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Ješovnik, Ana
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
- Evolution of fungus-farming (attine) ants, especially genus Sericomyrmex.
- Biodiversity and ecology of Croatian ant fauna.
- Curation and data basing of Croatian Myrmecological Society ant collection.
ana.mrav@gmail.com Smithsonian Institution PO Box 37012, MRC 188 Washington, DC 20013-7012
PUBLICATIONS
- Ješovnik A, Chaul J & Schultz TR (2018): Nest architecture and natural history of the fungus-farming ant genus Sericomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 26.
- Sosa-Calvo J, Ješovnik A, Vasconcelos HL, Bacci M Jr & Schultz TR (2017): Rediscovery of the enigmatic fungus-farming ant "Mycetosoritis" asper Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Implications for taxonomy, phylogeny, and the evolution of agriculture in ants. PLOS One 12(5): e0176498.
- Ješovnik A & Schultz TR (2017): Revision of the fungus-farming ant genus Sericomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae). ZooKeys 670: 1–109.
- Branstetter, M.G., Ješovnik, A., Sosa-Calvo, J., Lloyd, M.W., Faircloth, B.C., Brady, S.G., and Schultz, T.R. (2017): Dry habitats were crucibles of domestication in the evolution of agriculture in ants. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B. 284: 20170095. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0095
- Ješovnik A, Sosa-Calvo J, Lloyd M, Branstetter M, Fernandez F & Schultz TR (2016): Phylogenomic species delimitation and host-symbiont coevolution in the fungus-farming ant genus Sericomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Ultraconserved elements (UCEs) resolve a recent radiation. Systematic Entomology.
- Sosa-Calvo J, Ješovnik A, Lopes C, Rodrigues A, Rabeling C, Bacci M Jr, Vasconcelos HL & Schultz TR (2017): Biology of the relict fungus-farming ant Apterostigma megacephala Lattke, including descriptions of the male, gyne, and larva. Insectes Sociaux. Link: http://rdcu.be/pHEX
- Ješovnik A, González VL, Schultz TR (2016): Phylogenomics and Divergence Dating of Fungus-Farming Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Genera Sericomyrmex and Apterostigma. PLoS ONE 11(7): e0151059.doi:10.1371/journal. pone.0151059
- Sosa-Calvo, J., Jesovnik, A., Okonski, E. and Schultz, T.R. 2015. Locating, collecting, and maintaining colonies of fungus-farming ants (Hymenoptera: Myrmicinae: Attini). Sociobiology, 62(2)
- Jesovnik, A., Sosa-Calvo, J., Lopes, C., Vasconcelos, H., Schultz, T. R. 2013. Nest architecture, fungus gardens, queen, males and larvae of the fungus-growing ant Mycetagroicus inflatus Brandão & Mayhé-Nunes. Insectes Sociaux 60(4): 531-542.
- Jesovnik, A., Bujan, J. & Bracko, G. 2011. One genus and three species of ants (Hymenoptera : Formicidae) new for Croatia. Entomologica Croatica 15: 113-122.
- Seric Jelaska, L., Jesovnik, A., Jelaska, S. D, Kucinic, M., Durbesic, P. & Pirnat, A. 2010. Variations of carabid beetle and ant assemblages, and their morpho-ecological traits within natural temperate forests in Medvednica Nature Park. Journal of Croatia Forestry Society: Sumarski list 9-10: 475-486.