Why Proatta butteli

1) Controversial : attine vs. stenammini
2) Interesting : well, ants are interesting (eusocial/multiple castes!)
3) Unique : monotypic genus, similar to the new world attine ants


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What’s in the page
1) Overview
2) Important information first
3) What most (‘lay’)people want to know first
4) Interesting information 
5) Boring, lengthy information
6) Technical updates/ conceptualisation


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Four aspects
1) Narrative
2) Audience-centric
3) Multimedia + interactive
4) Provide resources and thinking questions (not just answers)

*ease of navigation and hyperlinking

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1) Narrative:
attines

2) Audience centric:
- Biologists: eusociality, phylogenetics
- Pre-u: phylogenetics, biological species concepts
- Naturalists: taxonomic information, natural history, diagnosis
- General reader: interesting ant species, has a relation to Singapore, unique comparison to the new world ants
- Taxonomists

3) Multimedia: interactivity

4) Provide resources & thinking questions


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Soh EJY 8 Nov 2013
http://taxo4254.wikispaces.com/Proatta+butteli