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Jonathan Romiguier @selfishmeme.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Cross-species cloning in ants 🐜 These two males belong to different species—but share the same mother. How? Why? To celebrate the print release of our last paper in this week’s @nature.com (issue 8084), here’s a thread summarizing the results. Why? Let’s dive in🧵👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Plazi @plazi-species.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

#NewSpecies New ant from #vietnam just nipped us: Carebara bifida Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/CBDF3CBD-... Publication: doi.org/10.3897/dez.... #DeutscheEntomologischeZeitschrift #CarebaraBifida #FAIRdata #biodiversity #nature #entomology #insects #hymenoptera #formicidae #myrmecology #ants

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Kh. Matsuura @crbr.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Cloudflare障害の影響なのかリサゲもAntWebもAntWikiも入れない

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Kh. Matsuura @crbr.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Our new paper on the ant genus Carebara is out! It describes two new species from northern Vietnam and proposes a species group, including these two species and C. oni, based on shared morphological characters. It is open access and can be accessed via the link in the quoted post.

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Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift (DEZ) @dez.pensoft.net · 17/11/2025

Two new species are described from Vietnam as part of a taxonomic revision of the 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑏𝑎𝑟𝑎 𝑜𝑛𝑖 species group of subterranean ants. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/dez.... @crbr.bsky.social

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Craig B @mutillidae.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

Males of all North American velvet-ant species are winged, although males of Myrmilloides grandiceps are brachypterous—the wings are present, but they're tiny and non-functional. The intimidation factor of the large mandibles is offset by the derpy-looking wings, in my opinion. 😀

Dorsal view of male velvet-ant (family Mutillidae), Myrmilloides grandiceps. The head is twice as wide as the mesosoma (i.e., thorax) and the large mandibles are open and looking quite formidable. This species as brachypterous males; they have wings, but they are tiny and non-functional. Overall the specimen is ferruginous, with a pair of pale spots on the metasoma (i.e., abdomen) and with pale stripes on the ends of the metasomal tergites. The mandibles, antennae, and legs are darker, at least in part.

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