Independent origins of similar phenotypes are ubiquitous to the evolutionary process and
evoke strong and recurrent environmental associations. Snakelike lizards evolved multiple …

Food processing can exert significant evolutionary pressures on the morphological evolution
of animal appendages. The ant genus Pheidole displays a remarkable degree of …

Ants are crucial ecosystem engineers, and their ecological success is facilitated by a
division of labour among sterile “workers”. In some ant lineages, workers have undergone …

The Cretaceous is a key period for the evolution of ants. Zigrasimecia is a genus endemic to
mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber. In previous studies, four species of the genus based on …

The necessity to capture and process food represents a relevant evolutionary pressure.
Insects are incredibly diverse, showing several feeding modes and their associated …

La península de Baja California cuenta con dunas costeras aisladas sobre las cuales se
distribuyen hormigas del género Myrmecocystus Snelling, 1976, cuya distribución se …

The drivers of phenotypic diversity have puzzled humanity for centuries. Functional trait
approaches have helped advance the mechanistic understanding of the diversity of life …