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In a study different #behaviors in #anthosts and #antparasites between populations of each of them were discovered being related i.a. to #temperature and humidity and thus on the effects of #climaticchange, based on these species: the "slave-making ant" #Temnothorax americanus, and its host, the ant Temnothorax longispinosus (#Myrmicinae).

In that context I would be interested in the climate change effects on non-ant parasites and commensals, such as #phoreticmites.
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Alex Wild Oct 11

Temnothorax isabellae, from the rainforests of Puerto Rico, is one of the more colorful ant species I have photographed.

#insects #ants #Temnothorax

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Mikko Kolkkala Oct 20, 2023

T. duloticus might be even closer to T. curvispinosus than T. minutissimus, but I couldn't fully resolve that.

#Temnothorax #Cardiocondylini (#Formicoxenus group) #ants #phylogeny #socialparasitism

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Mikko Kolkkala Oct 20, 2023

T. duloticus might be even closer to T. curvispinosus than T. minutissimus, but I couldn't fully resolve that. #Temnothorax #Cardiocondylini (#Formicoxenus group) #ants #phylogeny #socialparasitism

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Mikko Kolkkala Oct 20, 2023

Unfortunately, two very interesting social parasite species - workerless inquiline #Temnothorax #minutissimus and slavemaker T. #duloticus - seem to be missing from this study

https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5729518/

#phylogeny #ants #parasitism #SocialParasitism #workerless #inquiline #slavemaker

Insights into the evolution, biogeography and natural history of the acorn ants, genus Temnothorax Mayr (hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Temnothorax (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) is a diverse genus of ants found in a broad spectrum of ecosystems across the northern hemisphere. These diminutive ants have long served as models for social insect behavior, leading to discoveries about social learning ...

PubMed Central (PMC)

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Mikko Kolkkala Oct 20, 2023

Unfortunately, two very interesting social parasite species - workerless inquiline #Temnothorax #minutissimus and slavemaker T. #duloticus - seem to be missing from this study ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles... #phylogeny #ants #parasitism #SocialParasitism #workerless #inquiline #slavemaker

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Mikko Kolkkala Oct 20, 2023

Finally: a *published* #phylogeny of the #ant genus #Temnothorax

@ mmprebus

https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29237395 (open access)

Insights into the evolution, biogeography and natural history of the acorn ants, genus Temnothorax Mayr (hymenoptera: Formicidae) - PubMed

Temnothorax is corroborated as a natural group, and the notion that many of the historical subgeneric and species group concepts are artificial is reinforced. The strict form of Emery's Rule, in which a socially parasitic species is sister to its host species, is not well supported in Temnothorax.

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Mikko Kolkkala Oct 20, 2023

Finally: a *published* #phylogeny of the #ant genus #Temnothorax @ mmprebus ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29237... (open access)