Factors affecting the acceptance of alien conspecifics on nests of the primitively eusocial wasp,Ropalidia marginata (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

Arathi, H. S.; Shakarad, Mallikarjun; Gadagkar, Raghavendra

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“…However, this frequency is far lower than those of previous studies in polistine wasps (Arathi et al 1997, Kudô et al 2007. Arathi et al (1997) showed in Ropalidia marginata Lep. that all 1-day-old wasps (<24 h) were accepted from unrelated alien colonies.…”

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“…In polistine wasps, there are some studies to show that newly emerged individuals are accepted by unrelated colonies (Arathi et al 1997, Kudô & Zucchi 2006, Kudô et al 2007. In the swarm-founding wasp Polybia paulista, for example, the percent acceptance of <2-days-old female wasps into alien colonies was much higher than that of >2-days-old wasps, suggesting that the percent acceptance decreased as a function of their age (Kudô et al 2007).…”

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The acceptance rate of young wasps by alien colonies depends on colony developmental stages in the swarm-founding wasp, Polybia paulista von ihering (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

Kudô¹,

Hozumi²,

Mateus³

et al. 2010

Neotrop. entomol.

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-In social insects, newly emerged individuals learn the colony-specifi c chemical label from their natal comb shortly after their emergence. These labels help to identify each individual's colony of origin and are used as a recognition template against which individuals can discriminate nestmates from non-nestmates. Our previous studies with Polybia paulista von Ihering support this general pattern, and the acceptance rate of young female and male wasps decreased as a function of their age. Our study also showed in P. paulista that more than 90% of newly emerged female wasps might be accepted by conspecifi c unrelated colonies. However, it has not been investigated whether the acceptance rate of newly emerged female wasps depends on colony developmental stage of recipient colonies. We introduced newly emerged female wasps of P. paulista into different colony developmental stags of recipient colonies, i.e., worker-producing and male-producing colonies. We found that the acceptance rate of newly emerged female wasps by alien colonies was pretty lower by male-producing colonies than worker-producing colonies. This is the fi rst study to show that the acceptance rate of young female wasps depends on stages of recipient colonies.

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The acceptance rate of young wasps by alien colonies depends on colony developmental stages in the swarm-founding wasp, Polybia paulista von ihering (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

Kudô¹,

Hozumi²,

Mateus³

et al. 2010

Neotrop. entomol.

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“…The same was noticed with the genus Ropalidia marginata Lepeletier, 1836, but with the age of 6 days after their emergence, more than that the individuals were rejected (Arathi et al, 1997). The change in composition of linear alkanes, in this sense, demonstrates again how are relevant, as well as other compounds to mediate the interactions of social wasps' colonies.…”

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Intraspecific Variation of the Composition of Linear Alkanes in Social Wasp Mischocyttarus consimilis

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An important attribute of the evolution and maintenance of sociality in insects is their ability to distinguish members of their own colonies by means of chemical signals during their interactions. Of this type of signals, the cuticular hydrocarbons, responsible among other functions, for intraspecific recognition stand out. Linear alkanes are indicated as the class of compounds that would be most involved in water retention in the body of insects, however, some studies have investigated their role as mediators of interactions. Thus it is possible that there is significant intraspecific variation of its composition, so the objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that linear alkanes vary significantly among populations, castes and sexes, as well as between newly emerged females of different ages of the Mischocyttarus consimilis Zikán 1949 wasp. The samples were analyzed by gas chromatography with flame ionization detector and gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry. The results show that there is a significant variation between the chemical cuticular profiles of samples from different populations, as well as between castes, sex and newly emergent workers of different ages. Therefore, it is possible to infer that this class of compounds may vary according to genetic differences between populations, but also by different environmental conditions. The differences between castes, sex and ages suggest that these compounds may also be involved in mediating interactions between nestmates.

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“…This finding has also been observed in other polistine species. Arathi et al (1997) found that acceptance of newly emerged females decreased as a function of age in the primitively independent-founding wasp Ropalidia marginata (Lep). They also showed that all 1-day-old wasps (< 24 h) were accepted from unrelated alien colonies.…”

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Nestmate recognition in a neotropical polygynous wasp

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In social insects, nestmate recognition systems can be dynamic and modulated in response to various kinds of genetic and environmental cues. For example, multiple-queen colonies can possess weak recognition abilities relative to single-queen colonies, due to broader exposure to heritable and environmentally derived nestmate recognition cues. We conducted field experiments to examine nestmate recognition ability in a neotropical polygynous wasp, Polybia paulista. Despite the fact that the effective queen number in P. paulista is the highest ever recorded in polygynous wasps, this species exhibits a well functioning nestmate recognition system, which allows colony entry only to nestmate individuals. Similar to other social Hymenoptera, young wasps express colony specific chemical signatures within several days after emergence. This is the first study to show that the polygynous epiponine wasp is able to distinguish nestmates from non-nestmates.

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Factors affecting the acceptance of alien conspecifics on nests of the primitively eusocial wasp,Ropalidia marginata (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

Abstract: In the primitively eusocial wasp, Ropalidia marginata, individual females are known to drift from one newly founded nest to another. In the laboratory, young ( < 6-to 8-day-old)

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The acceptance rate of young wasps by alien colonies depends on colony developmental stages in the swarm-founding wasp, Polybia paulista von ihering (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

The acceptance rate of young wasps by alien colonies depends on colony developmental stages in the swarm-founding wasp, Polybia paulista von ihering (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

Intraspecific Variation of the Composition of Linear Alkanes in Social Wasp Mischocyttarus consimilis

Nestmate recognition in a neotropical polygynous wasp

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