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TWO MORE SOCIAL WASP SPECIES (VESPIDAE, POLISTINAE) COLLECT MULLERIAN BODIES FROM CECROPIA TREES (URTICACEAE)

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The interactive behaviors of two species of social wasps,  Protopolybia chartergoides (Gribodo) and  Charterginus fulvus Fox with Cecropia obtusifolia  (Cecropiaceae) are described. The use of Cecropia Mullerian bodies by the… Click to show full abstract

The interactive behaviors of two species of social wasps,  Protopolybia chartergoides (Gribodo) and  Charterginus fulvus Fox with Cecropia obtusifolia  (Cecropiaceae) are described. The use of Cecropia Mullerian bodies by the two wasps is also described, as well as the distribution of this trait in  Protopolybia  and Charterginus.

Keywords: species vespidae; social wasp; wasp species; vespidae polistinae; mullerian bodies; two social

Journal Title: Sociobiology
Year Published: 2017

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