Phylogenetic Relationships among Yellowjackets and the Evolution of Social Parasitism (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Vespinae)

Carpenter, James M.; Perera, Estelle P.

doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3507[1:prayat]2.0.co;2

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“…Relationships among the Polistinae wasps followed the combined morphological and molecular phylogeny of Arévalo et al (2004). Relationships among Vespinae wasps followed the morphological phylogeny of Carpenter and Perera (2006). Ant subfamily relationships followed the morphological phylogeny of Baroni Urbani et al (1992).…”

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Comparative Analysis of Worker Reproduction and Policing in Eusocial Hymenoptera Supports Relatedness Theory

Wenseleers¹,

Ratnieks²

2006

The American Naturalist

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In many bees, wasps, and ants, workers police each other in order to prevent individual workers from selfishly producing their own male offspring. Although several factors can selectively favor worker policing, genetic relatedness is considered to be of special importance. In particular, kin selection theory predicts that worker policing should be more common in species where workers are more related to the queen's sons than to other workers' sons. Here we provide strong novel support for this theory based on a comparative analysis of policing and male parentage in 109 species of ants, bees, and wasps. First, an analysis of behavioral data confirms that worker policing occurs more frequently in species where workers are more related to the queen's sons than to other workers' sons. Second, an analysis of male parentage shows that a significantly higher percentage of the males are workers' sons in species where the workers are more related to other workers' sons. Both conclusions also hold if data are analyzed using phylogenetically independent contrasts. Although our analysis provides strong overall support for the theory that relatedness affects kin conflict over male parentage, there is also significant residual variation. Several factors that may explain this variation are discussed.Keywords: worker policing, queen policing, worker reproduction, social Hymenoptera, inclusive fitness, kin selection.A major challenge in evolutionary biology is to explain how social groups can reduce or prevent costly conflicts

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Section: Phylogenetically Controlled Comparative Analysesmentioning

confidence: 88%

Comparative Analysis of Worker Reproduction and Policing in Eusocial Hymenoptera Supports Relatedness Theory

Wenseleers¹,

Ratnieks²

2006

The American Naturalist

206

279

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“…However, further success of these studies depends strongly on a parallel effort to reconstruct phylogenetic relationships within the genus. For other vespid taxa, the recent development of phylogenetic hypotheses (Carpenter, 1982(Carpenter, , 1987(Carpenter, , 1988a(Carpenter, , 1991 has made possible the critical evaluation of competing hypotheses on the evolution of several social features (Carpenter, 1991(Carpenter, , 1997Carpenter et al, 1993;Wenzel & Carpenter, 1994). The present work is the first cladistic study specifically designed to investigate the phylogenetic relationships within Mischocyttarus.…”

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Phylogeny of wasps of the genus Mischocyttarus de Saussure (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae)

Silveira¹

2008

Rev. Bras. entomol.

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“…A situation in which unaffiliated honeybee queens enter nests and take over reproduction would be a form of inquilinism. This type of inquilinism is known in yellowjackets, which are the wasp genus Dolichovespula (Carpenter and Perera 2006;Breed et al 2012) and a variety of ants . Interestingly, inquilism by queens in honeybees has not been observed.…”

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Nestmate Recognition in Eusocial Insects: The Honeybee as a Model System

Breed

Cook

McCreery

et al. 2015

Social Recognition in Invertebrates

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This review summarizes and evaluates the available information on honeybee nestmate recognition. Nestmate recognition is the ability of members of a colony to discriminate members of their own colony from others, particularly conspecifics, trying to enter the nest. Honeybee nestmate recognition is mediated by chemical cues that bees gain after emergence as adults. The comb wax in the nest is an important intermediary for transfer of cues among bees in the colony, resulting in a relatively uniform recognition profile which is carried by workers in the colony. Alkenes and free fatty acids are the primary chemical cues in the recognition profile. The ability of honeybees to discriminate nestmates from non-nestmates has raised the question of whether recognition mechanisms might exist to support nepotism within colonies. A variety of experimental approaches have failed to generate support for preferential behavior among highly related subgroups of bees in honeybee colonies. Other questions addressed in this review include queen recognition, response thresholds for expression of recognition, and sensory and information gathering aspects of the recognition system of honeybees. Nestmate recognition in honeybees is a valuable model system for the study of social recognition in animals.

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Phylogenetic Relationships among Yellowjackets and the Evolution of Social Parasitism (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Vespinae)

Cited by 52 publications

References 13 publications

Comparative Analysis of Worker Reproduction and Policing in Eusocial Hymenoptera Supports Relatedness Theory

Comparative Analysis of Worker Reproduction and Policing in Eusocial Hymenoptera Supports Relatedness Theory

Phylogeny of wasps of the genus Mischocyttarus de Saussure (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae)

Nestmate Recognition in Eusocial Insects: The Honeybee as a Model System

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