˃˃˃  The ten most viewed contributions of the year 2008 are: [as of 1 January 2009]
1. Advances in insect preparation: bleaching, clearing and relaxing ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
       Stüben, M. & Linsenmair, K.E.   Check it out
2. The demise of the standard ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
       Heinze, J.   Check it out
3. Biodiversity, species interactions, and functional roles of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in fragmented landscapes: a review
       Crist, T.O.   Check it out
4. Hölldobler, B. & Wilson, E.O. 2008: The Superorganism: the beauty, elegance and strangeness of insect societies. – W.W. Norton and Company, New York, 576 pp.
       Seal, J.N.   Check it out 
5. Leptothorax athabasca sp.n. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Alberta, Canada, an ant with an apparently restricted range
       Buschinger, A. & Schulz, A.   Check it out 
6. In memoriam – Roy R. Snelling (30 September 1934 - 21 April 2008)
       Trager, J.C.   Check it out
7. First record of the slave-maker ant Harpagoxenus sublaevis (Nylander, 1849) from Bulgaria (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
       Antonova, V.   Check it out
8. Vietnamese species of the genus Acanthomyrmex Emery, 1893 – A. humilis sp.n. and A. glabfemoralis Zhou & Zheng, 1997 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae)
       Eguchi, K. Bui, T.V. & Yamane, S.   Check it out
9. Tschinkel, W.R. 2006: The fire ants. – Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 744 pp.
       Gordon, D.M.   Check it out 
10. Individual and collective cognition in ants and other insects (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
       Dornhaus, A. & Franks, N.R.   Check it out

˃˃˃  The five most viewed contributions of December 2008 are: [as of 1 January 2009]
1. Advances in insect preparation: bleaching, clearing and relaxing ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
       Stüben, M. & Linsenmair, K.E.   Check it out
2. Recent advances in army ant biology (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
       Kronauer, D.J.C.   Check it out
3. Tschinkel, W.R. 2006: The fire ants. – Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 744 pp.
       Gordon, D.M.   Check it out 
4. Maze negotiation by a myrmicine ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
       Cammaerts, M.-C. & Lambert, A.   Check it out
5. A taxonomic revision of the Formica subpilosa Ruzsky, 1902 group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
       Seifert, B. & Schultz, R.   Check it out

˃˃˃  Four new contributions published Online Earlier: [as of 21 December 2008] 
Passera, L. 2008: Le monde extraordinaire des fourmis. – Librairie Arthème, Fayard, Paris, 235 pp.
       Cherix, D.  Check it out
A taxonomic revision of the Formica subpilosa Ruzsky, 1902 group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
       Seifert, B. & Schultz, R.  Check it out
D'Ettorre, P. & Hughes, D.P. (Eds.) 2008: Sociobiology of communication: an interdisciplinary perspective. – Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 320 pp.
       Dornhaus, A.  Check it out
The architecture of the desert ant's navigational toolkit (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
       Wehner, R.  Check it out

˃˃˃  Request from the editors: [as of 12 September 2008]
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˃˃˃  Volume 11 published in print! [as of 21 August 2008] 
Click here  for information on how to order the print version of volume 11
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Now also the two articles of volume 11 describing new ant species have been published online (under the current version of the ICZN, online publications are not taxonomically significant and articles that ensue changes of zoological nomenclature can thus only be published online after publication of the print version).
These two articles are:
Vietnamese species of the genus Acanthomyrmex Emery, 1893 - A. humilis sp.n. and A. glabfemoralis Zhou & Zheng, 1997 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae)
       Eguchi, K., Bui, T.V. & Yamane, S.  Check it out
Leptothorax athabasca sp.n. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Alberta, Canada, an ant with an apparently restricted range
     Buschinger, A. & Schulz, A.  Check it out

˃˃˃  Roy R. Snelling deceased
Professor Dr Roy Snelling, outstanding US hymenopterist, passed away in April 2008 during a fieldtrip in Kenya. Obituary published Online Earlier. [as of 5 August 2008]

˃˃˃  The Myrmecological News website had over 1000 hits in 7 days! [as of 31 July 2008]

˃˃˃  Francesco Le Moli deceased
Professor Dr Francesco Le Moli, doyen of ant research in Italy and beyond, passed away in April 2008. Obituary published Online Earlier. [as of 18 July 2008]

˃˃˃   Online Earlier is up
Since 3 May 2008 Myrmecological News proudly offers an Online Earlier publication service: fully edited and proof-read articles are published online as soon as they are ready. [as of 3 May 2008]

˃˃˃   Now free access to editorial contributions, book reviews and selected articles. [as of 3 May 2008]

˃˃˃   Extended Editorial Advisory Board [as of 3 May 2008]
Myrmecological News boasts an enlarged Editorial Advisory Board and now has a total of fifteen eminent scientists from all continents that span practically all subfields of myrmecology "on board".

˃˃˃  Scope now  covers all biogeographic zones
With immediate effect we now accept manuscripts on any ant topic from any part of the globe. Unfortunately, page charges still apply as sales of Myrmecological News do not cover the production costs, even though all editorial work is performed honorarily. The publisher, the Austrian Society of Entomofaunistics (ÖGEF), can sponsor articles which deal with the Palaearctic Region or with general myrmecological aspects, but due to their statutes cannot extend sponsoring to other faunal regions. However, all students and any authors from developing countries are invited to apply for exemption from page charges! [as of 3 May 2008]