The Evolution of Queen Pheromone Production and Detection in the Reproductive Division of Labor in Social Insect Colonies

J Liebig, E Amsalem - Annual Review of Entomology, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Structurally diverse queen pheromones and fertility signals regulate the reproductive
division of labor of social insects, such as ants, termites, some bees, and some wasps. The …

Evolution of odorant receptor repertoires across Hymenoptera is not linked to the evolution of eusociality

S Gautam, S McKenzie, J Katzke… - … of the Royal …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Communication is essential for social organisms. In eusocial insects, olfaction facilitates
communication and recognition between nestmates. The study of certain model organisms …

Ancestral complexity and constrained diversification of the ant olfactory system

S Marty, A Couto, N Brard, EH Dawson, P d'Ettorre… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Ants are a monophyletic but diverse group of social insects whose heightened olfactory
ability has been crucial to their evolutionary success. Their complex olfactory system is …

Lineage-specific patterns of sexually dimorphic antennal transcription in the paper wasp Polistes fuscatus

AW Legan, MJ Sheehan - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Olfaction mediates many behaviors in social Hymenoptera, with sexual dimorphism in
antennal transcription associated with different behaviors between sexes. Females display …

Identification et caractérisation fonctionnelle de récepteurs olfactifs impliqués dans la détection de phéromones sociales chez l'abeille domestique Apis mellifera

B Andreu - 2024 - theses.hal.science
Les insectes sociaux utilisent des phéromones pour assurer une communication
intraspécifique dans divers contextes tels que les soins à la reine et au couvain, la …