Daniele Giannetti

Viral infection patterns in ants are affected by colony structure and phylogenetic lineage

Konu Mauno, Chowdhury Riaz Murshed, Abril Sílvia, Sylvia Cremer et autres

Abstract Across ant species, there are differences in how their societies are structured. Single-queened (monogynous) societies only have one reproducing queen in the colony, and new queens disperse and start colonies independently. In multiple-queened (polygynous) societies, the colony instead can contain several …

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Ants as bioindicators of urban traffic pollution

Daniele Giannetti, Antonio Verolino, Luciana Mantovani, Francesco Cugini et autres

Ants can serve as valuable bioindicators due to their ecological ubiquity, stable presence due to perennial nests, and direct interaction with soil and airborne particulate matter. This study investigates the potential of the arboreal ant species Crematogaster scutellaris as a sentinel organism …

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Warm up and spread your wings: thermoregulation for flight in the stag beetle Lucanus cervus

Daniele Giannetti, Antonio Verolino, Enrico Schifani, Marta Filibian et autres

Flight in insects is a highly energy-demanding activity, requiring precise thermoregulation to ensure optimal muscle performance. In the European stag beetle Lucanus cervus, males exhibit a significant degree of morphological variation, with larger individuals possessing exaggerated mandibles that may hinder agility and …

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Drivers of deadwood colonization by ants in a temperate forest

Daniele Giannetti, Antonio Verolino, Giovanni Rabusin, Enrico Schifani et autres

• Wood diameter, hardness, and decay class strongly drive colonization probability; • Colony composition varies markedly across the 13 ant species recorded; • Slope aspect and east-facing exposure significantly shape community composition; • Artificial micro-openings (2 mm) increase ant colonization.

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High-throughput phenomics of global ant biodiversity

Julian Katzke, Francisco Hita Garcia, Philipp D. Lösel, Fumika Azuma et autres

The big data era in biology is underway, but the study of organismal form has been slow to capitalize on advances in imaging and computation. Imaging approaches can digitize whole organisms, but low throughput has limited the effort to document morphological diversity. …

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Is mimicry a diversification-driver in ants? Biogeography, ecology, ethology, genetics and morphology define a second West-Palaearctic Colobopsis species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Enrico Schifani, Daniele Giannetti, Sándor Csősz, Filippo Castellucci et autres

Is mimicry a diversification-driver in ants? Biogeography, ecology, ethology, genetics and morphology define a second West-Palaearctic Colobopsis species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Enrico Schifani, Daniele Giannetti, Sándor Csősz, Filippo Castellucci et autres

A light in the dark: DNA barcoding provides new data about the taxonomy of the Italian Luciola (Coleoptera, Lampyridae) fireflies

Emiliano Mori, Andrea Viviano, Mariella Baratti, Elisa Serafini et autres

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Organic management, reduced tillage, and increased vegetation cover promote ant abundance and diversity in Mediterranean Vineyards

Enrico Schifani, Costanza Geppert, Daniele Giannetti, Gianfranco Anfora et autres

Abstract Background Vineyards are regarded as one of the most intensively managed crops worldwide. Organic management is increasingly promoted as an ecologically friendly alternative to conventional farming and organic vineyards are expected to promote the abundance and diversity of arthropods and the …

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Ant-mediated biological control: a global meta-synthesis of antagonistic interactions against pests

Enrico Schifani, Daniele Giannetti, Donató A. Grasso

Abstract Ants’ deep and pervasive ecological impacts on terrestrial ecosystems also translate into several meaningful services and disservices for human activities, whose balance can often be complex to assess. Biological control of pest insects appears to be the most economically relevant in …

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High-throughput phenomics of global ant biodiversity

Antscan GAGA Consortium, Julian Katzke, Francisco Hita Garcia, Philipp D. Lösel et autres

The big data era in biology is underway, but the study of organismal form has been slow to capitalize on advances in imaging and computation. Imaging approaches can digitize whole organisms, but low throughput has limited the effort to document morphological diversity. …

A European Début: The Asian Parasitoid Encarsia nipponica Targets the Invasive Aleurocanthus spiniferus in Northern Italy

Elena Costi, Daniele Giannetti, Michele Cesari, Carmelo Rapisarda et autres

In this study, the invasive orange spiny whitefly (“OSW”; Aleurocanthus spiniferus) and a species of Encarsia parasitising its puparia were studied in three different areas of the province of Modena (Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy): a pear orchard in Bomporto, an organic pear orchard …

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