Myrmecological News

Volume 29 2019

Österreichische Gesellschaft für Entomofaunistik

ISSN 1997-3500 Volume 29 (2019)

Myrmecological News

Editors Florian M. STEINER Daniel J.C. KRONAUER & Birgit C. SCHLICK-STEINER

Publisher 2019 Österreichische Gesellschaft für Entomofaunistik c/o Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Burgring 7, 1010 Wien, Austria

Imprint: Publisher: Österreichische Gesellschaft für Entomofaunistik, c/o Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Burgring 7, 1010 Vienna, Austria Abbreviation: Myrmecol. News ISSN online version, : 1997-3500 Frequency of publication: at least one volume per year Editorial team: Editor-in-Chief: Florian M. STEINER (Innsbruck, Austria); Editors: Daniel J.C. KRONAUER (New York, USA), Birgit C. SCHLICK-STEINER (Innsbruck, Austria); Subject Editors: Jens DAUBER (Braunschweig, Germany), Falko P. DRIJFHOUT (Keele, UK), Evan ECONOMO (Okinawa, Japan), Heike FELDHAAR (Bayreuth, Germany), Nicholas J. GOTELLI (Burlington, USA), Heikki O. HELANTERÄ (Helsinki, Finland), John S. LAPOLLA (Towson, USA), Philip J. LESTER (Wellington, New Zealand), Timothy A. LINKSVAYER (Philadelphia, USA), Alexander S. MIKHEYEV (Okinawa, Japan), Ivette PERFECTO (Ann Arbor, USA), Christian RABELING (Tempe, USA), Bernhard RONACHER (Berlin, Germany), Helge SCHLÜNS (Osnabrück, Germany), Chris R. SMITH (Richmond, USA), Andrew V. SUAREZ (Urbana, USA), Herbert Zettel (Vienna, Austria); Online Editor: Patrick KRAPF (Innsbruck, Austria) Editorial advisory board: Barry BOLTON (Isle of Wight, UK), Jacobus J. BOOMSMA (Copenhagen, Denmark), Alfred BUSCHINGER (Reinheim, Germany), Daniel CHERIX (Lausanne, Switzerland), Jacques H.C. DELABIE (Bahia, Brazil), Katsuyuki EGUCHI (Kagoshima, Japan), Xavier ESPADALER (Bellaterra, Spain), Bert HÖLLDOBLER (Tempe, USA), Ajay NARENDRA (Sydney, Australia), Zhanna REZNIKOVA (Novosibirsk, Russia), Michael J. SAMWAYS (Matie- land, South Africa), Bernhard SEIFERT (Görlitz, Germany), Philip S. WARD (Davis, USA) Referees: R.M.M. ADAMS, S.T. BEHMER, J. BILLEN, B.E. BOUDINOT, G. BUCZKOWSKI, C. BÜHLMANN, C.R. CARDENAS, L.D. CHICK, G.T. CHISM, T.S. COLLETT, T.O. CRIST, S. CSŐSZ, F. DE CARVALHO CAMAROTA, J. DRESCHER, J. GIEHR, B. GUENARD, Y. HASHIMOTO, U. HOMBERG, J.S. JOHNSTON, A. KAY, J. LAPOLLA, K. LI, P. LUKASIK, S.H. LUKE, P. NONACS, A. OSSOLA, C. PEETERS, C.A. PENICK, K. PERFILIEVA, L. PONTIERI, S.C. PRATT, P. SAPOUNTZIS, E.M. SARNAT, R. SATRIA, A. TARTALLY, R.W. TAYLOR, W. TRIBLE, H.C. WAGNER, P.S. WARD, R.J. WARREN, B. WEBB, S.M. WILDER, B.D. WILLS, Y. WURM, C.-C. YANG, J. ZEIL Statistical advice: K. MODER IT: P. HOFFMANN OLSEN Editorial work: P. ARTHOFER-PEER, S. GAAL-HASZLER, I. PLONSKI, M. SEYFERT, F.M. STEINER Cover illustration: Dolichoderus quadripunctatus (LINNAEUS, 1771), by Matthias BUCH Logo: Dolichoderus quadripunctatus, by Martin SEYFERT Instructions to authors: see https://myrmecologicalnews.org Editors' address: Florian M. STEINER, Department of Ecology, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstr. 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria Tel.: +43 512 507 / 51752 E-mail: [email protected] Myrmecological News is published open access under the Creative Commons (CC) license CC BY 4.0, without economic purpose, and to support all aspects of research. The authors are responsible for the content of their articles. All manuscripts are peer-reviewed. The editors reserve the right to reject manuscripts without stating their reason to do so. Myrmecological News is published in accord with the 4th edition of the ICZN (1999) and its amendment (2012). Contributions recorded in "Zoological Record", "Scopus", and "Web of Science".

Contents

Review articles:

Wolfgang RÖSSLER: Neuroplasticity in desert (: Formicidae) – importance for the ontogeny of navigation; doi: 10.25849/myrmecol.news_029:001 ...... 1

Sanja Maria HAKALA, Perttu SEPPÄ & Heikki HELANTERÄ: Evolution of dispersal in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a review on the dispersal strategies of sessile superorganisms; doi: 10.25849/myrmecol.news_029:035 ...... 35 Jochen ZEIL & Pauline N. FLEISCHMANN: The learning walks of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae); doi: 10.25849/myrmecol.news_029:093 ...... 93

Enikő CSATA & Audrey DUSSUTOUR: Nutrient regulation in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a review; doi: 10.25849/myrmecol.news_029:111 ...... 111

Original articles:

Keiichi MASUKO: Larval hemolymph feeding and hemolymph taps in the ant Proceratium itoi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae); doi: 10.25849/myrmecol.news_029:021 ...... 21 Dongdong NING, Fan YANG, Qian XIAO, Hao RAN & Yijuan XU: A simple and efficient method for preventing ant escape (Hymenoptera: Formicidae); doi: 10.25849/myrmecol.news_029:057 ...... 57

Sabine S. NOOTEN, Patrick SCHULTHEISS, Rhiannon C. ROWE, Sarah L. FACEY & James M. COOK: Habitat complexity affects functional traits and diversity of ant assemblages in urban green spaces (Hymenoptera: Formicidae); doi: 10.25849/myrmecol.news_029:067 ...... 67

Sofia LIZON À L’ALLEMAND, Adrian BRÜCKNER, Rosli HASHIM, Volker WITTE & Christoph VON BEEREN: Competition as possible driver of dietary specialisation in the mushroom harvesting ant Euprenolepis procera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae); doi: 10.25849/myrmecol.news_029:079 ...... 79

Lei NIE, Meihong NI, Dongdong NING, Hao RAN, Babar HASSAN & Yijuan XU: Comparing mechanisms of competition among introduced and resident ants in China: from behavior to trophic position (Hymenoptera: Formicidae); doi: 10.25849/myrmecol.news_029:125 ...... 125

Mark Jun M. ALCANTARA, Shrushti MODI, Tial C. LING, Jutamart MONKAI, He XU, Shuyin HUANG & Akihiro NAKAMURA: 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; doi: 10.25849/myrmecol.news_029:135 ...... 135

Sławomir MITRUS: Nest modifications by the acorn ant Temnothorax crassispinus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae); doi: 10.25849/myrmecol.news_029:147 ...... 147

Brian E. HETERICK: First record of the formicine (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Australia; doi: 10.25849/myrmecol.news_029:163 ...... 163

Obituary: Xim CERDÁ & Jessica PEARCE-DUVET: A tribute to Raphaël Boulay (1973 - 2018), a field naturalist and ant researcher who thought broadly and worked internationally; doi: 10.25849/myrmecol.news_029:157 ...... 157