NEW on antbase.net in March 2010:

More pictures from Vienna - Magdalena Sorger provided us with some more pictures from the Natural History Museum in Vienna. This month the pictures mainly concentrate on the genus Strumigenys, but there are also pictures of newly described species from Magdalena and Herbert Zettel, Polyrhachis baca and Vombisidris philippina. Be sure not to miss our newest pictures!

Polyrhachis baca
Polyrhachis laevissima gyne
Polyrhachis laevissima worker
Polyrhachis sp. "hikdop-gyne"
Strumigenys doriae
Strumigenys godeffroyi gyne
Strumigenys godeffroyi worker
Strumigenys medusa
Strumigenys ochosa
Strumigenys perturba
Strumigenys sublaminata
Strumigenys tadynastes
Tetramorium smithi
Tetraponera extenuata
Vombisidris philippina
Vombisidris sp gyne.

The Antbase.net Team has been to the British Natural History Museum in London!

In March we continue our series of pictures with ants from the British Natural History Museum in London. Have a look at some interesting species like Ishakidris ascitaspis or Gesomyrmex kalshoveni, or just enjoy the next extension of our virtual collection!

 

Background:
We were one of the teams of lucky researchers that had been granted access to the collections at the Natural History Museum in London through the SYNTHESYS Project. So we spent 5 days of hard work at the Museum and we managed to get pictures of 66 specimens from 65 species. Obviously we tried to get some really exciting species from some rare genera out of "Barry Bolton´s collection". In order to keep a steady flow of output we will present several subsets of this work, so be prepared to see pictures of some most interesting species over the next few weeks.

Of course we are happy being able to present the following statement as well:

"This research received support from the SYNTHESYS Project http://www.synthesys.info/ which is financed by European Community Research Infrastructure Action under the FP7 Integrating Activities Programme."

Cataulacus latissimus
Cataulacus praetextus
Cataulacus reticulatus
Centromyrmex feae
Centromyrmex hamulatus
Cladomyrma aurochaetae
Cladomyrma maschwitzi
Cladomyrma maschwitzi gyne
Cladomyrma nudidorsalis
Dacetinops wilsoni
Dilobocondyla borneensis
Dilobocondyla selebensis
Dolichoderus pilinomas
Eurhopalothrix omnivaga
Gesomyrmex kalshoveni
Gnamptogenys biloba
Gnamptogenys fontana
Gnamptogenys lacunosa
Ishakidris ascitaspis
Leptogenys borneensis
Leptogenys myops
Leptogenys processionalis
Monomorium brocha
Myrmoteras arcoelinae
Myrmoteras danieli
Myrmoteras iriodum
Pachycondyla astuta
Paratopula ankistra
Paratopula demeta
Paratopula macta