Nesting habits and brood development of Parapolybia indica SAUSSURE (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

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Biosociological studies on Parapolybia indica SAUSSURE have been carried out by the authors since 1976. The present paper deals with the nesting habits and brood devel opment of this wasp in Kawakita, Tsu, Mie Pref., southern Japan, in comparison with those of other Polistinae. Some peculiar habits on nidification are : 1) nidification on the underside of a leaf of evergreen trees ;2) the use of the hairs mainly collected from the young leaves of Neo-Iitsea sericea for nest material; 3) a single laterinidal comb without envelope ; 4) exclusive haplometrosis; 5) nest reconstruction in colonies attacked by Vespa tropica. The number of cells constructed by a single queen was 43.4 cells on average, and the developmental time from egg to adult required more than 50 days at earlier stages and around 30 days during the later stages of nesting.
三重大学農学部の論文
1980-12-00