Flight range extension in Polistes simillimus Zikán, 1951 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

Prezoto, Fábio; Gobbi, Nivar

doi:10.1590/s1516-89132005000800011

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“…2). Possibly the isolation of Paulo de Faria and Pindorama complicates the transition of wasps from a fragment to another, because the flight range of some polistines is around 150 m (Prezoto & Gobbi 2005).…”

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Diversity of social wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae) in three fragments of semideciduous seasonal forest in the northwest of São Paulo State, Brazil

Gomes¹,

Noll²

2009

Rev. Bras. entomol.

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Diversity of social wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae) in three fragments of semideciduous seasonal forest in the northwest of São Paulo State, Brazil

Gomes¹,

Noll²

2009

Rev. Bras. entomol.

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“…The following aspects were examined: 1) the largest widths and lengths of the eggs; 2) the greatest widths of cephalic capsules of the larvae, pre-pupae and pupae; and 3) the diameters of the first two spiracles of the last instar larvae (Giannotti & Silva, 1993;Giannotti, 1995;Prezoto & Gobbi, 2005).…”

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External Morphology of Immatures of Mischocyttarus nomurae Richards (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) during the Post-embryonic Development

Rocha

Giannotti

2016

Sociobiology

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IntroductionThe species Mischocyttarus nomurae was described by Richards in 1978 from two females collected in Fortaleza, Ceará State (CE), Brazil; it was included in the Mischocyttarus cerberus group in a review published by Silveira (2004). The individuals are black, with many pale-yellowish gaster markings, with distinct stripes and frontal margin of the proepisternum distinctly elevated (Richards, 1978). The males of that species were described by Silveira (2004) from samples collected in Lençóis (Chapada Diamantina), Bahia State (BA), Brazil. Among other features, the clypeus is covered by dense recumbent hairs with silvery reflections; the antenna is spirally rolled at the apex, with the last three segments elongated. Souza et al. (2015) recently recorded the occurrence of specimens of M. nomurae in Montes Claros, Minas Gerais State (MG), Brazil, captured in traps using passion fruit bait. These are the only references to the species in the literature. AbstractWe describe here the immatures of Mischocyttarus nomurae Richards from twenty colonies collected in the municipality of Rio de Contas in the Chapada Diamantina, Bahia State, Brazil. We determined the number of larval instars in post-embryonic development and measured 145 eggs, 353 larvae, 12 prepupae, and 59 pupae. Egg lengths varied from 0.80 to 1.33 mm and their widths from 0.33 to 0.50 mm. The average rate of growth of the larvae was 1.48. Cephalic capsule widths varied from 0.20 -0.43 mm in the 1 st instar larvae, from 0.47 -0.63 mm in the 2 nd instar, 0.67 -0.83 mm in the 3 rd instar, 0.87 -1.20 mm in the 4 th instar, and 1.37 -1.73 mm in the 5 th instar larvae. The cephalic capsule of the 1 st instar larva was smaller than the width of the egg. The median widths of the 5 th instar larvae and the pre-pupae cephalic capsules did not differ significantly. The species has two abdominal lobes that are highly projected forward, and the diameter of first thoracic spiracle is 3.1 times greater than the second. M. nomurae shows development patterns typical of the genus.

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“…Colonies may be started by a single fertilized female, or by two or more fertilized females and layers (Nagamati et al, 2010). The development of P. versicolor is holometabolous, with five larval instars (Prezoto and Gobbi, 2005;Pinheiro et al, 2011). Like other social wasps, P. versicolor exhibits distribution of labor, cooperation care of the young, and overlapping generations; these features contribute to maintaining colony cohesion (Gullan and Cranston, 2010).…”

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Cuticular signature in the development of Polistes versicolor

et al. 2015

Genet. Mol. Res.

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ABSTRACT. Wasps belong to societies that are highly complex and diverse, especially considering social organization and parental care. They use chemicals in their daily communication, and act incisively in recognition of mates and non-nest mates, and can even identify individuals of different castes. In this study, cuticle composition was examined during the development of Polistes versicolor from the egg stage to adulthood, with the aim to assess changes in the chemical signature of the species, using gas chromatography. Linear alkanes and branched alkanes were identified that were important to distinguish the various developmental stages of P. versicolor. The variation in the linear alkanes and branched alkanes was quantitative, since most of them are present in all stages, with the exception of some linear alkanes that uniquely characterized the egg stage. At the egg stage, differences were predominant for linear alkanes C 8 , C 24 , C 27 , and C 29 . For the larval instars, there was a predominance of linear alkanes C 8 , C 22 and C 24 to C 30 . In the pre-pupae, pupae and adult stages, C 8 , C 22 , C 24 , and C 26 to C 30 showed a higher abundance during later developmental stages. The addition to branched alkanes increased their 12520-12528 (2015) abundance from the egg (13.52%) to adult (22.96%) stages.

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Flight range extension in Polistes simillimus Zikán, 1951 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

Cited by 29 publications

References 5 publications

Diversity of social wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae) in three fragments of semideciduous seasonal forest in the northwest of São Paulo State, Brazil

Diversity of social wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae) in three fragments of semideciduous seasonal forest in the northwest of São Paulo State, Brazil

External Morphology of Immatures of Mischocyttarus nomurae Richards (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) during the Post-embryonic Development

Cuticular signature in the development of Polistes versicolor

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