Division of labor in stable social hierarchy of the independent-founding wasp Mischocyttarus (Monocyttarus) cassununga, Von Ihering (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

In colonies of independent-founding wasps, social organization is characterized by a division of labor wherein the most dominant female (the queen) spends more time on the nest comb during its development, while the subordinates (workers) perform most of the foraging. The present study aimed at desc...

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Autores principales:	André Sunao Nishiuchi Murakami, Ivan C Desuó, Sulene N Shima
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Publicado:	Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2013
Materias:	social biology dominance hierarchy behavioral repertoire Polistinae Mischocyttarini Zoology QL1-991 Ecology QH540-549.5 Natural history (General) QH1-278.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f780be7420f6443eb94a21fd826043182021-12-02T10:48:19ZDivision of labor in stable social hierarchy of the independent-founding wasp Mischocyttarus (Monocyttarus) cassununga, Von Ihering (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)0361-652510.13102/sociobiology.v60i1.114-122https://doaj.org/article/f780be7420f6443eb94a21fd826043182013-04-01T00:00:00Zhttp://periodicos.uefs.br/ojs/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/5https://doaj.org/toc/0361-6525In colonies of independent-founding wasps, social organization is characterized by a division of labor wherein the most dominant female (the queen) spends more time on the nest comb during its development, while the subordinates (workers) perform most of the foraging. The present study aimed at describing how tasks are assigned among the members of colonies of <em>Mischocyttarus cassununga</em> (Von Ihering) during the post-emergence phase. For this, we daily tape recorded the behavioral repertoire of thirteen colonies in the field, later analyzing the results of each colonial subphase with Statistic analysis (Principal Component Analysis, Clustering Analysis and ANOVA - Tukey-Kramer t-test p<0.05). Our results showed that the assignment of tasks in <em>M. cassununga</em> generally reflects the dominance hierarchy. Despite of the behavioral flexibility of basal eusocial wasps, it was possible to identify different groups of subordinate females (workers) in the colony. The division of labor during the pre-male subphase was delineated with four defined groups whereas the post-male subphase with three groups. Pre-male: G1 - a dominant group of reproductive females, G2 - a group of higher hierarchically subordinate females (these can sometimes perform tasks very similar to the queens), G3 - a subordinate group of forager females, and G4 - a subordinate group of inactive and principally young wasps. Post-male: G1, G2 and G3 (similar groups during pre-male subphase, but without G4. We think these analyses suggest a novel view of the importance of the behavioral repertoire of higher hierarchically subordinate females in wasp nests, at least in the genus<em> Mischocyttarus</em>.André Sunao Nishiuchi MurakamiIvan C DesuóSulene N ShimaUniversidade Estadual de Feira de Santanaarticlesocial biologydominance hierarchybehavioral repertoirePolistinaeMischocyttariniZoologyQL1-991EcologyQH540-549.5Natural history (General)QH1-278.5ENSociobiology, Vol 60, Iss 1, Pp 114-122 (2013)
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topic	social biology dominance hierarchy behavioral repertoire Polistinae Mischocyttarini Zoology QL1-991 Ecology QH540-549.5 Natural history (General) QH1-278.5
spellingShingle	social biology dominance hierarchy behavioral repertoire Polistinae Mischocyttarini Zoology QL1-991 Ecology QH540-549.5 Natural history (General) QH1-278.5 André Sunao Nishiuchi Murakami Ivan C Desuó Sulene N Shima Division of labor in stable social hierarchy of the independent-founding wasp Mischocyttarus (Monocyttarus) cassununga, Von Ihering (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)
description	In colonies of independent-founding wasps, social organization is characterized by a division of labor wherein the most dominant female (the queen) spends more time on the nest comb during its development, while the subordinates (workers) perform most of the foraging. The present study aimed at describing how tasks are assigned among the members of colonies of <em>Mischocyttarus cassununga</em> (Von Ihering) during the post-emergence phase. For this, we daily tape recorded the behavioral repertoire of thirteen colonies in the field, later analyzing the results of each colonial subphase with Statistic analysis (Principal Component Analysis, Clustering Analysis and ANOVA - Tukey-Kramer t-test p<0.05). Our results showed that the assignment of tasks in <em>M. cassununga</em> generally reflects the dominance hierarchy. Despite of the behavioral flexibility of basal eusocial wasps, it was possible to identify different groups of subordinate females (workers) in the colony. The division of labor during the pre-male subphase was delineated with four defined groups whereas the post-male subphase with three groups. Pre-male: G1 - a dominant group of reproductive females, G2 - a group of higher hierarchically subordinate females (these can sometimes perform tasks very similar to the queens), G3 - a subordinate group of forager females, and G4 - a subordinate group of inactive and principally young wasps. Post-male: G1, G2 and G3 (similar groups during pre-male subphase, but without G4. We think these analyses suggest a novel view of the importance of the behavioral repertoire of higher hierarchically subordinate females in wasp nests, at least in the genus<em> Mischocyttarus</em>.
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author	André Sunao Nishiuchi Murakami Ivan C Desuó Sulene N Shima
author_facet	André Sunao Nishiuchi Murakami Ivan C Desuó Sulene N Shima
author_sort	André Sunao Nishiuchi Murakami
title	Division of labor in stable social hierarchy of the independent-founding wasp Mischocyttarus (Monocyttarus) cassununga, Von Ihering (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)
title_short	Division of labor in stable social hierarchy of the independent-founding wasp Mischocyttarus (Monocyttarus) cassununga, Von Ihering (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)
title_full	Division of labor in stable social hierarchy of the independent-founding wasp Mischocyttarus (Monocyttarus) cassununga, Von Ihering (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)
title_fullStr	Division of labor in stable social hierarchy of the independent-founding wasp Mischocyttarus (Monocyttarus) cassununga, Von Ihering (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)
title_full_unstemmed	Division of labor in stable social hierarchy of the independent-founding wasp Mischocyttarus (Monocyttarus) cassununga, Von Ihering (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)
title_sort	division of labor in stable social hierarchy of the independent-founding wasp mischocyttarus (monocyttarus) cassununga, von ihering (hymenoptera, vespidae)
publisher	Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
publishDate	2013
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Division of labor in stable social hierarchy of the independent-founding wasp Mischocyttarus (Monocyttarus) cassununga, Von Ihering (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

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