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

 * [[Media:Agosti 1983.pdf|Agosti, D. 1983. Zur Insektenfauna der Umgebung der Vogelwarte Sempach, Kanton Luzern. XIII. Hymenoptera 2: Formicidae (Ameisen). Entomologische Berichte Luzern 10:91-92. [1983-12] PDF]]


 * [[Media:Agosti 1990a.pdf|Agosti, D. 1990a. What makes the Formicini the Formicini? Actes des Colloques Insectes Sociaux 6: 295-303. PDF]]


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


 * [[Media:Agosti 1991.pdf|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 PDF]]


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


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


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


 * [[Media:Agosti 1995.pdf|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 PDF]]


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


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


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


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


 * [[Media:Agosti & Collingwood 1987a.pdf|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 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Agosti & Collingwood 1987b.pdf|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 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Agosti et al 1998.pdf|Agosti, D., D. A. Grimaldi and J. M. Carpenter. 1998. Oldest known ant fossils discovered. Nature 391: 447. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Agosti Hauschteck 1998.pdf|Agosti, D. & Hauschteck-Jungen, E. 1988. Polymorphism of males in Formica exsecta Nyl. Insectes Sociaux 34 (1987): 280-290. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Agosti et al 2000 all-protocol.pdf|Agosti, D.; Majer, J. D.; Alonso, L. E.; Schultz, T. R. (eds.) 2000. Ants. Standard methods for measuring and monitoring biodiversity. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, xix + 280 pp. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Agosti et al 2000.pdf| Agosti, D.; Majer, J.; Alonso, L.; Schultz, T. (eds.) 2000. Sampling ground-dwelling ants: case studies from the world's rain forests. Perth, Australia: Curtin University School of Environmental Biology (Bulletin No. 18), xii + 75 pp. [2000-04] PDF]]


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


 * [[Media:Brandao Diniz Agosti Delabie 1999.pdf| 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 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Collingwood & Agosti 1996.pdf|Collingwood, C. A.; Agosti, D. 1996. Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (part 2). Fauna Saudi Arab. 15: 300-385 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Collingwood Tigar & Agosti 1997.pdf| Collingwood, C. A.; Tigar, B. J.; Agosti, D. 1997. Introduced ants in the United Arab Emirates. Journal of Arid Environments 37:505-512. PDF]]


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


 * [[Media:Espadaler & Agosti 1987.pdf|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 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Grimald & Agosti 2000.pdf|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 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Grimaldi Agosti Carpenter 1997.pdf|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 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Johnson et al 2001.pdf|Johnson, C., D. Agosti, J. H. C. Delabie, K. Dumpert, D. J. Williams, M. von Tschirnhaus and U. Maschwitz. 2001. Acropyga and Azteca ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with scale insects (Sternorhyncha: Coccoidea): 20 million years of intimate symbiosis. American Museum Novitates 3335: 1-18. PDF]]


 * Nezhad, S. H.; Rad, S. P.; Firouzi, F.; Agosti, D. 2012. New and additional records for the ant fauna from Iran (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zoology in the Middle East 55:65-74.


 * [[Media:OKeefe & Agosti 1998.pdf|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 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Wehner 1994.pdf|Wehner, R.; Wehner, S.; Agosti, D. 1994. Patterns of biogeographic distribution within the bicolor species group of the North African desert ant, Cataglyphis Foerster 1850 (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Senckenb. Biol. 74: 163-191 PDF]]