Social insects, ecology, ethology, evolution. Monograph

The monograph discusses the diversity and convergent similarity of adaptations to the typical conditions of the habitat of the main representatives of social insects: termites, ants, paper wasp, bumblebees and bees. Trophic ties, methods of building and protecting nests, intravid relations, forms of manifestation and origin of social relations are considered. The species -specific mechanisms of spatial orientation and communication, the role of programmed and modified behavior in the life of social insect families are analyzed. The phylogenetic paths are discussed by the transformation of the families of eusocial insects into holistic biological units, individually subject to the action of natural selection - the main driving factor of evolution.
For students, graduate students and teachers of biological universities and faculties, as well as a wide range of readers interested in evolutionary issues