Myrmecological News

Homepage funded by Beate Lattanzi-Schödl & Alexander Schödl, in honour of their brother, Stefan Schödl, 1957-2005, Editor of Myrmecological News, 1999-2005

Edited by: Florian Steiner (Editor-in-Chief), Birgit Schlick-Steiner, Daniel Kronauer

Online ISSN: 1997-3500

Print ISSN: 1994-4136 (Volumes 1 - 27)

Abbreviation: Myrmecol. News

Frequency: at least one volume per year

Current issue: Volume 30 (2020)

Previous name: Myrmecologische Nachrichten

Indexed by: Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences; Google Scholar; Science Citation Index Expanded; Scopus; Zoological Record

Impact Factor: 2.6 (2018); rank 11/98 in Entomology

Myrmecological News is an independent, international, peer reviewed, non-profit journal. It offers rapid means of publication on all fields of ant research, in a lively mix of research and review articles. As of Volume 28, Myrmecol. News is an open-access (CC BY 4.0, all rights remain with the author), online-only, digitally archived (Biotaxa) journal (for details, see Open access). All requirements for taxonomic publications as defined in the 2012 amendment of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature are met (for details, see Aims and scope). Open access also applies to all earlier content (Volumes 1 - 27).

News and announcements

>>> The five most viewed contributions of February 2020 are: [as of 3 March 2020]
1. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) reduce the density of (Linnaeus, 1761) in Mediterranean pear orchards Cacopsylla pyri
Sanchez, J.A., Carrasco‐Ortiz, A., López‐Gallego, E. & La Spina, M. Check it out
2. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) as host and intruder: recent advances and future directions in the study of exploitative strategies
de la Mora, A., Sankovitz, M. & Purcell, J. Check it out
3. Cuticular hydrocarbons in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and other insects: how and why they differ among individuals, colonies, and species
Sprenger, P.P. & Menzel F. Check it out
4. The learning walks of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Zeil, J. & Fleischmann, P.N. Check it out
5. A simple and efficient method for preventing ant escape (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Ning, D., Yang, F., Xiao, Q., Ran, H. & Xu, Y. Check it out

>>> New contribution published: [as of 12 February 2020]
Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) reduce the density of Cacopsylla pyri (LINNAEUS, 1761) in Mediterranean pear orchards
Sanchez, J.A., Carrasco‐Ortiz, A., López‐Gallego, E. & La Spina, M. Check it out

>>> Best Paper Award 2019: [as of 6 February 2020]
NEW! It is our great pleasure to announce the winner of the certificate of this Best Paper 2019 and the voucher worth the Article Processing Charge (700 EUR) of a future contribution in Myrmecological News:
"The learning walks of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)" by Zeil, J. & Fleischmann, P.N. Check it out

Congratulions! We thank all our readers and the editorial board for voting!

>>> Best Paper Award 2019: [as of 7 January 2020]
NEW! In 2020, Myrmecological News awards for the second time the Best Paper of the previous year. One paper of all contributions published in 2019 is selected based on a survey including the editorial board (weighted 50%) and the community (50%). The winner paper will be announced to the community and its contact author will receive a certificate of this Best Paper Award 2019 and a voucher worth the Article Processing Charge (700 EUR) of a future contribution in Myrmecological News to be used within two years. The winner can use the voucher her/himself or transfer it to someone else (possible a single time), communicating the transfer to the editorial office. Among all contributions published in 2019 (see below), please rank the five papers you liked most from 1 to 5 with 1 being your most favourite paper. Please note that choosing exactly five papers is necessary and that each rank should be given only once. Use this link to vote in the survey: Vote here!

>>> Reduced Article Processing Charges: [as of 2 January 2020]
As of today, Article Processing Charges have been reduced to 700 EUR! Contributions such as review articles, book reviews, and obituaries continue incurring no article-processing charge. For additional information, see here.

>>> The ten most viewed contributions of the year 2019 are: [as of 1 January 2020]
1. Neuroplasticity in desert ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) – importance for the ontogeny of navigation
Rössler, W. Check it out
2. The ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and their parasites: effects of parasitic manipulations and host responses on ant behavioral ecology
de Bekker C., Will, I., Das, B. & Adams, R.M.M. Check it out
3. A simple and efficient method for preventing ant escape (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Ning, D., Yang, F., Xiao, Q., Ran, H. & Xu, Y. Check it out
4. Evolution of dispersal in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a review on the dispersal strategies of sessile superorganisms
Hakala, S.M., Seppä, P. & Helanterä, H. Check it out
5. Nutrient regulation in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a review
Csata, E. & Dussutour, A. Check it out
6. Habitat complexity affects functional traits and diversity of ant assemblages in urban green spaces (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Nooten, S.S., Schultheiss, P., Rowe, R.C., Facey, S.L. & Cook, J.M. Check it out
7. Light at the end of the tunnel: Integrative taxonomy delimits cryptic species in the Tetramorium caespitum complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Wagner, H.C., Arthofer, W., Seifert, B., Muster, C., Steiner, F.M. & Schlick-Steiner, B.C. Check it out
8. Differences in geographic distribution of ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) between forests and rubber plantations: a case study in Xishuangbanna, China, and a global meta-analysis
Alcantara, M.J.M., Modi, S., Ling, T.C., Monkai, J., Xu, H., Huang, S. & Nakamura, A. Check it out
9. Competition as possible driver of dietary specialisation in the mushroom harvesting ant Euprenolepis procera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Lizon à l’Allemand, S., Brückner, A., Hashim, R., Witte, V. & von Beeren, C. Check it out
10. The flight ecology of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Helms IV, J.A. Check it out

>>> The five most viewed contributions of December 2019 are: [as of 1 January 2020]
1. First record of the formicine genus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from AustraliaOverbeckia
Heterick, B.E. Check it out
2. The ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and their parasites: effects of parasitic manipulations and host responses on ant behavioral ecology
de Bekker C., Will, I., Das, B. & Adams, R.M.M. Check it out
3. Nutrient regulation in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a review
Csata, E. & Dussutour, A. Check it out
4. Subterranean ants: summary and perspectives on field sampling methods, with notes on diversity and ecology (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Wong, M.K.L. & Guénard, B. Check it out
5. A tribute to Raphaël Boulay (1973 - 2018), a field naturalist and ant researcher who thought broadly and worked internationally
Cerdá, X. & Pearce-Duvet, J. Check it out

>>> Open access to all volumes of Myrmecological News: [as of 31 December 2018]
All content published on Myrmecological News has become freely available to everyone!