The number of recognized invasive termite species has increased from 17 in 1969 to 28
today. Fourteen species have been added to the list in the past 44 years; 10 have larger …

The spectacular success of eusocial insects can be attributed to their sophisticated
cooperation, yet cooperation is conspicuously absent during colony foundation when …

A comprehensive compendium on the taxonomy and biology of the 3106 living and fossil
species of the world's termites is presented, along with reviews of Isoptera morphology and …

Likelihood methods have been developed to partition individuals in a sample into sibling
clusters using genetic marker data without parental information. Most of these methods …

Bumblebees are major pollinators of crops and wildflowers in northern temperate regions.
Knowledge of their ecology is vital for the design of effective management and conservation …

Avoidance of incestuous matings is widely reported across many animal taxa, and the
adaptive value of such behavior is explained through inbreeding depression. However, an …

Termites (Isoptera) are the phylogenetically oldest social insects, but in scientific research
they have always stood in the shadow of the social Hymenoptera. Both groups of social …

An extraordinarily large number of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are now
available in humans as well as in other model organisms. Technological advancements may …

Whereas the soldier caste is clearly ancestral to all extant termite lineages and constitutes
the hallmark of termite eusociality, the origin and evolution of workers is much more difficult …

Termites (Isoptera) belong to the classical eusocial insects and their resemblance to ant
colonies is so striking that they are commonly known as 'white ants'. However, the termites …