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Queen/worker size dimorphism in an oriental polistine wasp,Ropalidia montana Carl (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

Dimorphisme reine/ouvrière chez un Poliste oriental, Ropalidia montanaCarl (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

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Queen/worker dimorphism is distinct inRopalidia montana. The body size differs significantly between the castes in seven parts measured: Head width, width of mesonotum, alitrunk length, widths and lengths of first and second gastral tergites. There is no size overlap between queens and workers with respect to the width of first gastral tergite and the length of second gastral tergite. Queen/worker ratio of alitrunk length is 1.14. Allometric growth in this species seems to be monophasic.

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Le dimorphisme reine/ouvrière est distinct chezRopalidia montana. La taille du corps est significativement différente entre les castes pour les 7 mesures suivantes: largeur de la tête, largeur du mésonotum, longueur du mésosome, longueur et largeur des premier et deuxième tergites du gastre. Il n'y a pas de recoupement de taille entre les reines et les ouvrières pour les mesures suivantes: largeur du premier tergite du gastre et longueur du deuxième tergite du gastre. La ratio reine/ouvrière pour la longueur du mésosome est égale à 1,14. La croissance allométrique chez cette espèce semble être monosphasique.

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  1. Biological Laboratory, Faculty of Education, Ibaraki University, 310, Mito, Japan

    S. Yamane

  2. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ibaraki University, 310, Mito, Japan

    J. Kojima

  3. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kagoshima University, 890, Kagoshima, Japan

    Sk. Yamane

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Research Trips for Agricultural and Forest Insects in the Subcontinent of India (Hokkaido University, University of Calcutta, and Zoological Survey of India Joint Project). Scientific report No. 12.

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Yamane, S., Kojima, J. & Yamane, S. Queen/worker size dimorphism in an oriental polistine wasp,Ropalidia montana Carl (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Ins. Soc 30, 416–422 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02223973

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