Books and articles sometimes intentionally do not identify species fully and use the abbreviation "sp." in the singular or "spp." in the plural in place of the specific epithet: for example, Canis sp. This commonly occurs in the following types of situations: * The authors are confident tha...
" in the singular or "spp." in the plural in place of the specific epithet: for example, "Canis" sp. This commonly occurs in the following types of situation: * The authors are confident that some individuals belong to a particular genus but are not sure to which exact species they ...
Badgers are actually not a singular species, but a collection of 11 species found in the family Mustelidae. The name badger, traditionally used to only be applied to one species, the European badger; however, within the family Mustelidae there are 4 subfamilies of badger: Helictindinae, Meli...
Here we describe a new species of free-living Megalomyrmex ant: Megalomyrmex peetersi sp. n. In addition, we identify its singular venom alkaloid (trans-2-butyl-5-heptylpyrrolidine) and elucidate the antibiotic and insecticidal functions of its venom. Our results show that Megalomyrmex peetersi...