Japanese
Ants Color Image Database |
The "Japanese Ant Color Image Database" was
produced through a collaboration between the Myrmecological Society of
Japan and The Group for Wide Area Biological Databases and is a database
relating to Japanese ant classification. This database uses a
state-of-the-art search system using highly resolved color images by a
PhotoCD in order to enable precise and rapid species identification by
users who are completely unfamiliar with ant species. |
The
Ant Course at Southwestern Research Station, Portal, Arizona |
THE ANT COURSE is a workshop designed primarily for
systematists, ecologists, behaviorists, conservation biologists, and
other biologists whose research responsibilities require a greater
understanding of ant taxonomy. It emphasizes the classification and
identification of more than fifty ant genera of North America. The
course objectives are presented in the course announcement. Also
available is the application form for the 2001 course, which will be
held at the Southwestern Research Station, Portal, Arizona |
Ant
Biology Workshops at Brackenridge Field Laboratory |
Brackenridge
Field Laboratory has hosted several entomology
workshops directed at graduate students and research workers. A new
series has been initiated which targets biology teachers. The
workshop aims to transmit information on ant diversity, classification,
collecting techniques, and methods for behavioral study appropriate for
high school and college teachers to employ in classes and in mentoring
student research projects. Ancillary to increasing the attention paid to
ants in Texas will be increased knowledge of the native and exotic ant
faunas. Basic studies of fungus ants and of native ant communities by
both Mueller and Gilbert will be enhanced by increasing the attention
given to ant studies by teachers and their students. |
Ants
of Costa Rica |
This web resource provides species-level information on
the ants of Costa Rica. The basic information unit is a species web
page. The page for a particular species contains images, identification
tips, geography, natural history, and recommendations on how to collect
the species. Linked to these species pages are various synthetic
documents, such as keys and species lists. There is a genus list, which
contains all the ant genera known to occur in Costa Rica, and there is a
picture guide to these genera. |