Summary
Shifts of females ofPolistes versicolor between adjacent nests were observed in Panama. In the first case, females of two neighboring nests frequently changed their positions and one female who had developed eggs in ovaries shifted between the nests repeatedly. In the second case, possibly all females shifted to a nearby nest after abandonment of their original nest and were accepted by females of the new nest. In the third case where workers shifted, relatedness between them and foundresses of the new nest was considered to be low. Behaviours accompanying the shifts are described.
Zusammenfassung
Die Neständerungen der Weibchen einer neotropischen Faltenwespe,Polìstes versicolor, wurde in Panama beobachtet. In erstem Falle wurden häufige Lageänderungen zwischen zwei benachbarten Nestern beobachtet. Einmal wechselte ein ovariell höchstentwickeltes Weibchen häufig die Nester. In zweitem Falle, verliessen vielleicht alle Weibchen desselben Nestes und wurden von einem naheliegenden Neste aufgenommen. In letztem Falle, wurden einige Arbeiterinnen eines Nestes angenommen von einem anderen Nest, deren Gründerinnen wahrscheinlich nicht ihre nahe Verwandten waren. Die Verhalten bei Umnestung wurden beschrieben.
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Itô, Y. Shifts of females between adjacent nests ofPolistes versicolor (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in panama. Ins. Soc 31, 103–111 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02223695
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