Social aphids: emerging model for studying insect sociality

IF 5.8 1区农林科学 Q1 BIOLOGY

Current opinion in insect science Pub Date : 2024-08-01 DOI:10.1016/j.cois.2024.101205

Hui Zhang , Zhixiang Liu , Xiaolei Huang

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Abstract

Sociality is also evolved in parthenogenetic herbivorous hemipteran aphids, encompassing species with complex life history traits and significant social diversity. Owing to their interesting biological characteristics comparing to other social insect groups, social aphids can be a good model for studying insect sociality. Here, we review the species, behavior, and trait diversity of social aphids, and present recent findings on environmental, physiological, and molecular regulations of caste differentiation and behavior in social aphids. We propose the unique value of social aphids in investigating the evolution and mechanisms of insect sociality as well as future research directions using the social aphid model, including social evolution, caste differentiation, behavioral polymorphism, morphological plasticity, physical mechanics, and interspecific interactions.

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社会性蚜虫：研究昆虫社会性的新兴模型

孤雌生殖的食草半翅目蚜虫也进化出了社会性，其中包括具有复杂生活史特征和显著社会多样性的物种。与其他社会性昆虫类群相比，社会性蚜虫具有有趣的生物学特征，因此可以作为研究昆虫社会性的良好模型。在此，我们回顾了社会性蚜虫的物种、行为和性状多样性，并介绍了社会性蚜虫种姓分化和行为的环境、生理和分子调控方面的最新发现。我们提出了社会性蚜虫在研究昆虫社会性进化和机制方面的独特价值，以及利用社会性蚜虫模型的未来研究方向，包括社会性进化、种性分化、行为多态性、形态可塑性、物理力学和种间相互作用。

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来源期刊

Current opinion in insect science BIOLOGYECOLOGYENTOMOLOGY-ECOLOGY

CiteScore

10.40

自引率

1.90%

发文量

113

期刊介绍： Current Opinion in Insect Science is a new systematic review journal that aims to provide specialists with a unique and educational platform to keep up–to–date with the expanding volume of information published in the field of Insect Science. As this is such a broad discipline, we have determined themed sections each of which is reviewed once a year. The following 11 areas are covered by Current Opinion in Insect Science. -Ecology -Insect genomics -Global Change Biology -Molecular Physiology (Including Immunity) -Pests and Resistance -Parasites, Parasitoids and Biological Control -Behavioural Ecology -Development and Regulation -Social Insects -Neuroscience -Vectors and Medical and Veterinary Entomology There is also a section that changes every year to reflect hot topics in the field. Section Editors, who are major authorities in their area, are appointed by the Editors of the journal. They divide their section into a number of topics, ensuring that the field is comprehensively covered and that all issues of current importance are emphasized. Section Editors commission articles from leading scientists on each topic that they have selected and the commissioned authors write short review articles in which they present recent developments in their subject, emphasizing the aspects that, in their opinion, are most important. In addition, they provide short annotations to the papers that they consider to be most interesting from all those published in their topic over the previous year.