Advances in Insect Physiology Volume 33 This page intentionally left blank Advances in Insect Physiology edited by S. J. Simpson School of Biological Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia Volume 33 Amsterdam  Boston  Heidelberg  London  New York  Oxford Paris  San Diego  San Francisco  Singapore  Sydney  Tokyo Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier ACADEMIC PRESS Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier 84 Theobald’s Road, London WC1X 8RR, UK Radarweg 29, PO Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, The Netherlands The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, UK 30 Corporate Drive, Suite 400, Burlington, MA 01803, USA 525 B Street, Suite 1900, San Diego, CA 92101-4495, USA First edition 2007 Copyright r 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publisher Permissions may be sought directly from Elsevier’s Science & Technology Rights Department in Oxford, UK: phone (+44) (0) 1865 843830; fax (+44) (0) 1865 853333; email: [email protected] Alternatively you can submit your request online by visiting the Elsevier web site at http://elsevier.com/locate/permissions, and selecting Obtaining permission to use Elsevier material Notice No responsibility is assumed by the publisher for any injury and/or damage to persons or property as a matter of products liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any methods, products, instructions or ideas contained in the material herein. Because of rapid advances in the medical sciences, in particular, independent verification of diagnoses and drug dosages should be made ISBN-13: 978-0-12-373715-1 ISBN-10: 0-12-373715-X ISSN: 0065-2806 For information on all Academic Press publications visit our website at books.elsevier.com Printed and bound in The Netherlands 07 08 09 10 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Contents Contributors Behavioural Genetics of the Honey Bee Apis mellifera B. P. OLDROYD, G. J. THOMPSON Physiological Diversity in Insects: Ecological and Evolutionary Contexts S. L. CHOWN, J. S. TERBLANCHE Nest Thermoregulation in Social Insects J. C. JONES, B. P. OLDROYD vii 1 50 153 The Organule Concept of Insect Sense Organs: Sensory Transduction and Organule Evolution 192 D. J. MERRITT Index 243 This page intentionally left blank Contributors S.L. Chown Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Private Bag  1, Matieland 7602, South Africa J.C. Jones Behaviour and Genetics of Social Insects Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences A12, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia D.J. Merritt School of Integrative Biology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia B.P. Oldroyd Behaviour and Genetics of Social Insects Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences A12, T