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...rship to Wheeler. D. R. Smith (1979), however, determined that the correct author for ''N. fuscipennis'' should be M. R. Smith, 1942. Watkins (1975) concurre ...es, produced and distinct posterior angles, and very weakly concave sides; lacking the extremely sharp anterolateral margins of minus. Gaster slender, compres

...ith this lack of movement can be very difficult to notice. We have little information about their biology but it is suspected they prey upon arthropod eggs. Coll ...ter rather than the apex of the large, second gastric segment; erect hairs lacking from most of the body except usually the apex of the gaster; body unusually

The following is based on: [[Media:Heterick, B.E., Castalanelli, M., Shattuck, S.L. 2017. Revision of the ant ...ng when it comes to explaining the phylogeny of this complex. Based on the information derived from the successfully sequenced species, ''[[Melophorus canus]]'' a

...were similar to the larval hemolymph feeding previously discovered by the author in Amblyopone silvestrii (Masuko 1986). ...embers of the Dorylinae and Ecitoninae). Field data on hunting success are lacking for both ''Leptanilla'' and ''Stigmatomma''. Nevertheless, considering the

...s, moderately shining; rugae on smaller workers usually more restricted to lacking #Mesosoma lacking rugae, moderately to strongly coriarious, weakly to moderately shining

'''Male''' This caste is diagnosed by: (1) first gastral tergum lacking striae, (2) small (HW < 1.10 mm; ML < 2.00 mm), (3) in dorsal view, posteri ...omyrmex'' (C.S. Moreau & the author, unpub. data). Consequently, obtaining information on the biology of ''P. sylvestris''-group species (including diet, colony s

...rock-derived soils. Also see the biology section below for habitat related information for Haiti. ...ratum for the fungus which they cultivate, as has been shown by the senior author in a former paper (The Fungus Growing Ants of North America. Bull. Amer. Mu

...iptions below relate to the small minor worker and the large major worker. Media workers are of intermediate appearance but more closely resemble the minor ...ll, crescentic dunes of excavated sand that surround the nest hole (senior author pers. obs.). ''Melophorus'' nests are often or always closed with sand or p

...have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the Philippine Ants web page. ...icularly in the tropics. Tropical ant faunas are only partly explored and information concerning them is widely scattered throughout the scientific literature.

Eguchi (2008) - For detailed information on biology and ecological and economic impacts of this species see Reimer e Minor: occiput broad, lacking an occipital collar.

...nd male without realising, understanding or appreciating (depending on the author) that the true type, the worker, was actually a ''Camponotus''. This descre Yarrow ([[Media:Yarrow 1954b.pdf|1954]], [[Media:Yarrow 1955a.pdf|1955]]) was one of the first to seriously consider this si

...area in quick response. The colony does not depend on the transmission of information up and down chains of command before decisive local action can be taken. I ...decisions based on local stimuli that contain relatively small amounts of information. The examples of rules of thumb we have reviewed thus far in this chapter