Agosti, Donat

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Address Dalmaziquai 45 3005 Bern Switzerland E-mail agosti@amnh.org Field of expertise

Distribution (Database, GIS, Mapping, Modelling)

Conservation / Restoration monitoring

Taxonomy / Systematics Formicidae Research activity

develop monitoring protocol (see http://antbase.org/databases/publications_20330.htm)

provide taxon knowledge system (http://antbase.org)

acces to information

distribution modeling

ANT TAXONOMY
Agosti has focused his taxonomic publications on formicine ants and ants of the Middle East. He has also published on fossil ants and on ants in little known genera.

PUBLICATIONS

 * Agosti, D. 1990a. What makes the Formicini the Formicini? Actes des Colloques Insectes Sociaux 6: 295-303.


 * Agosti, D. 1990b. Review and reclassification of Cataglyphis (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). J. Nat. Hist. 2 24: 1457-1505


 * Agosti, D. 1991. Revision of the oriental ant genus Cladomyrma, with an outline of the higher classification of the Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Syst. Entomol. 16: 293-310


 * Agosti, D. 1992. Revision of the ant genus Myrmoteras of the Malay Archipelago (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Rev. Suisse Zool. 99: 405-429


 * Agosti, D. 1994a. A new inquiline ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Cataglyphis and its phylogenetic relationship. J. Nat. Hist. 28: 913-919


 * Agosti, D. 1994b. The phylogeny of the ant tribe Formicini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with the description of a new genus. Syst. Entomol. 19: 93-117


 * Agosti, D. 1995 [1994]. A revision of the South American species of the ant genus Probolomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 102: 429-434


 * Agosti, D. 1998a [1997]. Two new enigmatic Melophorus species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Australia. J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 105: 161-169


 * Agosti, D. 1998b [1997]. The ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) types in Argentinian collections. J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 105: 199-205


 * Agosti, D.; Bolton, B. 1990a. The identity of Andragnathus, a forgotten formicine ant genus (Hym., Formicidae). Entomol. Mon. Mag. 126: 75-77


 * Agosti, D. & Bolton, B. 1990b. New characters to differentiate the ant genera Lasius F. and Formica L. Entomologist's Gazette 41: 149-156.


 * Agosti, D.; Collingwood, C. A. 1987a. A provisional list of the Balkan ants (Hym. Formicidae) and a key to the worker caste. I. Synonymic list. Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 60: 51-62


 * Agosti, D.; Collingwood, C. A. 1987b. A provisional list of the Balkan ants (Hym. Formicidae) with a key to the worker caste. II. Key to the worker caste, including the European species without the Iberian. Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 60: 261-293


 * Agosti, D., D. A. Grimaldi and J. M. Carpenter. 1998. Oldest known ant fossils discovered. Nature 391: 447.


 * Agosti, D. & Hauschteck-Jungen, E. 1988. Polymorphism of males in Formica exsecta Nyl. Insectes Sociaux 34 (1987): 280-290.


 * Agosti, D.; Moog, J.; Maschwitz, U. 1999. Revision of the Oriental plant-ant genus Cladomyrma. Am. Mus. Novit. 3283: 1-24


 * Brandão, C. R. F.; Diniz, J. L. M.; Agosti, D.; Delabie, J. H. C. 1999. Revision of the Neotropical ant subfamily Leptanilloidinae. Syst. Entomol. 24: 17-36


 * Collingwood, C. A.; Agosti, D. 1996. Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (part 2). Fauna Saudi Arab. 15: 300-385


 * Espadaler, X.; Agosti, D. 1985. Monomorium hesperium Emery: description de la femelle (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 58: 295-297


 * Espadaler, X.; Agosti, D. 1987. Monomorium boltoni n. sp. from Sa~o Nicolau (Cape Verde Islands) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 60: 295-299


 * Grimaldi, D.; Agosti, D. 2000b. A formicine in New Jersey Cretaceous amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and early evolution of the ants. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 97: 13: 13678-136


 * Grimaldi, D.; Agosti, D.; Carpenter, J. M. 1997. New and rediscovered primitive ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Cretaceous amber from New Jersey, and their phylogenetic relationships. Am. Mus. Novit. 3208: 1-43


 * O'Keefe, S. T.; Agosti, D. 1998 [1997]. A new species of Probolomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Guanacaste, Costa Rica. J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 105: 190-192