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Caste-specific storage of dopamine-related substances in the brains of four Polistes paper wasp species.

PLoS ONE, 2023
How the role of dopamine differs according to the evolution of eusociality and how it is required in the flexible society of Polistes paper wasps need further clarification.
Ken Sasaki, Hideto Yoshimura, Masakazu Nishimura   +2 more
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Mitochondrial composition of and diffusion limiting factors of three social wasp genera Polistes, Ropalidia, and parapolybia (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Background Social wasps Polistes, Ropalidia, and Parapolybia, belonging to the subfamily Polistinae, have obviously different distribution patterns, yet the factors leading to this difference remain unknown.
Li Luo, Pan Huang, Bin Chen, Ting-Jing Li   +3 more
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Relationship between Nest and Body Temperature and Microclimate in the Paper Wasp Polistes dominula. [PDF]

Insects, 2023
Simple Summary The heat-loving paper wasp Polistes dominula builds small nests in sheltered places in quite differing habitats, providing a favorable microclimate for brood development.
Kovac H, Nagy JM, Käfer H, Stabentheiner A.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Native Polistes wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) hold potential as biocontrol agents for lepidopteran pests of Brassica. [PDF]

J Econ Entomol
Social paper wasps regularly prey upon lepidopteran larvae, some of which are economically impactful agricultural pest species. We examined the potential of native North American Polistes metricus Say (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) and Polistes fuscatus ...
Jandt JM, McCall E, Toth AL.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Effect of climate on strategies of nest and body temperature regulation in paper wasps, Polistes biglumis and Polistes gallicus

Scientific Reports, 2022
Polistes paper wasps are a widespread taxon inhabiting various climates. They build nests in the open without a protective outer layer, which makes them vulnerable to changing temperatures.
Anton Stabentheiner, Julia Magdalena Nagy, Helmut Kovac, Helmut Käfer, Iacopo Petrocelli, Stefano Turillazzi   +5 more
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Case Report: Multi organ dysfunction in a dog following massive paper wasp (Polistes rothneyi) envenomation [PDF]

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Paper wasp (Polistes rothneyi) envenomation is an emerging public threat in Asian countries, but its clinical manifestations are limited in veterinary medicine.
Jeong-Min Lee, Seung-Keun Lee, Sun-Tae Lee   +2 more
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Revision of the West Palaearctic Polistes Latreille, with the descriptions of two species – an integrative approach using morphology and DNA barcodes (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

ZooKeys, 2017
The genus Polistes is revised for the West Palaearctic region based on morphology and DNA barcodes. The revision includes all known West Palaearctic species, raising the number of species in Europe to 14 and to 17 for the West Palaearctic realm.
Christian Schmid-Egger, Kees van Achterberg, Rainer Neumeyer, Jérôme Morinière, Stefan Schmidt   +4 more
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The Respiratory Metabolism of Polistes biglumis, a Paper Wasp from Mountainous Regions

Insects, 2020
European Polistine wasps inhabit mainly temperate and warm climate regions. However, the paper wasp Polistes biglumis represents an exception; it resides in mountainous areas, e.g., in the Alps and in the Apennines.
Helmut Kovac, Helmut Käfer, Anton Stabentheiner   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Plasticity in Caste-Fate Determination During the Adult Stage in Temperate Polistes Wasps [PDF]

Insects
The reproductive division of labor is a fundamental characteristic of eusociality; thus, understanding the caste determination system underlying the reproductive division of labor would shed more light on the evolution of eusociality.
Hideto Yoshimura, Ken Sasaki
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Comparison of the nest materials of Polistes Gallicus (L.), Polistes dominulus (Christ) and Polistes nimpha (Christ) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) [PDF]

Archives of Biological Sciences, 2012
The aim of this study was to determine and compare the nest materials and some physical features and elemental composition of the nests of Polistes gallicus (L.), Polistes dominulus (Christ) and Polistes nimpha (Christ) collected in similar ecological
Bagriaçik Nil
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