Publications

Robles Lopez, K, J Sosa-Calvo, JM Calixto, EZ de Albuquerque, KM Baudier. One ant's 

trash is another ant's treasure: Army ant middens provide resources for diverse ant assemblages. Biotropica 00, 1–13 PDF https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.13280

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Gotting, K., DS May, J Sosa-Calvo, L Khadempour, CB Francouer, AB Lopez, MW Thairu, S Sandstrom, CM Carlson, M Chevrette, A Rodrigues, MT Pupo, TS Bugni, TR Schultz, JS Johnston, NM Gerardo, CR Currie. (2022) Genomic diversification of the specialized parasite of the fungus-growing ant symbiosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119(51): e221309611 PDF  www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2213096119 

   

*Hanisch, P.E., *Sosa-Calvo, J., TR Schultz. (2022) The last piece of the puzzle? Phylogenetic position and natural history of the monotypic fungus-farming ant genus Paramycetophylax. Insect Systematics and Diversity 6(1): 11 PDF https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixab029 [Cover.]

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Barrera, C., J Sosa-Calvo, TR Schultz, C Rabeling, M Bacci. (2022) Phylogenomic reconstruc-tion reveals new insights into the evolution and biogeography of Atta leaf-cutting ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 47(1): 13–35. PDF

https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12513

 

Li, H, C-Y Sun, Y Fang, CM Carlson, H Xu, A Jesovnik, J Sosa-Calvo, R Zarnowski, HA 

Bechtel, JH Fournelle, DR Andes, TR Schultz, PUPA Gilbert, CR Currie. (2020) Biomineral armor in leaf-cutter ants. Nature Communications 11, 5792. PDF

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19566-3

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Mera-Rodríguez, D., F Serna, J Sosa-Calvo, JE Lattke, C Rabeling. (2020) A checklist of the non-leaf-cutting fungus-growing ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Colombia, with new biogeographic records. CheckList 16(5): 1205–1227. PDF https://doi.org/10.15560/16.5.1205

 

Solomon, SE, C Rabeling, J Sosa-Calvo, CT Lopes, UG Mueller, HL Vasconcelos, M Bacci, TR Schultz. (2019) Molecular phylogenetics of Trachymyrmex (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) ants and their fungal cultivars provide insights into the evolution of higher attine agriculture. Systematic Entomology 44: 939–956. PDF https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12370

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Sosa-Calvo, J, F Fernández, TR Schultz. (2019) Phylogeny and evolution of the cryptic fungus-farming ant genus Myrmicocrypta F. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) inferred from multilocus data. Systematic Entomology 44: 139–162. PDF https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12313

 

Li, H, J Sosa-Calvo, H Horn, C Rabeling, MT Pupo, J Clardy, TR Schultz, CR Currie. (2018) Convergent evolution of complex structures for ant-bacterial defensive symbiosis in fungus-farming ants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115(42): 10720–10725. PDF

https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1809332115 [Cover.]

 

Guerrero, RJ, F Fernandez, ME Escarraga, LF Perez-Pedraza, F Serna, WP Mackay, V Sandoval, V Vergara, D Suarez, EI Garcia, A Sanchez, AD Meneses, MC Tocora, J Sosa-  

Calvo. (2018) New records of myrmicine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) for Colombia. 

Revista Colombiana de Entomologia 44(2): 238–259. PDF

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Sosa-Calvo, J, TR Schultz, A Jesovnik, R Dahan, C Rabeling. (2018) Evolution, systematics, and natural history of a new genus of cryptobiotic fungus-growing ants. Systematic Entomology 43: 549–567. PDF https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12289 [Cover]

 

Mueller, UG, HD Ishak, SM Brushi, JJ Herman, CC Smith, SE Solomon, AS Mikheyev, C Rabeling, JJ Scott, M Cooper, A Rodriguez, A Ortiz, CRF Brandão, JE Lattke, FC Pagnocca, SA Rehner, TR Schultz, HL Vasconcelos, RMM Adams, M Bollazzi, RM Clark, AG Himler, JS LaPolla, IR Leal, RA Johnson, F Roces, J Sosa-Calvo, R Wirth, M Bacci Jr. (2017) Biogeography of mutualistic fungi cultivated by leafcutter ants. Molecular Ecology 26(24): 6921–6937. PDF https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.14431

 

Sosa-Calvo, J, A Jesovnik, HL Vasconcelos, M Bacci Jr, TR Schultz. (2017) Rediscovery of the enigmatic fungus-farming ant "Mycetosoritis" asper Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Implications for taxonomy, phylogeny, and the evolution of agriculture in ants. PLoS ONE 12(5): e0176498 PDF https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0176498

 

Branstetter, MG, A Jesovnik, J Sosa-Calvo, MW Lloyd, BC Faircloth, SG Brady, TR Schultz. (2017) Dry habitats were crucibles of domestication in the evolution of agriculture in ants. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284: 20170095 PDF

http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0095

 

Sosa-Calvo, J, A Jesovnik, CT Lopes, A Rodrigues, C Rabeling, M Bacci Jr., HL Vasconcelos, TR Schultz. (2017) Biology of the relict fungus-farming ant Apterostigma megacephala Lattke, including descriptions of the male, gyne, and larva. Insectes Sociaux 79 (3770): 18. PDF 

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-017-0550-2

 

Jesovnik, A, J Sosa-Calvo, M Lloyd, M Branstetter, F Fernández, TR Schultz. (2017) Phylogenomic species delimitation and host-symbiont coevolution in the fungus-farming ant genus Sericomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Ultraconserved elements (UCEs) resolve a recent radiation. Systematic Entomology 42(3): 523–542. PDF

https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12228

 

Hogan, CT, TH Jones, M Zhukova, J Sosa-Calvo, RMM Adams. (2017) Novel mandibular gland volatiles in the Apterostigma pilosum species group. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 72: 56–62. PDF

 

Rabeling, C, J Sosa-Calvo, LA O’Connell, LA Coloma, F Fernández. (2016) Lenomyrmex hoelldobleri: a new ant species discovered in the stomach of the dendrobatid poison frog, Oophaga sylvatica (Funkhouser). Zookeys 618: 79–95. PDF

 

Schultz, TR, J Sosa-Calvo, SG Brady, CT Lopes, UG Mueller, M Bacci Jr., HL Vasconcelos. (2015) The most relictual fungus-farming ant species cultivates the most recently evolved and most highly domesticated fungal symbiont species. The American Naturalist 185: 693–703. PDF https://doi.org/10.1086/680501

 

Sosa-Calvo, J, A Jesovnik, E Okonski, TR Schultz. (2015) Locating, collecting, and maintaining colonies of fungus-farming ants (Hymenoptera: Myrmicinae: Attini). Sociobiology 62: 300–320. PDF

 

Sosa-Calvo, J, TR Schultz, CRF Brandão, C Klingenberg, RM Feitosa, C Rabeling, M Bacci, CT Lopes, HL Vasconcelos. (2013) Cyatta abscondita: Taxonomy, evolution, and natural history of a new fungus-farming ant genus from Brazil. PLoS ONE 8(11): e80498 PDF

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0080498

 

Jesovnik, A, J Sosa-Calvo, CT Lopes, HL Vasconcelos, TR Schultz. (2013) Nest architecture, fungus gardens, reproductive castes, and larvae of the fungus-growing ant Mycetagroicus inflatus Brandão & Mayhé-Nunes. Insectes Sociaux 60: 531–542. PDF

 

Solomon, SE, UG Mueller, CT Lopes, A Rodrigues, J Sosa-Calvo, TR Schultz. (2011) Nesting biology and fungiculture of Mycetagroicus cerradensis shed light on the origins of higher attine agriculture. Journal of Insect Research 11: 1–14. PDF

 

Sosa-Calvo, J, TR Schultz. (2010) Three remarkable new fungus-growing ant species of the genus Myrmicocrypta, with a reassessment of the characters that define the genus and its position within Attini. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 103(2): 181–195 PDF https://doi.org/10.1603/AN09108 [Cover].

 

Sosa-Calvo, J, TR Schultz, JS LaPolla. (2010) Review of the dacetine ants of Guyana (Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 19(1): 12–43. PDF

 

Sosa-Calvo, J, SG Brady, TR Schultz. (2009) The gyne of the enigmatic fungus-farming ant species Mycetosoritis explicata. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 18: 113–120. PDF

 

Azorsa, F & J Sosa-Calvo. (2008) Description of a remarkable new species of ant in the genus Daceton Perty (Formicidae: Dacetini) from South America. Zootaxa 1749: 27–38. PDF

 

Bolton, B, J Sosa-Calvo, F Fernandez, JE Lattke. (2008) New synonyms in Neotropical Myrmicine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1732: 61–64. PDF

 

LaPolla, JS, T Suman, J Sosa-Calvo, TR Schultz. (2007) Leaf litter ant diversity in Guyana. Biodiversity and Conservation 16: 491–510. PDF

 

LaPolla, JS, & J. Sosa-Calvo. (2006) Review of the ant genus Rogeria (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Guyana. Zootaxa 1330: 59–68. PDF

 

Sosa-Calvo, J, SO Shattuck, and TR Schultz. (2006) Dacetine ants of Panama: New records and description of a new species (Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Dacetini). Proceeding of the Entomological Society of Washington, 108(4): 814–821. PDF

 

Sosa-Calvo, J & DF Campos. (2005) First record of the family Heloridae (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea) for Colombia. Revista de la Sociedad Colombiana de Entomología SOCOLEN 31: 233–234 (In Spanish). PDF