We investigate the geographical and historical context of diversification in a complex of
mutualistic Crematogaster ants living in Macaranga trees in the equatorial rain forests of …

Assessing whether behavioural, ecological or geographical factors trigger population
divergence provides key insights into the biological processes driving speciation. Recent …

Ants are one of the most ecologically and numerically dominant group of terrestrial
organisms with most species diversity currently found in tropical climates. Several …

Ant communities in tropical forests may be governed by varying assembly mechanisms,
depending on the particular habitat investigated. We compared phylogenetic diversity and …

It is widely recognised that arid Australia (including semi‐and seasonally arid regions)
supports an extremely diverse ant fauna. However, the truly remarkable extent of its diversity …

Abstract The Neotropical myrmecophytic tree Cordia alliodora hosts symbiotic Azteca ants in
most of its widespread range. The taxonomy of the genus Azteca is notoriously difficult …

Abstract The Malay Archipelago and the tropical South Pacific (hereafter the Indo-Pacific
region) are considered biodiversity hotspots, yet a general understanding of the origins and …

Levels of diversity vary strikingly among different phylogenetic lineages of ants. Rapid
radiations in early ant evolution have often proven difficult to resolve with traditional Sanger …

Aim We investigate the dynamics of ant biodiversity patterns and community structure from
the Eocene until the present. Our goal is to empirically test hypotheses regarding the …

In the past two decades, studies of anatomy, behavior, and, most recently, DNA sequences
have clarified the phylogeny of the ants at the subfamily and generic levels. In addition, a …