Opportunistic discrimination of alien eggs by social wasps ( Polistes biglumis , Hymenoptera Vespidae): a defense against social parasitism?

2000 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 402-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. C. Lorenzi ◽  
F. Filippone
Keyword(s):  
Social Parasitism ◽  
Social Wasps ◽  
Polistes Biglumis

Social wasps without workers: geographic variation of caste expression in the paper wasp Polistes biglumis

2009 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 347-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Fucini ◽  
V. Di Bona ◽  
F. Mola ◽  
C. Piccaluga ◽  
M. C. Lorenzi
Keyword(s):  
Geographic Variation ◽  
Social Wasps ◽  
Paper Wasp ◽  
Polistes Biglumis

scholarly journals SIMILARITY OF AMINO ACIDS IN NECTAR AND LARVAL SALIVA: THE NUTRITIONAL BASIS FOR TROPHALLAXIS IN SOCIAL WASPS

Evolution ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 36 (6) ◽  
pp. 1318-1322 ◽  
Author(s):  
James H. Hunt ◽  
Irene Baker ◽  
Herbert G. Baker
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Social Wasps

scholarly journals Nest signature changes throughout colony cycle and after social parasite invasion in social wasps

PLoS ONE ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. e0190018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Elia ◽  
Giuliano Blancato ◽  
Laura Picchi ◽  
Christophe Lucas ◽  
Anne-Geneviève Bagnères ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Wasps ◽  
Social Parasite ◽  
Parasite Invasion ◽  
Colony Cycle

Venom gland morphology in Pepsis pallidolimbata pallidolimbata and biological use and activity of Pepsis venom

1997 ◽  
Vol 75 (7) ◽  
pp. 1014-1019 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Schoeters ◽  
J. Billen ◽  
J. O. Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Venom Gland ◽  
Social Wasps ◽  
Morphological Organization ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
Venom Glands ◽  
Glandular Structures ◽  
Sibling Family

Spider wasps, i.e., the family Pompilidae, in general, and those belonging to the genus Pepsis in particular, are acknowledged to possess venoms that are algogenic to humans and thus have the parsimonious functions of causing paralysis and providing defense against predators. The morphological organization of the venom system and its complex convoluted gland closely resembles that in social members of the Vespidae. These features distinguish the venom glands of the Pompilidae from those of the sibling family Mutillidae as well as those of the family Sphecidae, which lack convoluted glands. Although the venom glands in Pepsis species are very similar in morphology to those of social vespids, the lethality of Pepsis venom to mammals is several times less than that of the social common wasps. These findings suggest that in terms of the evolution of venom activity and the associated glandular structures, there was apparently no need for social wasps to develop extra parts of the venom system for producing toxic, lethal, or powerful algogenic components. All of the glandular parts of the venom gland of social wasps were already present in pompilids (and eumenids) and, presumably, in their ancestors.

scholarly journals Diversity of social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in Cerrado fragments of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais State, Brazil

2007 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 685-692 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ábner Elpino-Campos ◽  
Kleber Del-Claro ◽  
Fábio Prezoto
Keyword(s):  
Social Wasps ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Minas Gerais State
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