@article{MTMT:34505866,
	title = {A survey and risk screening of non-native ant species colonising greenhouses in Hungary},
	url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34505866},
	author = {Báthori, Ferenc and Herczeg, Gábor and Vilizzi, Lorenzo and Jégh, Tamás and Kakas, Csilla and Petrovics, Milán and Csősz, Sándor},
	doi = {10.1007/s10530-023-03227-9},
	journal-iso = {BIOL INVASIONS},
	journal = {BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS},
	unique-id = {34505866},
	issn = {1387-3547},
	abstract = {Invasive species represent a severe threat for ecosystem health worldwide. With increasing global trade and ongoing climate change, monitoring non-native species and their hotspots of potential spread is becoming increasingly important. Invasive ants are one of the most problematic groups of organisms costing billions of dollars a year globally to control. Therefore, emerging ant invasions require more focused engagement to assess their extent, and effective measures to prevent the spread of non-native invasive species can be time consuming and expensive to implement. In addition to places with high commercial traffic, greenhouses are potential hotspots for non-native species as they can be entry points for invasions. However, the role of greenhouses in ant invasions is still understudied. In this study, an extensive survey of greenhouses in zoos and botanical gardens of Hungary was conducted to search for non-native ant species. The five species found in the surveys and an additional two known from Hungary were then screened for their risk of invasiveness in the country under both current and predicted climate conditions. Three species were found to pose a considerable conservation and economic risk for Hungary, and one is already present in the wild. Increased monitoring of greenhouses and other heated premises for the presence of non-native species and targeted chemical eradication are needed to prevent their spread. The risk screening method employed in this study can be applied to a wide range of terrestrial animal taxa, thereby providing a basis for developing more effective prevention and control strategies against invasive species.},
	year = {2024},
	eissn = {1573-1464},
	orcid-numbers = {Herczeg, Gábor/0000-0003-0441-342X; Vilizzi, Lorenzo/0000-0001-8103-885X}
}

@article{MTMT:34452416,
	title = {Host-switching events are not always the driver of speciation in social parasites: a case study in Temnothorax (Myrmoxenus) ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)},
	url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34452416},
	author = {Báthori, Ferenc and Heinze, J. and Trindl, A. and Seifert, B. and Herczeg, Gábor and Csősz, Sándor},
	doi = {10.1111/jzo.13140},
	journal-iso = {J ZOOL},
	journal = {JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY},
	unique-id = {34452416},
	issn = {0952-8369},
	abstract = {Abstract Host?parasite systems, including social parasites that exploit resources of the host colonies, are fascinating objects for evolutionary biologists mainly due to the dynamic and often rapid host?parasite coevolution. Host-switching events are believed to induce rapid speciation of parasitic species. The socially parasitic ant lineage Myrmoxenus, which corresponds to the monophyletic Temnothorax corsicus group, counts in total a dozen species. Most Myrmoxenus species utilize a single host species, but a few others, like Myrmoxenus ravouxi (André, 1896) and M.?gordiagini Ruzsky, 1902, are known to use multiple host taxa. Myrmoxenus zaleskyi (Sadil, 1953) was described as a putative congener of M.?ravouxi based on its distinct host selection. In this paper, we investigate the diversity of the widely distributed European lineages M.?ravouxi and M.?zaleskyi from multiple and complementary perspectives to understand whether the host preference exhibited by these two forms implies speciation. We integrated evidence from molecular genetics using mitochondrial CO I/CO II genes, including the tLeu-region, and multivariate analyses of morphometric data collected from workers and female sexuals (gynes). Although there is substantial regional host species specificity, results suggest that host switching did not result in phylogenetic or morphological divergence and that the central European M.?zaleskyi can be considered the junior synonym of M.?ravouxi. As the lineage Myrmoxenus has been the subject of considerable evolutionary research, these results are essential to achieve a more accurate picture of host?parasite systems in the future and further strengthen the justification of an integrative approach in studying similarly complex systems. We advise against describing new parasitic species based on host preference unless coupled with marked heritable phenotypic adaptations.},
	keywords = {SPECIATION; parasite; SLAVE-MAKING ANTS; Host-switching; host-parasite coevolution; synonymization; Myrmoxenus spp.},
	year = {2024},
	eissn = {1469-7998},
	orcid-numbers = {Herczeg, Gábor/0000-0003-0441-342X}
}

@article{MTMT:34452384,
	title = {Broadly sympatric occurrence of two thief ant species Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798) and S. juliae (Arakelian, 1991) in the East European Pontic-Caspian region (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) is disclosed},
	url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34452384},
	author = {Csősz, Sándor and Seifert, Bernhard and László, Márk and Yusupov, Zalimkhan M and Herczeg, Gábor},
	doi = {10.3897/zookeys.1187.105866},
	journal-iso = {ZOOKEYS},
	journal = {ZOOKEYS},
	volume = {1187},
	unique-id = {34452384},
	issn = {1313-2989},
	year = {2023},
	eissn = {1313-2970},
	pages = {189-222},
	orcid-numbers = {László, Márk/0000-0002-2736-9663; Herczeg, Gábor/0000-0003-0441-342X}
}

@article{MTMT:34143970,
	title = {Messor erwini sp. n., a hitherto cryptic harvester ant in the Iberian Peninsula},
	url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34143970},
	author = {Orou, N and Csősz, Sándor and Arnan, X and Pol, R G and Arthofer, W and Schlick-Steiner, B C and Steiner, F M},
	doi = {10.1016/j.jcz.2023.09.001},
	journal-iso = {ZOOL ANZ},
	journal = {ZOOLOGISCHER ANZEIGER},
	volume = {307},
	unique-id = {34143970},
	issn = {0044-5231},
	year = {2023},
	eissn = {0044-5231},
	pages = {36-53}
}

@article{MTMT:34065471,
	title = {Exploring the diversity of the Malagasy Ponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) fauna via integrative taxonomy},
	url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34065471},
	author = {Csősz, Sándor and Loss, Ana C. and Fisher, Brian L.},
	doi = {10.1007/s13127-023-00610-1},
	journal-iso = {ORG DIVERS EVOL},
	journal = {ORGANISMS DIVERSITY & EVOLUTION},
	volume = {23},
	unique-id = {34065471},
	issn = {1439-6092},
	abstract = {The genus Ponera includes over 60 extant species worldwide. These tiny, endogeic predator ants are predominantly distributed in the Indomalaya and Australasia regions, with a few additional Holarctic species. Herein, we explore and describe the diversity of the Malagasy Ponera fauna through an integrative taxonomic approach. We obtained our morphological species hypotheses from multivariate analyses of ten continuous morphometric characters. Species boundaries and reliability of morphological clusters were tested via confirmatory Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA), cross-validation (LOOCV), and analyses of a mitochondrial COI gene fragment. According to the combined application of the analyses, altogether, three species are inferred in the Malagasy region, Ponera petila Wilson (1957), P. swezeyi Wheeler (1933), and P. adumbrans Csősz & Fisher sp. n. Ponera petila and P. swezeyi belong to the Indo-Australian Ponera tenuis group; the third species, P. adumbrans sp. n., is morphologically similar to the Papua New Guinean P. clavicornis Emery (1900). Furthermore, Linear Discriminant Analysis classified the type specimens of P. bableti Perrault (1993), along with a P. petila cluster with posterior p  = 1. Therefore, we propose the new junior synonymy of P. bableti with P. petila . Madagascar’s extant biodiversity is predominantly explained by colonization events from the African continent across the Mozambique channel via rafting. However, since no native Ponera species are known from the Afrotropical continent, and the closest congeners have an almost exclusively Indo-Australian distribution, the likelihood of an Indo-Australian origin of the Malagasy Ponera fauna is implied.},
	year = {2023},
	eissn = {1618-1077},
	pages = {917-927}
}

@article{MTMT:33710405,
	title = {Comparing ant morphology measurements from microscope and online AntWeb.org 2D z‐stacked images},
	url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33710405},
	author = {Csősz, Sándor and Báthori, Ferenc and Rádai, Zoltán and Herczeg, Gábor and Fisher, Brian L.},
	doi = {10.1002/ece3.9897},
	journal-iso = {ECOL EVOL},
	journal = {ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION},
	volume = {13},
	unique-id = {33710405},
	issn = {2045-7758},
	year = {2023},
	eissn = {2045-7758},
	orcid-numbers = {Rádai, Zoltán/0000-0001-7011-5055; Herczeg, Gábor/0000-0003-0441-342X}
}

@article{MTMT:33538335,
	title = {Fungi Associated with Messor Ants on the Balkan Peninsula: First Biogeographical Data},
	url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33538335},
	author = {Lapeva-Gjonova, Albena and Csősz, Sándor and Báthori, Ferenc},
	doi = {10.3390/d14121132},
	journal-iso = {DIVERSITY-BASEL},
	journal = {DIVERSITY (BASEL)},
	volume = {14},
	unique-id = {33538335},
	abstract = {Ant nests’ relatively stable and long-lasting microhabitats present ideal living conditions for many uni- and multicellular organisms, whose relationships range from mutualistic to parasitic. Messor harvester ants inhabit arid and semi-arid open areas where their colonies consist of large numbers of individuals. Due to the high number of other organisms associated with harvester ants, their nests can be defined as islands for unique biota. Despite significant progress in research on ant-associated fungi in Europe, little is still known about the recently described ectoparasitic fungus Rickia lenoirii Santamaria, 2015 (Laboulbeniales), found on two species of ants of the genus Messor. Here we report for the first time the occurrence of the ectoparasitic ant-associated fungus R. lenoirii from three countries (Albania, Bulgaria, and continental Greece) and multiple localities in the Balkans. The fungus was detected on four ant host species—Messor structor (Latreille, 1798), M. wasmanni Krausse, 1910, M. hellenius Agosti & Collingwood, 1987, and M. mcarthuri Steiner et al., 2018 with the latter two representing new host records. Furthermore, spores of the widespread endoparasitic fungus of ants, Myrmicinosporidium durum Hölldobler, 1933 (Blastocladiomycota), were reported for the first time in Messor structor (Bulgaria). Images of the ant-associated Rickia lenoirii taken with a scanning electron microscope, a comparison with R. wasmannii, and a distribution map are also presented.},
	year = {2022},
	eissn = {1424-2818}
}

@article{MTMT:32847435,
	title = {Formerly considered rare, the ant species Cryptopone ochracea (Mayr, 1855) can be commonly detected using citizen-science tools},
	url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/32847435},
	author = {Báthori, Ferenc and Jégh, Tamás and Csősz, Sándor},
	doi = {10.3897/BDJ.10.e83117},
	journal-iso = {BIODIVERS DATA J},
	journal = {BIODIVERSITY DATA JOURNAL},
	volume = {10},
	unique-id = {32847435},
	issn = {1314-2836},
	year = {2022},
	eissn = {1314-2828}
}

@book{MTMT:32833650,
	title = {Contribution to the distribution of ant species in Hungary},
	url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/32833650},
	isbn = {9789634909962},
	editor = {Gallé, László and Kovács, Éva and Csősz, Sándor and Somogyi, Anna and Tartally, András and Báthori, Ferenc and Tánczos, Enikő},
	publisher = {Debreceni Egyetemi Kiadó},
	unique-id = {32833650},
	year = {2022},
	orcid-numbers = {Tartally, András/0000-0002-3284-8239}
}

@article{MTMT:32800106,
	title = {From Parasitized to Healthy-Looking Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Morphological Reconstruction Using Algorithmic Processing},
	url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/32800106},
	author = {Csősz, Sándor and Báthori, Ferenc and Molet, Mathieu and Majoros, Gábor and Rádai, Zoltán},
	doi = {10.3390/life12050625},
	journal-iso = {LIFE-BASEL},
	journal = {LIFE-BASEL},
	volume = {12},
	unique-id = {32800106},
	year = {2022},
	eissn = {2075-1729},
	orcid-numbers = {Molet, Mathieu/0000-0002-1247-8904; Rádai, Zoltán/0000-0001-7011-5055}
}