Morphological caste differences in three species of the Neotropical genus Clypearia (Hymenoptera: Polistinae: Epiponini)

dc.contributorUniversidade de São Paulo (USP)
dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-27T11:25:21Z
dc.date.available2014-05-27T11:25:21Z
dc.date.created2014-05-27T11:25:21Z
dc.date.issued2010-12-01
dc.identifierPsyche.
dc.identifier0033-2615
dc.identifier1687-7438
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/72065
dc.identifier10.1155/2010/410280
dc.identifier2-s2.0-84856967642
dc.identifier2-s2.0-84856967642.pdf
dc.identifier8347131704153687
dc.identifier0000-0003-0207-1067
dc.description.abstractClypearia is a rare genus of swarm-founding Neotropical wasp whose biology is very little known. Morphological castes differences, condition of ovaries, relative age, and color pattern differences were analyzed in three species of Clypearia. Physiological differences and low morphometric differentiation between queens and workers were present in all species studied, indicating that these species are characterized by physiological caste only. We suggest that caste determination in the three Clypearia species studied is postimaginal. © 2010 Giovanna Tocchini Felippotti et al.
dc.languageeng
dc.relationPsyche
dc.relation0,162
dc.relation0,162
dc.rightsAcesso aberto
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectEpiponini
dc.subjectHymenoptera
dc.subjectPolistinae
dc.titleMorphological caste differences in three species of the Neotropical genus Clypearia (Hymenoptera: Polistinae: Epiponini)
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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