Social Insects V2, Volume 2Henry Hermani Elsevier, 2 dec 2012 - 506 pagina's Social Insects, Volume II is essentially a continuation and review of topics covered in Volume I. The main focus of this volume is on the systematic of eusocial hymenoptera and the closely associated realms of presocial insects and social non-insectan arthropods. Consisting of five major chapters, this volume starts with the chapter on the enemies and defense mechanisms of termites. Several mechanisms are discussed in this chapter, such as defense by the nest, workers, and soldiers. Chapter 3 focuses on presocial insects and a comparison of parental care without nests and based on nests. Chapter 4 discusses the sociality of Arachnida and emphasizes the patterns and evolution of sociality in Arachnida, particularly spiders. Two chapters discuss the social hymenoptera, including its defensive mechanisms and its systematics. This volume will be of great help to students and professionals in the field of entomology, biology, and zoology. |
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Chapter 2 Defensive Mechanisms in the Social Hymenoptera | 77 |
Chapter 3 Presocial Insects | 199 |
Chapter 4 Sociality in the Arachnida | 281 |
Chapter 5 Systematics of Social Hymenoptera | 369 |
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abdomen aculeate adults Agelena consociata aggregations alarm pheromones ants apical Apidae attack autotomy biology Blum burrow capture cells chemical clusters clypeus colony communal conspecific cooperation Cyrtophora Cyrtophora moluccensis Darchen defensive behavior dolichoderine dorsal Dorylinae Dufour’s gland Eberhard eggs Emery Entomol eusocial Evans evolution feeding females foraging Forel Formicidae formicine frontal function genera genus gland secretions gregarious groups guarding Halictidae hatching Hermann Holldobler Hymenoptera individuals Insectes Soc Kullmann larvae Macrotermes males mandibles mandibular gland Maschwitz Mayr metasoma metasomal Michener Microstigmus myrmicine Nasutitermes nest nymphs oviposition palp parasites pheromones plate Polistes Polistinae polistine ponerine predators Prestwich prey produced Quennedey reproductive Sakagami Santschi sarasinorum sclerites segment semisocial silk social behavior social insects social spiders soldiers solitary species Sphecidae Stegodyphus Stegodyphus sarasinorum Stenogastrinae sting studies subfamily subsocial subsocial behavior termites Termitidae tion Trinervitermes usually venom apparatus Vespidae Vespula wasps webs Wheeler Wilson workers young