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Social behavior of early emerging males of a Japanese paper wasp, Polistes chinensis antennalis (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)
Author(s) -
Kasuya Eiiti
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
population ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1438-390X
pISSN - 1438-3896
DOI - 10.1007/bf02528789
Subject(s) - vespidae , paper wasp , biology , polistes , hymenoptera , offspring , nest (protein structural motif) , dominance (genetics) , queen (butterfly) , zoology , ecology , pregnancy , biochemistry , genetics , gene
Summary Five cases of the early emergence of males in a Japanese paper wasp, Polistes chinensis antennalis , in which male emerged together with the first group of workers, were described. In one case of the five where the queen disappeared before the emergence of male, worker(s) produced female offspring. The frequency of the nests where the early emergence of male was observed was 16.7% (5/30 nests). In two colonies, worker(s) and/or queen chased off males. But in an orphan nest where worker(s) produced female offspring, the dominance order among workers which was similar to that of colony without male was observed. The significance of the early emergence of male in the social evolution of wasps was discussed.