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

Arthropods Associate with their Red Wood ant Host without Matching Nestmate Recognition Cues

(2017) Thomas Parmentier et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

The relationship between epicuticular long-chained hydrocarbons and surface area - volume ratios in insects (Diptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera)

(2017) Adrian Brückner et al.   PLoS One

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

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

Do well-integrated species of an inquiline community have a lower brood predation tendency? A test using red wood ant myrmecophiles

(2016) Thomas Parmentier et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Ecology and Evolution of Communication in Social Insects

(2016) Sara Diana Leonhardt et al.   CELL

A chemo-ecologists’ practical guide to compositional data analysis

(2016) Adrian Brückner et al.   CHEMOECOLOGY

Surface area-volume ratios in insects

(2016) Sara Kühsel et al.   Insect Science

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

(2016) Christoph von Beeren et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Into the black and back: the ecology of brain investment in Neotropical army ants (Formicidae: Dorylinae)

(2016) S. Bulova et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Chemical disguise of myrmecophilous cockroaches and its implications for understanding nestmate recognition mechanisms in leaf-cutting ants

(2016) Volker Nehring et al.   BMC ECOLOGY

Into the black and back: the ecology of brain investment in Neotropical army ants (Formicidae: Dorylinae)

(2016) S. Bulova et al.   Science of Nature

Community Sampling and Integrative Taxonomy Reveal New Species and Host Specificity in the Army Ant-Associated Beetle Genus Tetradonia (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae)

(2016) Christoph von Beeren et al.   PLoS One

Lycaenid Caterpillar Secretions Manipulate Attendant Ant Behavior

(2015) Masaru K. Hojo et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

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

The Pied Piper: A Parasitic Beetle’s Melodies Modulate Ant Behaviours

(2015) Andrea Di Giulio et al.   PLoS One

Interbreeding among deeply divergent mitochondrial lineages in the American cockroach (Periplaneta americana)

(2015) Christoph von Beeren et al.   Scientific Reports

Cuticular Hydrocarbon Pheromones for Social Behavior and Their Coding in the Ant Antenna

(2015) Kavita R. Sharma et al.   Cell Reports

Specialized Myrmecophily at the Ecological Dawn of Modern Ants

(2014) Joseph Parker et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

A highly diverse microcosm in a hostile world: a review on the associates of red wood ants (Formica rufa group)

(2014) T. Parmentier et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Myrmica ants host highly diverse parasitic communities: from social parasites to microbes

(2014) M. Witek et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Chemical integration of Thorictus myrmecophilous beetles into Cataglyphis ant nests

(2013) Alain Lenoir et al.   BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMATICS AND ECOLOGY

Interspecific relationships in co-occurring populations of social parasites and their host ants

(2013) Magdalena Witek et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

MEGA6: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 6.0

(2013) Koichiro Tamura et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Geneious Basic: An integrated and extendable desktop software platform for the organization and analysis of sequence data

(2012) M. Kearse et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Choice behaviour of Myrmica rubra workers between ant larvae and larvae of their Phengaris (Maculinea) nausithous nest parasites

(2012) G. Solazzo et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

The Social Integration of a Myrmecophilous Spider Does Not Depend Exclusively on Chemical Mimicry

(2012) Christoph von Beeren et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Three beetles—three concepts. Different defensive strategies of congeneric myrmecophilous beetles

(2011) Michael Stoeffler et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Acquisition of chemical recognition cues facilitates integration into ant societies

(2011) Christoph von Beeren et al.   BMC ECOLOGY

Attack or call for help? Rapid individual decisions in a group-hunting ant

(2010) V. Witte et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Differential host defense against multiple parasites in ants

(2010) Christoph von Beeren et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

The largest animal association centered on one species: the army ant Eciton burchellii and its more than 300 associates

(2010) C. W. Rettenmeyer et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Ontogeny of hydrocarbon profiles in the ant Aphaenogaster senilis and effects of social isolation

(2009) Katsuya Ichinose et al.   COMPTES RENDUS BIOLOGIES

Behavioral differences between two ant cricket species in Nansei Islands: host-specialist versus host-generalist

(2009) Takashi Komatsu et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Fine Tuning of Social Integration by Two Myrmecophiles of the Ponerine Army Ant, Leptogenys distinguenda

(2009) Volker Witte et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

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

(2009) F. Barbero et al.   SCIENCE

Symbiont microcosm in an ant society and the diversity of interspecific interactions

(2008) Volker Witte et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

adegenet: a R package for the multivariate analysis of genetic markers

(2008) Thibaut Jombart   BIOINFORMATICS

A Mosaic of Chemical Coevolution in a Large Blue Butterfly

(2008) D. R. Nash et al.   SCIENCE