Trophallaxis: the functions and evolution of social fluid exchange in ant colonies (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Marie-Pierre and Adria wrote this giant review about trophallaxis, in what contexts it occurs, who does it and the big ‘why,’ why did it evolve. Please enjoy it, complete with the lovely figures (thanks Emile)!

There’s a lovely blog post interview with Marie-Pierre about the paper that Myrmecological News did.

Along with the paper we also put out a database that we’ll update about which species do and don’t engage in trophallaxis. Please write to us if you have any species to contribute!