Timing of insemination in terms of age of new reproductive females of a temperate-zone polistine wasp,Polistes snelleni (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) |
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| Authors: | T Suzuki |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Minami-ohsawa 1-1, Hachi-ohji, 192-03 Tokyo, Japan |
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| Abstract: | Summary The present study investigated the age at which insemination takes place in Polistes snelleni, a species in which mating begins while new reproductives are still emerging from the nest. Insemination of new reproductive females began as early as 5 days of age, and most females were inseminated by 10 days of age. |
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| Keywords: | Polistine wasps Polistes snelleni insemination age reproductive females |
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