The social insects

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stewart, Emily M.

Series:

Insects and other terrestrial arthropods : biology, chemistry and behavior series.

Insects and other terrestrial arthropods : biology, chemistry and behavior

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Insect societies.

Insects--Behavior.

Insects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 p.)

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, NY : Nova Science, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Social insects are among the most diverse and ecologically important organisms on Earth. This book presents current research in the study of social insects, including food storage behavior in social Hymenoptera; the global empire of an invasive ant; asymmetric trophallaxis between workers of the stingless bee; termite breeding strategies; as well asbiogenic amines and division of reproduction in social insects.

Contents:

Intro

SOCIAL INSECTS: STRUCTURE, FUNCTION AND BEHAVIOR

CONTENTS

PREFACE

THE ROLE OF FOOD STORAGE AND COMMUNICATION IN THE EVOLUTION OF PERENNIAL SOCIAL HYMENOPTERAN COLONIES

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

FORMS OF FOOD STORAGE

FOOD STORAGE AND WORKER ALLOCATION

INFORMATION FLOW IN A HYMENOPTERAN COLONY

PERENNIAL COLONIES IN FLUCTUATING AND NON-FLUCTUATING CLIMATES

Bees

Wasps

Ants

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

ISSUES IN THE STUDY OF PROBOSCIS CONDITIONING

1. INTRODUCTION

II. THEORETICAL ISSUES

A. Inconsistencies in Definitions

A.1. Classical conditioning

A.2. Instrumental and operant conditioning

B. Taxonomies of Learning

C. The Reporting of Individual Data

D. Cognitive Explanations of Learning

III. METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES

A. Suggestions

CONCLUSIONS

REGULATION OF REPRODUCTIVE STATES AND CONTROL OF SEX OF EGGS BY REPRODUCTIVE FEMALES IN EUSOCIAL HYMENOPTERA

MORPHOLOGY AND FUNCTION OF FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS

(a) Reproductive Tract

Oviduct

Vagina

(b) Spermatheca and Spermathecal Glands

Receptacle

Spermathecal Gland

Spermathecal Pump

CONTROL OF EGG FERTILIZATION

(a) Neural Loops for Sperm Discharge

(b) Regulation of Spermathecal Action by Biogenic Amines

(c) Cleansing of Spermatozoa Left in the Vagina

(d) Initiation of Development in Unfertilized Eggs

BEHAVIORAL CONTROL OF SEX RATIO OF EGGS

(a) Short-Term Switches of Sex of Eggs

REGULATION OF REPRODUCTIVE STATES IN FEMALES

(a) Behavioral Changes of Workers for Reproduction

(b) Hormonal Factors Involving the Transition of Reproductive States in Workers

Primitively Eusocial Species

Honeybees

REFERENCES.

THE GLOBAL EMPIRE OF AN INVASIVE ANT

NESTMATE RECOGNITION SYSTEM

GLOBAL-SCALE SUPERCOLONY OF ARGENTINE ANTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

MODIFICATION OF MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS BY ENDOPARASITES IN WORKERS OF THE SWARM-FOUNDING WASP POLYBIA OCCIDENTALIS

SUMMARY

MATERIALS AND METHODS

Dissections and Measurements

RESULTS

Parasites and Infection Frequency

External Morphological Effects of Parasitism on Host Wasps

DISCUSSION

ASYMMETRIC TROPHALLAXIS BETWEEN WORKERS OF THE STINGLESS BEE MELIPONA QUADRIFASCIATA (APIDAE, MELIPONINI)

MATERIAL AND METHODS

SOCIAL INSECTS: MORPHOPHYSIOLOGY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

BRAIN MORPHOPHYSIOLOGY

Deutocerebrum

PROTOCEREBRUM

GENE EXPRESSION

THE USE OF BRAIN IN TOXICOLOGICAL STUDIES

STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE INTESTINE AND MALPIGHIAN TUBULES: FROM BEE BIOLOGY TO CELL MARKER DEVELOPMENT FOR TOXICOLOGICAL ANALYSIS.

2. THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM OF BEES: DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES TO THE REMAINING SOCIAL HYMENOPTERA

2.1. Anatomical Structure of the Digestive Tract

2.2. Reorganization of the Digestive Tube during Metamorphosis

2.3. Morphophysiology of the Intestine

3. THE EXCRETORY SYSTEM OF HONEYBEES: DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES OF MALPIGHIAN TUBULES TO THE REMAINING SOCIAL HYMENOPTERA

3.1. General Characteristics

3.2. Morphophysiology of the Malpighian Tubules

4. VENTRICLE AND MALPIGHIAN TUBULES OF BEES: KEY-ORGANS IN THE TOXICOLOGICAL STUDY

HYDROCARBONS AND INSECTS' SOCIAL PHYSIOLOGY*

CHS AS NESTMATE RECOGNITION CUES.

TASK-RELATED HYDROCARBONS IN SOCIAL INSECTS

RANK STATUS, REPRODUCTIVE STATUS AND CUTICULAR HYDROCARBONS

CHS AND SEXUAL BEHAVIOR

CHs as Sex Pheromone

Long range attraction

Short-Range Sexual Communication

Mate choice

CHs as a Courtship Stimulant or as an Antiaphrodisiac

CHs as Trail Pheromone

Host-Parasite Chemical Relationships

Slave-Making Ants

Inquiline species

Ectoparasite

Myrmecophily, termitophily

CHs as Taxonomic Tools

OTHER EXAMPLES OF APPLICATION FOR THE BIOLOGIST

BIOGENIC AMINES AND DIVISION OF REPRODUCTION IN SOCIAL INSECTS*

BIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF BIOGENIC AMINES

(a) Biosynthesis and Metabolism of Biogenic Amines

(b) Receptors of Biogenic Amines

EFFECTS OF BIOGENIC AMINES ON BEHAVIORS IN SOCIAL INSECTS

DIVISION OF REPRODUCTION IN SOCIAL INSECTS

(a) Caste Differences of Brain Morphology

(b) Brain Biogenic Amine and Caste-Specific Behaviors

TRANSITION OF REPRODUCTIVE WORKERS FROM NORMAL WORKERS

(a) Behavioral Transition of Reproductive Workers

(b) Biogenic Amines Involving the Transition of Reproductive States in Workers

(c) Reorganization of Central Nervous System in Reproductive Workers

INDEX.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781617616204

1617616206

OCLC:

793206742