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Abstract
Nest mounds of Florida harvester ants, Pogonomyrmex badius (Latreille) are regularly inhabited by the antlion, Brachynemurus nebulosus (Olivier) which preys on worker harvester ants. This is the first known example of antlions aggregating in nest mounds of ants; this behavior is possibly linked to the unique behavior of B. nebulosus.
Members of the genus Pogonomyrmex are notoriously well defended by strong mandibles and potent stings. These ants may be captured by spiders (MacKay, 1982), or occasionally by reduviids (Morrill, 1975), but seem to be generally avoided by predators. Antlions of the genus Myrmeleon often dig pits near the nest of Pogonomyrmex, but the ants climb out of the pits so quickly that they are never captured. Antlions of the genus Brachynemurus, however do not make pits but rather wait in ambush under a thin layer of soil or sand (Stange, 1970). We present evidence that the species Brachynemurus nebulosus (Olivier) has become a regular predator of Pogonomyrmex badius (Latreille). This predatory behavior may possibly be linked to the unique aposomatic coloration of B. nebulosus.
Wide-ranging in scope, the volume covers messianic expectations from biblical times up to modern and contemporaneous adaptations, whereby the focus lies on the messianic concept within Judaism: diversity and variety of messianic expectations in antiquity; messianic movements at the time of the Crusades and around the fifth millennium (1240); the 'Pseudo'-Messiah Sabbatai Avi in the early modern period; the philosophers Hermann Cohen, Franz Rosenzweig and Walter Benjamin with respect to their thinking about messianism as well as the Lubavitch movement.
Also included are investigations on pagan Graeco-Roman writings and messianic strands in the medieval and baroque Christian context. The section on the modern period contains contributions dealing with the Ahmaddiyya movement in India, messianic currents in the socio-political culture of the Weimar Republic as well as certain messianic aspects in the very recent so-called Branch Davidian community in Waco, Texas. The broad spectrum of stimulating analyses provides a fresh re-evaluation of an apparently timeless phenomenon.
Wide-ranging in scope, the volume covers messianic expectations from biblical times up to modern and contemporaneous adaptations, whereby the focus lies on the messianic concept within Judaism: diversity and variety of messianic expectations in antiquity; messianic movements at the time of the Crusades and around the fifth millennium (1240); the 'Pseudo'-Messiah Sabbatai Avi in the early modern period; the philosophers Hermann Cohen, Franz Rosenzweig and Walter Benjamin with respect to their thinking about messianism as well as the Lubavitch movement.
Also included are investigations on pagan Graeco-Roman writings and messianic strands in the medieval and baroque Christian context. The section on the modern period contains contributions dealing with the Ahmaddiyya movement in India, messianic currents in the socio-political culture of the Weimar Republic as well as certain messianic aspects in the very recent so-called Branch Davidian community in Waco, Texas. The broad spectrum of stimulating analyses provides a fresh re-evaluation of an apparently timeless phenomenon.