A Guide to the Ants of Jambi (Sumatra, Indonesia): Identification Key to Ant Genera and Images of the EFForTS collection

Damayanti Buchori is a lecturer at the Department of Plant Protection, IPB University, Bogor, Indonesia. She is also Head of the Biological Control Laboratory at the Department of Plant Protection and Head of Center for Transdisciplinary and Sustainability Sciences (CTSS) at IPB University. D. Buchori began her bachelor’s education in the Department of Pest and Plant Diseases, IPB University, Indonesia, in 1984 and received her master’s degree from the Entomology Department, University of Illinois, USA in 1989. In 1993, she received her PhD from the Biology Department, Indiana University, USA. She holds a Professor of Entomology and Plant Pests since 2014. Her research interest lies in the interphase of conservation-agricultural issues with special focus on insect diversity and land use change, biological control, pollination ecology, and sustainability sciences. She is also active in work related to science-based policies.
E-mail: damayanti@apps.ipb.ac.id

Yoshiaki Hashimoto is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Natural and Environmental Sciences, University of Hyogo and Chief curator in Entomology at the Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo, Japan. He received his PhD from Kobe University, Japan, in 1991, and has been studying the biodiversity of ants in tropical forests of Southeast Asia ever since. From 2002 to 2007, Y. Hashimoto trained scientific staff of the Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, University Malaysia Sabah, in general ecology and taxonomy, as part of the Program for Bornean Biodiversity and Ecosystems Conservation of the Japanese International Cooperation Agency. Recently, the Ministry of Environment, Japan, has placed Y. Hashimoto in charge of control studies of alien ants in Japan, especially the Red Imported Fire Ant Solenopsis invicta.
E-mail: yoshiaki@hitohaku.jp

Purnama Hidayat is a lecturer at the Division of Entomology, Department of Plant Protection, IPB University, Indonesia. He is also the Head of Insect Teaching and Research Collection in the department. P. Hidayat received his Bachelor degree from the Department of Plant Protection, IPB University, Indonesia, in 1985. In 1992, he was awarded his master’s degree at the Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA, where he also earned his Doctorate degree in 1996. P. Hidayat’s research interests are insect biodiversity and taxonomy, especially insects relevant to agriculture. He is also interested in integrated management of agricultural pests.
E-mail: phidayat@apps.ipb.ac.id

Stefan Scheu is Professor of Animal Ecology and Head of the Animal Ecology Group, JFB-Institute for Zoology and Anthropology, University of Göttingen, Germany. He earned his Diploma in Biology in 1986 and his PhD in 1989 both at the University of Göttingen. He then continued as Postdoc at the JFB-Institute for Zoology and Anthropology, University of Göttingen and at the University of Calgary, Canada. In 1997 he was appointed as Professor of Zoology and Ecology at Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany. Since 2008, he holds the Chair in Animal Ecology at the University of Göttingen. He is interested in the diversity, ecology and evolution of soil animals, decomposer communities, rhizosphere ecology, and food web ecology.
E-mail: sscheu@gwdg.de

Jochen Drescher is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Animal Ecology, University of Göttingen, Germany. He started his studies at the RWTH Aachen, Germany, in 1999, and received his Diploma in Biology from the Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Würzburg University, Germany, in 2006. He completed his PhD at the same department in 2011 after extensive field studies on the Yellow Crazy Ant Anoplolepis gracilipes in Borneo. After an interim position at the Department of Animal Ecology I, Bayreuth University, Germany, he joined the EFForTS project at the University of Göttingen in 2012. J. Drescher is interested in canopy arthropods in general, and all myrmecological matters in particular.
E-mail: jdresch@gwdg.de