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2025

Unravelling high insect diversity and community turnover along a tropical-temperate elevation gradient: A metabarcoding approach

Damián Villaseñor-Amador, Pilar Benites, Fatima M. Sandoval-Becerra, Madai Rosas-Mejía, Alejandro Zaldívar-Riverón, Milan Janda

PLOS ONE · 17 Jul 2025 · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0327884

From forests to fields: habitat-driven decline of a microendemic endangered salamander

Carolina Mildred Rivera González, José Alfredo Hernández Díaz, Davi Teles, Damián Villaseñor-Amador

The Herpetological Journal · 01 Jul 2025 · doi:10.33256/35.3.243250

Locomotor behaviour of tropical wolf spiders is affected by external temperature and body size, not load bearing

Damián Villaseñor-Amador, Leonardo Vilas-Bôas M.P. de Cerqueira, Quimey Gómez, Francisca Zamora Cornejo, Julia Paulucci, Ignacio Escalante

Animal Behaviour · 01 Mar 2025 · doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.10.003

Grouped and Vibrating: The Influence of Group Size, Triggering Stimuli, and Leg Loss in Bobbing in an Arachnid

Damián Villaseñor‐Amador, Ignacio Escalante

Ethology · 18 Feb 2025 · doi:10.1111/eth.13551

2024

Expression‐based machine learning models for predicting plant tissue identity

Sourabh Palande, Jeremy Arsenault, Patricia Basurto‐Lozada, Andrew Bleich, Brianna N. I. Brown, …, Sarah Percival, Elizabeth Munch, Robert VanBuren, Daniel H. Chitwood, Alejandra Rougon‐Cardoso

Applications in Plant Sciences · 19 Oct 2024 · doi:10.1002/aps3.11621

Indicator ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of disturbance in Mexico

Itzel R. Rodríguez-deLeón, Miguel Vásquez-Bolaños, Crystian S. Venegas-Barrera, Jorge V. Horta Vega, Mario J. Aguilar-Méndez, Miguel A. García-Martínez, Madai Rosas-Mejía

Insectes Sociaux · 20 Aug 2024 · doi:10.1007/s00040-024-00993-0

Phylogenetic structure of moth communities (Geometridae, Lepidoptera) along a complete rainforest elevational gradient in Papua New Guinea

Sentiko Ibalim, Pagi S. Toko, Simon T. Segar, Katayo Sagata, Bonny Koane, Scott E. Miller, Vojtech Novotny, Milan Janda

PLOS ONE · 12 Aug 2024 · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0308698

Refuge and supplementary bamboo-based diet in capuchin monkeys ( Sapajus nigritus cucullatus ) in association with habitat fragmentation and stochastic events

Victoria Martínez de Zorzi, Andrea Susana Vega, Carolina Guerreiro, Damián Villaseñor-Amador, Luciana Inés Oklander

Écoscience · 02 Jul 2024 · doi:10.1080/11956860.2024.2426324

Colony life history of the tropical arboreal ant, Cephalotes goniodontus De Andrade, 1999

I. A. E. Butler, T. Butterfield, M. Janda, D. M. Gordon

Insectes Sociaux · 27 Jun 2024 · doi:10.1007/s00040-024-00974-3

Ant Communities (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in a Protected Urban Park in Northeast Mexico

Madai Rosas-Mejía

Revista de Biología Tropical · 14 Jun 2024 · doi:10.15517/rev.biol.trop..v72i1.58107

Taxonomic report of filamentous fungi presents in sewage waste sludge with biotechnologi-cal potential

Brenda Irais Gutiérrez-Anzueto, Sandra Grisell Mora-Ravelo, Daniel González-Mendoza, Francisco Reyes Zepeda, Madai Rosas-Mejía

Revista Colombiana de Investigaciones Agroindustriales · 02 May 2024 · doi:10.23850/24220582.6217

A comparison of adult population fluctuation of Anastrepha pest species between agricultural environments and protected natural areas in northeastern Mexico

Celestino Martínez‐Bernal, Venancio Vanoye‐Eligio, Maximiliano Vanoye‐Eligio, Madai Rosas‐Mejía, Julio César Chacón‐Hernández, Mario Rocandio‐Rodríguez

Journal of Applied Entomology · 23 Feb 2024 · doi:10.1111/jen.13242

Leaf litter weevil richness increases with elevation in a tropical–temperate transitional forest in El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, northeastern Mexico

Damián Villaseñor‐Amador, Milan Janda, Madai Rosas‐Mejía, Fatima Magdalena Sandoval‐Becerra, Juan J. Morrone

Biotropica · 07 Jan 2024 · doi:10.1111/btp.13295

2023

Solenopsis geminata1: First Report as a Persistent Pest of Manzano Pepper Harvested in the Northern Highlands of Puebla, Mexico

Mariana Flores-Hernández, Jorge Ariel Torres Castillo, Wendy Abril Coyotl-Pérez, Eric Reyes-Cervantes, Madaí Rosas-Mejía, Nemesio Villa-Ruano

Southwestern Entomologist · 05 Oct 2023 · doi:10.3958/059.048.0325

Supplementary material 1 from: Rodríguez de León IR, Venegas Barrera CS, Gaona García G, Azuara Domínguez A, Rosas Mejía M (2023) Ants of Mexico: Distribution and species richness in environments with varying levels of human impact. Biodiversity Data Journal 11: e109794. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e109794

Itzel Rodríguez de León, Crystian Venegas Barrera, Griselda Gaona García, Ausencio Azuara Domínguez, Madai Rosas Mejía

Pensoft Publishers · 02 Oct 2023 · doi:10.3897/bdj.11.e109794.suppl1

Figure 2 from: Rodríguez de León IR, Venegas Barrera CS, Gaona García G, Azuara Domínguez A, Rosas Mejía M (2023) Ants of Mexico: Distribution and species richness in environments with varying levels of human impact. Biodiversity Data Journal 11: e109794. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e109794

Itzel Rodríguez de León, Crystian Venegas Barrera, Griselda Gaona García, Ausencio Azuara Domínguez, Madai Rosas Mejía

Pensoft Publishers · 02 Oct 2023 · doi:10.3897/bdj.11.e109794.figure2

Figure 1 from: Rodríguez de León IR, Venegas Barrera CS, Gaona García G, Azuara Domínguez A, Rosas Mejía M (2023) Ants of Mexico: Distribution and species richness in environments with varying levels of human impact. Biodiversity Data Journal 11: e109794. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e109794

Itzel Rodríguez de León, Crystian Venegas Barrera, Griselda Gaona García, Ausencio Azuara Domínguez, Madai Rosas Mejía

Pensoft Publishers · 02 Oct 2023 · doi:10.3897/bdj.11.e109794.figure1

Ants of Mexico: Distribution and species richness in environments with varying levels of human impact

Itzel Rodríguez de León, Crystian Venegas Barrera, Griselda Gaona García, Ausencio Azuara Domínguez, Madai Rosas Mejía

Biodiversity Data Journal · 02 Oct 2023 · doi:10.3897/BDJ.11.e109794

Functional Response of Pseudodoros clavatus Fabricius1 on Aphis nerii Boyer de Fonscolombe2

Gerardo Montelongo-Ruíz, Julio César Chacón-Hernández, Madai Rosas-Mejía, Agustín Hernández-Juárez, Salvador Ordaz-Silva, Sandra Grisell Mora-Ravelo, Venancio Vanoye-Eligio

Southwestern Entomologist · 14 Jul 2023 · doi:10.3958/059.048.0203

Cuando los insectos no vuelan, ¿las vialidades y la infraestructura urbana actúan siempre como barreras?

Damián Villaseñor-Amador, Zenón Cano-Santana

Herreriana · 05 Jul 2023 · doi:10.29057/h.v5i2.9735

New Records of Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Species for Hidalgo, Mexico

Itzcóatl Martínez-Sánchez, Miguel Vasquez-Bolaños, Griselda Gaona-García, Ericka Martínez-Hernández, Alejandra López-Mancilla, Madai Rosas-Mejía

Journal of Entomological Science · 26 Jun 2023 · doi:10.18474/jes22-78

2022

Primeros registros de dos especies y dos géneros de hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) colectadas en una zona semiurbana de Yucatán, México

Alan Cano-Ravell, Madai Rosas-Mejía, Miguel Vásquez-Bolaños, Horacio Salomón Ballina-Gómez, Ana Luz Tuyin-Díaz, Guadalupe del Carmen Reyes-Solís

Revista Colombiana de Entomología · 05 Dec 2022 · doi:10.25100/socolen.v48i2.11980

Interacciones Entre Hormigas1 y la Mosca Negra, Aleurocanthus woglumi2, sobre Cultivos de Palmilla Chamaedorea radicalis3

Cristian D. Marez-López, Miguel A. García-Martínez, Griselda Gaona-García, Venancio Vanoye-Eligio, Madai Rosas-Mejía

Southwestern Entomologist · 16 Sep 2022 · doi:10.3958/059.047.0329

Azteca instabilis1: First Report of the Ant in the Tropical Dry Forest at Tamaulipas, Mexico

Madai Rosas-Mejía, Sugeidi San Juanita Siaz-Torres, Leonardo Uriel Arellano-Méndez, Jorge Ariel Torres-Castillo, Edilia de la Rosa-Manzano

Southwestern Entomologist · 17 Jun 2022 · doi:10.3958/059.047.0228

Primer reporte de Cephalonomia gallicola (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) en México: Un caso de picaduras en humanos

Miguel Á. García-Martínez, Francisco Reyes-Zepeda, Madai Rosas-Mejía

Revista Colombiana de Entomología · 07 Apr 2022 · doi:10.25100/socolen.v48i1.11505

2021

Myrmecological diversity (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Tamaulipas, México

Itzel Rodríguez de León, Lidia Guzmán-Díaz, Madai Rosas Mejía

Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina · 30 Dec 2021 · doi:10.25085/rsea.800404

Current knowledge of the family Pompilidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) in Mexico: diversity and geographical distribution

MAXIMILIANO VANOYE-ELIGIO, MARÍA DEL CARMEN GÓMEZ-CAMAL, BLANCA DEL ROSARIO MARTÍN-CANCHÉ, MADAI ROSAS-MEJÍA, JORGE V. HORTA-VEGA, VENANCIO VANOYE-ELIGIO

Zootaxa · 25 Nov 2021 · doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5071.4.3

Richness of Butterfly1 Species Associated with Different Habitats in Northeastern Mexico

Griselda Gaona-García, Héctor A. Garza-Torres, Salvador Ordaz-Silva, Madai Rosas-Mejía, Julio C. Chacón-Hernández

Southwestern Entomologist · 29 Sep 2021 · doi:10.3958/059.046.0309

First Report of Caryobruchus gleditsiae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) on Brahea berlandieri in Northeast Mexico

Francisco Reyes-Zepeda, Cristian D. Marez-López, Madai Rosas-Mejía, Salvador Ordaz-Silva, Agustín Hernández-Juárez, Julio C. Chacón-Hernández

Journal of Entomological Science · 22 Sep 2021 · doi:10.18474/jes20-91

Bipedalism in Mexican albian lizard (squamata) and the locomotion type in other cretaceous lizards

Damián Villaseñor-Amador, Nut Xanat Suárez, J. Alberto Cruz

Journal of South American Earth Sciences · 01 Aug 2021 · doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2021.103299

Digestibilidad de Proteínas de Atta mexicana1 (Smith), Pterophylla beltrani2 (Bolívar y Bolívar), y Sphenarium purpurascens3 (Charpentier)

Oscar Acosta-Cabrera, Itzcóatl Martínez-Sánchez, Madai Rosas-Mejía, María Cruz Juárez-Aragón, Leonardo Uriel Arellano-Méndez, Jorge Ariel Torres-Castillo

Southwestern Entomologist · 29 Jun 2021 · doi:10.3958/059.046.0220

Figure 3 from: Aguilar-Méndez MJ, Rosas-Mejía M, Vásquez-Bolaños M, González-Hernández GA, Janda M (2021) New distributional records for ants and the evaluation of ant species richness and endemism patterns in Mexico. Biodiversity Data Journal 9: e60630. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e60630

Mario J. Aguilar-Méndez, Madai Rosas-Mejía, Miguel Vásquez-Bolaños, Gloria Angélica González-Hernández, Milan Janda

Pensoft Publishers · 10 May 2021 · doi:10.3897/bdj.9.e60630.figure3

Figure 2 from: Aguilar-Méndez MJ, Rosas-Mejía M, Vásquez-Bolaños M, González-Hernández GA, Janda M (2021) New distributional records for ants and the evaluation of ant species richness and endemism patterns in Mexico. Biodiversity Data Journal 9: e60630. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e60630

Mario J. Aguilar-Méndez, Madai Rosas-Mejía, Miguel Vásquez-Bolaños, Gloria Angélica González-Hernández, Milan Janda

Pensoft Publishers · 10 May 2021 · doi:10.3897/bdj.9.e60630.figure2

Figure 1 from: Aguilar-Méndez MJ, Rosas-Mejía M, Vásquez-Bolaños M, González-Hernández GA, Janda M (2021) New distributional records for ants and the evaluation of ant species richness and endemism patterns in Mexico. Biodiversity Data Journal 9: e60630. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e60630

Mario J. Aguilar-Méndez, Madai Rosas-Mejía, Miguel Vásquez-Bolaños, Gloria Angélica González-Hernández, Milan Janda

Pensoft Publishers · 10 May 2021 · doi:10.3897/bdj.9.e60630.figure1

New distributional records for ants and the evaluation of ant species richness and endemism patterns in Mexico

Mario J. Aguilar-Méndez, Madai Rosas-Mejía, Miguel Vásquez-Bolaños, Gloria Angélica González-Hernández, Milan Janda

Biodiversity Data Journal · 10 May 2021 · doi:10.3897/bdj.9.e60630

Functional innovation promotes diversification of form in the evolution of an ultrafast trap-jaw mechanism in ants

Douglas B. Booher, Joshua C. Gibson, Cong Liu, John T. Longino, Brian L. Fisher, …, Nitish Narula, Evropi Toulkeridou, Alexander S. Mikheyev, Andrew V. Suarez, Evan P. Economo

PLOS Biology · 02 Mar 2021 · doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3001031

Coleoptera and Hymenoptera Associated with Orchids at el Cielo, Mexico

Madai Rosas-Mejía, Venancio Vanoye-Eligio, Edilia De La Rosa-Manzano

Southwestern Entomologist · 11 Jan 2021 · doi:10.3958/059.045.0430

Alien ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Mexico: the first database of records

Madai Rosas-Mejía, Benoit Guénard, Mario Josué Aguilar-Méndez, Adrian Ghilardi, Miguel Vásquez-Bolaños, Evan P. Economo, Milan Janda

Biological Invasions · 02 Jan 2021 · doi:10.1007/s10530-020-02423-1

2020

Environmental drivers of ant dominance in a tropical rainforest canopy at different spatial scales

Reuber Antoniazzi, Roger Guevara, José García‐Franco, Milan Janda, Maurice Leponce, Wesley Dáttilo

Ecological Entomology · 29 Nov 2020 · doi:10.1111/een.12988

Review of Occurrence of Vespoidea (Hymenoptera) in the State of Campeche, Mexico

Maximiliano Vanoye-Eligio, Jorge Víctor HortaVega, Venancio Vanoye-Eligio, Madai Rosas-Mejía, Ludwin Jaime Estrada Ramírez

Journal of Entomological Science · 27 Jul 2020 · doi:10.18474/0749-8004-55.3.366

Four New Occurrences of Fungus-Growing Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Agroecosystems of Tamaulipas State in Northeastern Mexico

Madai Rosas-Mejía, Griselda Gaona-García, Julio Cesar Chacón Hernández, Sandra Mora-Ravelo, Venancio Vanoye-Eligio

Journal of Entomological Science · 27 Jul 2020 · doi:10.18474/0749-8004-55.3.433

Value of a Heterogeneous Urban Green Space for Ant1 Diversity in a Highland City in Central Eastern Mexico

Madai Rosas-Mejía, Carlos Llarena-Hernández, Rosalía Núñez-Pastrana, Venancio Vanoye-Eligio, Ricardo Serna-Lagunes, Miguel A. García-Martínez

Southwestern Entomologist · 23 Jun 2020 · doi:10.3958/059.045.0214

Hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) del estado de Sinaloa, México

Madaí Rosas-Mejía, Miguel Vásquez-Bolaños, Griselda Gaona García, Venancio Vanoye-Eligio

ACTA ZOOLÓGICA MEXICANA (N.S.) · 16 Jun 2020 · doi:10.21829/azm.2020.3612250

The misleading illusion of COVID-19 confirmed case data: alternative estimates and a monitoring tool

Rogelio Macías-Ordóñez, Damián Villaseñor-Amador

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory · 25 May 2020 · doi:10.1101/2020.05.20.20107516

Myrmecological Fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Collected with Multilure-Type Traps in a Neotropical Transitional Region from Northeastern Mexico

Venancio Vanoye-Eligio, Martín Berrones-Morales, Madai Rosas-Mejía

Florida Entomologist · 08 Apr 2020 · doi:10.1653/024.103.0421

Two New Hosts of Oligonychus punicae (Acari: Tetranychidae) in Northeastern Mexico: Trichilia havanensis (Meliaceae) and Pithecellobium dulce (Fabaceae)

Julio C. Chacón-Hernández, José I. Monjarás-Barrera, Arturo Mora-Olivo, Venancio Vanoye-Eligio, Madai Rosas-Mejía, Francisco Reyes-Zepeda

Journal of Entomological Science · 01 Apr 2020 · doi:10.18474/0749-8004-55.2.286

Diurnal foraging ant–tree co‐occurrence networks are similar between canopy and understorey in a Neotropical rain forest

Reuber Antoniazzi, Jose García‐Franco, Milan Janda, Maurice Leponce, Wesley Dáttilo

Biotropica · 05 Mar 2020 · doi:10.1111/btp.12773

Mexico ants: incidence and abundance along the Nearctic–Neotropical interface

Wesley Dáttilo, Miguel Vásquez‐Bolaños, Diana A. Ahuatzin, Reuber Antoniazzi, Edgar Chávez‐González, …, Tatianne Marques, Veronica Zamora‐Gutierrez, Viviana Martínez Mandujano, Zachary Hajian‐Forooshani, Ian MacGregor‐Fors

Ecology · 03 Mar 2020 · doi:10.1002/ecy.2944

2019

Diversity of Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in a Sub-Montane and Sub-Tropical Cityscape of Northeastern Mexico

Miguel Angel García-Martínez, Venancio Vanoye-Eligio, Otto Raul Leyva-Ovalle, Pedro Zetina-Córdoba, Mario Josué Aguilar-Méndez, Madai Rosas Mejía

Sociobiology · 14 Nov 2019 · doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v66i3.4264

A spatio-temporal approach for the occurrence of traps capturing sexually mature Anastrepha ludens females over an extensive citrus area in Mexico

Venancio Vanoye-Eligio, Madaí Rosas-Mejía, Mario Rocandio-Rodríguez, Maximiliano Vanoye-Eligio, Juana María Coronado-Blanco

Crop Protection · 01 Oct 2019 · doi:10.1016/j.cropro.2019.104858

Nuevos Registros de Especies de Hormigas1 para el Estado de Sinaloa, México

Madai Rosas-Mejía, Miguel Vásquez-Bolaños, Griselda Gaona-García, y Venancio Vanoye-Eligio

Southwestern Entomologist · 01 Jul 2019 · doi:10.3958/059.044.0221

Analysis of temporal fluctuations in numbers of sexually mature Anastrepha ludens females over an extensive citrus area in northeastern Mexico

Venancio Vanoye‐Eligio, María de la Luz Vázquez‐Sauceda, Madaí Rosas‐Mejía, Alicia Vera, Dora Elia Cortés‐Hernández, Mario Rocandio‐Rodríguez

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata · 01 Jun 2019 · doi:10.1111/eea.12800

Evolution of the latitudinal diversity gradient in the hyperdiverse ant genus Pheidole

Evan P. Economo, Jen‐Pan Huang, Georg Fischer, Eli M. Sarnat, Nitish Narula, Milan Janda, Benoit Guénard, John T. Longino, L. Lacey Knowles

Global Ecology and Biogeography · 13 Jan 2019 · doi:10.1111/geb.12867

REMOVING ARSENIC, COPPER AND IRON FROM SEWAGE SLUDGE WITH REED (Phragmites australis)

C CORTÉS-TORRES, L BARRIENTOS-LOZANO, P ALMAGUER-SIERRA, M ROSAS-MEJÍA, M ROCANDIO-RODRÍGUEZ, A ALARCÓN, S G MORA-RAVELO

Applied Ecology and Environmental Research · 01 Jan 2019 · doi:10.15666/aeer/1703_56035617

Diversity and Community Structure of Ants in the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin, Coahuila, Mexico

Milan Janda, Madai Rosas-Mejía, Pablo Corcuera, Mario Josué Aguilar-Méndez, Miguel Vásquez-Bolaños, Yuliza Tafoya-Alvarado

Cuatro Ciénegas Basin: An Endangered Hyperdiverse Oasis · 01 Jan 2019 · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-11262-2_10

Occurrence of Camponotus striatus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Associated with Tripsacum dactyloides (Poales: Poaceae) in Northeastern Mexico

Madai Rosas-Mejía, Venancio Vanoye-Eligio, Miguel Vásquez-Bolaños, Manuel Lara-Villalón

Journal of Entomological Science · 01 Jan 2019 · doi:10.18474/JES18-80

Animal Diversity and Biogeography of the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin

Cuatro Ciénegas Basin: An Endangered Hyperdiverse Oasis · 01 Jan 2019 · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-11262-2

2018

There is no evidence that Podoctidae carry eggs of their own species: Reply to Machado and Wolff (2017)

Prashant P. Sharma, Jill T. Oberski, Marc A. Santiago, Ricardo Kriebel, Savana M. Lipps, …, Arvin C. Diesmos, Milan Janda, Sarah L. Boyer, Ronald M. Clouse, Ward C. Wheeler

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution · 01 Dec 2018 · doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.03.026

Positive effects of the catastrophic Hurricane Patricia on insect communities

Samuel Novais, Luiz Eduardo Macedo-Reis, E. Jacob Cristobal-Peréz, Gumersindo Sánchez-Montoya, Milan Janda, Frederico Neves, Mauricio Quesada

Scientific Reports · 09 Oct 2018 · doi:10.1038/s41598-018-33210-7

Taxon cycle predictions supported by model‐based inference in Indo‐Pacific trap‐jaw ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Odontomachus)

Pável Matos‐Maraví, Nicholas J. Matzke, Fredrick J. Larabee, Ronald M. Clouse, Ward C. Wheeler, Daniela Magdalena Sorger, Andrew V. Suarez, Milan Janda

Molecular Ecology · 22 Sep 2018 · doi:10.1111/mec.14835

Dominance–diversity relationships in ant communities differ with invasion

Xavier Arnan, Alan N. Andersen, Heloise Gibb, Catherine L. Parr, Nathan J. Sanders, …, Stacy M. Philpott, Jorge L.P. Souza, Melanie Tista, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos, Javier Retana

Global Change Biology · 21 Jun 2018 · doi:10.1111/gcb.14331

First Report of the Exotic Ant Monomorium pharaonis from Tamaulipas State, Mexico

Madai Rosas-Mejía, Miguel Vásquez-Bolaños, Griselda Gaona-García, Venancio Vanoye-Eligio

Southwestern Entomologist · 01 Jun 2018 · doi:10.3958/059.043.0225

An ant genus-group (Prenolepis) illuminates the biogeography and drivers of insect diversification in the Indo-Pacific

Pável Matos-Maraví, Ronald M. Clouse, Eli M. Sarnat, Evan P. Economo, John S. LaPolla, …, Christian Rabeling, Jesse Czekanski-Moir, Fransina Latumahina, Edward O. Wilson, Milan Janda

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution · 01 Jun 2018 · doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.02.007

2017

The assembly of ant-farmed gardens: mutualism specialization following host broadening

Guillaume Chomicki, Milan Janda, Susanne S. Renner

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences · 15 Mar 2017 · doi:10.1098/rspb.2016.1759

A global database of ant species abundances

Heloise Gibb, Rob R. Dunn, Nathan J. Sanders, Blair F. Grossman, Manoli Photakis, …, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos, Merav Vonshak, Michael D. Weiser, Michelle Yates, Catherine L. Parr

Ecology · 01 Mar 2017 · doi:10.1002/ecy.1682

Cycad Aulacaspis Scale (Aulacaspis yasumatsui Takagi, 1977) in Mexico and Guatemala: a threat to native cycads

Benjamin Normark, Roxanna Normark, Andrew Vovides, Lislie Solís-Montero, Rebeca González-Gómez, …, Marcos Escobar-Castellanos, Marco Dominguez, Miguel Perez-Farrera, Milan Janda, Angelica Cibrian-Jaramillo

BioInvasions Records · 01 Jan 2017 · doi:10.3391/bir.2017.6.3.02

A multilocus phylogeny of Podoctidae (Arachnida, Opiliones, Laniatores) and parametric shape analysis reveal the disutility of subfamilial nomenclature in armored harvestman systematics

Prashant P. Sharma, Marc A. Santiago, Ricardo Kriebel, Savana M. Lipps, Perry A.C. Buenavente, Arvin C. Diesmos, Milan Janda, Sarah L. Boyer, Ronald M. Clouse, Ward C. Wheeler

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution · 01 Jan 2017 · doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.09.019

2016

Assembling a species–area curve through colonization, speciation and human‐mediated introduction

Evan P. Economo, Milan Janda, Benoit Guénard, Eli Sarnat

Journal of Biogeography · 14 Oct 2016 · doi:10.1111/jbi.12884

Molecular phylogenetics and diversification of trap-jaw ants in the genera Anochetus and Odontomachus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Fredrick J. Larabee, Brian L. Fisher, Chris A. Schmidt, Pável Matos-Maraví, Milan Janda, Andrew V. Suarez

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution · 01 Oct 2016 · doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.07.024

Identification of microsatellite markers for a worldwide distributed, highly invasive ant species Tapinoma melanocephalum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Jan ZIMA, Ophelie LEBRASSEUR, Michaela BOROVANSKA, Milan JANDA

European Journal of Entomology · 03 Jun 2016 · doi:10.14411/eje.2016.053

Phylogeny and population genetic structure of the ant genus Acropyga (Hymenoptera : Formicidae) in Papua New Guinea

Milan Janda, Pável Matos-Maraví, Michaela Borovanska, Jan Zima, Eric Youngerman, Naomi E. Pierce

Invertebrate Systematics · 01 Jan 2016 · doi:10.1071/is14050

2015

Breaking out of biogeographical modules: range expansion and taxon cycles in the hyperdiverse ant genus Pheidole

Evan P. Economo, Eli M. Sarnat, Milan Janda, Ronald Clouse, Pavel B. Klimov, …, Benoit Guénard, Andrea Lucky, Christian Rabeling, Edward O. Wilson, L. Lacey Knowles

Journal of Biogeography · 01 Sep 2015 · doi:10.1111/jbi.12592

Preferencias entre cinco carbohidratos en Pheidole bilimeki (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Madai Rosas-Mejía, Alfonso Correa-Sandoval, Crystian Sadiel Venegas-Barrera, Jorge Víctor Horta-Vega

ACTA ZOOLÓGICA MEXICANA (N.S.) · 16 Aug 2015 · doi:10.21829/azm.2015.312985

Hormigas (hymenoptera: formicidae) asociadas a palma camedor (Chamedorea radicalis Mart.) en el bosque tropical, Gómez Farías, Tamaulipas, México

Manuel Lara-Villalón, Madai Rosas-Mejía, Patricia Rojas-Fernández, Pedro Reyes-Castillo

ACTA ZOOLÓGICA MEXICANA (N.S.) · 16 Aug 2015 · doi:10.21829/azm.2015.312551

Ants of Ambon Island – diversity survey and checklist

Milan Janda, Fransina Latumahina, Michaela Borovanska, Musyafa, Sumardi, Nugroho Susetya Putra

ZooKeys · 19 Jan 2015 · doi:10.3897/zookeys.472.8441

2014

Molecular phylogeny ofIndo‐Pacific carpenter ants (Hymenoptera:Formicidae,Camponotus) reveals waves of dispersal and colonization from diverse source areas

Ronald M. Clouse, Milan Janda, Benjamin Blanchard, Prashant Sharma, Benjamin D. Hoffmann, …, Evan P. Economo, Eli M. Sarnat, David M. General, Gary D. Alpert, Ward C. Wheeler

Cladistics · 07 Nov 2014 · doi:10.1111/cla.12099

2012

Why are there more arboreal ant species in primary than in secondary tropical forests?

Petr Klimes, Cliffson Idigel, Maling Rimandai, Tom M. Fayle, Milan Janda, George D. Weiblen, Vojtech Novotny

Journal of Animal Ecology · 29 May 2012 · doi:10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.02002.x

Wolbachia and DNA Barcoding Insects: Patterns, Potential, and Problems

M. Alex Smith, Claudia Bertrand, Kate Crosby, Eldon S. Eveleigh, Jose Fernandez-Triana, …, Julie K. Stahlhut, Dirk Steinke, James Whitfield, Monty Wood, Xin Zhou

PLoS ONE · 02 May 2012 · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0036514

2010

Experimental suppression of ants foraging on rainforest vegetation in New Guinea: testing methods for a whole-forest manipulation of insect communities

PETR KLIMES, MILAN JANDA, SENTIKO IBALIM, JOSEPH KUA, VOJTECH NOVOTNY

Ecological Entomology · 22 Dec 2010 · doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.2010.01250.x

Canopy assemblages of ants in a New Guinea rain forest

Milan Janda, Martina Konečná

Journal of Tropical Ecology · 17 Dec 2010 · doi:10.1017/s0266467410000623

Canopy and litter ant assemblages share similar climate–species density relationships

Michael D. Weiser, Nathan J. Sanders, Donat Agosti, Alan N. Andersen, Aaron M. Ellison, …, Javier Retana, Andrew V. Suarez, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos, Stephen P. Yanoviak, Robert R. Dunn

Biology Letters · 12 May 2010 · doi:10.1098/rsbl.2010.0151

2009

Leptogenopapus mirabilis, a new genus and species of Lomechusini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from Papua New Guinea associated with ants of the genus Leptogenys Roger

PETER HLAVÁČ, MILAN JANDA

Zootaxa · 03 Apr 2009 · doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2062.1.5

Climatic drivers of hemispheric asymmetry in global patterns of ant species richness

Robert R. Dunn, Donat Agosti, Alan N. Andersen, Xavier Arnan, Carsten A. Bruhl, …, Javier Retana, Andrew V. Suarez, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos, Michael D. Weiser, Nathan J. Sanders

Ecology Letters · 10 Mar 2009 · doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01291.x

2007

Low beta diversity of herbivorous insects in tropical forests

Vojtech Novotny, Scott E. Miller, Jiri Hulcr, Richard A. I. Drew, Yves Basset, …, Kenneth Molem, Markus Manumbor, Elvis Tamtiai, Martin Mogia, George D. Weiblen

Nature · 01 Aug 2007 · doi:10.1038/nature06021

Response to Comment on "Why Are There So Many Species of Herbivorous Insects in Tropical Rainforests?"

Vojtech Novotny, Pavel Drozd, Scott E. Miller, Miroslav Kulfan, Milan Janda, Yves Basset, George D. Weiblen

Science · 23 Mar 2007 · doi:10.1126/science.1139702

2006

Why Are There So Many Species of Herbivorous Insects in Tropical Rainforests?

Vojtech Novotny, Pavel Drozd, Scott E. Miller, Miroslav Kulfan, Milan Janda, Yves Basset, George D. Weiblen

Science · 25 Aug 2006 · doi:10.1126/science.1129237

2004

Phylogeny of Lasius ants based on mitochondrial DNA and morphology, and the evolution of social parasitism in the Lasiini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Milan Janda, Dagmar Folková, Jan Zrzavý

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution · 01 Dec 2004 · doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.07.012

No tree an island: the plant–caterpillar food web of a secondary rain forest in New Guinea

Vojtech Novotny, Scott E. Miller, Jan Leps, Yves Basset, Darren Bito, Milan Janda, Jiri Hulcr, Kipiro Damas, George D. Weiblen

Ecology Letters · 22 Sep 2004 · doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2004.00666.x

2003

Colonising aliens: caterpillars (Lepidoptera) feeding on Piper aduncum and P. umbellatum in rainforests of Papua New Guinea

Vojtech Novotny, Scott. E. Miller, Lukas Cizek, Jan Leps, Milan Janda, Yves Basset, George D. Weiblen, Karolyn Darrow

Ecological Entomology · 01 Dec 2003 · doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.2003.00558.x