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Cuticular hydrocarbons as caste-linked cues in Neotropical swarm-founding wasps.
PeerJ - 1 Jan 2022
da Silva Rafael Carvalho, Prato Amanda, Tannure-Nascimento Ivelize, Akemi Oi Cintia, Wenseleers Tom, Nascimento Fabio
Abstract excerpt
Wasps (Vespidae) are important organisms to understand the evolution of social behaviour. Wasps show different levels of sociality, which includes solitary to highly eusocial organisms. In social insect species, queens and workers differ in physiology and morphology. The Neotropical swarm-founding wasps (Epiponini) show a variety of caste syndromes. In this clade, the caste-flexibility is a unique characteristic,...
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