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Figure 2 in Nesting behaviour of Neotropical social wasps of the genus Clypearia de Saussure (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae)
Figure 2. Nest camouflage on Clypearia species as a defence feature. A and B, Clypearia angustior; C, Clypearia apicipennis; D, Clypearia weyrauchi.
Data from: A metatranscriptomic analysis of diseased social wasps (Vespula vulgaris) for pathogens, with an experimental infection of larvae and nests
Social wasps are a major pest in many countries around the world. Pathogens may influence wasp populations and could provide an option for population management via biological control. We investigated the pathology of nests of apparently healthy common wasps, Vespula vulgaris, with nests apparently suffering disease. First, next-generation sequencing and metatranscriptomic analysis were used to examine pathogen presence. The transcriptome of healthy and diseased V. vulgaris showed 27 known microbial phylotypes. Four of these were observed in diseased larvae alone (Aspergillus fumigatus, Moellerella wisconsensis, Moku virus, and the microsporidian Vavraia culicis). Kashmir Bee Virus (KBV) was found to be present in both healthy and diseased larvae. Moellerella wisconsensis is a human pathogen that was potentially misidentified in our wasps by the MEGAN analysis: it is more likely to be the related bacteria Hafnia alvei that is known to infect social insects. The closest identification to the putative pathogen identified as Vavraia culicis was likely to be another microsporidian Nosema vulgaris. PCR and subsequent Sanger sequencing using published or our own designed primers, confirmed the identity of Moellerella sp. (which may be Hafnia alvei), Aspergillus sp., KBV, Moku virus and Nosema. Secondly, we used an infection study by homogenising diseased wasp larvae and feeding them to entire nests of larvae in the laboratory. Three nests transinfected with diseased larvae all died within 19 days. No pathogen that we monitored, however, had a significantly higher prevalence in diseased than in healthy larvae. RT-qPCR analysis indicated that pathogen infections were significantly correlated, such as between KBV and Aspergillus sp. Social wasps clearly suffer from an array of pathogens, which may lead to the collapse of nests and larval death.
Data for: Mapping the evolution of accurate Batesian mimicry of social wasps in hoverflies
<p>Hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) provide an excellent opportunity to study the evolution of Batesian mimicry, where defenceless prey avoid predation by evolving to resemble defended 'model' species. While some hoverflies beautifully resemble their hymenopteran models, others seem to be poor mimics or are apparently non-mimetic. The reasons for this variation are still enigmatic despite decades of research. Here, we address this issue by mapping social-wasp mimicry across the phylogeny of Holarctic hoverflies. Using the 'distance transform' technique, we calculate an objective measure of the abdominal pattern similarity between 167 hoverfly species and a widespread putative model, the social wasp, <em>Vespula germanica</em>. We find that good wasp mimicry has evolved several times, and may have also been lost, leading to the presence of non-mimics deep within clades of good mimics. Body size was positively correlated with similarity to the model, supporting previous findings that smaller species are often poorer mimics. Additionally, univoltine species were less accurate wasp mimics than multivoltine and bivoltine species. Hence, variation in the accuracy of Batesian mimics may reflect variation in the opportunity for selection caused by differences in prey value or signal perception (influenced by body size) and phenology or generation time (influenced by voltinism).</p>
Figure 4 in The social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae) of a fragment of Atlantic Forest in southern Bahia, Brazil
Figure 4. (A, B) Accumulation and rarefaction curves for the wasps collected employing the three methodologies.
Figure 6 in The social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae) of a fragment of Atlantic Forest in southern Bahia, Brazil
Figure 6. (A, B) Accumulation and rarefaction curves for the wasps collected in the three fragments.
Figure 3 in Cladistic analysis of Charterginus Fox, 1898 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Epiponini). A neotropical genus of social wasps
Figure 3. Single cladogram based on the data matrix in Table 2. Character numbers (see Table 1) are placed above rectangles, with the state numbers below, separated by ''.'' to indicate the transitions between states. Filled rectangles indicate an uncontroverted step, while open rectangles indicate homoplastic change.
Figure 2 in Cladistic analysis of Charterginus Fox, 1898 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Epiponini). A neotropical genus of social wasps
Figure 2. Charterginus carinatus: (A) head in dorsal view, (B) humeri in dorsal view. Metanotum in frontal view: (C) C. xanthura, (D) C. fulvus. Scale bars 1.0 mm.
Figure 1. Metasomal tergum I in Cladistic analysis of Charterginus Fox, 1898 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Epiponini). A neotropical genus of social wasps
Figure 1. Metasomal tergum I in dorsal view: (A) Charterginus nevermanni, (B) C. xanthura. Tergum II in dorsolateral view: (C) C. nevermanni, (D) C. fulvus. Tergum II in dorsal view: (E) C. nevermanni; (F) C. carinatus. Scale bar 1.0 mm.
FIGURES 4–7. Polistes species. 4 in Description of a new species of social wasp from Somalia (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)
FIGURES 4–7. Polistes species. 4. Polistes humeralis sp. nov., female, habitus, lateral view. 5. P. africanus Palisot de Beauvois, female, head and mesosoma, oblique lateral view. 6. P. badius Gerstaecker, female, head and mesosoma, oblique lateral view. 7. P. tenellus du Buysson, male, head and mesosoma, oblique lateral view.
FIGURES 1–3 in Description of a new species of social wasp from Somalia (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)
FIGURES 1–3. Polistes humeralis, sp. nov., female. 1. Head, frontal view. 2. Head, lateral view. 3. Habitus, dorsal view.
Data for: Mapping the evolution of accurate Batesian mimicry of social wasps in hoverflies
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Data from: Queen signalling in social wasps
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Data from: Nest signature changes throughout colony cycle and after social parasite invasion in social wasps
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Data from: The geographic structure of selection on a coevolving interaction between social parasitic wasps and their hosts hampers social evolution
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Data from: Establishment and rapid spread of social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespinae) in Greenland
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Data from: Maternal and nourishment factors interact to influence offspring developmental trajectories in social wasps
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Data from: A metatranscriptomic analysis of diseased social wasps (Vespula vulgaris) for pathogens, with an experimental infection of larvae and nests
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Data from: Fitness in invasive social wasps: the role of variation in viral load, immune response and paternity in predicting nest size and reproductive output
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Age and social experience induced plasticity across brain regions of the paper wasp Polistes fuscatus
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Data from: Getting older, getting smarter: ontogeny of the foraging behaviour in the tropical social wasp Ropalidia marginata
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