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Dispersion distance of queens from natal sites in the two haplometrotic paper waspsPolistes riparius andP. snelleni (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) |
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| Authors: | Shun'ichi Makino Seiki Yamane Tsukasa Sunose Shigeyuki Aoki |
| Institution: | 1. Entomological Institute, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, 060, Sapporo, Japan 2. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kagoshima University, Korimoto, 890, Kagoshima, Japan 3. Urawa Gakuin High School, Daiyama 172, 337, Urawa, Saitama, Japan 4. Laboratory of Biology, College of General Education, Rissho University, Magechi 1700, Kumagaya, 360-01, Saitama, Japan |
| Abstract: | Dispersion capabilities of new queens were studied in the two haplometrotic paper wasps Polistes riparius and P. snelleni. New queens were marked on the nests in the late summer and located in the next spring. Dispersion distances greatly varied among queens: although a large part of recovered queens nested in close proximity to their natal sites, some did disperse over 100–300 m. This suggests that queens' emigration from and immigration into the censused areas occurred to a substantial extent. On the whole, these species exhibited a weaker “philopatric” tendency than those so far studied for dispersion distance, and seem to have the potential for a long-distance dispersion. |
| Keywords: | Nest Site Natal Site Natal Nest Natal Place Paper Wasp |
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