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Reproductive and worker division of labour ( DOL ) is a hallmark of social insect societies. Despite a long‐standing interest in worker DOL , the molecular mechanisms regulating this process have only been investigated in detail in honey bees, and little is known about the regulatory mechanisms operating in other social insects. In the fire ant Solenopsis invicta , one of the most studied ant species, workers are permanently s...
Social parasitism in fire ants ( Solenopsis spp.): a potential mechanism for interspecies transfer of WolbachiaNARA Subscribed
One possible mechanism for interspecific transfer of Wolbachia is through the intimate contact between parasites and their hosts. We surveyed 10 species of fly parasitoids ( Pseudacteon spp.) and one inquiline social parasite, Solenopsis daguerrei , for the presence and sequence identity ( wsp gene) of Wolbachia . Two Wolbachia variants infecting S. daguerrei were identical to known variants infecting the two common ant host s...
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