Support for this study was provided by grants from the Key Project of Basic Research of Yunnan Province,China(202101AS070035;202201AS070337);the Yunnan Ten Thousand Talents Plan Young&Elite Talents Project(YNWR-QNBJ-2018-017);the CAS Interdisciplinary Innovation Team of“Light of West China”Program,and the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31970443).
Examples of predator–prey interactions in which flies rob ants are uncommon.To date,this behavior has only been recorded in the genus Bengalia Robineau-Desvoidy(Bengaliinae,Diptera,Calliphoridae).These predatory flie...
The taxonomy of Pheidole Westwood,1841 from Fujian,China is discussed.A new species,Pheidole flavigaster sp.nov.,is described.A key to the species of Pheidole based on major worker is provided.This new species is smal...
We are grateful to Ahmed El Hassani and Mohamed Arahou(Istitute Scientifique de TUniversite Mohammed V-Agdal,Rabat,Morocco)for their support,facilitation,and permits to collect insects in Morocco.We are grateful to two anonymous reviewers for their comments on a previous version of this paper.The Grant to Department of Science,Roma Tre University(MIUR-Italy Dipartimenti di Eccellenza,ARTICOLO 1,COMMI 314-337 LEGGE 232/2016)is gratefully acknowledged.
The social parasitic beetle Puussus favieri(Coleoptera,Carabidae,Paussini)performs different types of stridulations,which sclectively mimic those emitted by dif-ferent ant castes of its host Pheidole pallidula(Hymenop...
Pheidole oxyops builds subterranean nests, with an external architecture that is distinctive and easily recognizable by its wide and specific entrance hole, measuring up to 12.2 cm in diameter, denoting a pitfall-trap...