Ješovnik, Ana

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
ana.mrav@gmail.com Smithsonian Institution PO Box 37012, MRC 188 Washington, DC 20013-7012
 * 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.

PUBLICATIONS

 * [[Media:Sosa-Calvo, J., Schultz, T.R. et al. 2018. Evolution, systematics, and natural history of a new genus of cryptobiotic fungus-growing ants.pdf|Sosa-Calvo, J., Schultz, T.R., Jesovnik, A., Dahan, R.A., Rabeling, C. 2018. Evolution, systematics, and natural history of a new genus of cryptobiotic fungus-growing ants. Systematic Entomology, 43, 549–567 (doi:10.1111/syen.12289).]]


 * 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.