Morphological Caste Differences in Some Neotropical Swarm-founding Polistine Wasps : I. Apoica flavissima (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

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1994-12-25
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東京昆蟲學會

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Apoica flavissima presents a distinct size dimorphism between queens (inseminated egg-layers) and workers (uninseminated, non-egg-layers). The measurements of 22 body parts and counts of hamulus number for a sample of 300 wasps showed that only three characters of the queens (n=5), i.e., apical height of the first gastral tergite, basal and apical widths of the second gastral tergite, were significantly larger than those of workers (n=295)(t-test, p<0.05). In most other characters, including number of hamuli, queens were smaller than workers. The basal width of the second gastral tergite was the determinant character. Other clear-cut intercaste differences were recognized in the color patterns of the frons, clypeus, mandibles and the first gastral tergite.

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資料形態 : テキストデータ
コレクション : 国立国会図書館デジタルコレクション > 電子書籍・電子雑誌 > 学術機関 > 学協会
著者所属: Departmento de Zoologia e Centro de Estudos de Insetos Sociais, Instituto de Biociencias, Universidade Estadual Paulista-UNESP
著者所属: Biological Laboratory, Faculty of Education, Ibaraki University
著者所属: Departmento de Biologia, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciencias e Letras de Ribeirao Preto, Universidade de Sao Paulo-USP

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  • 昆蟲

    昆蟲 62(4) 811-822, 1994-12-25

    東京昆蟲學會

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