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West-Eberhard, Mary Jane |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2011-02-16T18:28:16Z |
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dc.date.available |
2011-02-16T18:28:16Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2005 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
West-Eberhard, Mary Jane. 2005. "<a href="https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/12232">Behavior of the primitively social wasp Montezumia cortesioides Willink (Vespidae, Eumeninae) and the origins of vespid sociality</a>." <em>Ethology Ecology & Evolution</em>. 17 (3):201–215. |
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dc.identifier.issn |
0394-9370 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/10088/12232 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Montezumia cortesioides is of special interest for studies of insect social evolution because it belongs to the primarily solitary-nesting subfamily (Eumeninae) of wasps that is most closely related to the subfamilies (Stenogastrinae, Polistinae, Vespinae) that contain eusocial species. It is one of a few eumenines that are primitively, social, with more than one reproductive female on the same nest without a division of labor between sterile workers and egg-laying queens. Most of the 17 known progressively provisioning eumenines nest as solitary females, but there is an association between progressive provisioning and nest sharing: all of the three nest-sharing eumenines whose behavior has been observed progressively provision their larvae. Of those species, the behavior of M. cortesioides most closely resembles that of the eusocial (worker-containing) wasps, in nest-sharing, reuse of brood cells, progressive provisioning, and strong aggressive competition among resident females for empty cells. Observations suggest that groups are formed when offspring females remain on the maternal nest. A male repeatedly visited a nest and paired with a newly emerged female. Prey theft from the open cells of nestmates (intranidal prey theft) was associated with episodes of self-grooming and brief repetitive superficial inspections of prey-containing cells. |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
Ethology Ecology & Evolution |
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dc.title |
Behavior of the primitively social wasp M<I>ontezumia cortesioides Willink</I> (Vespidae, Eumeninae) and the origins of vespid sociality |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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dc.identifier.srbnumber |
52069 |
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rft.jtitle |
Ethology Ecology & Evolution |
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rft.volume |
17 |
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rft.issue |
3 |
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rft.spage |
201 |
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rft.epage |
215 |
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dc.description.SIUnit |
stri |
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dc.citation.spage |
201 |
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dc.citation.epage |
215 |
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