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  1. Evolutionary history of inquiline social parasitism in Plagiolepis ants

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, February 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Enrico Schifani

  2. Public Engagement Provides First Insights on Po Plain Ant Communities and Reveals the Ubiquity of the Cryptic Species Tetramorium immigrans (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

    Article • Insects, October 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Enrico Schifani

  3. Ergatandromorphism in the Ant Myrmica lobulicornis Nylander, 1857 (Formicidae: Myrmicinae)

    Article • Sociobiology, June 2020, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana

    Dr Enrico Schifani

  4. Integrative biodiversity inventory of ants from a Sicilian archipelago reveals high diversity on young volcanic islands (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

    Article • Organisms Diversity & Evolution, June 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Enrico Schifani

  5. New Tools for Conservation Biological Control: Testing Ant-Attracting Artificial Nectaries to Employ Ants as Plant Defenders

    Article • Insects, February 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Enrico Schifani

  6. First record of Lasius illyricus Zimmermann, 1935 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Armenia

    Article • Far Eastern entomologist, January 2020, Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, FEB RAS

    Dr Enrico Schifani

  7. Morphology, ecology and biogeography of Myrmecina sicula André, 1882, rediscovered after 140 years (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

    Article • Biogeographia – The Journal of Integrative Biogeography, November 2019, California Digital Library (EZID)

    Dr Enrico Schifani

  8. Three endemic Aphaenogaster from the Siculo-Maltese archipelago and the Italian Peninsula: part of a hitherto unrecognized species group from the Maghreb? (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae)

    Article • Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, October 2019, De Gruyter

    Dr Enrico Schifani

  9. Exotic Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Invading Mediterranean Europe: a Brief Summary over About 200 Years of Documented Introductions

    Article • Sociobiology, August 2019, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana

    Dr Enrico Schifani

  10. Spermophora senoculata on Sicily/Italy (Araneae: Pholcidae)

    Article • Arachnologische Mitteilungen Arachnology Letters, June 2019, Arachnologische Mitteilungen

    Dr Enrico Schifani

  11. Aphaenogaster finzii Müller, 1921, a trans-Ionian species new to Italy (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

    Article • Biogeographia – The Journal of Integrative Biogeography, May 2019, California Digital Library (EZID)

    Dr Enrico Schifani

  12. Exploring the myrmecofauna of Sicily: thirty-two new ant species recorded, including six new to Italy and many new aliens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

    Article • Polish Journal of Entomology, December 2018, De Gruyter

    Dr Enrico Schifani

  13. Los foros y las redes sociales ayudan a descubrir especies exóticas en Europa y monitorear su propagación: el caso de Exaireta spinigera (Wiedemann, 1830) (Diptera, Stratiomyidae) en la península italiana y Sicilia

    Article • Graellsia, October 2018, Departmento de Publicaciones del CSIC

    Dr Enrico Schifani

  14. Different lineages of freshwater jellyfishes (Cnidaria, Olindiidae, Craspedacusta) invading Europe: another piece of the puzzle from Sicily, Italy

    Article • Limnology, September 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Enrico Schifani

  15. Yet another alien: a second species of Lepisiota spreading across the Canary Islands, Spain (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

    Article • Fragmenta Entomologica, June 2018, PAGEPress Publications

    Dr Enrico Schifani

  16. Rediscovery of the enigmatic solifuges (Arachnida: Solifugae) at Lampedusa Island (Italy)

    Article • The European Zoological Journal, January 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Enrico Schifani

  17. First record of the vulnerable social parasite ant Plagiolepis grassei in Italy (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

    Article • Fragmenta Entomologica, June 2017, PAGEPress Publications

    Dr Enrico Schifani