A5002419082- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Plant and animal studies
- Fossil Insects in Amber
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Physiological and biochemical adaptations
University of California, Davis
2017-2024
Colorado State University
2024
The Ohio State University
2017
ABSTRACT Fossils provide unique opportunity to understand the tempo and mode of evolution are essential for modeling history lineage diversification. Here, we interrogate Mesozoic fossil record Aculeata, with emphasis on ants (Formicidae), conduct an extended series ancestral state estimation exercises distributions tip-dated combined-evidence phylogenies. We developed illustrated from ground-up a 576 morphological characters which scored 144 extant 431 taxa, including all families...
The enigmatic ants of the subfamily Leptanillinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) are rarely collected, being minute and largely subterranean in biology. Vietnam is one only two countries from which all three leptanilline genera recorded; yet, described species has so far been reported country (Opamyrma hungvuong Yamane et al., 2008). Here, we describe four new Vietnam: Protanilla rong sp. nov., Leptanilla belantanoides sapa Yamada phthirigyna nov. We present first detailed description larva...
The genus-level taxonomy of the ant subfamily Leptanillinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) is here revised, with aim delimiting taxa that are reciprocally monophyletic and readily diagnosable based upon all adult forms. This new classification reflects molecular phylogenetics informed by joint consideration both male worker morphology. Three valid genera recognized in Leptanillinae: Opamyrma , Leptanilla (= Scyphodon syn. nov. Phaulomyrma Leptomesites Noonilla Yavnella ), Protanilla Anomalomyrma...
The ant subfamily Leptanillinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) consists of minute soil-dwelling species, with several genera within this clade being based solely upon males, including Yavnella Kugler. dissociation males and workers has resulted in taxonomic confusion for the Leptanillinae. We here describe worker caste Yavnella, facilitated by maximum-likelihood Bayesian inference from 473 partitioned ultra-conserved element loci, dataset 49 other leptanilline both described undescribed. laventa...
Although molecular data have proven indispensable in confidently resolving the phylogeny of many clades across tree life, these may be inaccessible for certain taxa. The resolution taxonomy ant subfamily Leptanillinae is made problematic by absence DNA sequence leptanilline taxa that are known only from male specimens, including monotypic genus Phaulomyrma Wheeler & Wheeler. Focusing upon considerable diversity undescribed morphospecies, 35 putative morphospecies sampled Leptanillinae,...
Subterranean termites in the genus
Abstract. Although molecular data have proven indispensable in confidently resolving the phylogeny of many clades across tree life, these may be inaccessible for certain taxa. The resolution taxonomy ant subfamily Leptanillinae is made problematic by absence DNA sequence leptanilline taxa that are known only from male specimens, including monotypic genus Phaulomyrma Wheeler & Wheeler. Focusing upon considerable diversity undescribed morphospecies, 35 putative morphospecies sampled...