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Army ant males lose seasonality at a site on the equator by Tozetto, Leonardo, Forrister, Dale L., Duval, Megan, Hays, Tobias, Garwood, Nancy C., Castro, Ronald Vargas, Lattke, John E., Sendoya, Sebastian, Longino, John T.

“…Army ants are keystone predators in the tropics and subtropics. During reproduction, males fly between colonies to mate with unmated, wingless queens. The…”
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Morphological and genetic evidence supports the separation of two Tapinoma ants (Formicidae, Dolichoderinae) from the Atlantic Forest biome by Escárraga, Mayron E, Lattke, John E, Pie, Marcio R, Guerrero, Roberto J

“…The taxonomic boundaries of many Neotropical ant species of the genus are still unclear. and are two morphologically similar taxa which occur sympatrically in…”
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Review of the Leptogenys unistimulosa species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with the description of a new Amazonian species by Tozetto, Leonardo, Chaul, Júlio C M, Boudinot, Brendon E, Lattke, John E

“…Leptogenys elzasoaresnew species, is described from workers and a male collected near Manaus in the Brazilian Amazon. The worker is recognizable by the…”
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A new species and new records of minuta-group Gnamptogenys from Brazil (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by Dias, Amanda M., Lattke, John E.

“…We report new records of Gnamptogenys caelata Kempf (1967) and Gnamptogenys minuta (Emery, 1896) from Brazil. We also describe Gnamptogenys piei n. sp. from…”
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Ants of the genus Protalaridris (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), more than just deadly mandibles by LATTKE, John E., DELSINNE, Thibaut, ALPERT, Gary D., GUERRERO, Roberto J.

“…The ants of the genus Protalaridris are revised based upon their morphology. Seven species are recognized; the type species (P. armata Brown, 1980) and six…”
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Three new species of the genus Gnamptogenys (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from southern China with a key to the known Chinese species by Chen, Zhilin, Lattke, John E, Shi, Fuming, Zhou, Shanyi

“…Three new species of the genus Gnamptogenys Roger, 1863 are described from southern China: Gnamptogenys dentihumera Chen, Lattke & Zhou, sp. n. , Gnamptogenys…”
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Revealing male genital morphology in the giant ant genus Dinoponera with geometric morphometrics by Tozetto, Leonardo, Lattke, John E.

“…Genitalia include some of the most complex and morphologically diverse structures in insects, finding extensive use in taxonomy, but ant taxonomy is female…”
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New haidomyrmecine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar by Lattke, John E., Melo, Gabriel A.R.

“…Three new species and a new genus of “hell ants” (Haidomyrmecinae) are described from Cenomanian Burmese amber. Ceratomyrmex planus sp. nov. is the second…”
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Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in subterranean natural cavities of Minas Gerais, Brazil by Ladino, Natalia, M. Feitosa, Rodrigo, de Almeida Zampaulo, Robson, Lattke, John E.

“…A list of ant species collected in caves at different localities of Minas Gerais state, Brazil is presented, based on specimens deposited in the Entomological…”
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Biogeography of mutualistic fungi cultivated by leafcutter ants by Mueller, Ulrich G., Ishak, Heather D., Bruschi, Sofia M., Smith, Chad C., Herman, Jacob J., Solomon, Scott E., Mikheyev, Alexander S., Rabeling, Christian, Scott, Jarrod J., Cooper, Michael, Rodrigues, Andre, Ortiz, Adriana, Brandão, Carlos R. F., Lattke, John E., Pagnocca, Fernando C., Rehner, Stephen A., Schultz, Ted R., Vasconcelos, Heraldo L., Adams, Rachelle M. M., Bollazzi, Martin, Clark, Rebecca M., Himler, Anna G., LaPolla, John S., Leal, Inara R., Johnson, Robert A., Roces, Flavio, Sosa‐Calvo, Jeffrey, Wirth, Rainer, Bacci, Maurício

“…Leafcutter ants propagate co‐evolving fungi for food. The nearly 50 species of leafcutter ants (Atta, Acromyrmex) range from Argentina to the United States,…”
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Igaponera curiosa, a new ponerine genus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Amazon by Troya, Adrian, Marcineiro, Frederico, Lattke, John E., Longino, John

“…The monotypic ant genus Igaponera gen. nov. is proposed to include its type species I. curiosa (Mackay & Mackay, 2010). Igaponera gen. nov. is described and…”
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Taxonomy and Natural History of Strumigenys thaxteri Wheeler and Strumigenys reticeps (Kempf) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by Lattke, John E, Silva, Thiago S R da, Delsinne, Thibaut

“…We report finding Strumigenys thaxteri Wheeler in the Amazonian foothills of southeastern Ecuador, over 2000 km to the west of previously known records for the…”
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Discovery of the Dinoponera lucida male (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), a threatened giant ant from the Atlantic rain forest by Escárraga, Mayron E, Lattke, John E, Azevedo, Celso O

“…The male of the endangered ant Dinoponera lucida Emery is described, providing morphometric measurements, high-resolution images, and a distribution map of the…”
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Global diversity in light of climate change: the case of ants by Jenkins, Clinton N., Sanders, Nathan J., Andersen, Alan N., Arnan, Xavier, Brühl, Carsten A., Cerda, Xim, Ellison, Aaron M., Fisher, Brian L., Fitzpatrick, Matthew C., Gotelli, Nicholas J., Gove, Aaron D., Guénard, Benoit, Lattke, John E., Lessard, Jean-Philippe, McGlynn, Terrence P., Menke, Sean B., Parr, Catherine L., Philpott, Stacy M., Vasconcelos, Heraldo L., Weiser, Michael D., Dunn, Robert R.

“…Aim To use a fine-grained global model of ant diversity to identify the limits of our knowledge of diversity in the context of climate change. Location Global…”
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Two New Strumigenys F. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) from Montane Forests of Ecuador by Lattke, John E., Aguirre, Nikolay

“…Two new species from the myrmicine ant genus Strumigenys found in cloud forests above 2000 m in southern Ecuador are described and illustrated. S.Iojanensis n…”
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Survey of Ants in Dry Forests of Southwestern Ecuador (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by Lattke, John E., Vélez, Manuel, Aguirre, Nikolay

“…Two dry forests of southwestern Ecuador separated 43 km from each other, one situated at 460 m above sea level and the other at 680 m, are surveyed for ants…”
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Special Issue on Taxonomy, morphology, and phylogeny of ants by Feitosa, Rodrigo M., Lattke, John E., Schultz, Ted R.

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Odontomachus davidsoni sp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), a new conspicuous trap-jaw ant from Ecuador by Hoenle, Philipp O, Lattke, John E, Donoso, David A, Beeren, Christoph von, Heethoff, Michael, Schmelzle, Sebastian, Argoti, Adriana, Camacho, Luis, Ströbel, Bernhard, Blüthgen, Nico

“…One of the largest species in its genus, Odontomachus davidsoni Hoenle, Lattke & Donoso, sp. nov. is described from workers and queens collected at lowland…”
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Evolution and functional implications of stinger shape in ants by Casadei-Ferreira, Alexandre, Procópio Camacho, Gabriela, van de Kamp, Thomas, Lattke, John E, Machado Feitosa, Rodrigo, Economo, Evan P

“…Trait diversification is often driven by underlying performance tradeoffs in the context of different selective pressures. Evolutionary changes in task…”
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A new species and new records of minuta-group Gnamptogenys from Brazil (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by Amanda M. Dias, John E. Lattke

“…We report new records of Gnamptogenys caelata Kempf (1967) and Gnamptogenys minuta (Emery, 1896) from Brazil. We also describe Gnamptogenys piei n. sp. from…”
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