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Behavioural Profiles in Polistes Dominulus (Christ) Wasp Societies: a Quantitative Study

Behavioural Profiles in Polistes Dominulus (Christ) Wasp Societies: a Quantitative Study BEHAVIOURAL PROFILES IN POLISTES DOMINULUS (CHRIST) WASP SOCIETIES: A QUANTITATIVE STUDY by GUY THERAULAZ, MICHEL PRATTE and JACQUES GERVET1) (CNRS, Laboratoire d'Ethologie UPR 38, 31, Chemin Joseph Aiguier, BP 79, 13402 Marseille Cedex 09, France) (With 6 Figures) (Acc. 2-XI-1989) Introduction For several decades, investigators have been describing the division of labour in primitively eusocial wasps, although less attention has been paid to this question in wasps than in bees and ants. In species which practise polygynous nest foundation, such as Polistes dominulus Christ (PARDI, 1942), division of labour occurs right from the beginning of the life of a colony among the associated queens. In other species, it can be observed at least as soon as the first workers emerge, at the beginning of the supra-individual phase (as defined by YOSHIKAWA, 1963), both between the queen and the workers and among the workers themselves. PARDI (1942, 1946, 1948) has shown that in P. dominulus, social rela- tions are based on a dominance scale which includes the whole colony. This scale, which is reflected in the social relationships among individuals, also involves changes in the polygynous queens' laying pat- terns (PARDI, 1946; PARDI & CAVALCANTI, 1951; GERVET, 1964), the inhibition http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Behaviour Brill

Behavioural Profiles in Polistes Dominulus (Christ) Wasp Societies: a Quantitative Study

Behaviour , Volume 113 (3-4): 27 – Jan 1, 1990

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BEHAVIOURAL PROFILES IN POLISTES DOMINULUS (CHRIST) WASP SOCIETIES: A QUANTITATIVE STUDY by GUY THERAULAZ, MICHEL PRATTE and JACQUES GERVET1) (CNRS, Laboratoire d'Ethologie UPR 38, 31, Chemin Joseph Aiguier, BP 79, 13402 Marseille Cedex 09, France) (With 6 Figures) (Acc. 2-XI-1989) Introduction For several decades, investigators have been describing the division of labour in primitively eusocial wasps, although less attention has been paid to this question in wasps than in bees and ants. In species which practise polygynous nest foundation, such as Polistes dominulus Christ (PARDI, 1942), division of labour occurs right from the beginning of the life of a colony among the associated queens. In other species, it can be observed at least as soon as the first workers emerge, at the beginning of the supra-individual phase (as defined by YOSHIKAWA, 1963), both between the queen and the workers and among the workers themselves. PARDI (1942, 1946, 1948) has shown that in P. dominulus, social rela- tions are based on a dominance scale which includes the whole colony. This scale, which is reflected in the social relationships among individuals, also involves changes in the polygynous queens' laying pat- terns (PARDI, 1946; PARDI & CAVALCANTI, 1951; GERVET, 1964), the inhibition

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Published: Jan 1, 1990

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