Reference #2

feeds@yuku.com (antdude) http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/2257 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:59:50 GMT <![CDATA[ New paper on ant classification by P. S. Ward ]]> http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/2258/t/New-paper-on-ant-classification-by-P-S-Ward.html It is entitled: Phylogeny, classification, and species-level taxonomy of ants
Enjoy! ]]> feeds@yuku.com (MarekB) http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/2258 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:08:16 GMT <![CDATA[ "Aren't drones males?" ]]> http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/7012/t/-quot-Aren-t-drones-males-quot-.html www.videosift.com/video/A...ent-222296 ...

MarineGunrock asked a good question. Are worker ants considered drones even though they're females? I have read and heard people use drones for them.

o/~ All the little ants are marching, red and black antennae... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (antdude) http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/7012 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 13:29:24 GMT <![CDATA[ A big day for ant taxonomy (Wilson festschrift published) ]]> http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/2259/t/A-big-day-for-ant-taxonomy-Wilson-festschrift-published-.html
Advances in ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): homage to E. O. Wilson

Lots of important papers. New species in many groups are described, a new genus for the U.S., and many new and much-needed taxonomic keys. Note the participation of... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Myrmecos1) http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/2259 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:07:43 GMT <![CDATA[ New role for majors in Atta leafcutter ants ]]> http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/2261/t/New-role-for-majors-in-Atta-leafcutter-ants.html www.blackwell-synergy.com...07.00877.x from theantroom.blogspot.com/2...utter.html

Abstract.

1. Atta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) leafcutter ants display the most polymorphic worker caste... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (antdude) http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/2261 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 06:45:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Texts with information by species: Camponotus Variegatus ]]> http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/2260/t/Texts-with-information-by-species-Camponotus-Variegatus.html

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Camponotus Variegatus

HOSTS

These ants will feed on small insects, honeydew from aphids, and most foods found in a home, including meat and grease.

DISTRIBUTION

Southeastern Asia,... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Melk9) http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/2260 Thu, 02 Aug 2007 06:31:48 GMT <![CDATA[ Dgphelps' Personal Top Ant Sites! ]]> http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/2265/t/Dgphelps-Personal-Top-Ant-Sites-.html feeds@yuku.com (dgphelps) http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/2265 Tue, 24 Jul 2007 09:00:38 GMT <![CDATA[ Ant Texts at Internet Archive: A Good Reading Source ]]> http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/2267/t/Ant-Texts-at-Internet-Archive-A-Good-Reading-Source.html www.archive.org/details/ant_texts from theantroom.blogspot.com/2...-good.html ...

"A section specifically on Ant Texts, affiliated somehow with antbase.org. It has a nice interface that seems very user friendly, and appears to be... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (antdude) http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/2267 Fri, 01 Jun 2007 04:42:52 GMT <![CDATA[ house infesting ants & managment...swarming time table ]]> http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/2271/t/house-infesting-ants-amp-managment-swarming-time-table.html feeds@yuku.com (Arlington) http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/2271 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 23:39:53 GMT <![CDATA[ Texas Fire Ant Identification and TEXAS PEST ANT IDENTIFICAT ]]> http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/2273/t/Texas-Fire-Ant-Identification-and-TEXAS-PEST-ANT-IDENTIFICAT.html An Illustrated Key file size:487kb

fireant.tamu.edu/material...002rev.pdf

TEXAS PEST ANT IDENTIFICATION:
AN ILLUSTRATED KEY file size:333kb

feeds@yuku.com (Arlington) http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/2273 Tue, 19 Dec 2006 23:47:14 GMT <![CDATA[ Immature Development and Colony Growth of Crazy Ant ]]> http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/2272/t/Immature-Development-and-Colony-Growth-of-Crazy-Ant.html
www.univalle.edu.co/~horm...%20ant.pdf (463 KB)

[added the file size since it is a bit big and takes a while to download, revised the title, and moved to reference forum] --antdude ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Arlington) http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/2272 Tue, 19 Dec 2006 22:16:41 GMT <![CDATA[ Charles Darwin and Ants. ]]> http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/2274/t/Charles-Darwin-and-Ants-.html science.slashdot.org/arti...19/1822239 mentions a new Charles Darwin We site: darwin-online.org.uk/ ... I searched for ants and found some hits that might interest some people: feeds@yuku.com (antdude) http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/2274 Thu, 19 Oct 2006 18:44:27 GMT <![CDATA[ Why Ants Rule the World (article) ]]> http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/2276/t/Why-Ants-Rule-the-World-article-.html Why Ants Rule the World

(from www.livescience.com/) ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Myrmecos1) http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/2276 Mon, 08 May 2006 11:57:52 GMT <![CDATA[ Sib-mating versus inbreeding ]]> http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/2278/t/Sib-mating-versus-inbreeding.html -->

Until recently I roamed the earth believing that sib-mating and inbreeding mean the same thing :crazy

Well reading Bourke and Franks' 1995 "Social evolution in ants" I found those two terms... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (K Kris) http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/2278 Mon, 01 May 2006 05:12:35 GMT <![CDATA[ Pronymph/pupa confusion ]]> http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/2281/t/Pronymph-pupa-confusion.html
Well in the literature there are a lot of references to pupae and so on...we basically all know what a pupa is. But there is also mention of pronymphs but nowhere some discrete info on what they actually are.

As far as I understand this: a pronymph is a sort of transitional phase between a larva and a pupa? The larva stops being mobile, stops feeding etc. and "starts to focus" on development of internal as well as external organs of an imago?

So lets... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (K Kris) http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/2281 Mon, 01 May 2006 04:33:34 GMT <![CDATA[ Wanted: Infos on Myrmecia anatomy; Sperms, ovaries, etc. ]]> http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/2279/t/Wanted-Infos-on-Myrmecia-anatomy-Sperms-ovaries-etc-.html
Recently I had to dissect two queens of Myrmecia pavida in order to figure out whether they were mated. They were not. But when dissecting them I think I have seen some remarkable features in their digestive tracts.
Searching for literature on internal anatomy of Myrmecia only revealed some descriptions of the proventriculus (the valve between crop and midgut).
Does somebody know of any descriptions of the entire digestive tract of a Myrmecia species?
- Its a pity that... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (A Buschinger) http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/2279 Sun, 30 Apr 2006 01:17:54 GMT <![CDATA[ Information on ants in coffee ]]> http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/2280/t/Information-on-ants-in-coffee.html
I'm investigating this in Sumatra, and now I only have some accounts in Applied Myrmecology book. So far I conclude from observations and literatures that some arboreal species are pest because of their scale-insects tending habits.

Further details can bee seen in my work blog in 20 April entry.
This is also a notification about the blog:
feeds@yuku.com (nugi81) http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/2280 Thu, 27 Apr 2006 19:56:23 GMT <![CDATA[ Ant gardens in Asian tropics, too! ]]> http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/2284/t/Ant-gardens-in-Asian-tropics-too-.html Naturwissenschaften the following ant news:

Ant-gardens of tropical Asian rainforests

Abstract Ant-garden (AG) associations are systems of
epiphytic plants... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Dr Ant) http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/2284 Mon, 17 Apr 2006 11:53:41 GMT <![CDATA[ Mating Chart 2006 - 2007 ]]> http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/6907/t/Mating-Chart-2006-2007.html
Also available here ants.ideltech.com/
s3rca's chart alpha.zimage.com/~ant/ant...ights.html... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (MrILoveTheAnts) http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/6907 Fri, 14 Apr 2006 21:32:46 GMT