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A molecular phylogeny of Dorylus army ants provides evidence for multiple evolutionary transitions in foraging niche.

BMC evolutionary biology - 4 Apr 2007

Kronauer Daniel J C, Schöning Caspar, Vilhelmsen Lars B, Boomsma Jacobus J

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BACKGROUND: Army ants are the prime arthropod predators in tropical forests, with huge colonies and an evolutionary derived nomadic life style. Five of the six recognized subgenera of Old World Dorylus army ants forage in the soil, whereas some species of the sixth subgenus (Anomma) forage in the leaf-litter and some as conspicuous swarm raiders on the forest floor and in the lower vegetation (the infamous driver...

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PMID: 17408491
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-7-56
PMCID: PMC1852301

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