Matthew Prebus

@mprebus.bsky.social

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Assistant Research Professor, ASU Curator, Social Insect Biodiversity Repository ant nerd | nature dork | art dweeb

Reconstruction of the historical biogeography of the ant tribes Myrmicini and Pogonomyrmecini.
The diversity of myrmicine tribe topologies recovered in various studies.
A phylogeny of the ant subfamily Myrmicinae, showing the broad effects of alternate point calibrations of one fossil species (on the left), and lineage-specific compositional heterogeneity (on the right). Inset shows proportions of gene trees supporting different myrmicine tribe topologies.
A chronogram of the ant tribe Myrmicini, showing the disparity of divergence dates between alternate placements of the fossil species †Manica andrannae
Images of the worker, gyne, and male of Temnothorax caryaluteus, a newly named ant species from the eastern United States.
A pair of javelina on their morning rounds
Reflections in the sand
Workers of the rarely seen ant species Temnothorax stenotyle tending brood.
Two myrmecologists on a grueling and scenic hike