Task division and Age Polyethism in colonies of Mischocyttarus latior social wasps (Fox) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae).

This paper aimed to study the division of labor between queen and workers, division of labor by age range and sequence of behavioral patterns exercised by females and males from Mischocyttarus latior (F.) colonies. Behaviors of 13 dominant females (queens), 68 subordinate (workers) from emergence un...

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Main Authors: Daniel Simões Santos Cecílio, Agda Alves Da Rocha, Edilberto Giannotti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2016-04-01
Series:Sociobiology
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Online Access:http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/944