Peeters, Christian

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Born 1956 in Brussels, Belgium. Studied in Johannesburg 1971-1985 and completed PhD with Robin Crewe (University of the Witwatersrand). Post-docs in Sydney (Ross Crozier), Nagoya (Yoshiaki Ito) and Würzburg (Bert Hölldobler). Since 1991, Research Scientist with CNRS (French National Scientific Research Agency) in Paris, France.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

 * [[Media:Diacamma cyaneiventre André BES2001.pdf|André, J.-B., Peeters, C. & Doums, C. 2001. Serial polygyny and colony genetic structure in the monogynous queenless ant Diacamma cyaneiventre. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 50: 72-80.]]


 * [[Media:Diacamma cyaneiventre gamergate turnover André2006.pdf|André, J.-B., C. Peeters, M. Huet, and C. Doums. 2006. Estimating the rate of gamergate turnover in the queenless ant Diacamma cyaneiventre using a maximum likelihood model. Insectes Sociaux. 53(2):233-240.]]


 * [[Media:Baratte ActaZool 2005 Diacamma ceylonense.pdf|Baratte, S., M. Cobb, J. Deutsch & C. Peeters 2005. Morphological variations in the pre-imaginal development of the ponerine ant Diacamma ceylonense. Acta Zoologica 86: 25-31.]]


 * [[Media:Diacamma nilgiri Baudry InSoc2003.pdf|Baudry, E., Peeters, C., Brazier, L., Veuille, M. & Doums, C. 2003. Shift in the behaviours regulating monogyny is associated with high genetic differentiation in the queenless ant Diacamma ceylonense. Insect. Soc. 50: 390-397.]]


 * [[Media:Beekman etal'06 developmental divergence.pdf|Beekman, M., C. Peeters & O’Riain M.J. 2006. Developmental divergence: neglected variable in understanding the evolution of reproductive skew in social animals. Behav. Ecol. 17: 622–627.]]


 * [[Media:Paltothyreus nests Biotropica 1994 Braun Peeters.pdf|Braun, U., Peeters, C. & Hölldobler, B. 1994. The giant nests of the African Stink Ant, Paltothyreus tarsatus (Formicidae, Ponerinae). Biotropica 26: 308-311.]]


 * [[Media:Brent et al 2006.pdf|Brent, C., C. Peeters, V. Dietemann, R. Crewe & E. Vargo 2006. Hormonal correlates of reproductive status in the queenless ponerine ant, Streblognathus peetersi. J. Comparative Physiology A 192: 315-320.]]


 * [[Media:Buschinger Peeters Crozier 1990.pdf|Buschinger, A., Peeters, C. & Crozier, R.H. 1990. Life-pattern studies on an Australian Sphinctomyrmex: functional polygyny, brood periodicity and raiding behavior. Psyche 96 (1989): 287-300. [1990.]]]


 * [[Media:Diacamma nilgiri Cournault IS2012.pdf|Cournault, L. & Peeters, C. 2012. Aggression regulates monogyny in non-mutilating Diacamma ants. Insectes Sociaux 59: 533-539.]]


 * [[Media:Cronin_ARE2013_dependent_foundation.pdf|Cronin, A., Molet, M., Doums, C. Monnin & Peeters, C. 2013. Recurrent evolution of dependent colony foundation across eusocial insects. Annual Review of Entomology 58: 37-55.]]


 * [[Media:Diacamma ceylonense cuticular hydrocarbons Cuvillier JIP2001.pdf|Cuvillier-Hot, V., Cobb, M., Malosse, C. & Peeters, C. 2001. Sex, age and ovarian activity affect cuticular hydrocarbons in Diacamma ceylonense, a queenless ant. J. Insect Physiol. 47: 485-493.]]


 * [[Media:Diacamma ceylonense Cuvillier ProcB 2002.pdf|Cuvillier-Hot, V., Gadagkar, R., Peeters, C. & M. Cobb, M. 2002. Regulation of reproduction in a queenless ant : aggression, pheromones and reduction in conflict. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 269: 1295-1300.]]


 * [[Media:Cuvillier AB'04.pdf|Cuvillier-Hot, V., Lenoir, A., Crewe, R., Malosse, C. & Peeters, C. 2004a. Fertility signaling and reproductive skew in queenless ants. Animal Behaviour 68: 1209-1219.]]


 * [[Media:Cuvillier BE'04.pdf|Cuvillier-Hot, V., Lenoir, A. & Peeters, C. 2004b. Reproductive monopoly enforced by sterile police workers in a queenless ant. Behavioral Ecology 15: 970-975.]]


 * [[Media:Cuvillier Nawi'05.pdf|Cuvillier-Hot, V., Renault, V. & Peeters, C. 2005. Rapid modification in the olfactory signal of ants following a change in reproductive status. Naturwissenschaften 92: 73-77.]]


 * [[Media:Dietemann 2002.pdf|Dietemann, V.; Hölldobler, B.; Peeters, C. 2002. Caste specialization and differentiation in reproductive potential in the phylogenetically primitive ant Myrmecia gulosa. Insectes Soc 49: 289-298.]]


 * [[Media:Myrmecia gulosa PNAS 2003 Dietemann.pdf|Dietemann, V., C. Peeters, J. Liebig, V. Thivet & B. Hölldobler 2003. Cuticular hydrocarbons mediate discrimination of reproductives and nonreproductives in the ant Myrmecia gulosa. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 100: 10341-46.]]


 * [[Media:Myrmecia pyriformis Dietemann Nawi2004.pdf|Dietemann, V., Peeters, C, Hölldobler, B. 2004. Gamergates in the Australian ant subfamily Myrmeciinae. Naturwissenschaften, 91: 432–435.]]


 * [[Media:Myrmecia gulosa Dietemann AB'05.pdf|Dietemann, V., C. Peeters & B. Hölldobler 2005a. Role of the queen in regulating reproduction in the bulldog ant Myrmecia gulosa: control or signalling? Anim. Behav. 69: 777-784.]]


 * [[Media:Myrmecia gulosa Dietemann BES'05.pdf|Dietemann, V., J. Liebig, B. Hölldobler & C. Peeters 2005b. Changes in the cuticular hydrocarbons of incipient reproductives correlate with triggering of worker policing in the bulldog ant Myrmecia gulosa. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 58: 486-496.]]


 * [[Media:Diacamma cyaneiventre Mol Ecol '02 Doums.pdf|Doums, C., Cabrera, H. & Peeters, C. 2002. Population genetic structure and male-biased dispersal in the queenless ant Diacamma cyaneiventre. Mol. Ecol. 11: 2251-2264.]]


 * Fisher BL & Peeters C (2019) Ants of Madagascar: a guide to the 62 genera / Fourmis de Madagascar: un guide pour les 62 genres. Association Vahatra, Antananarivo – Guides sur la diversité biologique de Madagascar. 253pp.   ISBN 978–2–9538923–8–3


 * [[Media:Gnamptogenys menadensis Gobin Nethjzool 1998.pdf|Gobin, B., Peeters, C. & Billen, J. 1998a. Colony reproduction and arboreal life in the ponerine ant Gnamptogenys menadensis. Netherlands Journal of Entomology, 48:53-63.]]


 * [[Media:Gnamptogenys menadensis Gobin Nethjzool 1998.pdf|Gobin, B., Peeters, C., Billen, J. & Morgan, E.D. 1998b. Interspecific trail-following and commensalism between the ponerine ant Gnamptogenys menadensis and the formicine ant Polyrhachis rufipes. J. Insect Behav. 11: 361-369.]]


 * [[Media:Gnamptogenys trophic eggs Gobin PhysEnto.pdf|Gobin, B., Peeters, C. & Billen, J. 1998c. Production of trophic eggs by virgin workers in the ponerine ant Gnamptogenys menadensis. Physiological Entomology 23: 329-336.]]


 * [[Media:Gnamptogenys menadensis policing Gobin AB'99.pdf|Gobin, B., J. Billen & Peeters C. 1999. Policing behaviour towards virgin egg layers in a polygynous ponerine ant. Anim. Behav. 58: 1117-1122.]]


 * [[Media:Gobin Peeters 2006 spermatheca Ponerinae.pdf|Gobin, B., F. Ito, C. Peeters & J. Billen (2006) Queen-worker differences in spermatheca reservoir of phylogenetically basal ants. Cell Tissue Res. 326: 169–178.]]


 * [[Media:Spermatheca in workers Nawi 08 Gobin.pdf|Gobin, B., F. Ito, J. Billen & C. Peeters (2008) Degeneration of sperm reservoir and the loss of mating ability in worker ants. Naturwiss. 95: 1041–1048.]]


 * [[Media:Helms Malagidris IS2014.pdf|Helms, J.A., Peeters, C. & Fisher, B.L. 2014. Funnels, gas exchange and cliff jumping: Natural history of the cliff dwelling ant Malagidris sofina. Insectes Sociaux 61: 357-365.]]


 * [[Media:Higashi&Peeters 1990 Myrmecia brevinoda.pdf|Higashi, S. & Peeters, C. 1990. Worker polymorphism and nest structure in Myrmecia brevinoda Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Aust. ent. Soc. 29: 327-331.]]


 * [[Media:Holldobler B 1996.pdf|Hölldobler, B., Obermayer, M. & Peeters, C, 1996. Comparative study of the metatibial gland in ants. Zoomorphology 116: 157-167.]]


 * [[Media:Roberto_Keller_eLife.pdf|Keller, R. A.; Peeters, C.; Beldade, P. 2014. Evolution of thorax architecture in ant castes highlights trade-off between flight and ground behaviors. eLiFE 3:e01539.]]
 * [[Media:Khalife, A., Keller, R.A. et al. 2018. Skeletomuscular adaptions of head and legs of Melissotarsus.pdf|Khalife, A., Keller, R.A., Billen, J., Hita Garcia, F., Economo, E.P., Peeters, C. 2018. Skeletomuscular adaptations of head and legs of Melissotarsus ants for tunnelling through living wood. Frontiers in Zoology, 15:30.]]


 * [[Media:Harpegnathos saltator Liebig Nawi '98.pdf|Liebig, J., Hölldobler, B. & C. Peeters 1998. Are ant workers capable of colony foundation? Naturwissenschaften 85: 133-135.]]


 * [[Media:Harpegnathos saltator policing ProcB 1999 Liebig.pdf|Liebig, J., C. Peeters & B. Hölldobler 1999. Worker policing limits the number of reproductives in a ponerine ant. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 266: 1865-1870.]]


 * [[Media:Harpegnathos cuticular hydrocarbons PNAS 2000 Liebig.pdf|Liebig, J., C. Peeters, N. Oldham, K. Markstädter & B. Hölldobler 2000. Are variations in cuticular hydrocarbons of queens and workers a reliable signal of fertility in the ant Harpegnathos saltator? Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 97: 4124-4131.]]


 * [[Media:Molet AmNat 2008 Rhytidoponera.pdf|Molet, M., M. van Baalen & C. Peeters 2008. Shift in colonial reproductive strategy associated with a tropical-temperate gradient in Rhytidoponera ants. The American Naturalist 172: 75-87.]]


 * [[Media:Molet,_M.,_Maicher,_V.,_Peeters,_C._2014._Bigger_helpers_in_the_ant_Cataglyphis_bombycina.pdf|Molet, M., Maicher, V. & Peeters, C. 2014: Bigger helpers in the ant Cataglyphis bombycina : Increased worker polymorphism or novel soldier caste? PLoS ONE 9(1), e84929.]]


 * [[Media:Molet et al 2012.pdf|Molet, M.; Wheeler, D. E.; Peeters, C. 2012. Evolution of novel mosaic castes in ants: modularity, phenotypic plasticity, and colonial buffering. The American Naturalist 180:328-341.]]


 * [[Media:Monnin Nawi '97 Dino.pdf|Monnin T & Peeters C. 1997. Cannibalism of subordinates’ eggs in the monogynous queenless ant Dinoponera quadriceps. Naturwissenschaften 84: 499–502.]]


 * [[Media:Monnin AB.pdf|Monnin, T. & Peeters C. 1998. Monogyny and the regulation of worker mating in the queenless ant Dinoponera quadriceps. Animal Behaviour 55: 299-306.]]


 * [[Media:Monnin Behavioral Ecology-1999.pdf|Monnin, T. & Peeters C. 1999. Dominance hierarchy and reproductive conflicts among subordinates in a monogynous queenless ant. Behavioral Ecology 10: 323-332.]]


 * [[Media:Monnin JCE 98 Dino.pdf|Monnin T, Malosse C & Peeters C. 1998. Solid-phase microextraction and cuticular hydrocarbon differences related to reproductive activity in queenless ant Dinoponera quadriceps. Journal of Chemical Ecology 24:473–490.]]


 * Monnin T, Espadaler X, Lenoir A & Peeters C (2013) Guide des Fourmis de France. L'indispensable guide des Fous de Nature, Belin. 160 p.


 * [[Media:Okada etal IS Temno.pdf|Okada, Y., Plateaux, L. & Peeters, C. 2013. Morphological variability of intercastes in the ant Temnothorax nylanderi: pattern of trait expression and modularity. Insectes Sociaux 60: 319-328.]]


 * [[Media:Rhytidoponera mayri colony aggression Ins.Soc Peeters 1988.pdf|Peeters, C. 1988. Nestmate discrimination in a ponerine ant (Rhytidoponera sp. 12) without a queen caste and with low intra-nest relatedness. Insectes Sociaux 35: 34-46.]]


 * [[Media:Peeters 91 LinnSoc.pdf|PEETERS, C. 1991. The occurrence of sexual reproduction among ant workers. Biological J. Linnean Society 44: 141-152.]]


 * [[Media:Peeters chapter in KELLER 1993.pdf|Peeters, C. 1993. Monogyny and polygyny in ponerine ants with or without queens. Pages 234-261 In: Keller, L. (ed.) Queen number and sociality in insects. Oxford University Press.]]


 * [[Media:Peeters 97 Choe&Crespi.pdf|Peeters, C. 1997. Morphologically “primitive” ants: comparative review of social characters, and the importance of queen-worker dimorphism. Pages 372-391 In: Choe, J. & B. Crespi (eds) The Evolution of Social Behavior in Insects and Arachnids. Cambridge University Press.]]


 * [[Media:Peeters MN 2012.pdf|Peeters, C. 2012. Convergent evolution of wingless reproductives across all subfamilies of ants, and sporadic loss of winged queens. Myrmecological News 16: 75-91.]]


 * [[Media:Paraponera foundation Peeters Sociobiology2017.pdf|Peeters C (2017) Independent colony foundation in Paraponera clavata (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): First workers lay trophic eggs to feed queen’s larvae. Sociobiology 64: 417-422.]]


 * [[Media:Ants Columbia Chapter Castes Peeters May2019.pdf|Peeters C. 2019. Castas: homología y analogía en la forma y función. pp. 159–164 In: Hormigas de Colombia (eds F. Fernández, R.J. Guerrero & T. Delsinne). Universidad Nacional Colombia, Bogota. ISBN 978-958-783-766-7.]]


 * [[Media:Peeters Aron Cataglyphis bjls2017.pdf|Peeters C & Aron S (2017) Evolutionary reduction of female dispersal in Cataglyphis desert ants. Biol. J. Linnean Soc. 122: 58–70.]]


 * Peeters C. & Billen J. 1991. A novel exocrine gland inside the thoracic appendages (‘‘gemmae’’) of the queenless ant Diacamma australe. Experientia 47: 229-231.


 * Peeters C., Billen J. & Hoelldobler B. 1992. Alternative dominance mechanisms regulating monogyny in the queenless ant genus Diacamma. Naturwissenschaften 79: 572-573.


 * [[Media:Paltothyreus African.Entomol 2013. Peeters.pdf|Peeters, C., Braun, U. & Hölldobler, B. 2013. Large colonies and striking sexual investment in the African stink ant, Paltothyreus tarsatus (subfamily Ponerinae). African Entomology 21(1): 9-14.]]


 * [[Media:Peeters & Crewe 1985.pdf|Peeters, C., Crewe, R. M. 1985. Worker reproduction in the ponerine ant Ophthalmopone berthoudi: an alternative form of eusocial organization. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 18: 29-37.]]


 * [[Media:Peeters&Crewe Psyche'86.pdf|Peeters, C.; Crewe, R. M. 1986. Male biology in the queenless ponerine ant Ophthalmopone berthoudi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche, 93: 277-284.]]


 * [[Media:Peeters & Crewe 1987.pdf|Peeters, C., Crewe, R. M. 1987. Foraging and recruitment in ponerine ants: solitary hunting in the queenless Ophthalmopone berthoudi. Psyche (Camb.) 94: 201-214.]]


 * [[Media:Psyche Crozier'88.pdf|Peeters, C. & Crozier, R.H. 1988. Caste and reproduction in ants: not all mated egg-layers are "queens". Psyche 95: 283-288.]]


 * [[Media:Peeters & DeGreef Leptogenys IS2015.pdf|Peeters, C. & De Greef, S. 2015. Predation on large millipedes and self-assembling chains in Leptogenys ants from Cambodia. Insectes Sociaux 62: 471-477.]]


 * [[Media:Peeters & Fisher AfrEnto 2016 Euponera.pdf|Peeters, C. & Fisher, B.L. 2016. Gamergates (mated egg-laying workers) and queens both reproduce in Euponera sikorae ants from Madagascar. African Entomology 24: 180-187.]]


 * [[Media:Peeters, C., Heraty, J. & Wiwatwitaya, D. 2015. Eucharitid wasp parasitoids in cocoons of the ponerine ant Diacamma scalpratum from Thailand.pdf|Peeters, C., Heraty, J. & Wiwatwitaya, D. 2015. Eucharitid wasp parasitoids in cocoons of the ponerine ant Diacamma scalpratum from Thailand. Halteres, 6, 90-94.]]


 * [[Media:Peeters saltator nest Ins Soc1994.pdf|Peeters, C., B. Hölldobler, M. Moffett & T. Musthak Ali 1994. "Wall-papering" and elaborate nest architecture in the ponerine ant Harpegnathos saltator. Insectes Sociaux 41: 211-218.]]


 * [[Media:H.saltator lifecycle PNAS 1995 Peeters.pdf|Peeters C & Holldobler B (1995) Reproductive cooperation between queens and their mated workers: the complex life history of an ant with a valuable nest. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 92:10977–10979.]]


 * [[Media:Peeters & Ito dwarfworkers MN 2015.pdf|Peeters, C. & Ito, F. 2015. Wingless and dwarf workers underlie the ecological success of ants. Myrmecological News 21: 117-130.]]


 * [[Media:Peeters-et-al-2017 Gesomyrmex.pdf|Peeters C, Ito F, Wiwatwitaya D, Keller R, Hashim R & Molet M. 2017. Striking polymorphism among infertile helpers in the arboreal ant Gesomyrmex. Asian Myrmecology 9: e009015 (1-15).]]


 * [[Media:Pogonomyrmex laticeps Peeters PLOS pdf.pdf|Peeters, C., Keller, R.A. & Johnson, R.A. 2012. Selection against aerial dispersal in ants: Two non-flying queen phenotypes in Pogonomyrmex laticeps. PLoS ONE 7(10): e47727.]]


 * [[Media:Peeters Liebig 2009 Fertility signaling.pdf|Peeters, C. & Liebig J. 2009. Fertility signaling as a general mechanism of regulating reproductive division of labor in ants. pp. 220-242 In: Organization of Insect Societies: From Genome to Socio-Complexity (eds J. Gadau and J. Fewell). Harvard University Press, Cambridge.]]


 * [[Media:Harpegnathos saltator castes Peeters InsectSoc.pdf|Peeters, C., J. Liebig & Hölldobler, B. 2000. Sexual reproduction by both queens and workers in the ponerine ant Harpegnathos saltator. Insect. Soc. 47: 325-332.]]


 * [[Media:Peeters ProcB 1999 DIno.pdf|Peeters, C., Monnin T. & Malosse, C. 1999. Cuticular hydrocarbons correlated with reproductive status in a queenless ant. Proc. Royal Society of London B 266: 1323-1327.]]


 * [[Media:Peeters_Molet_2010_Oxford_UP.pdf|Peeters, C. & Molet, M. 2010. Colonial reproduction and life histories. pp. 159-176 In: Ant Ecology (eds L. Lach, C. Parr and K. Abbott). Oxford University Press.]]


 * [[Media:Peeters&Tinault MyrmeNews2014.pdf|Peeters, C. & Tinaut, A. 2014. Reconstructing life history in ants: Ergatoid queens, facultative monogyny and dependent colony foundation in Monomorium algiricum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 20: 77-85.]]


 * [[Media:Peeters, C. & Wiwatwitaya, D. 2014. Philidris ants living inside Dischidia epiphytes from Thailand.pdf|Peeters, C. & Wiwatwitaya, D. 2014. Philidris ants living inside Dischidia epiphytes from Thailand. Asian Myrmecology 6:49–61.]]


 * [[Media:Melissotarsus Peerj-2017 Peeters.pdf|Peeters C., Foldi I, Matile-Ferrero D & Fisher BL 2017. A mutualism without honeydew: what benefits for Melissotarsus emeryi ants and armoured scale insects (Diaspididae)? PeerJ 5:e3599.]]


 * [[Media:Ophthalmopone berthoudi Naturwiss. 96 Sledge.pdf|Sledge, M.F., R.M. Crewe & C. Peeters 1996. On the relationship between gamergate number and reproductive output in the queenless ponerine ant Pachycondyla (=Ophthalmopone) berthoudi. Naturwissenschaften 83: 282-284.]]


 * [[Media:Ophthalmopone berthoudi Ethology 1999 Sledge.pdf|Sledge, M.F., C. Peeters & R.M. Crewe 1999. Fecundity and the behavioural profile of reproductive workers in the queenless ant Pachycondyla (=Ophthalmopone) berthoudi. Ethology 105: 303-316.]]


 * [[Media:Ophthalmopone berthoudi Ins.Soc 2001 Sledge.pdf|Sledge, M., C. Peeters & R. Crewe 2001. Reproductive division of labour without dominance interactions in the queenless ponerine ant Pachycondyla (=Ophthalmopone) berthoudi. Insect. Soc. 48: 67-73.]]


 * [[Media:Yeo IS'06.pdf|Yéo, K., Molet, M. & Peeters, C. 2006. When David and Goliath share a home: Compound nesting of Pyramica and Platythyrea ants. Insectes Sociaux 53: 435-438.]]


 * [[Media:YEO et al 2017 community structure Ivory Coast.pdf|Yéo K, Delsinne T, Konaté S, Alonso L, Aïdara D & Peeters C 2017. Diversity and distribution of ant assemblages above and below ground in a West African forest-savannah mosaic. Insectes Sociaux 64: 155–164.]]