Male Reproductive Behavior of the Social Wasp Polistes fascatus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

1. Yearly records of worker Vespula germanica (Fabricius) taken in suction traps at Silwood Park (28 years) and at Rothamsted Research (39 years) are examined. 2. Using the autocorrelation function (ACF), a significant negative 1-year lag followed by a lesser non-significant positive 2-year lag was found in all, or parts of, each data set, indicating an underlying population dynamic of a 2-year cycle with a damped waveform. 3. The minimum number of years before the 2-year cycle with damped waveform was shown varied between 17 and 26, or was not found in some data sets. 4. Ecological factors delaying or preventing the occurrence of the 2-year cycle are considered.

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Colony founding in the social wasp,Polistes stigma(Hymenoptera Vespidae), in India

Ethology Ecology & Evolution ◽

10.1080/08927014.1992.9523126 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 4 (4) ◽

pp. 333-341 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

T. Suzuki ◽

M. Ramesh

Keyword(s):

Social Wasp ◽

Colony Founding ◽

The Social

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Soluble proteins of chemical communication in the social wasp Polistes dominulus

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences ◽

10.1007/s00018-003-3186-5 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 60 (9) ◽

pp. 1933-1943 ◽

Cited By ~ 97

Author(s):

M. Calvello ◽

N. Guerra ◽

A. Brandazza ◽

C. D'Ambrosio ◽

A. Scaloni ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Chemical Communication ◽

Social Wasp ◽

Soluble Proteins ◽

Polistes Dominulus ◽

The Social

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Protonectin (1–6): A novel chemotactic peptide from the venom of the social wasp Agelaia pallipes pallipes

Toxicon ◽

10.1016/j.toxicon.2010.06.011 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 56 (6) ◽

pp. 880-889 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Nicoli B. Baptista-Saidemberg ◽

Daniel M. Saidemberg ◽

Bibiana M. de Souza ◽

Lilian M.M. César-Tognoli ◽

Virgínia M.R. Ferreira ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Social Wasp ◽

Chemotactic Peptide ◽

The Social

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Hyaluronidase from the venom of the social wasp Polybia paulista (Hymenoptera, Vespidae): Cloning, structural modeling, purification, and immunological analysis

Toxicon ◽

10.1016/j.toxicon.2012.12.019 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 64 ◽

pp. 70-80 ◽

Cited By ~ 22

Author(s):

Débora Laís Justo Jacomini ◽

Franco Dani Campos Pereira ◽

José Roberto Aparecido dos Santos Pinto ◽

Lucilene Delazari dos Santos ◽

Antonio Joaquim da Silva Neto ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Structural Modeling ◽

Social Wasp ◽

Immunological Analysis ◽

The Social ◽

Polybia Paulista

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The timing of conflict and cooperation among cofoundresses of the social wasp Polistes fuscatus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

Canadian Journal of Zoology ◽

10.1139/z96-009 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 74 (1) ◽

pp. 70-74 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

George J. Gamboa ◽

Katherine A. Stump

Keyword(s):

Social Wasp ◽

Adaptive Significance ◽

Field Observations ◽

Polistes Fuscatus ◽

Conflict And Cooperation ◽

Colony Cycle ◽

The Social ◽

Theoretical Predictions ◽

Ecological Pressure ◽

Temporal Overlap

Field observations were made on 37 preworker, multiple-foundress colonies of the social wasp Polistes fuscatus. In total, 401.9 h of behavioural observations of cofoundresses were conducted at three different periods prior to the emergence of workers. Cofoundresses displayed a marked, significant increase in aggression at about the time in the colony cycle when reproductive-destined eggs began to be laid. Both queens and their subordinates became increasingly aggressive at this time. These empirical results support theoretical predictions that conflict among cofoundresses would intensify over the production of reproductive-destined (but not worker-destined) eggs. Cooperation in foraging to minimize nest inattendance as well as synchronicity (temporal overlap) in activity also increased significantly at the onset of the production of reproductive-destined eggs. Thus, conflict and cooperation are not necessarily antagonistic in P. fuscatus. Foundresses minimized the time that nests are unattended at a time in the colony cycle when most conspecific usurpations occur. This suggests that the ecological pressure of conspecific usurpation has favoured increased coordination in foraging to minimize the time nests are unattended. The adaptive significance, if any, of an increase in synchronicity of activity among cofoundresses at the onset of the production of reproductives is not obvious.

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The Cost of Queen Loss in the Social Wasp Polistes dominulus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society ◽

10.2317/e-15.1 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 77 (4) ◽

pp. 343-355 ◽

Cited By ~ 34

Author(s):

Joan E. Strassmann ◽

Angelo Fortunato ◽

Rita Cervo ◽

Stefano Turillazzi ◽

Jesse M. Damon ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Social Wasp ◽

Polistes Dominulus ◽

The Social ◽

The Cost

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Gender interpretations of reproductive strategies in the culture of modern Russian society

Vestnik of Saint Petersburg State University of Culture ◽

10.30725/2619-0303-2020-3-41-45 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 41-45

Author(s):

N. S. Klimenko ◽

Keyword(s):

Reproductive Behavior ◽

Reproductive Strategies ◽

Gender Stereotyping ◽

Social Needs ◽

Russian Society ◽

Men And Women ◽

Cultural Transformations ◽

Naturalistic Approach ◽

The Social ◽

Modern Russian

Transformation of society inevitably leads to transformation of culture. The relevance of studying the reproductive cultural transformations of modern Russian society is increasing due to the obvious presence of gender crisis at the macrosocial and microsocial levels. Gender stereotyping in procreation is increasingly in confl ict with the variety of masculine and feminine reproductive scenarios, the demarcation of norms and pathologies of reproductive behavior. The gender approach in studying of reproductive behavior in modern Russian men and women in this article is aimed to typologize and analyze masculine and feminine reproductive scenarios – from the most conformal (pronatalistic) to oppositional (antinatalistic). The rejection of the totally naturalistic approach to the interpretation of motherhood and fatherhood in favor of analyzing the sociocultural components of the currently relevant feminine and masculine reproductive strategies is much more responsive to the social needs and the demands of modern humanitarian science.

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