"Marimbondos": a review on the neotropical swarm-founding polistines.

Neotropical swarm-founding polistines, the Epiponini, compose a highly social tribe of vespids which displays several complex social characteristics, such as: intricate nest building, polygyny, swarm reproduction, and the absence of morphology caste discontinuities, a trait that would not be expecte...

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Main Author: Fernando Barbosa Noll
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Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2013-12-01
Series:Sociobiology
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Online Access:https://www.periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/235
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description Neotropical swarm-founding polistines, the Epiponini, compose a highly social tribe of vespids which displays several complex social characteristics, such as: intricate nest building, polygyny, swarm reproduction, and the absence of morphology caste discontinuities, a trait that would not be expected for a highly eusocial group. The biology of Epiponini will be reviewed, evidencing the scarcity of information for this group and also that not all social insects might fit in traditional theories for the evolution of social behavior.
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"Marimbondos": a review on the neotropical swarm-founding polistines.
Sociobiology
Social wasps
swarming process
polygyny
colony cycle
title "Marimbondos": a review on the neotropical swarm-founding polistines.
title_full "Marimbondos": a review on the neotropical swarm-founding polistines.
title_fullStr "Marimbondos": a review on the neotropical swarm-founding polistines.
title_full_unstemmed "Marimbondos": a review on the neotropical swarm-founding polistines.
title_short "Marimbondos": a review on the neotropical swarm-founding polistines.
title_sort marimbondos a review on the neotropical swarm founding polistines
topic Social wasps
swarming process
polygyny
colony cycle
url https://www.periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/235
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