An anocellar polistine wasp (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae) from Texas
A remarkable teratological female of Polistes (Fuscopolistes) dorsalis neotropicus Bequaert, 1940 (Vespidae: Polistinae) is described and illustrated. The specimen lacks all three external dorsal ocelli but is normally developed in almost every other aspect. Additionally, similar f...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2016-12-01
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| Series: | Zoosystematics and Evolution |
| Online Access: | http://zse.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=10548 |
| Summary: | A remarkable teratological female of Polistes (Fuscopolistes) dorsalis neotropicus Bequaert, 1940 (Vespidae: Polistinae) is described and illustrated. The specimen lacks all three external dorsal ocelli but is normally developed in almost every other aspect. Additionally, similar findings in other Hymenoptera are briefly discussed, as are the consequences and the reasons that might cause the random loss of ocelli.
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| ISSN: | 1435-1935 1860-0743 |