Mattia Menchetti

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PhD student at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology #IBE (Barcelona, ES), working on #ant #phylogeography. Loves beer, #RStats, #maps, and turning over stones. He/him.
Websitehttps://www.mattiamenchetti.com
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Research Gatehttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mattia-Menchetti
Orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0707-7495
Mattia MenchettiMar 28, 2024
Myrmecological NewsMar 27, 2024

πŸ†•interview: " The arrival of the imported red fire ant (π‘†π‘œπ‘™π‘’π‘›π‘œπ‘π‘ π‘–π‘  π‘–π‘›π‘£π‘–π‘π‘‘π‘Ž) to Europe"; in this interview, Mattia Menchetti talks about fire ant in Sicily, the first record of an established population in #Europe.
#invasion #alien #italy #pest #danger @mattiamenchetti
Photo: Β© Enrico Schifani

https://blog.myrmecologicalnews.org/2024/03/25/the-arrival-of-the-imported-red-fire-ant-%f0%9d%91%ba%f0%9d%92%90%f0%9d%92%8d%f0%9d%92%86%f0%9d%92%8f%f0%9d%92%90%f0%9d%92%91%f0%9d%92%94%f0%9d%92%8a%f0%9d%92%94-%f0%9d%91%b0%f0%9d%92%8f%f0%9d%92%97/

The arrival of the imported red fire ant (π‘Ίπ’π’π’†π’π’π’‘π’”π’Šπ’” π’Šπ’π’—π’Šπ’„π’•π’‚) to Europe

Mattia Menchetti Invasive species can have severe impacts on the environments to which they are not native. They can harm native biodiversity, alter habitats, and disrupt human activity. Of the many known invasive species, the IUCN

Myrmecological News Blog
Mattia MenchettiMar 1, 2023
Years ago we found an intriguing Lasius emarginatus mtDNA lineage in Sicily... Now we know what it really was. Check out our new paper! We show that the recently described Lasius maltaeus is also present in Sicily and we discuss the biogeography of this species. https://tinyurl.com/33ja3tkf
#ants #myrmecology #entomology
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.95.96365
Mattia MenchettiNov 8, 2022

#introduction
Hi everyone! πŸ‘‹ First time I'm tooting!
I'm an Italian #entomologist doing my #PhD at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology #IBE in Barcelona.

I study the #diversity and #evolution of the European #ant fauna using #IntegrativeTaxonomy, #genetics (mainly #barcoding), and #genomics (#UCEs). I also work on #InvasiveAlienSpecies and #butterfly #phylogeography.

I love beer, #Rstats, maps, and turning over stones. Ah, I'm also an #iNaturalist addict!