Social behaviour of a subtropical paper wasp,Ropalidia fasciata (F.): Field observations during founding stage

1983 ◽  
Vol 1 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yosiaki Itô
Keyword(s):  
Social Behaviour ◽  
Paper Wasp ◽  
Field Observations

scholarly journals Nesting biology and Social behaviour of Paper wasp (Polistes flavus) and Honey bee (Apis mellifera) in District Mansehra, Pakistan

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 80-86
Author(s):  
Muzafar Shah ◽  
Mian Sayed Khan ◽  
Muhammad Ather Rafi ◽  
Sardar Azhar Mehmood ◽  
Muhammad Farooq
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Honey Bee ◽  
Social Behaviour ◽  
Paper Wasp ◽  
Nesting Biology

scholarly journals Transcriptomics of an extended phenotype: parasite manipulation of wasp social behaviour shifts expression of caste-related genes

2017 ◽  
Vol 284 (1852) ◽  
pp. 20170029 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy C. Geffre ◽  
Ruolin Liu ◽  
Fabio Manfredini ◽  
Laura Beani ◽  
Jeyaraney Kathirithamby ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Social Behaviour ◽  
Expression Patterns ◽  
Paper Wasp ◽  
Sequencing Data ◽  
Brain Gene Expression ◽  
Brain Transcriptome ◽  
Social Caste ◽  
Worker Caste ◽  
Host Behaviour

Parasites can manipulate host behaviour to increase their own transmission and fitness, but the genomic mechanisms by which parasites manipulate hosts are not well understood. We investigated the relationship between the social paper wasp, Polistes dominula , and its parasite, Xenos vesparum (Insecta: Strepsiptera), to understand the effects of an obligate endoparasitoid on its host's brain transcriptome. Previous research suggests that X. vesparum shifts aspects of host social caste-related behaviour and physiology in ways that benefit the parasitoid. We hypothesized that X. vesparum -infested (stylopized) females would show a shift in caste-related brain gene expression. Specifically, we predicted that stylopized females, who would normally be workers, would show gene expression patterns resembling pre-overwintering queens (gynes), reflecting gyne-like changes in behaviour. We used RNA-sequencing data to characterize patterns of brain gene expression in stylopized females and compared these with those of unstylopized workers and gynes. In support of our hypothesis, we found that stylopized females, despite sharing numerous physiological and life-history characteristics with members of the worker caste, show gyne-shifted brain expression patterns. These data suggest that the parasitoid affects its host by exploiting phenotypic plasticity related to social caste, thus shifting naturally occurring social behaviour in a way that is beneficial to the parasitoid.

Skill-based engagement with a rich landscape of affordances as an alternative to thinking through other minds

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julian Kiverstein ◽  
Erik Rietveld
Keyword(s):  
Social Behaviour ◽  
Cultural Learning ◽  
Other Minds ◽  
Middle Way ◽  
Internalist Account

Abstract Veissière and colleagues make a valiant attempt at reconciling an internalist account of implicit cultural learning with an externalist account that understands social behaviour in terms of its environment-involving dynamics. However, unfortunately the author's attempt to forge a middle way between internalism and externalism fails. We argue their failure stems from the overly individualistic understanding of the perception of cultural affordances they propose.

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