Alicata, Antonio

AUTHORS: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences

University of Catania

Catania, Italy

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PUBLICATIONS

• Alicata, A., Schifani, E. 2019. 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). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 59(1): 1–16 doi:10.2478/aemnp-2019-0001

• Menchetti, M., Schifani, E., Alicata, A., Vila, R. 2023. Quantitative morphology and mtDNA reveal that Lasius maltaeus is not endemic to the Maltese Islands (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 95, 129–142. doi:10.3897/jhr.95.96365

• Radchenko, A.G. & Elmes, G.W. & Alicata, A. 2006. Taxonomic revision of the schencki-group of the ant genus Myrmica from the Palaearctic region. Annales Zoologici (Warszawa) 56: 499-538.

• Schifani, E., Alicata, A. 2018. Exploring the myrmecofauna of Sicily: thirty-two new ant species recorded, including six new to Italy and many new aliens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Polish Journal of Entomology. 87(4):323–348. doi:10.2478/pjen-2018-0023.

• Schifani, E., Alicata, A. 2019. Aphaenogaster finzii Müller, 1921, a trans-Ionian species new to Italy (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Biogeographia – The Journal of Integrative Biogeography. 34:51–57. doi:10.21426/B634043636)

• Schifani, E., Alicata, A. 2023. Nomenclatural changes on some Mediterranean Aphaenogaster Mayr, 1853 taxa (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zootaxa. 5277(1):59–70. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5277.1.2

• Schifani, E., Alicata, A., Borowiec, L., García, F., Gentile, V., Gómez, K., Nalini, E., Rigato, F., Schär, S., Scupola, A., Vila, R., Menchetti, M. 2023. Unrecognized for centuries: distribution and sexual caste descriptions of the West European Aphaenogaster species of the subterranea group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys. 1153:141–156. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1153.98297

• Schifani, E., Alicata, A., Menchetti, M. 2022. Following the Apennines: updating the distribution of Formica clara and Formica rufibarbis in Italy (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Biogeographia – The Journal of Integrative Biogeography. 37:a014 doi:10.21426/B637155107.

• Schifani, E., Alicata, A., Menchetti, M., Borowiec, L., Fisher, B.L., Karaman, C., Kiran, K., Oueslati, W., Salata, S., Blatrix, R. 2022. Revisiting the morphological species groups of West-Palearctic Aphaenogaster ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) under a phylogenetic perspective: toward an evolutionary classification. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 80:627–648. doi:10.3897/asp.80.e84428

• Schifani, E., Costa, S., Mei, M., Alicata, A. 2021. A new species for the Italian fauna: Aphaenogaster strioloides, not A. crocea, inhabits Pantelleria Island (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Fragmenta Entomologica. 53(1):21–24. doi:10.13133/2284-4880/482

• Schifani, E., Csősz, S., Viviano, R., Alicata, A. 2021. Ant diversity on the largest Mediterranean islands: on the presence or absence of 28 species in Sicily (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Natural History Sciences. 8:55–70 doi:10.4081/nhs.2021.532

• Schifani E., Prebus M.M. & Alicata A. 2022. Integrating morphology with phylogenomics to describe four island endemic species of Temnothorax from Sicily and Malta (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). European Journal of Taxonomy. 833:143–179. doi:10.5852/ejt.2022.833.1891

• Schifani, E., Scupola, A., Alicata, A. 2020. Morphology, ecology and biogeography of Myrmecina sicula André, 1882, rediscovered after 140 years (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Biogeographia – The Journal of Integrative Biogeography. 35:105–116. doi:10.21426/b635048444

AUTHORS: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z