Summary
Genetic relationships among nine species of polistine wasps of Japan, that is,Ropalidia fasciata, Parapolybia indica, two species of the subgenusPolistes (chinensis andriparius), two species of the subgenusMegapolistes (jadwigae androthneyi) and three species of the subgenusPolistella (mandarinus, japonicus andsnelleni) of the genusPolistes, were examined by starch-gel electrophoresis of the enzymes. Dendrograms drawn from the result suggested that the generaRopalidia andParapolybia occupied distinctly different positions from seven species ofPolistes, that the subgenusPolistes diverged conspicuously from the other two subgenera in the genusPolistes, and that the subgenusPolistella was not a monophyletic group but the speciesmandarinus andjaponicus belonging to this subgenus had genetic relationships closer to the mmembers of the subgenusMegapolistes than to the speciessnelleni of the subgenusPolistella.
Zusammenfassung
Die genetischen Beziehungen zwischen neun japanischen Feldwespenarten wurden mittels der Stärkegel-Enzymelektrophorese untersucht, und zwar die ArtenRopalidia fasciata undParapolybia indica sowie siebenPolistes-Arten: zwei Arten des SubgenusPolistes (P. chinensis, P. riparius), zwei Arten des SubgenusMegapolistes (M. jadwigae, M. rothneyi), drei Arten des SubgenusPolistella (P. mandarinus, P. japonicus, P. snelleni). Die Dendrogramme zeigen, daß sich die GattungenRopalidia undParapolybia deutlich von den siebenPolistes-Arten unterscheiden. Das SubgenusPolistes unterscheidet sich auffällig von den beiden anderen Subgenera der GattungPolistes. Das SubgenusPolistella ist keine monophyletische Gruppe, sondern die beiden ArtenP. mandarinus undP. japonicus besitzen eine engere genetische Verwandtschaft zu Arten des SubgenusMegapolistes als zu der ArtP. snelleni.
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Nozawa, K., Ito, Y. Biochemical-genetic differentiation among nine species of polistine wasps from Japan. Ins. Soc 36, 183–196 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02226303
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