Myrmecological News

Homepage funded by Beate Lattanzi-Schödl & Alexander Schödl, in honour of their brother, Stefan Schödl, 1957-2005, Editor of Myrmecological News, 1999-2005
Edited by: Florian Steiner (Editor-in-Chief), Birgit Schlick-Steiner, Daniel Kronauer
Online ISSN: 1997-3500
Print ISSN: 1994-4136 (Volumes 1 - 27)
Abbreviation: Myrmecol. News
Frequency: at least one volume per year
Current issue: Volume 31 (2021)
Previous name: Myrmecologische Nachrichten
Indexed by: Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences; Google Scholar; Science Citation Index Expanded; Scopus; Zoological Record
Impact Factor: 2.6 (2019); rank 15/101 in Entomology
Myrmecological News is an independent, international, peer reviewed, non-profit journal. It offers rapid means of publication on all fields of ant research, in a lively mix of research and review articles. As of Volume 28, Myrmecol. News is an open-access (CC BY 4.0, all rights remain with the author), online-only, digitally archived (Biotaxa) journal (for details, see Open access). All requirements for taxonomic publications as defined in the 2012 amendment of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature are met (for details, see Aims and scope). Open access also applies to all earlier content (Volumes 1 - 27).
News and announcements
>>> New contribution published: [as of 22 June 2022]
Always under foot: Tetramorium immigrans (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a review
Moss, A.D., Swallow, J.G. & Greene, M.J. Check it out
>>> The five most viewed contributions of May 2022 are: [as of 1 June 2022]
1. Aversive learning as a behavioural mechanism of plant selection in the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Arêdes, A., Rodríguez, J., Bailez, O., dos Santos Lima, J.C., Canela, M.C. & Viana-Bailez, A.M. Check it out
2. Light at the end of the tunnel: Integrative taxonomy delimits cryptic species in the Tetramorium caespitum complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Wagner, H.C., Arthofer, W., Seifert, B., Muster, C., Steiner, F.M. & Schlick-Steiner, B.C. Check it out
3. High resolution mapping in Southern France reveals that distributions of supercolonial and monodomous species in the Tapinoma nigerrimum complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) are related to sensitivity to urbanization
Centanni, J., Kaufmann, B., Blatrix, R., Blight, O., Dumet, A., Jay-Robert, P. & Vergnes, A. Check it out
4. Trophallaxis: the functions and evolution of social fluid exchange in ant colonies (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Meurville MP. & LeBoeuf A.C. Check it out
5. Advanced cognition in ants
Czaczkes, T.J. Check it out
>>> The ten most viewed contributions of the year 2021 are: [as of 1 January 2022]
1. Trophallaxis: the functions and evolution of social fluid exchange in ant colonies (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Meurville, MP. & LeBoeuf, A.C. Check it out
2. No matter where you are, ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) get attention when it is warm
Queiroz, A.C.M., Wilker, I., Lasmar, C.J., Mousinho, E., Ribas, C.R. & van den Berg, E. Check it out
3. Personality of ant colonies (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) – underlying mechanisms and ecological consequences
Horna-Lowell, E., Neumann, K.M., O'Fallon, S., Rubio, A. & Pinter-Wollman, N. Check it out
4. A taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic members of the Formica rufa group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) – the famous mound-building red wood ants
Seifert, B. Check it out
5. The head anatomy of Protanilla lini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Leptanillinae), with a hypothesis of their mandibular movement
Richter, A., Hita Garcia, F., Keller, R.A., Billen, J., Katzke, J., Boudinot, B.E., Economo, E.P. & Beutel, R.G. Check it out
6. A cross-species test of the function of cuticular traits in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Buxton, J.T., Robert, K.A., Marshall, A.T., Dutka, T.L. & Gibb, H. Check it out
7. Kinematic study of six mangrove ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) reveals different swimming styles and abilities
Schultheiss, P. & Guénard, B. Check it out
8. Hairs distinguish castes and sexes: identifying the early ontogenetic building blocks of a fungus-farming superorganism (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Adams, R.M.M., Larsen, R.S., Stylianidi, N., Cheung, D., Qiu, B., Murray, S.K., Zhang, G. & Boomsma J.J. Check it out
9. Cuticular hydrocarbons in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and other insects: how and why they differ among individuals, colonies, and species
Sprenger, P.P. & Menzel F. Check it out
10. Long-term spread of Argentine ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) European supercolonies on three Mediterranean islands
Castro-Cobo, S., Blight, O., Espadaler, X. & Angulo, E. Check it out
>>> Best Paper Award 2019: [as of 6 February 2020]
NEW! It is our great pleasure to announce the winner of the certificate of this Best Paper 2019 and the voucher worth the Article Processing Charge (700 EUR) of a future contribution in Myrmecological News:
"The learning walks of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)" by Zeil, J. & Fleischmann, P.N. Check it out
Congratulions! We thank all our readers and the editorial board for voting!
>>> Best Paper Award 2019: [as of 7 January 2020]
NEW! In 2020, Myrmecological News awards for the second time the Best Paper of the previous year. One paper of all contributions published in 2019 is selected based on a survey including the editorial board (weighted 50%) and the community (50%). The winner paper will be announced to the community and its contact author will receive a certificate of this Best Paper Award 2019 and a voucher worth the Article Processing Charge (700 EUR) of a future contribution in Myrmecological News to be used within two years. The winner can use the voucher her/himself or transfer it to someone else (possible a single time), communicating the transfer to the editorial office. Among all contributions published in 2019 (see below), please rank the five papers you liked most from 1 to 5 with 1 being your most favourite paper. Please note that choosing exactly five papers is necessary and that each rank should be given only once. Use this link to vote in the survey: Vote here!
>>> Reduced Article Processing Charges: [as of 2 January 2020]
As of today, Article Processing Charges have been reduced to 700 EUR! Contributions such as review articles, book reviews, and obituaries continue incurring no article-processing charge. For additional information, s