Pheidole es el género más común de la familia Formicidae. Es considerado megadiverso ya
que cuenta con aproximadamente 900 especies descritas y se esperan alrededor de 1500 …

Ant colonies are organized similarly to those of wasps and bees: reproductive altruism, age
polyethism, and complex communication. Yet ants exhibit more species, much higher total …

Sexual activity is only a brief moment in the life of ant colonies, but it determines several
characteristics of life history. Mating behaviour, distance of female dispersal and mode of …

This paper provides a taxonomic revision and reviews natural history for 35 South American
species of the seed-harvesting ant genus Pogonomyrmex. Species treated herein mostly …

Organisms often experience reproduction–dispersal tradeoffs mediated by body size. In ants
(Hymenoptera: Formicidae) the Found or Fly (FoF) Hypothesis states that dispersing queens …

Background Reproductive division of labor is one of the key features of social insects.
Queens are adapted for reproduction while workers are adapted for foraging and colony …

Young ant queens face two conflicting challenges. First, they must fly to mate, disperse and
locate a nest site. Second, they must found a new colony and raise their first workers with …

1. In many ant species, caste differentiation stems from trophic differences at the larval stage.
Adult workers that feed larvae have great control over the allocation of colony resources to …

Las sociedades de hormigas están compuestas por individuos reproductores y ayudantes
estériles que presentan una gran diversidad de fenotipos. Entre ellos se encuentran reinas …

Natural history discoveries have contributed to broad applications in the fields of taxonomy,
ecology, evolution, and conservation of the species. Knowledge on the biology of species of …