Interspecific Eavesdropping on Ant Chemical Communication

Maternal Vibrational Signals Reduce the Risk of Attracting Eavesdropping Predators

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Pseudacteon Phorid Flies: Host Specificity and Impacts on Solenopsis Fire Ants

(2018) Li Chen et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Chemical and behavioral integration of army ant-associated rove beetles – a comparison between specialists and generalists

(2018) Christoph von Beeren et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Comparative chemical analysis of army ant mandibular gland volatiles (Formicidae: Dorylinae)

(2018) Adrian Brückner et al.   PeerJ

The first annotated checklist of Croatian crickets and grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Ensifera, Caelifera)

(2018) JOSIP SKEJO et al.   ZOOTAXA

Queen venom isosolenopsin A delivers rapid incapacitation of fire ant competitors

(2018) Eduardo G.P. Fox et al.   TOXICON

Amphotis marginata (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) a highwayman of the ant Lasius fuliginosus

(2017) Bert Hölldobler et al.   PLoS One

How do cuticular hydrocarbons evolve? Physiological constraints and climatic and biotic selection pressures act on a complex functional trait

(2017) Florian Menzel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Dry habitats were crucibles of domestication in the evolution of agriculture in ants

(2017) Michael G. Branstetter et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Hitchhikers at the dinner table: a revisionary study of a group of ant parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae) specializing in the use of extrafloral nectaries for host access

(2017) JUDITH S. HERREID et al.   SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY

Ants regulate colony spatial organization using multiple chemical road-signs

(2017) Yael Heyman et al.   Nature Communications

Discovering the Giant Nest Architecture of Grass-Cutting Ants, Atta capiguara (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

(2017) Luiz Forti et al.   Insects

Hidden biodiversity in entomological collections: The overlooked co-occurrence of dipteran and hymenopteran ant parasitoids in stored biological material

(2017) Gabriela Pérez-Lachaud et al.   PLoS One

Rediscovery and reclassification of the dipteran taxon Nothomicrodon Wheeler, an exclusive endoparasitoid of gyne ant larvae

(2017) Gabriela Pérez-Lachaud et al.   Scientific Reports

Studying the Complex Communities of Ants and Their Symbionts Using Ecological Network Analysis

(2016) Aniek B.F. Ivens et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Reproductive ecology of phorid parasitoids in relation to the head size of leaf-cutting ants Atta sexdens Forel

(2016) C.F. Farder-Gomes et al.   BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Ecology and Evolution of Communication in Social Insects

(2016) Sara Diana Leonhardt et al.   CELL

Trees as islands: canopy ant species richness increases with the size of liana-free trees in a Neotropical forest

(2016) Benjamin J. Adams et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Cuticular Hydrocarbon Cues Are Used for Host Acceptance by Pseudacteon spp. Phorid Flies that Attack Azteca sericeasur Ants

(2016) Kaitlyn A. Mathis et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Cryptic diversity, high host specificity and reproductive synchronization in army ant-associatedVatesusbeetles

(2016) Christoph von Beeren et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Universal resilience patterns in complex networks

(2016) Jianxi Gao et al.   NATURE

Dissecting host-associated communities with DNA barcodes

(2016) Christopher C. M. Baker et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Diet and predatory behavior of the Asian ant-eating spider, Asceua (formerly Doosia) japonica (Araneae: Zodariidae)

(2016) Takashi Komatsu   SpringerPlus

Trail Pheromones: An Integrative View of Their Role in Social Insect Colony Organization

(2015) Tomer J. Czaczkes et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Wax, sex and the origin of species: Dual roles of insect cuticular hydrocarbons in adaptation and mating

(2015) Henry Chung et al.   BIOESSAYS

Parasite species richness and intensity of interspecific interactions increase with latitude in two wide-ranging hosts

(2015) Mark E. Torchin et al.   ECOLOGY

How to escape from the host nest: Imperfect chemical mimicry in eucharitid parasitoids and exploitation of the ants’ hygienic behavior

(2015) Gabriela Pérez-Lachaud et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Differentiated Anti-Predation Responses in a Superorganism

(2015) Thomas A. O’Shea-Wheller et al.   PLoS One

Mimicry and Eavesdropping Enable a New Form of Social Parasitism in Ants

(2014) Scott Powell et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

The chemistry of competition: exploitation of heterospecific cues depends on the dominance rank in the community

(2014) Hellena Binz et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Comparative responses of four Pseudacteon phorid fly species to host fire ant alarm pheromone and analogs

(2014) Esther Ngumbi et al.   CHEMOECOLOGY

Molecular phylogeny of Indo-Pacific carpenter ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae,Camponotus) reveals waves of dispersal and colonization from diverse source areas

(2014) Ronald M. Clouse et al.   CLADISTICS

Explosive Adaptive Radiation and Extreme Phenotypic Diversity within Ant-Nest Beetles

(2014) Wendy Moore et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Trait-mediated effects between predators: ant chemical cues induce spider dispersal

(2014) L. Mestre et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Evidences of Batesian Mimicry and Parabiosis in Ants of the Brazilian Savannah

(2014) María Cristina Gallego Ropero et al.   SOCIOBIOLOGY

An unusual, but not unexpected, evolutionary step taken by syrphid flies: the first record of true primary parasitoidism of ants by Microdontinae

(2013) Gabriela Pérez-Lachaud et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Ant Pupae Employ Acoustics to Communicate Social Status in Their Colony’s Hierarchy

(2013) Luca P. Casacci et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

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(2013) Mark E. Laidre et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Fire ant alarm pheromone and venom alkaloids act in concert to attract parasitic phorid flies, Pseudacteon spp.

(2013) Kavita R. Sharma et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Behavioral Strategies of Phorid Parasitoids and Responses of Their Hosts, the Leaf-Cutting Ants

(2013) Luciana Elizalde et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE

Strike Fast, Strike Hard: The Red-Throated Caracara Exploits Absconding Behavior of Social Wasps during Nest Predation

(2013) Sean McCann et al.   PLoS One

Ancient host shifts followed by host conservatism in a group of ant parasitoids

(2013) E. A. Murray et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Description of three new species of the genus Herichthys (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from eastern Mexico, with redescription of H. labridens, H. steindachneri, and H. pantostictus

(2013) MAURICIO DE LA MAZA-BENIGNOS et al.   ZOOTAXA

A new species of Szelenyiopria Fabritius (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae), larval parasitoid of Acromyrmex subterraneus subterraneus (Forel) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Brazil

(2013) MARTA LOIÁCONO et al.   ZOOTAXA

Central American ants of the genus Megalomyrmex Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): six new species and keys to workers and males

(2013) BRENDON E. BOUDINOT et al.   ZOOTAXA

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(2012) John Heraty et al.   JOURNAL OF HYMENOPTERA RESEARCH

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(2012) Hsun-Yi Hsieh et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Group Size and Its Effects on Collective Organization

(2011) Anna Dornhaus et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Just follow your nose: homing by olfactory cues in ants

(2011) Kathrin Steck   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Chemical prey cues influence the urban microhabitat preferences of Western black widow spiders, Latrodectus hesperus

(2011) Amanda Johnson et al.   JOURNAL OF ARACHNOLOGY

Phorid fly, Pseudacteon tricuspis, response to alkylpyrazine analogs of a fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, alarm pheromone

(2011) Kavita Sharma et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Biological attributes of Argentinian phorid parasitoids (Insecta: Diptera: Phoridae) of leaf-cutting ants,AcromyrmexandAtta

(2011) Luciana Elizalde et al.   JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY

Oviposition behaviour of four ant parasitoids (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Euphorinae, Neoneurini and Ichneumonidae, Hybrizontinae), with the description of three new European species

(2011) Kees van Achterberg et al.   ZooKeys

Distribution, abundance and persistence of species of Orasema (Hym: Eucharitidae) parasitic on fire ants in South America

(2010) L. Varone et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

Trail-sharing among tropical ants: interspecific use
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(2010) FLORIAN MENZEL et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Electric-Field Enhancement of a Gate-All-Around Nanowire Thin-Film Transistor Memory

(2010) Po-Chun Huang et al.   IEEE ELECTRON DEVICE LETTERS

Pheromones and signature mixtures: defining species-wide signals and variable cues for identity in both invertebrates and vertebrates

(2010) Tristram D. Wyatt   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY

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(2010) Richard J. W. Patrock et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE

Studies in European ant-decapitating flies (Diptera: Phoridae): ant alarm pheromone as host finding cue inPseudacteon brevicauda, a parasite ofMyrmica rubra(Formicidae: Myrmicinae)

(2010) V. Witte et al.   JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY

A new workerless inquiline in the Lower Attini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a discussion of social parasitism in fungus-growing ants

(2010) CHRISTIAN RABELING et al.   SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY

Spatial Scale and Density Dependence in a Host Parasitoid System: An Arboreal Ant,Azteca instabilis, and ItsPseudacteonPhorid Parasitoid

(2009) Stacy M. Philpott et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

Queen Ants Make Distinctive Sounds That Are Mimicked by a Butterfly Social Parasite

(2009) F. Barbero et al.   SCIENCE

Lethality of Red Imported Fire Ant Venom to Argentine Ants and Other Ant Species

(2008) Les Greenberg et al.   ANNALS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

Bionomics of Orasema simplex (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae), a parasitoid of Solenopsis fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Argentina

(2008) L. Varone et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

Parasite loads are higher in the tropics: temperate to tropical variation in a single host-parasite system

(2008) Daniel J. Salkeld et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Snatching prey from the mandibles of ants, a feeding tactic adopted by East African jumping spiders

(2008) Robert R. Jackson et al.   JOURNAL OF ARACHNOLOGY

Clusters of ant colonies and robust criticality in a tropical agroecosystem

(2008) John Vandermeer et al.   NATURE

Trail pheromones of ants

(2008) E. DAVID MORGAN   PHYSIOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Social insect symbionts: evolution in homeostatic fortresses

(2008) David P. Hughes et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION