Behavioral Characters as Indicators of Yellowjacket Phylogeny (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)1
- 15 September 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Annals of the Entomological Society of America
- Vol. 72 (5) , 614-619
- https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/72.5.614
Abstract
Various behavioral characters, principally caste dichotomy, colony size and workenreproductive output ratios, several aspects of nest architecture, and queen recognition, are interpreted as useful indicators of yellowjacket phylogeny. Dolichovespula Rohwer appears to have a relatively primitive social organization compared to Vespula Thomson, and probably has a relatively closer ancestral relationship with Vespa L. (the true hornets).This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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