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Provedor de dados: | 92
País: | Brazil
Título: | Morphological and physiological variation between queens and workers of Protonectarina sylveirae (de Saussure) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Epiponini)
Autores: | Tanaka Junior,Getulio Minoru; Soleman,Raduan Alexandre; Noll,Fernando Barbosa.
Data: | 2010-03-01
Ano: | 2010
Palavras-chave: | Caste differentiation; Polistinae; Social wasps.
Resumo: | Morphological and physiological variation between queens and workers of Protonectarina sylveirae (de Saussure) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Epiponini). The Neotropical swarm-founding wasps, Epiponini, range from the absence of morphological differentiation between castes to highly distinct castes. We measured eight body parts of females of two colonies of Protonectarina sylveirae (de Saussure, 1854). ANOVA and Discriminant Analysis evidenced significant differences between castes, as previously observed by other authors for other species of Epiponini. However, some females previously categorized as queens, were actually workers, supported by our statistic analyses. These individuals showed intermediate morphological features between queens and workers, having distinct patterns of hairs and clypeal spots. The castes of P. sylveirae are distinct, however intermediate individuals may be found in colonies promoting social flexibility.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262010000100013
Editor: | Sociedade Brasileira De Entomologia
Relação: | 10.1590/S0085-56262010000100013
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Revista Brasileira de Entomologia  v.54 n.1 2010
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess