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| Murakami,André S. N.; Shima,Sulene N.; Desuó,Ivan C.. |
| In the primitively eusocial wasps, especially Polistini and Mischocyttarini tribes, the physiological condition of each individual is strongly associated with its dominance status in the colonial hierarchy. As a rule, in independent-founding wasps, female wasps are all morphologically alike, and their role is apparently quite flexible even as adults. However, some studies have shown that differences in body size can exist between reproductive and non-reproductive females. Thus, the present study aimed at detecting differences between reproductive (inseminated) and non-reproductive (uninseminated) individuals based on morphological and physiological parameters. We tape-recorded the daily behavioural repertory of six colonies of Mischocyttarus cassununga for... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Dominance; Social hierarchy; Morphometry; Physiology; Mischocyttarini. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262009000400017 |
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| Gomes,Leonardo; Gomes,Guilherme; Oliveira,Helena G.; Morlin Junior,José J.; Desuó,Ivan C.; Silva,Iracema M. da; Shima,Sulene N.; Von Zuben,Cláudio J.. |
| Proteins for brood nutrition of social wasps are obtained from many prey, including insects (even bees and other wasps), spiders and bits of decaying meat. After being captured and killed, prey are reduced to a shapeless mass and distributed to the brood. Little is known about the foraging activity, especially on this group. Herein we describe the sequence of foraging behaviours of the social wasp Polybia (Trichothorax) ignobilis for hunting flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae and Muscidae) over pig carcasses. To our knowledge, there are few scientific descriptions of prey foraging behaviour on this species. |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Calliphoridae; Hunting behavior; Muscidae; Prey and wasps. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262007000300018 |
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