The 'social complexity hypothesis' for communication posits that groups with complex social
systems require more complex communicative systems to regulate interactions and relations …

The first aggregation pheromone components from bark beetles were identified in 1966 as a
mixture of ipsdienol, ipsenol and verbenol. Since then, a number of additional components …

Pheromones are chemical signals whose composition varies enormously between species.
Despite pheromones being a nearly ubiquitous form of communication, particularly among …

Insects use sex pheromones as a reproductive isolating mechanism to attract conspecifics
and repel heterospecifics. Despite the profound knowledge of sex pheromones, little is …

Mitochondrial genomes provide a promising new tool for understanding deep‐level insect
phylogenetics, but have yet to be evaluated for their ability to resolve intraordinal …

Although chemical communication is the most widespread form of communication, its
evolution and diversity are not well understood. By integrating studies of a wide range of …

Understanding coexistence of closely related species lies at the nexus of disentangling how
historical and ecological factors govern patterns of biodiversity. The criteria determining …

We have established a new simple behavioral paradigm in Drosophila melanogaster to
determine how genes and the environment influence the behavior of flies within a social …

Chemicals released into the environment by food, predators and conspecifics play critical
roles in Drosophila reproduction. Females and males live in an environment full of smells …

While chemical communication regulates individual behavior in a wide variety of species,
these communication systems are most elaborated in insect societies. In these complex …