The latest review of social parasitism in ants was published in 1990. Since then,
comparatively few new parasitic species have been discovered, but research has …

Division of labour—individuals specializing in different activities—features prominently in the
spectacular success of the social insects. Until recently, genetic and genomic analyses of …

Recently there has been an explosion of research into the genetics of caste determination,
especially following the discovery of systems where queen-worker caste determination has …

Ants are eusocial organisms; that is, they adopt an advanced level of colonial structure in
which adult individuals belonging to two or more generations contribute to the maintenance …

In this review, we describe a new term,“parental-care parasitism”, that we define as the
interaction in which an individual (the parasite) obtains reproductive benefits while reducing …

In many ants, young queens disperse by flying away from their natal nest and found new
colonies alone (independent colony founding, ICF). Alternatively, in some species, ICF was …

The ant Acromyrmex ameliae is a social parasite of two leaf-cutting ant subspecies:
Acromyrmex subterraneus subterraneus and A. subterraneus brunneus. Cytogenetic data …

Variation in queen size distribution in social insects is sometimes discontinuous.
Consequently, such species are divided into two size morphs, macrogynes and microgynes …

Ant microgynes are miniaturized queen forms found together with normal queens
(macrogynes) in species occurring across the ant phylogeny. Their role is not yet fully …

1. In eusocial insects, colony fission is a mode of dispersal by which a young queen leaves
her nest with some workers to found a new colony. In these species, adult females (workers …