Dominance relationship in the establishment of reproductive division of labour in a primitively eusocial wasp ( Ropalidia marginata )

1996 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Premnath ◽  
Anindya Sinha ◽  
Raghavendra Gadagkar
Keyword(s):  
Division Of Labour ◽  
Ropalidia Marginata ◽  
Dominance Relationship ◽  
Primitively Eusocial Wasp ◽  
Eusocial Wasp ◽  
Reproductive Division Of Labour ◽  
Reproductive Division ◽  
Primitively Eusocial

scholarly journals The effect of age on non-reproductive division of labour in the tropical primitively eusocial wasp, Ropalidia cyathiformis

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (4-5-6) ◽  
pp. 267-273
Author(s):  
Sruthi Unnikrishnan ◽  
Raghavendra Gadagkar
Keyword(s):  
Division Of Labour ◽  
Age Polyethism ◽  
Relative Age ◽  
Eusocial Insects ◽  
Primitively Eusocial Wasp ◽  
Eusocial Wasp ◽  
Reproductive Division Of Labour ◽  
Absolute Age ◽  
Reproductive Division ◽  
Primitively Eusocial

Division of labour among workers (non-reproductive division of labour), a characteristic feature of eusocial insects enables the efficient functioning of their colonies. In many advanced insect societies division of labour is based on age (age polyethism). Primitively eusocial insects however are believed to have a weak age polyethism. Here we investigated the role of age in non-reproductive division of labour in the tropical primitively eusocial wasp, Ropalidia cyathiformis and compared it with that in Ropalidia marginata, a congeneric species that exhibits relatively strong age polyethism. Age had a significant effect on the first performance of the four tasks studied; tasks were initiated in the sequence feed larva, build, bring food and bring building material. We measured task performance as the absolute frequency of tasks performed (FTP) and the probability of performing a task relative to other tasks (PTP) and age as absolute age in days since eclosion as well as relative age compared to nestmates. FTP varied significantly with both absolute and relative age, although absolute age explained more variance. PTP varied significantly with absolute age but not always with relative age. This is contrary to R. marginata, where more variation is explained by relative age than by absolute age. There was no trade-off between intranidal and extranidal tasks in R. cyathiformis unlike in R. marginata where the frequency of intranidal tasks decreased and that of extranidal tasks increased with age. We conclude that age polyethism is weak and less flexible in R. cyathiformis compared to that in R. marginata.

scholarly journals Workers of the primitively eusocial wasp Ropalidia marginata do not perceive their queen across a wire mesh partition

2007 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Sumana ◽  
Sujata A. Deshpande ◽  
Anindita Bhadra ◽  
Raghavendra Gadagkar
Keyword(s):  
Wire Mesh ◽  
Ropalidia Marginata ◽  
Primitively Eusocial Wasp ◽  
Eusocial Wasp ◽  
Primitively Eusocial

A Route to Direct Fitness: Natural and Experimentally Induced Queen Succession in the Tropical Primitively Eusocial Wasp Ropalidia marginata

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-65
Author(s):  
Paromita Saha ◽  
Anjan K. Nandi ◽  
Sruthi Unnikrishnan ◽  
M. C. Shilpa ◽  
Shantanu P. Shukla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ropalidia Marginata ◽  
Primitively Eusocial Wasp ◽  
Direct Fitness ◽  
Eusocial Wasp ◽  
Queen Succession ◽  
Primitively Eusocial ◽  
Experimentally Induced

How do workers of the primitively eusocial wasp Ropalidia marginata detect the presence of their queens?

2007 ◽  
Vol 246 (3) ◽  
pp. 574-582 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anindita Bhadra ◽  
Priya L. Iyer ◽  
A. Sumana ◽  
Sujata A. Deshpande ◽  
Saubhik Ghosh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ropalidia Marginata ◽  
Primitively Eusocial Wasp ◽  
Eusocial Wasp ◽  
Primitively Eusocial
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