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 …

Localized extinction can play a significant role in obscuring reconstructions of historical
biogeography. Insects, one of the most diverse clades in the tree of life, have complex …

Atta Fabricius is an ecologically dominant leaf‐cutting ant genus, the major herbivore of the
Neotropics, and an agricultural pest of great economic importance. Phylogenetic …

Uncovering the evolutionary history of the subfamilies Ectatomminae and Heteroponerinae,
or ectaheteromorphs, is key to understanding a major branch of the ant tree of life. Despite …

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 …

The nomadic, swarm-raiding army ant Labidus praedator (Smith, 1858) is an important
arthropod predator in the Neotropics with a strong ecological impact on invertebrate …

Ants are the most ubiquitous and ecologically dominant arthropods on Earth, and
understanding their phylogeny is crucial for deciphering their character evolution, species …

We investigate the species-level taxonomy and evolutionary history of Nearctic ants in the
Crematogaster scutellaris group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), drawing on evidence from …

Species delimitation has been invigorated as a discipline in systematics by an influx of new
character sets, analytical methods, and conceptual advances. We use genetic data from 68 …

Aim We investigated the spatio‐temporal patterns of genetic diversity in West Indian and
mainland populations of a widespread parthenogenic ant (Platythyrea punctata F. Smith) to …