Social Insects V2

List of Contributors

Preface

Contents of Other Volumes


1. The Enemies and Defense Mechanisms of Termites

I. Introduction

II. Termite Enemies

III. Defense by the Nest

IV. Defense by Larvae, Nymphs, and Reproductives

V. Defense by Workers

VI. Defense by Soldiers

VII. Integrated Defense

VIII. Summary and Conclusions

References


2. Defensive Mechanisms in the Social Hymenoptera

I. Defensive Behavior

II. Anatomy, Chemistry, and Function of Venom Apparatus in Social Hymenoptera

Appendix A: Explanation of Figure Abbreviations

Appendix B: Glossary of Defensive Behavioral Terms

Associated with Social Hymenoptera

References


3. Presocial Insects

I. Introduction

II. Aggregations

III. Parental Care Without Nests

IV. Parental Care Based on Nests

V. Reproductive Castes in Hymenoptera

References


4. Sociality in the Arachnida

I. Introduction

II. Criteria and Characteristics of Social Animals

III. A Systematic Survey of Social Phenonema in the Arachnida

IV. Patterns of Sociality in Arachnida

V. Evolution of Sociality in Spiders

VI. Prospectus for Future Work

References


5. Systematics of Social Hymenoptera

I. Introduction

II. Historical Resume

III. Methods

IV. Family Formicidae

V. Family Vespidae

VI. Family Sphecidae

VII. The Bees (Apiformes)

VIII. Eusocial Halictidae

IX. Eusocial Anthophoridae

X. Family Apidae

References

Index