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 …

Fossils provide unique opportunity to understand the tempo and mode of evolution and are
essential for modeling the history of lineage diversification. Here, we interrogate the …

The state of Pará in northern Brazil is located entirely within the Amazon Basin and harbors
a great diversity of landscape and vegetation types that support high levels of biodiversity …

In this guide we present taxonomic keys for the 12 subfamilies and 117 genera of ants
known to occur in Brazil, along with an illustrated glossary of technical terms. The …

Food production in Amazonian traditional societies often occurs through shifting cultivation
that uses few pesticides and relies on ecosystem services provided by natural enemies …

Abstract The Brazilian Atlantic Forest is considered one of the most threatened tropical
forests in the world due to the extensive environmental impact it has endured throughout …

Ants represent one of the most diverse and ecologically important group of insects in tropical
ecosystems, including in highly threatened ones such as the Brazilian Cerrado. Yet, a …

This paper provided a list of all new Brazilian Hexapoda species described in 2020.
Furthermore, based on the information extracted by this list, we tackled additional questions …

The Parque Nacional da Serra do Divisor (PNSD), renowned for its remarkable biodiversity,
is a conservation unit of the Amazon biome situated at the westernmost limit of the Brazilian …

Ants are an incredibly diverse and ubiquitous group of invertebrates in most terrestrial
ecosystems. Although extensively sampled, the majority of ant inventories do not evaluate …