May 2008 13:23:55 GMT http://formicidae.darkbb.com/hot-topics-nouveautes-f13/new-evidences-for-the-evolution-of-eusociality-by-kin-selection-t43.htm#78 http://formicidae.darkbb.com/hot-topics-nouveautes-f13/new-evidences-for-the-evolution-of-eusociality-by-kin-selection-t43.htm http://formicidae.darkbb.com/hot-topics-nouveautes-f13/invasive-alien-species-a-european-concern-eu-consultation-t41.htm abuschinger Invasive Alien Species – A European Concern Here is an important questionnaire. “The consultation seeks the views of all stakeholders on the scale of IAS problems and how to address them most effectively at EU level.” I think that everybody who is concerned about the growing international trade of exotic species (plants, fish, …ants) should fill in the questionnaire until 5 May: http://ec.europa.eu/yourvoice/ipm/forms/dispatch?form=Invasive A. Buschinger Hot topics / Nouveautes Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:44:02 GMT http://formicidae.darkbb.com/hot-topics-nouveautes-f13/invasive-alien-species-a-european-concern-eu-consultation-t41.htm#72 http://formicidae.darkbb.com/hot-topics-nouveautes-f13/invasive-alien-species-a-european-concern-eu-consultation-t41.htm http://formicidae.darkbb.com/hot-topics-nouveautes-f13/useful-ants-t31.htm Benoit Guenard In this world more and more based on materialism and profitability it is sometimes difficult to explain to non scientific people (and even to some scientific colleagues) that I work on ants and why it can be interesting and useful. Usually, the discussion the discussion looks like: Me:" Ants are important in ecological processes: they regulate other insects populations, they can disperse seeds, they move around the ground, blablabla blablabla,..." And in 90% of the cases, my ... Hot topics / Nouveautes Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:36:09 GMT http://formicidae.darkbb.com/hot-topics-nouveautes-f13/useful-ants-t31.htm#46 http://formicidae.darkbb.com/hot-topics-nouveautes-f13/useful-ants-t31.htm http://formicidae.darkbb.com/hot-topics-nouveautes-f13/how-to-collect-army-ants-a-chimpanzee-perspective-t20.htm Benoit Guenard I have to admit, I did not really know where write this note, maybe in methodology? But finally I have chosen the Hot Topics section. The article has for title: The nature of culture: Technological variation in chimpanzee predation on army ants revisited. And is published this week in the The Journal of Human Evolution, by Schoning et al.. Except the fact that this article is a supplementary example of the use of tools by chimpanzees and its cultural and ecological variations, breaking ... Hot topics / Nouveautes Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:46:45 GMT http://formicidae.darkbb.com/hot-topics-nouveautes-f13/how-to-collect-army-ants-a-chimpanzee-perspective-t20.htm#27 http://formicidae.darkbb.com/hot-topics-nouveautes-f13/how-to-collect-army-ants-a-chimpanzee-perspective-t20.htm http://formicidae.darkbb.com/hot-topics-nouveautes-f13/natural-resitance-to-gmo-plant-t18.htm Benoit Guenard This does not concern the ants directly, but could be and is a proof of the rapid evolutionary rates in insects. Published this week in the review Nature Biotechnology, an article by Tabashnik et al. about the natural development of resistance by a species of Lepidoptera to transgenic crops. Beside the fact that this should reactivate the debate on GMO and give ammo to their opponents, it also shown that insect populations are able to develop resistance in a short period of time (here less ... Hot topics / Nouveautes Fri, 08 Feb 2008 23:37:20 GMT http://formicidae.darkbb.com/hot-topics-nouveautes-f13/natural-resitance-to-gmo-plant-t18.htm#23 http://formicidae.darkbb.com/hot-topics-nouveautes-f13/natural-resitance-to-gmo-plant-t18.htm