▪ Abstract This review covers selected literature from 1982 to the present on some of the
ecological, behavioral, and biochemical aspects of hydrocarbon use by insects and other …

Animal groups are often organized hierarchically, with dominant individuals gaining priority
access to resources and reproduction over subordinate individuals. Initial dominance …

A major evolutionary transition to eusociality with reproductive division of labor between
queens and workers has arisen independently at least 10 times in the ants, bees, and …

The tribal and generic classification of the diverse ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera:
Formicidae) is revised to reflect recent molecular phylogenetic information and a reappraisal …

Social insect are profoundly influenced by primer pheromones (PPhs), which are efficient
means for maintaining social harmony in the colony. PPhs act by affecting the physiology of …

Most living organisms use pheromones for inter-individual communication. In Drosophila
melanogaster flies, several pheromones perceived either by contact/at a short distance …

The selective forces that shape and maintain eusocial societies are an enduring puzzle in
evolutionary biology. Ordinarily sterile workers can usually reproduce given the right …

A hitherto largely unresolved problem in behavioral biology is how workers are prevented
from reproducing in large insect societies with high relatedness. Signals of the queen are …

In social insects, recognition of nestmates from aliens is based on olfactory cues, and many
studies have demonstrated that such cues are contained within the lipid layer covering the …

One of the key features of insect societies is the division of labor in reproduction between
one or a few fertile individuals and many sterile nestmates that function as helpers. The …