Predictors of nest growth: diminishing returns for subordinates in the paper wasp Polistes dominula. [PDF]
Behav Ecol Sociobiol, 2018 In cooperative breeders, subordinates that have alternative reproductive options are expected to stay and help dominant breeders only as long as they contribute to group productivity, if their fitness is linked with colony success.
Grinsted L, Field J.
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Partner choice correlates with fine scale kin structuring in the paper wasp Polistes dominula. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2019 Cooperation among kin is common in animal societies. Kin groups may form by individuals directly discriminating relatives based on kin recognition cues, or form passively through natal philopatry and limited dispersal.
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Sex recognition does not modulate aggression toward nest intruders in a paper wasp. [PDF]
Curr Zool, 2023 During social interactions, the behavior of an individual often depends on the sex of its social partner. Many animal societies have males and females that play very different behavioral roles, although they coexist and interact non-sexually. At specific
de Souza AR +3 more
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Highly Contiguous Genome Assemblies of the Guinea Paper Wasp (Polistes exclamans) and Mischocyttarus mexicanus. [PDF]
Genome Biol Evol, 2022 Paper wasps are a model system for the study of social evolution due to a high degree of inter- and intraspecific variation in cooperation, aggression, and visual signals of social status.
Miller SE, Legan AW, Uy FMK, Sheehan MJ.
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Nesting of the keyhole wasp Pachodynerus nasidens (Latreille, 1812) (Vespidae, Eumeninae) in a nest of a paper wasp (Vespidae, Polistinae) [PDF]
Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 2022 Potter wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) adopt different substrates for nesting, including other wasp nests. Nevertheless, such behavior rarely occurs with abandoned nests of the paper wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae).
Gabriel de Castro Jacques +4 more
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Age and social experience induced plasticity across brain regions of the paper wasp Polistes fuscatus. [PDF]
Biol Lett, 2021 Developmental studies of brain volumes can reveal which portions of neural circuits are sensitive to environmental inputs. In social insects, differences in relative investment across brain regions emerge as behavioural repertoires change during ontogeny
Jernigan CM, Zaba NC, Sheehan MJ.
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The mitogenome of a medically important paper wasp, Polistes hebraeus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2022 Polistes hebraeus (Smith) is a common paper wasp species of subfamily Polistinae. The clinical potential allergic reaction after stings and valuable venom components of P. hebraeus make it a medical importance species. Here, the mitochondrial genome of P.
Xi Feng, Sai Hu
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Complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of the paper wasp Polistes riparius (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2020 The paper wasp Polistes riparius is distributed in cold regions of northern East Asia to Russia. P. riparius are characterized by having longer cells than those of the closely related P.
Kazuhisa Yamasaki +6 more
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Bioclimatic Modelling Identifies Suitable Habitat for the Establishment of the Invasive European Paper Wasp (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) across the Southern Hemisphere. [PDF]
Insects, 2020 Simple Summary The European paper wasp, Polistes dominula Christ (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), has become an invasive species across the globe. This wasp can reach high population densities and this, combined with its predatory nature, makes this insect a ...
Howse MWF, Haywood J, Lester PJ.
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EDIS, 2016 This EDIS publication is an alternate version of a page published first on the Featured Creatures website. The Featured Creatures collection provides in-depth profiles of insects, nematodes, arachnids and other organisms relevant to Florida.
Lizzie Paulus, Andrea Lucky
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