Host-trailing satellite flight behaviour is associated with greater investment in peripheral visual sensory system in miltogrammine flies

Abstract Insect sensory systems are the subjects of different selective pressures that shape their morphology.In many species Suitcases of the flesh fly subfamily Miltogramminae (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) that are kleptoparasitic on bees and wasps, females perch on objects close to the host nests and, once a returning host is detected, they follow it

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Multiple male and female reproductive strategies and the presence of a polyandric mating system in the termite Reticulitermes labralis (Isoptera:Rhinotermitidae)

Reproductive systems of termite colonies may involve the number of individuals in the reproductive caste and the copulatory selectivity of reproductive individuals (i.e., polyandry or polygamy), both of which directly impact the fertility and genetic diversity of the colony.Polygamy is widespread in the lower termites, whereas polyandry appears to

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