Caste flexibility and variation according to the colony cycle in the swarm-founding wasp, Parachartergus fraternus (Gribodo) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Epiponini)

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 470-483

  Mateus, Sidnei ^a   Noll, Fernando Barbosa ^a,b   Zucchi, Ronaldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Caste differences; Colony cycle; Epiponini; Parachartegus fraternus; Polistinae; Wasp productivity

Indexed keywords

CASTE; COLONY; SOCIAL INSECT; WASP;

EPIPONINI; HYMENOPTERA; PARACHARTERGUS FRATERNUS; POLISTINAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 11344255683     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2317/E-40.1     Document Type: Article

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