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Provedor de dados: | 82
País: | Brazil
Título: | Castes in the neotropical social wasp Leipomeles dorsata (Fabricius) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae): a window for workers achieving a new status in the colony
Autores: | Noll,Fernando B; Gomes,Bruno; Lima,Alexandre C O; Mateus,Sidnei; Wenzel,John W.
Data: | 2010-08-01
Ano: | 2010
Palavras-chave: | Epiponini; Caste difference; Multivariate analysis.
Resumo: | Morphometric studies performed in several species of Neotropical social wasps from the tribe Epiponini showed that in some species there are marked differences between castes, while other species present highly distinct castes with differences only in ovarian development. This work analyzed females from six colonies of the social wasp Leipomeles dorsata (Fabricius) in which queens (egglayers) and workers showed differences in ovarian development and coloration. We propose that wasps with developed ovaries (egglayers) and coloration similar to those of workers are possibly intermediates that obtained the status of queens in the colony.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-566X2010000400013
Editor: | Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil
Relação: | 10.1590/S1519-566X2010000400013
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Neotropical Entomology  v.39 n.4 2010
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess