Resume
Pour éprouver l'effet de la mise en contact précoce et prolongée de fondatrices potentielles dePolistes gallicus sur la formation des associations de fondation, on compare les associations obtenues dans deux situations:
-
- d'une part entre guêpes nées sur un même nid et ayant hiverné ensemble;
-
- d'autre part, entre guêpes ne s'étant jamais recontrées.
Les nombres d'associations observés dans les deux cas ne sont pas significativement différents. On peut en conclure à l'indépendance de l'expérience précoce des guêpes et du mode de formation des associations de fondation. Dans la nature, le haut degré de parenté entre guêpes associées résulterait d'un phénomène de retour sur les lieux de naissance plutôt que d'une discrimination des compagnes de nid ou d'hivernage.
Summary
In order to study the effect of early relations between foundresses ofPolistes gallicus on the formation of polygynic associations, associations obtained in two situations were compared:
-
- between former nestmates taken out of the same hibernation group;
-
- between unrelated wasps which have had no prior contact.
The numbers of associations observed in both cases were not significantly different. Apparently, the tendency to associate is not influenced by the early experience of foundresses. In the field, the closeness of foundresses relatedness would result from a tendency to return to the home site rather than a discrimination of nestmates or hibernation mates.
Bibliographie
Deleurance E.P., 1957. — Contribution à l'étude biologique des Polistes (Hymen. Vesp.); I: L'activité de construction.Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool., 19, 91–222.
Gamboa G.J., 1978. — Intraspecific defense; Advantage of social cooperation among paper wasp Foundresses.Science, 199, 1463–1465.
Gervet, J., 1964. — Le comportement d'oophagie différentielle chezPolistes gallicus L. (Hymen. Vesp.).Ins. Soc., 11, 343–382.
Gibo D.L., 1974. — A laboratory study on the selective advantage of foundress associations inPolistes fuscatus.Can. Entomol., 106, 101–106.
Gibo D.L., 1978. — The selective advantage of foundress associations inPolistes fuscatus: a field study of the effects of predation on productivity.Can. Entomol., 110, 519–540.
Hamilton W.D., 1964. — The genetical evolution of social behaviour. 1)J. Theor. Biol., 7, 1–16. 2)J. Theor. Biol., 7, 17–52.
Hermann H.R., Barron R., Dalton L., 1975. — Spring behavior ofPolistes exclamans (Hymenoptera: vespidæ: Polistinæ).Entomol. News, 86, 173–178.
Klahn J.E., 1979. — Philopatric and non-philopatric foundress associations in the social waspPolistes fuscatus.Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol., 5, 417–424.
Litte M., 1977. — Behavioral Ecology of the social Wasp,Mischocyttarus mexicanus.Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol., 2, 229–246.
Metcalf R.A., Whitt G.S., 1977. — Intra-nest relatedness in the social waspsPolistes metricus.Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol., 2, 339–351.
Metcalf R.A., Whitt G.S., 1977. — Relative inclusive fitness in the social waspPolistes metricus.Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol., 2, 353–360.
Perna B., Marino Piccioli M.T., Turilazzi S., 1978. — Osservazioni sulla poliginia diPolistes feoderatus (Kohl) (Hymen. Vesp.) indotta in cattivita.Boll. Istit. Entom. Univ. Bologna, 34, 55–63.
Starr C.K., 1976. — Nest reutilization byPolistes metricus (Hymenoptera Vespidæ) and possible limitation of multiple foundress associations by parasitoids.J. Kansas Entomol. Soc., 49, 142–144.
West M.J., 1967. — Foundress associations in Polistine wasps: dominance hierarchies and the evolution of social behavior.Science, 157, 1584–1585.
West-Eberhard M.J., 1969. —The social biology of Polistine wasps. Miscellaneous pub. Mus. Zool., Univ. Michigan, no 140, 101 p.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Pratte, M. Relations antérieures et association de fondation chezPolistes gallicus L.. Ins. Soc 29, 352–357 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02228762
Received:
Accepted:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02228762