Termites are known as social insects worldwide. Presently in China 473 species, 44 genera
and 4 families of termites have been reported. Of them, 111 Reticulitermes species are …

Abstract Background Temnothorax (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) is a diverse genus of ants
found in a broad spectrum of ecosystems across the northern hemisphere. These diminutive …

The Flabellinidae, a heterogeneous assembly of supposedly plesiomorphic to very derived
sea slug groups, have not yet been addressed by integrative studies. Here novel material of …

Partial mitochondrial (mt) cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) and near-complete nuclear
(nu) 18S rDNA sequences were obtained from various eimeriid coccidia infecting …

Much of what has recently been written about taxonomy has focused on negatives in the
face of a heterogeneously defined taxonomic impediment. The current review takes a step …

Ants are highly diverse in the Iberian Peninsula (IP), both in species richness (299 cited
species) and in number of endemic species (72). The Iberian ant fauna is one of the richest …

Temnothorax (Myrmicinae, Crematogastrini) is one of the most diverse Holarctic ant genera,
and new taxonomic advancements are still frequent worldwide. The Mediterranean region, a …

Based on material collected between the years 1988-2015 numerous new province and
country records of ants from Turkey are given. A total of 143 ant species were listed of which …

Everyone uses species. All human cultures, whether using science or not, name species.
Species are the basic units for science, from ecosystems to model organisms. Yet, there are …

The ecological success of social Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps) depends on the division
of labour between the queen and workers. Each caste exhibits highly specialized …