Four months since I made the last update of the Ant Genera of the World website. And the less that can be told is that it has been a good time for the Ant Genera of the World database. 167 new records have been added concerning 87 genera! Almost a third of the known genera are concerned. This year helped by Michael Branstetter.

COME POSSO PARTECIPARE AL PROGETTO? Formiche al Parco 2013. Le Formiche del Parco Ducale. Welcome on the web page of the MYRMECOLOGY LAB. We are the Research Unit on Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology of Insects of the University of Parma. Benvenuti nella pagina dedicata al LABORATORIO DI MIRMECOLOGIA.

We are interested in identifying the navigational challenges faced by animals and the neural and behavioural adaptations required to achieve this. We are especially interested in the design of sensory systems, with emphasis on the ecologically relevant conditions in which they have evolved. We regularly engage the community about our research either through nature walks or public lectures. Is a PhD student studying the effect of miniaturisation in ants. Her research focusses on how size dictates the .

Innsbruck, Austria, The 5. Central European Workshop of Myrmecology. Schlick Steiner, Wolfgang Arthofer, Florian M. Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 3rd Central European IUSSI Meeting.