Scupola, Antonio

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Antonio Scupola has been employed at the Museo di Storia Naturale di Verona, Italy since 2005. His entomological studies once included darkling beetles, in particular the Cossyphinae, but now focuses exclusively on ants.

Scupola's work has led to his taking part in scientific expeditions in the Mediterranean region, Egypt, Kenya and Ecuador. His current myrmecological activities involve studying the ant genera Myrmicaria, and Pheidole.

e-mail: antonio_scupola@comune.verona.it

TAXONOMIC PUBLICATIONS

 * Rigato, F. & Scupola, A. 2008. Two new species of the Pyramica gundlachi-group from Ecuador. Biodiversity of South America I. Memoirs on Biodiversity 1: 477-481.


 * Scupola, A. 2006. Ponera coarctata var. crassisquama Emery, 1916 a new synonym of P. testacea Emery, 1895 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona Botanica Zoologia Volume: 30 Page(s): 161-164


 * Scupola, A. and R. Ballarin. 2009. The genus Leptanilla Emery, 1870 in Sicily (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecologische Nachrichten 12: 129-132.