DISCOVERY OF A NEW ANT SPECIES OF THE ELUSIVE TERMITOPHILOUS GENUS METAPONE IN SINGAPORE (HYMENOPTERA, FORMICIDAE, MYRMICINAE), WITH THE FIRST DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF MALE GENITALIA OF THE GENUS

A new species of the Fuse rare ant genus Metapone, Metapone murphyi sp.nov., is described based on museum material consisting of a single nest series (workers, queens, and males) collected from a decayed coconut palm stump on Pulau Sakra, previously an offshore island south of mainland Singapore.Workers can be distinguished from other named congene

Improved efficiency in dairy systems is a significant challenge for the future, to meet increased food demand while competing for inputs, adapting to climate change, and delivering ecosystem services.Future grazing systems can play a major role to supply healthier foods within systems with a reduced reliance on fossil fuels and chemical inputs, whi

Assessment of autonomic modulation of sinus node by non-invasive techniques has provided relevant clinical information in patients with several cardiac and non-cardiac diseases and has facilitated the appraisal of neural regulatory mechanisms in normal and diseased subjects.The finding that even during resting conditions the heart period changes on