Temporary social parasitism in the enslaving ant speciesFormica sanguinea Latreille: an important discovery related to the evolution of dulosis inFormica ants

1990 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fuminori Ito ◽  
Seigo Higashi
Keyword(s):  
Social Parasitism ◽  
Temporary Social Parasitism

Mixed-colony records together with nest densities and gyne morphology suggest temporary social parasitism in Tetramorium (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herbert C. Wagner ◽  
Florian M. Steiner ◽  
Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner ◽  
Sándor Csősz
Keyword(s):  
Social Parasitism ◽  
Temporary Social Parasitism

scholarly journals The evolution of social parasitism in Formica ants revealed by a global phylogeny

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marek L Borowiec ◽  
Stefan P Cover ◽  
Christian Rabeling
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
New World ◽  
Social Parasitism ◽  
Social Parasite ◽  
Colony Foundation ◽  
Parasite Diversity ◽  
Social Parasites ◽  
Evolutionary Trajectories ◽  
Competing Hypotheses ◽  
Temporary Social Parasitism

Studying the behavioral and life history transitions from a cooperative, eusocial life history to exploitative social parasitism allows for deciphering the conditions under which changes in behavior and social organization lead to diversification. The Holarctic ant genus Formica is ideally suited for studying the evolution of social parasitism because half of its 178 species are confirmed or suspected social parasites, which includes all three major classes of social parasitism known in ants. However, the life-history transitions associated with the evolution of social parasitism in this genus are largely unexplored. To test competing hypotheses regarding the origins and evolution of social parasitism, we reconstructed the first global phylogeny of Formica ants and representative formicine outgroups. The genus Formica originated in the Old World during the Oligocene (~30 Ma ago) and dispersed multiple times to the New World. Within Formica, the capacity for dependent colony foundation and temporary social parasitism arose once from a facultatively polygynous, independently colony founding ancestor. Within this parasitic clade, dulotic social parasitism evolved once from a facultatively temporary parasitic ancestor that likely practiced colony budding frequently. Permanent social parasitism evolved twice from temporary social parasitic ancestors that rarely practiced colony budding, demonstrating that obligate social parasitism can originate from different facultative parasitic backgrounds in socially polymorphic organisms. In contrast to inquiline ant species in other genera, the high social parasite diversity in Formica likely originated via allopatric speciation, highlighting the diversity of convergent evolutionary trajectories resulting in nearly identical parasitic life history syndromes.

scholarly journals The Temporary Social Parasitism of Lasius Subumbratus Viereck

1917 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 167-176
Author(s):  
William Morton Wheeler
Keyword(s):  
Social Parasitism ◽  
Temporary Social Parasitism

scholarly journals The evidence of temporary social parasitism by Polyrhachis lamellidens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in a Camponotus obscuripes colony (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Iwai ◽  
Y. Kurihara ◽  
N. Kono ◽  
M. Tomita ◽  
K. Arakawa
Keyword(s):  
Nestmate Recognition ◽  
Social Parasitism ◽  
Field Observations ◽  
Behavioral Tests ◽  
Colony Foundation ◽  
Social Parasites ◽  
Mixed Brood ◽  
Recognition Ability ◽  
Temporary Social Parasitism ◽  
Rearing Experiment

AbstractPolyrhachis lamellidens is a temporary socially parasitic ant whose new queen utilizes other ant species in the early stages of colony foundation. Field observations and rearing experiments suggest that Camponotus japonicus is a host species of P. lamellidens. It is presumed that Camponotus obscuripes is also a host of P. lamellidens by rearing experiments and field observations; however, there are no records of P. lamellidens workers or brood coexisting in C. obscuripes colonies in field observations, and there is no clear evidence that C. obscuripes is a natural host of P. lamellidens. We conducted detailed field observations, behavioral tests, and rearing experiments to show that C. obscuripes is a host of temporary social parasites. We found colonies with P. lamellidens queens, workers, and larvae intermixed with C. obscuripes workers in the field. Behavioral tests showed that workers of both species in mixed colonies did not attack each other and maintained nestmate recognition ability, which suggests a collaborative nestmate relationship. Furthermore, a rearing experiment confirmed social parasitism by P. lamellidens among C. obscuripes by producing a mixed brood-producing colony. These are the first field and laboratory records of temporary social parasitism involving P. lamellidens and C. obscuripes.

scholarly journals The evolution of social parasitism in Formica ants revealed by a global phylogeny

2021 ◽  
Vol 118 (38) ◽  
pp. e2026029118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marek L. Borowiec ◽  
Stefan P. Cover ◽  
Christian Rabeling
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Common Ancestor ◽  
Social Parasitism ◽  
Colony Founding ◽  
Colony Foundation ◽  
Social Parasites ◽  
Evolutionary Trajectories ◽  
Dependent Colony Founding ◽  
High Parasite ◽  
Temporary Social Parasitism

Studying the behavioral and life history transitions from a cooperative, eusocial life history to exploitative social parasitism allows for deciphering the conditions under which changes in behavior and social organization lead to diversification. The Holarctic ant genus Formica is ideally suited for studying the evolution of social parasitism because half of its 172 species are confirmed or suspected social parasites, which includes all three major classes of social parasitism known in ants. However, the life history transitions associated with the evolution of social parasitism in this genus are largely unexplored. To test competing hypotheses regarding the origins and evolution of social parasitism, we reconstructed a global phylogeny of Formica ants. The genus originated in the Old World ∼30 Ma ago and dispersed multiple times to the New World and back. Within Formica, obligate dependent colony-founding behavior arose once from a facultatively polygynous common ancestor practicing independent and facultative dependent colony foundation. Temporary social parasitism likely preceded or arose concurrently with obligate dependent colony founding, and dulotic social parasitism evolved once within the obligate dependent colony-founding clade. Permanent social parasitism evolved twice from temporary social parasitic ancestors that rarely practiced colony budding, demonstrating that obligate social parasitism can originate from a facultative parasitic background in socially polymorphic organisms. In contrast to permanently socially parasitic ants in other genera, the high parasite diversity in Formica likely originated via allopatric speciation, highlighting the diversity of convergent evolutionary trajectories resulting in nearly identical parasitic life history syndromes.

scholarly journals First report of interspecific facultative social parasitism in the paper wasp genus Mischocyttarus Saussure (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

2012 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 263-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thiago S. Montagna ◽  
Érika F. Neves ◽  
William F. Antonialli-Junior
Keyword(s):  
Social Parasitism ◽  
Paper Wasp ◽  
First Report

The Cowbirds, A Study in the Biology of Social Parasitism

Science ◽  
1929 ◽  
Vol 70 (1803) ◽  
pp. 70-73
Author(s):  
W. M. Wheeler
Keyword(s):  
Social Parasitism

Mimicry and Eavesdropping Enable a New Form of Social Parasitism in Ants

2014 ◽  
Vol 184 (4) ◽  
pp. 500-509 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott Powell ◽  
Kleber Del-Claro ◽  
Rodrigo M. Feitosa ◽  
Carlos Roberto F. Brandão
Keyword(s):  
Social Parasitism ◽  
New Form

scholarly journals The evolution of bacterial mutation rates under simultaneous selection by interspecific and social parasitism

2013 ◽  
Vol 280 (1773) ◽  
pp. 20131913 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siobhán O'Brien ◽  
Antonio M. M. Rodrigues ◽  
Angus Buckling
Keyword(s):  
Mutation Rate ◽  
Social Parasitism ◽  
Mutation Rates ◽  
Bacterial Populations ◽  
Simultaneous Selection ◽  
Bacterial Mutation ◽  
Selection For ◽  
Intraspecific Parasitism ◽  
Theory And Experiments ◽  
Mutation Rate Evolution

Many bacterial populations harbour substantial numbers of hypermutable bacteria, in spite of hypermutation being associated with deleterious mutations. One reason for the persistence of hypermutators is the provision of novel mutations, enabling rapid adaptation to continually changing environments, for example coevolving virulent parasites. However, hypermutation also increases the rate at which intraspecific parasites (social cheats) are generated. Interspecific and intraspecific parasitism are therefore likely to impose conflicting selection pressure on mutation rate. Here, we combine theory and experiments to investigate how simultaneous selection from inter- and intraspecific parasitism affects the evolution of bacterial mutation rates in the plant-colonizing bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens. Both our theoretical and experimental results suggest that phage presence increases and selection for public goods cooperation (the production of iron-scavenging siderophores) decreases selection for mutator bacteria. Moreover, phages imposed a much greater growth cost than social cheating, and when both selection pressures were imposed simultaneously, selection for cooperation did not affect mutation rate evolution. Given the ubiquity of infectious phages in the natural environment and clinical infections, our results suggest that phages are likely to be more important than social interactions in determining mutation rate evolution.

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