Biologist! My most important interesses in ants (4): Inquilines, Introduced species, Systematics of genera and higher up, Determination of antgenera. My favorite antgenera (2): Teleutomyrmex, Anergates. My favorite myrmecologist (7): B. Bolton, W. L. Brown, A. Buschinger, B. K. Hölldobler, H. Kutter, W. M. Wheeler, E. O. Wilson. My favorite antbooks (9): Bolton, B., 2003, "Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae"; Dill, M., Williams, D. J., Maschwitz, U., 2002, "Herdsmen Ants and their Mealybug Partners"; Hölldobler, B., Wilson, E. O., 1990, "The Ants"; Hölldobler, B., Wilson, E. O., 1994, "Journey to the Ants: A Story of Scientific Exploration"; Kutter, H., 1968, "Die Sozialparasitischen Ameisen der Schweiz"; Shattuck, S. O., 1999, "Monographs on Invertebrate Taxonomy, Vol. 3: Australian Ants: Their Biology and Identification"; Taber, S. W., 2000, "Fire Ants"; Wheeler, W. M., 1910, "Ants: Their Structure, Development and Behavior"; Wheeler, W. M., 1926, "The Natural History of Ants. From an Unpublished Manuscript in the Archives of the Academy of Sciences of Paris by René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur. Translated and Annotated by William Morton Wheeler". My favorite books about social insects (2): Wilson, E. O., 1971, "The Insect Societies"; Wilson, E. O., 1990, "Excellence in Ecology, Vol. 2: Success and Dominance in Ecosystems: The Case of the Social Insects". The myrmecologists that helped me a lot (2): A. Buschinger, J. C. Trager. My favorite animal outside the insects (1): The naked molerat. My favorite non-animal (1): Tweety. My favorite plants (3): Orchids, Ginkgo, Neem. My favorite non-myrmecologists (7): A. Einstein, R. Feynman, S. J. Gould, V. Horta, F. Kafka, J. R. R. Tolkien, B. W. Tuchman.

Biologist, working at the moment in the public transport service.

Ants, social insects, dragonflies, hooverflies, sociobiology, evolutionary biology and - theory, biosystematics, Art Nouveau, relativity, esotherism (Les Prieuré de Sion, Rennes Le Chateaux, Les Cathares,.....), "The Ant Farm", my wife, 4 children, 3 dogs, 2 rabbits, 3 snakes, 1 groundsquirrel and 1 hamster!