Gadagkar, R (1991) Belonogaster, Mischocyttarus, Parapolybia, and Independent-founding Ropalidia. [Book Chapter]
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PDF (Gadagkar,R. .1991. Belonogaster, Mischocyttarus, Parapolybia, and Independent-founding Ropalidia. In: The Social Biology of wasps. (Eds.) K.G. Ross and R.W. Matthews, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, pp.149-190.)
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Abstract
Animals that live in colonies of individuals of more than one generation, cooperate in ,brood care, and relegate reproduction to one or a small number Of colqnj members are said to represent that pinnacle of social evolution, (Michener 1969, Wilson 1971). Except for the naked mole-rat, which lives in uuderground tunnels in Africa (Jarvis 1981), eusociality has been achieved only by ants and termites and by some bees and wasps. With the exception of one or a few spe- ' cies of sphecids (Matthews 1968a, this volume), all eusocial wasps belong to the family Vespidae. Thi:; family has traditionally been divided into three subfamilies, . namely Stenogastrinae, Polistinae, and Vespinae (Richards 1962, 1978a,b). Carpenter's (1982) recent classification recognizes three additional subfamilies within the family Vespidaenamely, Eumeninae, Masarinae, and Euparagiinae-but eusociality is restricted to the three previously mentioned subfamilies.
| Item Type: | Book Chapter |
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| Publisher: | Cornell University Press |
| Keywords: | Ropalidia, Mischocyttarus, Parapolybia, Belonogaster, Behavioral caste differentiation, Social organisation, Dominance hierarchies, Indeterminate colony cycle, Colony defense, Seasonal nesting cycle |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Biological Sciences > Centre for Ecological Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Mar 2021 07:03 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Mar 2021 07:03 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/67769 |
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