Lack of caste discrimination by males during sexual context in a neotropical paper wasp

Ethology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
André Rodrigues de Souza ◽  
Rafael Carvalho da Silva ◽  
Nathan Rodrigues Batista ◽  
William Fernando Antonialli Júnior ◽  
Fábio Santos do Nascimento
Keyword(s):  
Paper Wasp ◽  
Caste Discrimination

Satellite Nests, Early Males, and Plasticity of Reproductive Behavior in a Paper Wasp

1989 ◽  
Vol 134 (5) ◽  
pp. 731-748 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert E. Page, ◽  
David C. Post ◽  
Robert A. Metcalf
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Behavior ◽  
Paper Wasp

scholarly journals Expansion and accelerated evolution of 9-exon odorant receptors in Polistes paper wasps

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew W Legan ◽  
Christopher M Jernigan ◽  
Sara E Miller ◽  
Matthieu F Fuchs ◽  
Michael J Sheehan
Keyword(s):  
Gene Family ◽  
Odorant Receptor ◽  
Receptor Gene ◽  
Gene Tree ◽  
Gene Family Evolution ◽  
Paper Wasp ◽  
Gene Copy ◽  
Evolutionary Divergence ◽  
Wasp Species ◽  
Or Gene

Abstract Independent origins of sociality in bees and ants are associated with independent expansions of particular odorant receptor (OR) gene subfamilies. In ants, one clade within the OR gene family, the 9-exon subfamily, has dramatically expanded. These receptors detect cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs), key social signaling molecules in insects. It is unclear to what extent 9-exon OR subfamily expansion is associated with the independent evolution of sociality across Hymenoptera, warranting studies of taxa with independently derived social behavior. Here we describe odorant receptor gene family evolution in the northern paper wasp, Polistes fuscatus, and compare it to four additional paper wasp species spanning ∼40 million years of evolutionary divergence. We find 200 putatively functional OR genes in P. fuscatus, matching predictions from neuroanatomy, and more than half of these are in the 9-exon subfamily. Most OR gene expansions are tandemly arrayed at orthologous loci in Polistes genomes, and microsynteny analysis shows species-specific gain and loss of 9-exon ORs within tandem arrays. There is evidence of episodic positive diversifying selection shaping ORs in expanded subfamilies. Values of omega (d  N/dS) are higher among 9-exon ORs compared to other OR subfamilies. Within the Polistes OR gene tree, branches in the 9-exon OR clade experience relaxed negative (purifying) selection relative to other branches in the tree. Patterns of OR evolution within Polistes are consistent with 9-exon OR function in CHC perception by combinatorial coding, with both natural selection and neutral drift contributing to interspecies differences in gene copy number and sequence.

New findings on life history traits of Xenos peckii (Strepsiptera: Xenidae)

2014 ◽  
Vol 146 (5) ◽  
pp. 514-527 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Hrabar ◽  
A. Danci ◽  
S. McCann ◽  
P.W. Schaefer ◽  
G. Gries
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Life History Traits ◽  
Suture Line ◽  
Paper Wasp ◽  
Anterior Portion ◽  
New Findings ◽  
High Speed Cinematography ◽  
Normal Speed ◽  
Wasp Nests

AbstractWe studied life history traits of Xenos peckii Kirby (Strepsiptera: Xenidae), a little-known parasite of the paper wasp Polistes fuscatus (Fabricus) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in North America. We field-collected 24 wasp nests in early July 2012, isolated parasitised wasps, tracked life history events of X. peckii, and recorded such behaviour as emergence of males and mating by normal-speed and high-speed cinematography. To emerge, males first cut the puparium with their mandibles along an ecdysial suture line, and then push aside the pupal cap during emergence. The endoparasitic females engage in active calling (pheromone release) behaviour by slowly inflating their cephalothorax, and then extruding it even farther out of, and tilting it away from, the host wasp abdomen. Seasonal and diel (afternoon) emergence periods of males coincide with seasonal and diel receptivity and calling periods of females. Males approach calling females in a swaying flight with smooth turns. They typically land on the anterior portion of the host wasp's abdomen, and then step backward until they make contact with the cephalothorax of the female. As soon as their mesothoracic legs contact the female's cephalothorax, they curl around it, and the male initiates mating. Thereafter, the female fully retreats and never re-mates.

Solitary nesting and reproductive success in the paper wasp Polistes aurifer

2004 ◽  
Vol 57 (5) ◽  
pp. 445-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aviva E. Liebert ◽  
Peter Nonacs ◽  
Robert K. Wayne
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Success ◽  
Paper Wasp ◽  
Polistes Aurifer

Prey capture and caste-specific payload capacities in the European paper wasp Polistes dominulus

2012 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 519-525 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Brown ◽  
A. Payne ◽  
K. K. Graham ◽  
P. T. Starks
Keyword(s):  
Prey Capture ◽  
Paper Wasp ◽  
Polistes Dominulus

Nest thermoregulation of the paper wasp Polistes dominula

2016 ◽  
Vol 60 ◽  
pp. 171-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Höcherl ◽  
Shawn Kennedy ◽  
Jürgen Tautz
Keyword(s):  
Paper Wasp ◽  
Polistes Dominula

scholarly journals Clypeal patterning in the paper wasp Polistes dominulus: no evidence of adaptive value in the wild

2013 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 623-633 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan P. Green ◽  
Ellouise Leadbeater ◽  
Jonathan M. Carruthers ◽  
Neil S. Rosser ◽  
Eric R. Lucas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Paper Wasp ◽  
Polistes Dominulus ◽  
Adaptive Value ◽  
In The Wild
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