State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China; Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China.
Curr Opin Insect Sci. 2024 Aug;64:101205. doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2024.101205. Epub 2024 Jul 16.
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.
社会性也在部分孤雌生殖的草食性半翅目蚜虫中进化，包括具有复杂生活史特征和显著社会多样性的物种。由于与其他社会性昆虫群体相比具有有趣的生物学特征，社会性蚜虫可以成为研究昆虫社会性的良好模型。在这里，我们回顾了社会性蚜虫的物种、行为和特征多样性，并介绍了社会性蚜虫的社会等级分化和行为的环境、生理和分子调节的最新发现。我们提出了社会性蚜虫在研究昆虫社会性的进化和机制以及利用社会性蚜虫模型进行未来研究方向的独特价值，包括社会进化、社会等级分化、行为多态性、形态可塑性、物理力学和种间相互作用。
