A. Mikaelyan

Fight, Retreat, Repeat: Field observation of male-male agonistic behavior in the wood-feeding cockroach, Panesthia angustipennis spadica (Dictyoptera: Blattodea: Blaberidae)

The paper describes field observations of male-male agonistic behavior in the wood-feeding cockroach Panesthia angustipennis, revealing strategies for female protection and insights into evolutionary social behavior.

Chewing Through Challenges: Exploring the Evolutionary Pathways to Wood-Feeding in Insects

This paper investigates the evolutionary origins of saproxylophagy in insects, proposing the Detritivore-First Hypothesis and emphasizing the role of gut microbiomes in wood digestion.

Genomes of gut bacteria from Nasonia wasps shed light on phylosymbiosis and microbe-assisted hybrid breakdown

The paper analyzes gut bacterial genomes in Nasonia wasps to understand phylosymbiosis and bacterial-assisted hybrid breakdown, finding that hybrid bacteria are identical to parental species.

Gut microbial compositions mirror caste-specific diets in a major lineage of eusocial insects

The paper examines gut microbial compositions in fungus-growing termites, finding that caste-specific diets and division of labor correlate with distinct bacterial community structures.