Ants are a dominant family of eusocial terrestrial insects with a diversity of ecologies,
lifestyles and morphologies. Ant diet preferences range from strict carnivory through …

Insects evolved various modifications to their mouthparts, allowing for a broad exploration of
feeding modes. In ants, workers perform non-reproductive tasks like excavation, food …

Insects use their mandibles for a variety of tasks, including food processing, material
transport, nest building, brood care, and fighting. Despite this functional diversity, mandible …

The male genitalia of the Insecta are famed for structural and functional diversity. Variation in
this anatomical region shows ample phylogenetic signal, and this variation has proven …

Food processing can exert significant evolutionary pressures on the morphological evolution
of animal appendages. The ant genus Pheidole displays a remarkable degree of …

The evolution of convergent phenotypes is of major interest in biology because of their
omnipresence and ability to inform the study of evolutionary novelty and constraint …

As the only direct records of the history of evolution, it is critical to determine the geological
source of biota-bearing fossils. Through the application of synchrotron-radiation micro …

The male genitalia of insects are among the most variable, complex, and informative
character systems for evolutionary analysis and taxonomic purposes. Because of these …

Although the knowledge of the skeletal morphology of bees has progressed enormously, a
corresponding advance has not happened for the muscular system. Most of the knowledge …

While some relationships in phylogenomic studies have remained stable since the era of
Sanger sequencing, many challenging nodes elude resolution, even with genome-scale …