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>>> Myrmecol. News now on Twitter! [as of 15 April 2018]
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>>> Two new contributions published [as of 13 April 2018]
Differential responses of ant assemblages (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) to long-term grassland management in Central Germany
Pérez-Sánchez, A.J., Zopf, D., Klimek, S. & Dauber, J. Check it out
Invasive Northern Red Oaks benefit Temnothorax crassispinus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) ant colonies
Myczko, Ł., Dylewski, Ł., Mitrus, S. & Sparks, T.H. Check it out

>>> The five most viewed contributions of March 2018 are: [as of 3 April 2018]
1. Natural history observations and kinematics of strobing in Australian strobe ants, Opisthopsis haddoni (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Waters, J.S. & McGlynn, T.P. Check it out
2. Testing the effect of a nest architectural feature in the fire ant Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Tschinkel, W.R. Check it out
3. Ant-mediated (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) biological control of the coffee berry borer: diversity, ecological complexity, and conservation biocontrol
Morris, J.R., Jiménez-Soto, E., Philpott, S.M. & Perfecto, I. Check it out
4. The flight ecology of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Helms IV, J.A. Check it out
5. Wilhelm Goetsch (1887 - 1960): pioneering studies on the development and evolution of the soldier caste in social insects
Metzl, C., Wheeler, D.E. & Abouheif, E. Check it out

>>> Volume 26 published in print [as of 21 February 2018]
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>>> The ten most viewed contributions of the year 2017 are: [as of 2 January 2018]
1. Subterranean ants: summary and perspectives on field sampling methods, with notes on diversity and ecology (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Wong, M.K.L. & Guénard, B. Check it out
2. Four species within the supercolonial ants of the Tapinoma nigerrimum complex revealed by integrative taxonomy (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Seifert, B., D'Eustacchio, D., Kaufmann, B., Centorame, M., Lorite, P. & Modica, M.V. Check it out
3. 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
4. Fossil ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): ancient diversity and the rise of modern lineages
Barden, P. Check it out
5. The Global Ant Genomics Alliance (GAGA)
Boomsma, J.J., Brady, S.G., Dunn, R.R., Gadau, J., Heinze, J., Keller, L., Moreau, C.S., Sanders, N.J., Schrader, L., Schultz, T.R., Sundström, L., Ward, P.S., Wcislo, W.T., Zhang, G. & The GAGA Consortium Check it out
6. Larvae of trap-jaw ants, Odontomachus Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): morphology and biological notes
Fox, E.G.P., Smith, A.A., Gibson, J.C. & Solis, D.R. Check it out
7. Dominance hierarchies are a dominant paradigm in ant ecology (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), but should they be? And what is a dominance hierarchy anyways?
Stuble, K.L., Jurić, I., Cerdá, X. & Sanders, N.J. Check it out
8. The Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics (GABI) database: synthesizing data on the geographic distribution of ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Guénard, B., Weiser, M.D., Gómez, K., Narula, N. & Economo, E.P. Check it out
9. The flight ecology of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Helms IV, J.A. Check it out
10. Ant-mediated (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) biological control of the coffee berry borer: diversity, ecological complexity, and conservation biocontrol
Morris, J.R., Jiménez-Soto, E., Philpott, S.M. & Perfecto, I. Check it out