Ants of Hong Kong
Our participation to the first Bioblitz in Hong Kong was followed by a team of the Apple Daily who produce two nice videos about ants (in Cantonese): Video 1 & Video 2
The discovery and description of Paratopula bauhinia, a new ant species in Hong Kong (South China Morning Post article), with a funny video from the Apple Daily.
antmaps.org
Numerous newspapers and other medias have covered the release of antmaps.org. Here are a few examples:
The Guardian (England), Science (USA), Sciences et Avenir (France, in French), La Presse & Journal de Montreal (Canada, in French), Le Temps (Switzerland, in French), La Repubblica (Italy, in Italian), El Comercio (Ecuador, Spanish), Apple Daily & Metro (Hong Kong, Chinese), NRC (Netherlands, in Dutch), derStandard (Austria, in German), Tuoi Tre (Vietnam, in Vietnamese), Helsingborgs Dagblad (Sweden, in Swedish), Kompas (Indonesia), Jaam-e Jam (Iran, in Persian).
Global diversity patterns of ants and Hotsposts of discoveries:
Historical biogeography and global evolution of communities
New species descriptions & Taxonomy
The discovery of Leptanilla hypodracos with Mark Wong in The Straits Times of Singapore (here , here and here). Mark’s work highlighted on TV program: here (@16.30). More recently, the description of Myrmecina magnificiens from Singapore was also featured in livescience.com and used as the cover picture for the 100 best science photos of 2016
As mentioned above, the discovery and description of Paratopula bauhinia also got its own little success in both local Hong Kong media and abroad
Revision of the tramp species of Pheidole in Phys.org
The peculiar foraging behavior of Pachycondyla chinensis: Tandem-carrying.
The invasion of Pachycondyla chinensis:
The News & Observer.
The predicted future distribution of the Pachycondyla chinensis invasion:
Benoit Guénard 