Insectes Sociaux

Papers
(The TQCC of Insectes Sociaux is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Better fed wasps are more selfish54
Nutrition induced direct fitness for workers in a primitively eusocial wasp21
Nesting biology and social organisation of a silk wasp (Microstigmus rosae) from the North–West Ecuadorian Choco19
Rapid elimination of symbiotic intestinal protists during the neotenic differentiation in a subterranean termite, Reticulitermes speratus13
Inter-gall dispersal in a socially parasitic aphid12
ANTS by Gary J. Skinner and Andrew P. Jarman. 202510
My early encounters with Ants and Hamilton’s inclusive fitness theory10
Endopolyploidy and its role in shaping ant castes and colony dynamics: a study on Camponotus aff. balzani (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)9
Swarming rate and timing of unmanaged honeybee colonies (Apis mellifera carnica) in a forest environment9
Colony composition, phasic reproduction, caste dimorphism, and prey preferences of the oriental non-army doryline ant Yunodorylus eguchii (Borowiec, 2009) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dorylinae)9
Sociality in the North African small carpenter bee, Ceratina albosticta9
What if you can control whom your queen mates with?8
The functional role of eversible tentacle organs in a myrmecophilous riodinid caterpillar and their impact on ant behavior8
Olfactory associative learning in the Australian stingless bee Tetragonula carbonaria8
Natural history and daily rhythm activity of the myrmecophytic ant, Pseudomyrmex concolor Smith (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)7
Behavioral interactions in two ant species in the Southeast United States and evidence for a native supercolony7
Rate of molecular evolution and life history traits of social insects7
The queens of the stingless bees: from egg to adult7
Urban structures are poor stepping stones for crevice-nesting ants in fragmented landscapes6
The influence of illumination regimes on the structure of ant (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) community composition in urban habitats6
Reassembly of ground-dwelling ant communities in reforestation plots in SW Costa Rica6
Special Issue: Sociable arthropods: broadening conceptions about social insects6
Ants (Lasius niger) deposit more pheromone close to food sources and further from the nest but do not attempt to update erroneous pheromone trails6
Seasonal nutrient fluctuations in Reticulitermes flavipes workers and soldiers6
Beyond busy workers: exploring the sensitivity of inactive ants to environmental cues5
Tool use in pavement battles between ants: first report of Tetramorium immigrans (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) using soil-dropping as an interference strategy5
Climatological influences on flight activity of Lepidotrigona flavibasis Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Meliponini)5
Burying beetles as a model organism to study sex differences in parental care5
Age-related variation of homing range in honeybee males (Apis mellifera)4
In-nest behavior by tandem recruiters of the ant Temnothorax rugatulus: effects of context and quality4
Impact of empty flowers on foraging choice and movement within floral patches by the honey bee, Apis mellifera4
Myrmecophily among mesostigmatid mites4
Conference contributions by section members of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects (IUSSI) at international IUSSI conferences (1952–2022) are not in accordance with membership numb4
Correction to: Visual associative learning and olfactory preferences of the greater banded hornet, Vespa tropica4
Behavioral and morphological traits influencing variation in task performance of Camponotus vagus ants4
Reexamining how ecology shapes the ontogeny of colony size and caste composition in social insects: insights from turtle ants in the arboreal realm4
Brain plasticity indicates key cognitive demands in an animal society: caste comparisons in dampwood termites4
Visual associative learning and olfactory preferences of the greater banded hornet, Vespa tropica4
Nest-founding by red imported fire ant queens (Solenopsis invicta) is not limited by Solenopsis thief ant populations4
Temnothorax longispinosus acorn ant colonies respond to parasitic raids by emigrating4
Red imported fire ant Solenopsis invicta buren workers do not have ovaries4
Diversity hidden in nests: worldwide account of nidicolous silverfish (Insecta: Zygentoma)4
Ovary activation correlates with the reproductive potential of honeybee (Apis mellifera) workers if they are in a foreign colony4
Under pressure: the effect of long-term fungal infection on the encapsulation response in ants3
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Occupation of twigs by ants in the leaf litter: is there a relationship between the morphology of the castes and the entrance hole?3
Workers require more cognitive skills than soldiers, queens and kings3
Colony life history of the tropical arboreal ant, Cephalotes goniodontus De Andrade, 19993
Correction to: Description of nest architecture and ecological notes on the bumblebee Bombus (Pyrobombus) lapponicus (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombini)3
Nest protection and foraging behaviour in solitary and social nests of the socially polymorphic orchid bee Euglossa viridissima3
Development of a standard medium for culturing the termite Reticulitermes speratus3
Innate visual attraction in wood ants is a hardwired behavior seen across different motivational and ecological contexts3
Characterization of cuticular hydrocarbons in a subsocial bee, Ceratina calcarata3
Financial report: international union for the study of social insects 20233
Quit bugging me: phorid fly parasitoids affect expression of an immune gene in foraging fire ant workers2
Stingless bee (Apidae: Meliponini) foraging and predation at trunk resin sources: Rare observations captured with microcontroller-based camera traps in a lowland dipterocarp forest2
Correction: Busy as a bee—or not?2
Find and then forget: the pheromone dilemma in ants2
Drivers of seed preferences and dispersal by granivorous ants in a semiarid grassland2
Optimal fissioning strategies of social insects with respect to colony dynamics and nest founding probability2
Natural history of Camponotus renggeri and Camponotus rufipes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in an Atlantic Forest reserve, Brazil2
Best paper announcement for 20242
Correction to: Mutagenesis mediated by CRISPR/Cas9 in the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta2
Mutual avoidance at resources by the native winter ant and the invasive Argentine ant2
No short-term effects of fire on termite diversity in a tropical mountain2
Are wood-feeding and fungus-growing termites so different? Comparison of the organization and properties of Microcerotermes pakistanicus and Odontotermes obesus soil constructions in the Western Ghats2
Eusociality is not a major evolutionary transition, and why that matters2
Nest architecture, worker reproduction, and polygyny in the ponerine ant Harpegnathos venator2
Notes on the biology of Protanilla sp. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) collected in Ulu Gombak, Peninsular Malaysia2
Busy as a bee—or not?2
Evidence of queen-rearing suppression by mature queens in the little fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata2
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