Roberto A Keller
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Hita Garcia F, Gomez K, Keller R, Schurian B, Economo E
Zookeys
. 2025 Jan;
1223():1-55.
PMID: 39822654
The ant genus are fascinating ants due to their distinctive morphology, ecology, and rarity. In this study, a comprehensive revision of in the Afrotropical region is presented, through a combination...
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Peeters C, Keller R, Khalife A, Fischer G, Katzke J, Blanke A, et al.
Front Zool
. 2020 Oct;
17:33.
PMID: 33088333
Background: Explanations for the ecological dominance of ants generally focus on the benefits of division of labour and cooperation during foraging. However, the principal innovation of ants relative to their...
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Beutel R, Richter A, Keller R, Hita Garcia F, Matsumura Y, Economo E, et al.
J Morphol
. 2020 May;
281(7):737-753.
PMID: 32364646
The distal parts of the legs of Sceliphron caementarium (Sphecidae) and Formica rufa (Formicidae) are documented and discussed with respect to phylogenetic and functional aspects. The prolegs of Hymenoptera offer...
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Richter A, Keller R, Rosumek F, Economo E, Hita Garcia F, Beutel R
Arthropod Struct Dev
. 2019 Feb;
49:26-49.
PMID: 30738181
Despite the ecological significance of ants and the intensive research attention they have received, thorough treatments of the anatomy and functional morphology are still scarce. In this study we document...
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Khalife A, Keller R, Billen J, Hita Garcia F, Economo E, Peeters C
Front Zool
. 2018 Aug;
15:30.
PMID: 30127838
Background: While thousands of ant species are arboreal, very few are able to chew and tunnel through living wood. Ants of the genus (subfamily Myrmicinae) inhabit tunnel systems excavated under...
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Keller R, Peeters C, Beldade P
Elife
. 2014 Jan;
3:e01539.
PMID: 24399458
The concerted evolution of morphological and behavioral specializations has compelling examples in ant castes. Unique to ants is a marked divergence between winged queens and wingless workers, but morphological specializations...
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Selection against aerial dispersal in ants: two non-flying queen phenotypes in Pogonomyrmex laticeps
Peeters C, Keller R, Johnson R
PLoS One
. 2012 Oct;
7(10):e47727.
PMID: 23110094
The South American seed-harvester ant Pogonomyrmex laticeps has dimorphic queens: ergatoid (permanently wingless) and brachypterous (short, non-functional wings). Surveys in western Argentina indicated that colonies near Chilecito, La Rioja Province,...
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Shirai L, Saenko S, Keller R, Jeronimo M, Brakefield P, Descimon H, et al.
BMC Evol Biol
. 2012 Feb;
12:21.
PMID: 22335999
Background: The origin and modification of novel traits are important aspects of biological diversification. Studies combining concepts and approaches of developmental genetics and evolutionary biology have uncovered many examples of...