Agriculture is a specialized form of symbiosis that is known to have evolved in only four
animal groups: humans, bark beetles, termites, and ants. Here, we reconstruct the major …

▪ Abstract Agriculture has evolved independently in three insect orders: once in ants, once
in termites, and seven times in ambrosia beetles. Although these insect farmers are in some …

Ants are the world's most diverse and ecologically dominant eusocial organisms. Resolving
the phylogeny and timescale for major ant lineages is vital to understanding how they …

This study investigates the evolutionary history of a hyperdiverse clade, the ant subfamily M
yrmicinae ( H ymenoptera: F ormicidae), based on analyses of a data matrix comprising 251 …

Cultivation of fungi for food by fungus-growing ants (Attini: Formicidae) originated about 50
million years ago. The subsequent evolutionary history of this agricultural symbiosis was …

The evolutionary history of the symbiosis between fungus-growing ants (Attini) and their fungi
was elucidated by comparing phylogenies of both symbionts. The fungal phylogeny based …

The symbiosis between fungus-growing ants and the fungi they cultivate for food has been
shaped by 50 million years of coevolution. Phylogenetic analyses indicate that this long …

The tribe Aedini (Family Culicidae) contains approximately one-quarter of the known
species of mosquitoes, including vectors of deadly or debilitating disease agents. This tribe …

Cultivation of fungus for food originated about 45-65 million years ago in the ancestor of
fungus-growing ants (Formicidae, tribe Attini), representing an evolutionary transition from the …

Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) are conspicuous organisms in most terrestrial ecosystems,
often attaining high levels of abundance and diversity. In this study, we investigate the …