Institute of Insect Biotechnology, University of Gießen, 35392 Gießen, Germany.
Institute of Insect Biotechnology, University of Gießen, 35392 Gießen, Germany.
Curr Opin Insect Sci. 2017 Dec;24:89-95. doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2017.09.006. Epub 2017 Sep 29.
Effective parental care requires recognition and communication processes. Whereas chemical communication has been studied intensively in eusocial organisms, in which the workers (siblings) predominantly provide brood care, insect groups in which parents engage in care have been largely neglected. However, the study of communication in insect families might complement and enhance our understanding not only of the evolution of signaling process involved in social insects, but also of those involved in vertebrate families. In this review, we synthesize the existing information about the pheromones and chemical cues that regulate and affect insect parental care and family life. We will present research dealing with pre-hatching as well as post-hatching parental care and cover interactions between parents and offspring, between male and female parents, and among siblings.
有效的亲代照料需要识别和交流过程。虽然在主要由工蜂（兄弟姐妹）提供育雏护理的真社会性生物中，化学通讯已经得到了深入研究，但在父母参与护理的昆虫群体中，这一过程在很大程度上被忽视了。然而，研究昆虫家庭中的通讯不仅可以补充和增进我们对参与社会昆虫的信号过程进化的理解，还可以增进我们对脊椎动物家庭的理解。在这篇综述中，我们综合了现有的关于调节和影响昆虫亲代照料和家庭生活的信息素和化学线索的信息。我们将介绍涉及孵化前和孵化后亲代照料的研究，并涵盖父母与后代之间、雌雄父母之间以及兄弟姐妹之间的相互作用。
