Reproduction and fertility signalling under joint juvenile hormone control in primitively eusocial Mischocyttarus wasps

Ferreira, Helena Mendes; Silva, Rafael Carvalho da; Nascimento, Fábio Santos do; Wenseleers, Tom; Oi, Cintia Akemi

doi:10.1007/s00049-022-00370-y

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“…In wasps, JH acquired multiple functions in the species, which vary among the different levels of sociality. In primitively eusocial species, JH displays a gonadotropic effect in females in Polistes annularis (Barth et al, 1975), Ropalidia marginata (Agrahari and Gadagkar, 2003), Polistes metricus (Tibbetts and Sheehan, 2012), Polistes canadensis (Giray et al, 2005), Polistes fuscatus (Walton et al, 2020), and Polistes dominula (Oi et al, 2021b); JH regulates behavior (onset of foraging and aggressive acts) in P. canadensis (Giray et al, 2005) and P. dominula (Shorter and Tibbetts, 2009;Tibbetts and Izzo, 2009;Tibbetts et al, 2013); and JH affects the production of chemical compounds in Mischocyttarus consimilis (Neves et al, 2020), P. dominula (Oi et al, 2021b), Polistes satan (Oi et al, 2021b), Mischocyttarus cassununga (Oi et al, 2021b;Ferreira et al, 2022), and Mischocyttarus cerberus (Ferreira et al, 2022). In swarm-founding species, JH has been reported to control behavioral maturation in Polybia occidentalis (Prato et al, 2021), and ovary activation and chemical expression of CHCs in P. occidentalis (Prato et al, 2021) and Synoeca surinama (Kelstrup et al, 2014).…”

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Juvenile hormone modulates hydrocarbon expression and reproduction in the german wasp Vespula germanica

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Juvenile hormone (JH) affects multiple physiological traits in insects. In social insects, besides development, JH has been demonstrated to influence caste determination and the production of chemical compounds. In social wasps, JH triggers behavioral maturation, gonadotropic effects, and hydrocarbon modulation. Here, we investigated whether JH displays the same function in fertility and fertility cue production in females of the German wasp Vespula germanica, previously shown in the related species Vespula vulgaris. By experimentally treating workers with JH-analog, an anti-JH, and acetone solvent control, we tested whether JH modulates the cuticular chemical expression (CHCs), the Dufour’s gland chemical composition, and hence the compounds found over the egg’s surface. Additionally, we explored whether JH has a gonadotropic effect on workers. Workers treated with the JH-analog acquired a chemical profile that was intermediate between the queen and other treated workers. Interestingly, the same pattern was also seen in the Dufour’s glands and eggs, although more subtle. Furthermore, workers treated with the JH-analog were more fertile when compared to the controls, supporting the fact that JH acts as a gonadotropic hormone. Our results indicate a similar function of JH in societies of related wasp species V. germanica and V. vulgaris.

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