simopelta

Specimen Request: Simopelta Army Ants

awild | February 9, 2009

Simopelta sp. nr. pergandei, Venezuela I've just started a project in collaboration with Daniel Kronauer, Jack Longino, and Andy Suarez to infer the phylogeny of species in the Neotropical ponerine genus Simopelta.Â If you happen to have any DNA-quality specimens of these unusual ants in your keep, we'd greatly appreciate a donation. Why Simopelta?Â These insects are among the "other" army ants, the barely-known lineages that have also evolved the specialized nomadic lifestyle that characterizes the well-known, photogenic, and oft-televised ecitonine and doryline army ants.Â Yet Simopelta…

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