A revised phylogenetic classification of the ant subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with resurrection of the genera Colobopsis and Dinomyrmex

PS Ward, BB Blaimer, BL Fisher - Zootaxa, 2016 - biotaxa.org
The classification of the ant subfamily Formicinae is revised to reflect findings from a recent
molecular phylogenetic study and complementary morphological investigations. The …

[HTML][HTML] Macroevolution of hyperdiverse flightless beetles reflects the complex geological history of the Sunda Arc

R Tänzler, MH Van Dam, EFA Toussaint… - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract The Sunda Arc forms an almost continuous chain of islands and thus a potential
dispersal corridor between mainland Southeast Asia and Melanesia. However, the Sunda …

Historical biogeography of Polyura butterflies in the oriental Palaeotropics: trans‐archipelagic routes and South Pacific island hopping

EFA Toussaint, M Balke - Journal of Biogeography, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The respective contribution of vicariance and/or dispersal events to the evolution of
clades dwelling in the archipelagic parts of the Oriental and Australian regions remains …

Phylogeography of the harvestman genus Metasiro (Arthropoda, Arachnida, Opiliones) reveals a potential solution to the Pangean paradox

RM Clouse, PP Sharma, JC Stuart, LR Davis… - Organisms Diversity & …, 2016 - Springer
At both global and local scales, mite harvestmen (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi) have been
shown to have achieved their current global distribution strictly through vicariance. However …

Phylogeny and population genetic structure of the ant genus Acropyga (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Papua New Guinea

M Janda, P Matos-Maraví, M Borovanska… - Invertebrate …, 2016 - CSIRO Publishing
Spatial isolation and geological history are important factors in the diversification and
population differentiation of species. Here we describe distributional patterns of ants in the …

Invading Africa: a novel transoceanic dispersal by a New World ant parasitoid

EA Murray, JM Heraty - Journal of Biogeography, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aim An ant parasitoid wasp genus (Eucharitidae: Kapala) common in the New World
exhibits the intriguing pattern of having one species distributed widely across tropical Africa …

[PDF][PDF] Taxonomic updates for some confusing Micronesian species of Camponotus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae)

RM Clouse, BD Blanchard, R Gibson… - Myrmecological …, 2016 - researchgate.net
Indo-Pacific members of the speciose and morphologically confusing group of Camponotus
ants that resemble C. maculatus (FABRICIUS, 1782) have recently been the subject of a …