Description
In more detail than has previously been available, this book comprehensively covers all the various mechanisms of caste differentiation in social insects. For the first time the most recent information regarding mechanisms of caste differentiation in higher termites has been compiled in a well illustrated volume, together with comparative discussion of the whole range of social insects, including bees, ants and wasps.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: In Memoriam Martin Lüscher (1917-1979): His Contributions to Insect Physiology and Sociobiology
Section B: Pathways of Caste Development in Principal Termite Groups
Chapter 2: Genetic Relations Among Castes in Lower Termites
Chapter 3: Caste Development in Mastotermes and Kalotermes: Which is Primitive?
Chapter 4: Pathways of Caste Development in the Lower Termites
Chapter 5: Dynamic Study of Polymorphism in Schedorhinotermes lamanianus (Rhinotermitidae)
Chapter 6: The Caste System in Higher Termites
Chapter 7: Caste Polymorphism in a Higher Termite, Macrotermes michaelseni (Termitidae, Macrotermitinae)
Section C: Environment and Caste Composition Regulation
Chapter 8: Development of Neotenics in Mastotermes darwiniensis Froggatt: An Alternative Strategy
Chapter 9: Is Inter- and Intraspecific Variability of Lower Termite Neotenic Numbers due to Adaptive Thresholds for Neotenic Elimination?â€Considerations from Studies on Porotermes adamsoni (Froggatt) (Isoptera: Termopsidae)
Chapter 10: Reproductive Strategies in Cryptotermes: Neotenic Production in Indigenous and "Tramp" Species in Australia (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae)
Chapter 11: The Function of the Royal Pair in the Society of Kalotermes flavicollis (Fabr.) (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae)
Chapter 12: Differentiation of Reproductives in Higher Termites
Chapter 13: Multiple Primary Reproductives in the Termite Macrotermes michaelseni (Sjãstedt)
Chapter 14: Replacement of Reproductives in Macrotermitinae (Isoptera, Termitidae)
Chapter 15: Some Observations on the Initiation and Regulation of Castes in Nests of the Termite Macrotermes michaelseni in the Field
Section D: Hormones and Caste Determination
Chapter 16: The Role of Pheromones in Termite Caste Differentiation
Chapter 17: The Role of Hormones in Social Polymorphism and Reproduction in Kalotermes flavicollis Fabr.
Chapter 18: Hormonal Mechanisms of Soldier Differentiation in Postelectroterms nayari
Chapter 19: The Role of Juvenile Hormones and Juvenoids in Soldier Formation in Rhinotermitidae
Chapter 20: Homeostatic Mechanisms Affecting Caste Composition in Groups of Nasutitermes nigriceps (Isoptera: Termitidae) Exposed to a Juvenile Hormone Analogue
Chapter 21: Mechanisms of Caste Determination in a Higher Termite, Macrotermes michaelseni (Isoptera, Macrotermitinae)
Chapter 22: Titres of Juvenile Hormone and Ecdysteroids in Reproductives and Eggs of Macrotermes michaelseni: Relation to Caste Determination?
Section E: Caste Differentiation in Other Social Insects
Chapter 23: Soldier Determination in Ants of the Genus Pheidole
Chapter 24: Sequence of Caste Differentiation Steps in Apis mellifera
Chapter 25: Extrinsic Control of Caste Differentiation in the Honey Bee (Apis mellifera L.) and in other Apidae
Chapter 26: Physiological Aspects of Caste Differentiation in Social Wasps
Chapter 27: Comparative Aspects of Caste Differentiation in Social Insects
Index
