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Hercinothrips dimidiatus (Thysanoptera, Thripidae), an emerging pest of Aloe arborescens [Asphodelaceae] newly recorded from Italy
No full textSchifani, Enrico, Mazza, Giuseppe (2021): Hercinothrips dimidiatus (Thysanoptera, Thripidae), an emerging pest of Aloe arborescens [Asphodelaceae] newly recorded from Italy. Zootaxa 5039 (3): 440-442, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5039.3.
Figs 1–2 in Three endemic Aphaenogaster from the Siculo-Maltese archipelago and the Italian Peninsula: part of a hitherto unrecognized species group from the Maghreb? (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae)
No full textFigs 1–2. Measurement lines for the morphometric characters.Published as part of Alicata, Antonio & Schifani, Enrico, 2019, Three endemic Aphaenogaster from the Siculo-Maltese archipelago and the Italian Peninsula: part of a hitherto unrecognized species group from the Maghreb? (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae), pp. 1-16 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 59 (1) on page 2, DOI: 10.2478/aemnp-2019-0001, http://zenodo.org/record/450496
Figs 29‒34 in Three endemic Aphaenogaster from the Siculo-Maltese archipelago and the Italian Peninsula: part of a hitherto unrecognized species group from the Maghreb? (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae)
No full textFigs 29‒34. Males genitals, view of the inner face of lacinia and volsella (left) and of the subgenital plate (right). 29, 30 – Aphaenogaster fiorii Emery, 1915, stat. nov. 31, 32 – A. sicula Emery, 1908. 33, 34 – A. trinacriae sp. nov. Drawings by Antonio Alicata.Published as part of Alicata, Antonio & Schifani, Enrico, 2019, Three endemic Aphaenogaster from the Siculo-Maltese archipelago and the Italian Peninsula: part of a hitherto unrecognized species group from the Maghreb? (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae), pp. 1-16 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 59 (1) on page 9, DOI: 10.2478/aemnp-2019-0001, http://zenodo.org/record/450496
FIGURES 1–6 in Hercinothrips dimidiatus (Thysanoptera, Thripidae), an emerging pest of Aloe arborescens [Asphodelaceae] newly recorded from Italy
No full textFIGURES 1–6. Hercinothrips dimidiatus and Aloe arborescens. (1–2) A. arborescens infested by H. dimidiatus, showing progressive damage from green leaves to seriously damaged leaves. (3) H. dimidiatus, adult on A. arborescens. (4–6) H. dimidiatus, immature stages on A. arborescens. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.Published as part of Schifani, Enrico & Mazza, Giuseppe, 2021, Hercinothrips dimidiatus (Thysanoptera, Thripidae), an emerging pest of Aloe arborescens [Asphodelaceae] newly recorded from Italy, pp. 440-442 in Zootaxa 5039 (3) on page 441, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5039.3.9, http://zenodo.org/record/551158
Figs 8–10 in Integrating morphology with phylogenomics to describe four island endemic species of Temnothorax from Sicily and Malta (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
No full textFigs 8–10. Lateral view of male specimens of Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 from Algeria with a focus on the propodeum, drawings from Cagniant (1970). 8. T. curtulus (Santschi, 1929), dentiform propodeal spines. 9. T. gentilis (Santschi, 1923), well-developed propodeal spines. 10. T. tebessae (Forel, 1890), no propodeal spines.Published as part of Schifani, Enrico, Prebus, Matthew M. & Alicata, Antonio, 2022, Integrating morphology with phylogenomics to describe four island endemic species of Temnothorax from Sicily and Malta (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), pp. 143-179 in European Journal of Taxonomy 833 (1) on page 148, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.833.1891, http://zenodo.org/record/698113
Figs 11–12 in Integrating morphology with phylogenomics to describe four island endemic species of Temnothorax from Sicily and Malta (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
No full textFigs 11–12.Petiole shape variation in workers of Temnothorax Mayr, 1861, photos fromwww.antweb.org, specimen identifiers in parentheses. 11. T. atomous (Cagniant & Espadaler, 1997), type specimen from Morocco (CASENT0915391), photo by Will Ericson, petiole dorsal profile with a single edge and no horizontal component, subpetiolar process carina-like. 12. T. alienus Schulz, Heinze & Pusch, 2007, type specimen from Italy (ANTWEB1041297), photo by Roland Schultz, petiole dorsal profile with two edges and a horizontal component, subpetiolar process with a tooth-like protuberance.Published as part of Schifani, Enrico, Prebus, Matthew M. & Alicata, Antonio, 2022, Integrating morphology with phylogenomics to describe four island endemic species of Temnothorax from Sicily and Malta (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), pp. 143-179 in European Journal of Taxonomy 833 (1) on page 149, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.833.1891, http://zenodo.org/record/698113
FIGURE 1 in The worrying arrival of the invasive Asian needle ant Brachyponera chinensis in Europe (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
No full textFIGURE 1. Lateral view (a), frontal view of the head (b) and a close-up lateral view of the petiole (c) of the specimen of Brachyponera chinensis collected and sequenced. d) Neighbour-joining tree based on mitochondrial COI sequences, the new record is indicated with a star, bootstrap values above 75 are shown on the branches and the species names, countries and Gen-Bank accession numbers are indicated in the tip labels; e) Haplotype network of B. chinensis COI sequences, colours indicate the sample origin and sizes of the circles the number of samples.Published as part of Menchetti, Mattia, Schifani, Enrico, Gentile, Vincenzo & Vila, Roger, 2022, The worrying arrival of the invasive Asian needle ant Brachyponera chinensis in Europe (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), pp. 146-150 in Zootaxa 5115 (1) on page 148, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5115.1.10, http://zenodo.org/record/634600
Figure 9 in Is mimicry a diversification-driver in ants? Biogeography, ecology, ethology, genetics and morphology define a second West-Palaearctic Colobopsis species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
No full textFigure 9. Above: distribution map of Colobopsis samples examined – countries where Colobopsis presence is known from the literature are highlighted in grey. Below: approximate distributions of other Camponotini (Camponotus barbaricus, of C. micans and of C. ruber) which resemble that of CSL Colobopsis.Published as part of Schifani, Enrico, Giannetti, Daniele, Csősz, Sándor, Castellucci, Filippo, Luchetti, Andrea, Castracani, Cristina, Spotti, Fiorenza A., Mori, Alessandra & Grasso, Donato A., 2022, Is mimicry a diversification-driver in ants? Biogeography, ecology, ethology, genetics and morphology define a second West-Palaearctic Colobopsis species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), pp. 1424-1450 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 194 on page 1439, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab035, http://zenodo.org/record/645822
Vollenhovia escherichi Forel 1911
No full text<i>Vollenhovia escherichi</i> Forel, 1911 <p>Fig. 2</p> <p> <i>Vollenhovia escherichi</i> Forel, 1911: 198.</p> <p>Type locality: Sri Lanka [Ceylon], Peradeniya [Syntype MHNG; worker examined].</p> Remarks <p> Long known as an endemic Sri Lankan species, <i>V. escherichi</i> is very easily distinguished from the other taxa treated in this study due to its light yellowish-brown coloration as well as its small size. Recently, it was also recorded by Wang <i>et al.</i> (2022) from Pulau Ubin, an island off Singapore. Further investigation on the relationships between the Sri Lankan and Singaporean populations seems to be needed to better establish the biogeography of this species.</p> Distribution <p> Sri Lanka, Singapore (Dias <i>et al.</i> 2020; Wang <i>et al.</i> 2022).</p>Published as part of <i>Akbar, Shahid Ali, Bharti, Himender, Schifani, Enrico & Wachkoo, Aijaz Ahmad, 2023, Overview of the ant genus Vollenhovia (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in India and Sri Lanka, with an illustrated key and the description of a new species, pp. 77-107 in European Journal of Taxonomy 908</i> on page 81, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.908.2339, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/10158922">http://zenodo.org/record/10158922</a>
Morphology and phenology of sexuals and new distribution data on the blind Mediterranean ant Hypoponera abeillei (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
Full text linkHypoponera abeillei is the sole member of the otherwise exclusively Afrotropical abeillei group to occur in the West-Palearctic and since its first description on the basis of two Corsican workers in 1881, it remained little-known. Workers of this species are thought to entirely lack eyes, a rare trait among ants of the region, yet their lifestyle remains undocumented. On the other hand, the male caste has been described from 4 Tunisian specimens in 1921, and queens remained so far undescribed. We present an updated description of the male caste based on 45 specimens and a first description of the queen caste based on 14 specimens. The H. abeillei material we examined comes from Italy, Spain and Malta (mostly originating from coastal localities), and comprises 11 inedit distribution records, including the first findings in the islands of Mallorca, Malta and Sardinia. Moreover, we provide a first phenological overview of the species’ nuptial flights. Our data show that H. abeillei sexuals flight during the summer, mostly in August, and demonstrate that they can easily be distinguished from all the other Hypoponera species inhabiting the Mediterranean region based on their morphology. The remarkable diversity of Mediterranean Hypoponera males and queens suggest that sexuals may have a role in future attempts to understand relationships within this genus, yet the number of species in which sexual castes are documented is still extremely reduced
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