Determinants of immature brood and nest recognition in a stenogastrine wasp (Hymenoptera Vespidae)

Turillazzi, Stefano; Fanelli, Daniele; Theodora, Pascal; Lambardi, Duccio; Ortolani, Irene; Hashim, Rosli; Baracchi, David

doi:10.1080/08927014.2008.9522540

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“…As it happens in other stenogastrine species, egg-laying females add their Dufour's gland secretion to the just laid eggs (Hansell et al 1982;Hansell 1984), but then other females can add their own secretion to the eggs and small larvae. In agreement with previous results in P. mellyi (Turillazzi et al 2008), the findings of this research suggest that also in colonies of P. striatula individuals are probably not able to discriminate between eggs covered by the pap produced by their nestmates or by alien females leaving open the problem of the actual cues used for the formation of the template necessary for nestmate recognition.…”

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Social biology ofParischnogaster striatula(Hymenoptera: Stenogastrinae)

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The social biology of the wasp Parischnogaster striatula has been studied in Peninsular Malaysia. This species shows the main characteristics of hover wasps (Vespidae, Stenogastrinae) which set them aside from the other social Vespidae. These include the use of an abdominal secretion in brood rearing, the three-phase egg deposition and the presence of only four larval instars. Colonies are invariably small sized and on average 1.92 females on the nests present developed ovaries. Colony life revolves around a dominant female, which has developed ovaries and spends most of her time on the nest. Since visual cues were recently found in two different species of Liostenogaster (Stenogastrinae), we also looked for a possible badge of status in these wasps but with negative results.

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“…Although this secretion could contain suitable cues for the acquisition of the recognition template during pre-imaginal stages, behavioural experiments did not confirm the use of this abdominal substance for the formation of the template (Cervo et al 2002;Turillazzi et al 2008). Further studies on different species are needed to clarify the possible implication of pre-imaginal learning in template formation.…”

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Ontogeny of Nestmate Recognition in Social Hymenoptera

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Social Recognition in Invertebrates

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The ability to discriminate between friends and foes is a central feature of social life. In social insects, nestmate recognition is mediated by colony specific cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) (label) that are perceived by an individual and compared with its neural representation of the colony odour (template). Although numerous advances have been made in understanding the identity, origin and production of recognition cues in social hymenoptera, relatively little is known about the ontogeny of nestmate recognition, and the learning processes that might be involved. It appears that wasps and bees learn the recognition cues required for template formation from their nest/comb odour, while ants learn principally from their nestmates. In general, the referent template is learned during the early stages of adult life, although pre-imaginal learning might play a role. The CHC blend can change over time; cue-exchange among nestmates is therefore needed to reduce chemical variability among individuals and to integrate environmental compounds into the colony odour. As a result of this process, the referent template is updated during life. This relative plasticity of the recognition system can be exploited by insect social parasites to integrate themselves within the host colonies and to fool host workers about their real identity. By studying the chemical integration strategies of social parasites new insights on the ontogeny of nestmate recognition could be acquired. However, further studies are needed to reveal the neural substrates implicated in learning and memory at different stages of social insect life to better understand how and when template formation occurs.

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The Biology of Hover Wasps

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Determinants of immature brood and nest recognition in a stenogastrine wasp (Hymenoptera Vespidae)

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Social biology ofParischnogaster striatula(Hymenoptera: Stenogastrinae)

Social biology ofParischnogaster striatula(Hymenoptera: Stenogastrinae)

Ontogeny of Nestmate Recognition in Social Hymenoptera

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