FORMATION OF LOCAL SETTLEMENTS BY FOUNDERS OF THE POLYSTES WASPS OF DIFFERENT MORPHOTYPES
ФОРМИРОВАНИЕ ЛОКАЛЬНЫХ ПОСЕЛЕНИЙ САМКАМИ-ОСНОВАТЕЛЬНИЦАМИ ОС-ПОЛИСТОВ РАЗНЫХ МОРФОТИПОВ

L.Yu. Rusina, Moscow Zoo (Moscow, Russia), A.Yu. Kosyakova, Meschera National Park (Gus-Khrustalny, Russia)
2020 CONCEPTUAL AND APPLIED ASPECTS OF INVERTEBRATE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND BIOLOGICAL EDUCATION   unpublished
In 2003–2013 and in 2019, an analysis of the relationship between phenotypic variability and the behavior of overwintered foundresses of 4 Palearctic Polistes wasp species from 12 local settlements was performed. It is shown that the structure and organization of melanin patterns of foundresses and their behavior in spring depend on the biocenotic environment of the colonies in which they were raised the previous summer, as well as on the weather conditions of wintering and nesting period. The
more » ... ystem of polymorphism in primitive eusocial wasps, which is involved in providing population adaptations, in particular, nesting strategies, is discussed.
doi:10.17223/978-5-94621-931-0-2020-34 fatcat:s6ailxrsnzgmvhbajsr7tui5fu