[Taxacom] ZooBank

Thu Sep 7 08:24:31 CDT 2006

Well, Rod, we might have a different Zoological Record then.
I got 22 papers for Atta mexicana including your top hit (copied below;
your top is the last in the ZR list).

Cheers

Frank

Dr Frank-T. Krell
Head, Coleoptera Division
Editor, Systematic Entomology
Commissioner, International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature
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Search History
#1 Atta mexicana(22 records)

The search: Atta mexicana in the database(s) Zoological Record v.142
2006/01
  -2006/08, Zoological Record v.141 2005, Zoological Record v.140 2004,
  Zoological Record v.139 2003, Zoological Record v.138 2002, Zoological
Record
  v.137 2001, Zoological Record v.136 2000, Zoological Record v.133-135
1997
  -1999, Zoological Record v.129-132 1993-1996, Zoological Record
v.121-128 1985
  -1992, Zoological Record v.115-120 1978-1984 returned 22 records

Record 1 of 22 in Zoological Record v.141 2005

TI: The first records of Bycrea villosa Pascoe (Coleoptera:
Tenebrionidae) in
  the United States, Central America and Colombia and notes on its
association
  with leaf-cutting ants.
AU: Steiner,-Warren-E,-Jr {a}
SO: Coleopterists-Bulletin. 2004 September; 58(3): 329-334

Record 2 of 22 in Zoological Record v.140 2004

TI: Beetles (Coleoptera) associated with the external debris of Atta
mexicana
  (F. Smith) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Ojuelos, Jalisco, Mexico.
AU: Navarrete-Heredia,-Jose-Luis {a}; Cortes-Aguilar,-Jesus
SO: Proceedings-of-the-Entomological-Society-of-Washington. 2004 April;
106(2):
  481-482

Record 3 of 22 in Zoological Record v.140 2004

TI: Atta mexicana (F. Smith, 1858) "Arrieras", "cachorras",
"cuatalatas",
  "chancharras", "chicatanas", "mochomos", "nacasma", "noku", "parasol",
  "sontetas", "tepoani", "tzicatl", o "tzim-tzim" (Hymenoptera:
Fomicidae).

[Atta mexicana (F. Smith, 1858). (Hymenoptera: Fomicidae).]
AU: Bolanos,-Miguel-Vasquez {a}
SO: Dugesiana. 2003 Octubre; 10(1): 37-38

Record 4 of 22 in Zoological Record v.139 2003

TI: An example of track sharing by the Neotropical myrmicine ants Atta
mexicana
  (F. Smith) and Pogonomyrmex barbatus (F. Smith) (Hym., Formicidae,
Myrmicinae).
AU: Blacker,-NC {a}
SO: Entomologist's-Monthly-Magazine. 2003 January-March; 139(1664-1666):
39-42

Record 5 of 22 in Zoological Record v.139 2003

TI: A gregarious, mycophagous, myrmecophilous moth, Amydria anceps
Walsingham
  (Lepidoptera: Acrolophidae), living in Atta mexicana (F. Smith)
(Hymenoptera:
  Formicidae) spent fungal culture accumulations.
AU: Sanchez-Pena,-Sergio-R {a}; Davis,-Donald-R; Mueller,-Ulrich-G
SO: Proceedings-of-the-Entomological-Society-of-Washington. 2003
January;
  105(1): 186-194

Record 6 of 22 in Zoological Record v.138 2002

TI: A nocturnal raid of Nomamyrmex army ants on Atta leaf-cutting ants
in
  Tamaulipas, Mexico.
AU: Sanchez-Pena,-Sergio-R {a}; Mueller,-Ulrich-G
SO: Southwestern-Entomologist. 2002 June; 27(2): 221-223

Record 7 of 22 in Zoological Record v.137 2001

TI: Influence of leaf-cutting ants (Atta mexicana) on performance and
dispersion
  patterns of perennial desert shrubs in an inter-tropical region of
Central
  Mexico.
AU: Zavala-Hurtado,-Jose-Alejandro {a}; Valverde,-Pedro-Luis;
del-Carmen-Herrera
  -Fuentes,-Maria; Diaz-Solis,-Amaury
SO: Journal-of-Arid-Environments. 2000 September; 46(1): 93-102

Record 8 of 22 in Zoological Record v.133-135 1997-1999

TI: Observaciones del comportamiento de enjambrazon de Atta mexicana Fr.
Smith
  (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) en Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. 
[Observations of
  swarming behaviour of Atta mexicana Fr. Smith (Hymenoptera:
Formicidae) in
  Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.]
AU: Quiroz-Robledo,-Luis {a}; Valenzuela-Gonzalez,-Jorge
SO: Folia-Entomologica-Mexicana. 1997; 97: 71-72

Record 9 of 22 in Zoological Record v.133-135 1997-1999

TI: Especies de Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) asociadas a detritos
de Atta
  mexicana (F. Smith) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) en dos localidades de
Morelos,
  Mexico. 
[Species of Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) associated with
  detritus of Atta mexicana (F. Smith) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in two
  localities in Morela, Mexico.]
AU: Marquez-Luna,-Juan {a}; Navarrete-Heredia,-Jose-Luis
SO: Folia-Entomologica-Mexicana. 1995; 91: 31-46

Record 10 of 22 in Zoological Record v.133-135 1997-1999

TI: A key to Neodohrniphora (Diptera: Phoridae), parasites of
leaf-cutter ants
  (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
AU: Disney,-RHL {a}
SO: Journal-of-Natural-History. 1996 September; 30(9): 1377-1389

Record 11 of 22 in Zoological Record v.129-132 1993-1996

TI: Diet of the leafcutting ant, Atta mexicana (Hymenoptera:
Formicidae), in a
  Sonoran Desert habitat.
AU: Mintzer,-Alex
SO: Journal-of-the-Arizona-Nevada-Academy-of-Science. 1995; 28(1-2):
33-40

Record 12 of 22 in Zoological Record v.129-132 1993-1996

TI: Biological notes on Oosternum attacomis (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae),
from
  Morelos State, Mexico.
AU: Marquez-Luna,-Juan; Navarrete-Heredia,-Jose-Luis
SO: Entomological-News. 1995 September-October; 106(4): 203-208

Record 13 of 22 in Zoological Record v.129-132 1993-1996

TI: Foundation of colonies of Atta mexicana (F. Smith) (Hymenoptera:
Formicidae)
  in the laboratory.
AU: Mintzer,-A; Quiroz-Robledo,-LN; Deloya,-C
SO: Folia-Entomologica-Mexicana. 1992: 133-138; No. 82

Record 14 of 22 in Zoological Record v.121-128 1985-1992

TI: Entomofauna asociada a los detritos de Atta mexicana (F. Smith)
  (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) en una zona arida del centro de Mexico.
AU: Rojas,-P
SO: Acta-Zoologica-Mexicana-Nueva-Serie. 1990: 28-29; No. 38

Record 15 of 22 in Zoological Record v.121-128 1985-1992

TI: Foundress female weight and cooperative foundation in Atta
leaf-cutting ants.
AU: Mintzer,-A
BK: van der Meer, R.K.; Jaffe, K.; Cedeno, A. [Eds]. Applied
myrmecology. A
  world perspective. Westview Press, Boulder, San Francisco & Oxford.
1990: i-xv,
  1-741. Chapter pagination: 180-183.

Record 16 of 22 in Zoological Record v.121-128 1985-1992

TI: Nota sobre una poblacion de Bycrea villosa Pascoe (Coleoptera:
  Tenebrionidae) en los detritos de Atta mexicana (F. Smith)
(Hymenoptera:
  Formicidae).
AU: Rojas,-P
SO: Folia-Entomologica-Mexicana. 1989: 37-43; No. 76

Record 17 of 22 in Zoological Record v.121-128 1985-1992

TI: Entomofauna asociada a los detritos de Atta mexicana (F. Smith)
  (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) en una zona arida del centro de Mexico.
AU: Rojas,-P
SO: Acta-Zoologica-Mexicana-Nueva-Serie. 1989: 3-51; No. 33

Record 18 of 22 in Zoological Record v.121-128 1985-1992

TI: Population status of the Mexican leafcutting ant, Atta mexicana
  (Formicidae), in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona.
AU: Mintzer,-AC; Mintzer,-CL
SO: Southwestern-Naturalist. 1988; 33(2): 250-251

Record 19 of 22 in Zoological Record v.121-128 1985-1992

TI: Coleopteros lamelicornios asociados a depositos de detritos de Atta
mexicana
  (Smith) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) en el sur del Estado de Morelos,
Mexico.
AU: Deloya,-C
SO: Folia-Entomologica-Mexicana. 1988: 77-92; No. 75

Record 20 of 22 in Zoological Record v.115-120 1978-1984

TI: Atta mexicana in the United States.
AU: Mintzer,-A
SO: Attini. 1981: 4; No. 9

Record 21 of 22 in Zoological Record v.115-120 1978-1984

TI: Simultaneous use of a foraging trail by two leafcutter ant species
in the
  Sonoran Desert.
AU: Mintzer,-A
SO: Journal-of-the-New-York-Entomological-Society. 1980; 88(2): 102-105

Record 22 of 22 in Zoological Record v.115-120 1978-1984

TI: Foraging activity of the Mexican leafcutting ant Atta mexicana (F.
Smith),
  in a Sonoran desert habitat (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).
AU: Mintzer,-A
SO: Insectes-Sociaux. 1979; 26(4): 364-372

> -----Original Message-----
> From: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> [mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of Roderic Page
> Sent: 07 September 2006 13:58
> To: TAXACOM
> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] ZooBank
> 
> Perhaps somebody should ask why ZooBank is in bed with ISI? 
> Is it because Zoological Record is so wonderful?
> 
> Well, I'm not sure ZR is a great as we might think. For example, I 
> searched ZR for the ant Atta mexicana, and got 12 papers back. The 
> same search in Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com/scholar?
> q=%22Atta+mexicana%22&hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&safe=off&start=0&sa=N)
> returned 80 hits. Now, some GS results are duplicates, and some 
> mention Atta mexicana only tangentially, but I find this interesting.
> 
> Both searches miss papers (6 ZR records don't seem to be in GS), but 
> GS finds relevant papers not in ZR (including the top hit
> http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02223555 ). Indeed, only two of the top 
> ten GS hits are in ZR. This includes a paper on beetle larvae
> (http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2000)093[0795:NLDFTS]2.0.CO;2)
> associated with Atta ants that mentions a beetle (Euphoria
> lineoligera) not mentioned at all in ZR or ZooBank (but is found in, 
> see  uBio http://names.ubio.org/browser/details2.php?
> names=on&authors=on&sci=on&vern=on&conceptID=&expand=&namebank
> ID=2913895
>   , or http://lsidres.org/urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2913895 ).
> 
> Google Scholar has some problems, but when compared against ISI's Web 
> of Science it does rather well (e.g., 
> http://www.int-res.com/articles/esep/2005/E65.pdf ).
> 
> My point is that ZooBank demonstrably has limitations with respect to 
> both taxonomic names and literature, which makes me wonder whether 
> this is truly the way forward. Or, put another way, if the ISI link is

> being promoted based on names and literature, neither argument seems 
> terribly compelling to me.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Rod
> 
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