Chemical communication is a fundamental, highly complex component of social insect
societies. Ants in particular employ a remarkable diversity of chemical signals to maintain …

This review updates and summarizes the current knowledge about the interaction of leaf‐
cutter ants and their parasitoids by providing comparable data for Acromyrmex and Atta ants …

Ants can display modified behaviors that represent the extended phenotypes of genes
expressed by parasites that infect them. In such cases, the modifications benefit the parasite …

Host-searching and oviposition behaviors of parasitoids, and defensive responses of the
hosts, are fundamental in shaping the ecology of host-parasitoid interactions. In order to …

Little is known about the natural history of phorid parasitoids of leaf-cutting ants, an
important pest in the Neotropics. This is particularly so for phorids attacking Acromyrmex …

The leaf‐cutting ant Atta laevigata (Smith)(Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Attini) causes
significant damage to agricultural crops and forest plantations. Conventional control …

Leaf-cutting ants in the genus Atta F.(Formicidae, Attini) are among the most important pest
arthropods in Central and South America, consuming more vegetation than any other animal …

The leaf-cutting ants Atta sexdens (Linnaeus) and Atta laevigata (Smith) were parasitized by
the following phorid flies: Apocephalus attophilus Borgmeier, Apocephalus vicosae Disney …

1. Parasitoid–host interactions are important components of ecological communities.
Although parasitoid–host interactions are strongly shaped by evolutionary history, the …

The subgenus Eibesfeldtphora, of the genus Neodohrniphora, is raised to the rank of genus.
Cremersia is synonymised with Neodohrniphora and N. zikani is restored to its original …