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Parasites in Social Insects

Paul Schmid-Hempel

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Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik / Naturwissenschaften allgemein

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This book analyzes for the first time how parasites shape the biology of social insects: the ants, wasps, bees, and termites. Paul Schmid-Hempel provides an overview of the existing knowledge of parasites in social insects. Current ideas are evaluated using a broad database, and the role of parasites for the evolution and maintenance of the social organization and biology of insects is carefully scrutinized. In addition, the author develops new insights, especially in his examination of the intricate relationships between parasites and their social hosts through the rigorous use of evolutionary and ecological concepts.


Schmid-Hempel identifies gaps in our knowledge about parasites in social insects and uses models to develop new questions for future research. In addition, issues that are usually considered separately--such as division of labor, genetics, immunology, and epidemiology--are placed in a common framework to analyze two of the most successful adaptations of life: parasitism and sociality. This work will appeal not only to practitioners in the fields of behavioral ecology and sociobiology, but also to others interested in host-parasite relationships or in social organisms, such as apiculturists struggling to overcome the problems arising from mite infestations of honeybee colonies.

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Infestation, Social spider, Aphid, Fungi imperfecti, Metarhizium anisopliae, Entomology, Microsporidia, Polygynandry, Chickenpox, Ichneumonidae, Myrmecia (ant), Bumblebee, Petiole (insect anatomy), Polyandry, Infection, Protozoan infection, Tapeworm infection, American foulbrood, Entomophthorales, Wasp, Trophallaxis, Africanized bee, Sexual selection, Microstigmus, Parasitism, Insect, Mite, Termite, Parasitic castration, Deformed wing virus, Fungus, Cricket paralysis virus, Species complex, Gaster (insect anatomy), Facultative parasite, Brood (honey bee), Harvester ant, Malaria, Entomopathogenic fungus, Pathogen, Phagocytosis, Eusociality, Fire ant, Hymenoptera, Parasitoid wasp, Parasitoid, Arachnid, Cytoplasmic incompatibility, Nematode, Stingless bee, Larva, Black garden ant, Army ant, Flatworm, Host (biology), Chronic bee paralysis virus, Paper wasp, Leafhopper, Honey bee, Ant, Genetic drift, Worker bee, Parasitic disease, Insect wing, Ant colony, Solenopsis molesta, Caterpillar, Ambrosia beetle, Inbreeding avoidance, Brood parasite