@article {4669, title = {Oviposition of the snake Thelotgronis kirtlandii in a parabiotic ant nest}, journal = {Salamandra}, volume = {53}, year = {2017}, pages = {167 - 170}, author = {Zolt{\'a}n T Nagy and Wouter Dekoninck and Filip De Block and Kolo Yeo and Kolotchelema S. Silue and Thibaut Delsinne} } @article {4619, title = {Two new species of Leptanilloides Mann, 1823 (Formicidae: Dorylinae) from the Andes of southern Ecuador}, journal = {European Journal of Taxonomy}, volume = {143}, year = {2015}, month = {2015}, pages = {1 - 35}, abstract = {

Two new species of Leptanilloides are described: L. copalinga Delsinne \& Donoso sp. nov., and L. prometea Delsinne \& Donoso sp. nov., based on workers collected in the leaf litter and soil of the Andes of southern Ecuador. Both species belong to the L. biconstricta species-group (formally diagnosed here). The metatibial gland, considered a synapomorphy for Dorylinae, is observed in L. prometea sp. nov. but seems absent in L. copalinga sp. nov. We provide a COI DNA barcode for both species and a revised key for the worker caste of all known species in the genus. We also describe a single male identified as a potential new Leptanilloides species on the basis of morphology. Furthermore, its mitochondrial COI gene sequence does not match any previously barcoded species. However, we refrain from giving it a specific name because of our lack of knowledge about the worker caste. So far, half of the 14 Leptanilloides species have been discovered above 1500 m in the mountain forests or p\áramos of the Ecuadorian Andes, confirming, if needed, the biological significance of these threatened habitats.

}, keywords = {Army ant syndrome, DNA barcoding, male description, metatibial gland, subterranean ants}, issn = {2118-9773}, url = {http://www.europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/265}, author = {Thibaut Delsinne and Gontran Sonet and David Donoso} }