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Wagner, H. C.; Kraker, F.; Bračko, G.; Schifani, E. 2025. Extensive field observations throw light on the evolution of mimicry in Camponotus lateralis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Ecology and Evolution 15 (12):1-26. 10.1002/ece3.72530 PDF

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Saroj, S.; Mandi, A.; Basak, N. 2025. Discovery of two new species of Paraparatrechina Donisthorpe, 1947 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India. Journal of the Entomological Research Society 27 (3):491-498. 10.51963/jers.v27i3.2956 PDF

Saroj, S.; Mandi, A. 2025. [Untitled. Paraparatrechina sohryngkham sp. nov. and Paraparatrechina ali sp. nov. attributed to S. Saroj and A. Mandi.]. Pp. 494-498 in: Saroj, S.; Mandi, A.; Basak, N. 2025. Discovery of two new species of Paraparatrechina Donisthorpe, 1947 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India. Journal of the Entomological Research Society 27 (3):491-498. PDF

Shakur, M. A. 2025. Acropyga aranyani (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a new ant species from the Western Ghats, India. Oriental Insects -:1-9. 10.1080/00305316.2025.2593874 PDF

Silva, T. S. R.; Ladino, N.; Feitosa, R. M. 2025. Additions to the taxonomy of Neotropical Strumigenys (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): description of new species, terminology alignment, and etymology of the generic epithet. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 69 (4):e20250006, 24 pp. [online early] 10.1590/1806-9665-RBENT-2025-0006 PDF

Rahayu, S. E.; Jannatan, R.; Anchyar, A.; Satria, R. 2025. A new species of the ant genus Myopias (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae) from Sumatra. Zoosystematica Rossica 34 (2):279-284. [online early] 10.31610/zsr/2025.34.2.279 PDF

Matos-Maraví, P.; Matzke, N. J.; Larabee, F. J.; Clouse, R. M.; Wheeler, W. C.; Sorger, D. M.; Suarez, A. V.; Janda, M. 2018. Taxon cycle predictions supported by model-based inference in Indo-Pacific trap-jaw ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Odontomachus). Molecular Ecology 27 (20):4090-4107. 10.1111/mec.14835

Probst, R. S.; Longino, J. T.; Branstetter, M. G. 2024. Evolutionary déjà vu? A case of convergent evolution in an ant-plant association. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 291 (2026):20241214, 10 pp. 10.1098/rspb.2024.1214 PDF

Notes: Myrmelachista symbiosis, convergence

Littauer, R. 2025. Corrections for grammatical agreement for species in Chelaner Emery, 1914 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 5723 (2):268-280. 10.11646/zootaxa.5723.2.6 PDF

Gu, Z.; Zhang, C.; Du, C.; Chen, Z. 2025. Synopsis of the ant genus Myrmecina Curtis, 1829 from China (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae), with description of eleven new species. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 72 (2):395-448. [online early] 10.3897/dez.72.162491 PDF

Gu, Z.; Chen, Z. 2025k. [Untitled. Myrmecina subuncinata sp. nov. attributed to Z. Gu and Z. Chen.]. Pp. 442-443 in: Gu, Z.; Zhang, C.; Du, C.; Chen, Z. 2025. Synopsis of the ant genus Myrmecina Curtis, 1829 from China (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae), with description of eleven new species. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 72 (2):395-448. [online early]. PDF

Gu, Z.; Chen, Z. 2025j. [Untitled. Myrmecina shixui sp. nov. attributed to Z. Gu and Z. Chen.]. Pp. 438-440 in: Gu, Z.; Zhang, C.; Du, C.; Chen, Z. 2025. Synopsis of the ant genus Myrmecina Curtis, 1829 from China (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae), with description of eleven new species. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 72 (2):395-448. [online early]. PDF

Gu, Z.; Chen, Z. 2025i. [Untitled. Myrmecina shanyii sp. nov. attributed to Z. Gu and Z. Chen.]. Pp. 435-438 in: Gu, Z.; Zhang, C.; Du, C.; Chen, Z. 2025. Synopsis of the ant genus Myrmecina Curtis, 1829 from China (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae), with description of eleven new species. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 72 (2):395-448. [online early]. PDF

Gu, Z.; Chen, Z. 2025h. [Untitled. Myrmecina rugosodorsum sp. nov. attributed to Z. Gu and Z. Chen.]. Pp. 432-435 in: Gu, Z.; Zhang, C.; Du, C.; Chen, Z. 2025. Synopsis of the ant genus Myrmecina Curtis, 1829 from China (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae), with description of eleven new species. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 72 (2):395-448. [online early]. PDF

Gu, Z.; Chen, Z. 2025g. [Untitled. Myrmecina planiclypea sp. nov. attributed to Z. Gu and Z. Chen.]. Pp. 430-432 in: Gu, Z.; Zhang, C.; Du, C.; Chen, Z. 2025. Synopsis of the ant genus Myrmecina Curtis, 1829 from China (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae), with description of eleven new species. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 72 (2):395-448. [online early]. PDF

Gu, Z.; Chen, Z. 2025f. [Untitled. Myrmecina laevidorsa sp. nov. attributed to Z. Gu and Z. Chen.]. Pp. 425-428 in: Gu, Z.; Zhang, C.; Du, C.; Chen, Z. 2025. Synopsis of the ant genus Myrmecina Curtis, 1829 from China (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae), with description of eleven new species. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 72 (2):395-448. [online early]. PDF

Gu, Z.; Chen, Z. 2025e. [Untitled. Myrmecina jiachengi sp. nov. attributed to Z. Gu and Z. Chen.]. Pp. 423-425 in: Gu, Z.; Zhang, C.; Du, C.; Chen, Z. 2025. Synopsis of the ant genus Myrmecina Curtis, 1829 from China (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae), with description of eleven new species. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 72 (2):395-448. [online early]. PDF

Gu, Z.; Chen, Z. 2025d. [Untitled. Myrmecina hirsuta sp. nov. attributed to Z. Gu and Z. Chen.]. Pp. 420-423 in: Gu, Z.; Zhang, C.; Du, C.; Chen, Z. 2025. Synopsis of the ant genus Myrmecina Curtis, 1829 from China (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae), with description of eleven new species. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 72 (2):395-448. [online early]. PDF

Gu, Z.; Chen, Z. 2025c. [Untitled. Myrmecina globicephala sp. nov. attributed to Z. Gu and Z. Chen.]. Pp. 415-417 in: Gu, Z.; Zhang, C.; Du, C.; Chen, Z. 2025. Synopsis of the ant genus Myrmecina Curtis, 1829 from China (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae), with description of eleven new species. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 72 (2):395-448. [online early]. PDF

Gu, Z.; Chen, Z. 2025b. [Untitled. Myrmecina flavipeda sp. nov. attributed to Z. Gu and Z. Chen.]. Pp. 413-414 in: Gu, Z.; Zhang, C.; Du, C.; Chen, Z. 2025. Synopsis of the ant genus Myrmecina Curtis, 1829 from China (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae), with description of eleven new species. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 72 (2):395-448. [online early]. PDF

Gu, Z.; Chen, Z. 2025a. [Untitled. Myrmecina carinolateralis sp. nov. attributed to Z. Gu and Z. Chen.]. Pp. 409-411 in: Gu, Z.; Zhang, C.; Du, C.; Chen, Z. 2025. Synopsis of the ant genus Myrmecina Curtis, 1829 from China (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae), with description of eleven new species. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 72 (2):395-448. [online early]. PDF

Scupola, A.; Ballarin, R.; Zanetti, A.; Zanetti, M. 2025. The stinging ant queens: first report of stings against humans by Hypoponera eduardi (Forel, 1894) from Italy (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona 49:25-27. 10.61006/bbz202504 PDF

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Jeenthong, T.; Samung, Y.; Jaitrong, W. 2025. [Untitled. Vombisidris sirindhornae sp. nov. attributed to T. Jeenthong, Y. Samung and W. Jaitrong.]. Pp. 431-436 in: Jeenthong, T.; Samung, Y.; Phosrithong, N.; Jaitrong, W. 2025. The ant genus Vombisidris Bolton, 1991 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Thailand, with a description of a new species. Tropical Natural History 25 (8):426-438. PDF

Ye, Y.; Ran, H.; Gao, Q. 2025. A taxonomic review of Colobopsis minus (Wang & Wu, 1994), comb. nov. from China, with description of all castes (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 1260:75-91. [online early] 10.3897/zookeys.1260.166957 PDF

Sharaf, M. R. 2025. Carebara sharjahensis, a new ant species (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) from Sharjah Emirate (United Arab Emirates), with a key to the Arabian Carebara Westwood. Journal of Natural History 59 (45-48):2489-2500. [online early] 10.1080/00222933.2025.2564438 PDF

General, D. E. M.; Alpert, G. D. 2025. A remarkable new species of the ant genus Strumigenys F. Smith 1860 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the eastern Philippines. Breviora 578 (1):1-8. [online early] 10.3099/0006-9698-578.1.1 PDF

Wimolsuthikul, C.; Jaitrong, W.; Chomphuphuang, N. 2025. A new species of the ant genus Stigmatomma Roger, 1859 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Thailand. Far Eastern Entomologist 535:18-24. 10.25221/fee.535.3 PDF