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Apoica
''Apoica'' is a genus of eusocial paper wasps found throughout the Central and South American tropics. These wasps are truly nocturnal, carrying out their foraging activities after the setting of the sun. They prefer to construct their nests, which have an open comb like many paper wasps, under large leaves, or in shrubs. During the day, wasps covering the comb fan their wings to cool the nest, keeping it at a suitable temperature for larval development. When attacking prey, ''Apoica'' release a drop of venom from their stings, which in turn attracts any nearby wasps to attack. Species *'' Apoica albimacula'' (Fabricius) *'' Apoica ambracarina'' Pickett *'' Apoica arborea'' Saussure *''Apoica flavissima'' Van der Vecht *'' Apoica gelida'' Van der Vecht *''Apoica pallens The Central American paper wasp (''Apoica pallens'') is a nocturnality, nocturnal eusociality, eusocial wasp (family (biology), family Vespidae). It is famous for its swarm based emigration behavior, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apoica Pallens
The Central American paper wasp (''Apoica pallens'') is a nocturnal eusocial wasp ( family Vespidae). It is famous for its swarm based emigration behavior, and is native to the lowlands of Central and northern South America. This species has developed special night vision adaptations to facilitate their night-time swarming and foraging behavior and has important medicinal properties for the Pankararú people of Brazil. Taxonomy and phylogenetics ''Apoica pallens'' is part of the tribe Epiponini, a group including paper wasps found in neotropical regions. ''Apoica'' is one of the basal genera in the tribe. The species is most closely related to '' Apoica flavissima''. ''Apoica pallens'' was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1804. Description and identification ''Apoica pallens'' is pale yellow in color. Like other species found within the Epiponini, there is morphological caste differentiation between workers and queens.Jeanne, R. L. 1991. The swarm-founding Polis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apoica Flavissima
''Apoica flavissima'' is a paper wasp found primarily in South America. The species is distinguishable by its light coloring, unique single comb nests, and nocturnal nature. A notable feature of this species is the size dimorphism between queens and workers. Unlike most Vespidae wasps, ''Apocia flavissima'' queens are smaller than their worker counterparts which results in unique intraspecies relationships. Taxonomy and phylogeny Originally, ''Apoica flavissima'' was thought to be a variety of '' Apoica pallens'' because of similar color and physical characteristics. It wasn't until 1972 that J. Van Der Vecht identified that three distinct species were mistakenly being categorized as one. Today, ''A. pallens'', ''A. flavissima'', and ''A. gelida'' are identified by differences in male genitalia. In addition, distinction can be made through slight color differences. While ''A. flavissima'' are entirely pale yellow, ''A. pallens'' are mostly yellow but have brown legs. Phylogenetic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apoica Albimacula
''Apoica'' is a genus of eusocial paper wasps found throughout the Central and South American tropics. These wasps are truly nocturnal, carrying out their foraging activities after the setting of the sun. They prefer to construct their nests, which have an open comb like many paper wasps, under large leaves, or in shrubs. During the day, wasps covering the comb fan their wings to cool the nest, keeping it at a suitable temperature for larval development. When attacking prey, ''Apoica'' release a drop of venom from their stings, which in turn attracts any nearby wasps to attack. Species *'' Apoica albimacula'' (Fabricius) *'' Apoica ambracarina'' Pickett *'' Apoica arborea'' Saussure *'' Apoica flavissima'' Van der Vecht *'' Apoica gelida'' Van der Vecht *''Apoica pallens The Central American paper wasp (''Apoica pallens'') is a nocturnality, nocturnal eusociality, eusocial wasp (family (biology), family Vespidae). It is famous for its swarm based emigration behavio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apoica Pallida
''Apoica pallida'', known as the marimbondo-chapéu in Brazil, is a nocturnal eusocial wasp in the subfamily Polistinae. See also *''Apoica pallens The Central American paper wasp (''Apoica pallens'') is a nocturnality, nocturnal eusociality, eusocial wasp (family (biology), family Vespidae). It is famous for its swarm based emigration behavior, and is native to the lowlands of Central and ...'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q10326377 Vespidae Hymenoptera of South America Hymenoptera of Brazil Insects described in 1791 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eusocial
Eusociality (from Greek εὖ ''eu'' "good" and social), the highest level of organization of sociality, is defined by the following characteristics: cooperative brood care (including care of offspring from other individuals), overlapping generations within a colony of adults, and a division of labor into reproductive and non-reproductive groups. The division of labor creates specialized behavioral groups within an animal society which are sometimes referred to as 'castes'. Eusociality is distinguished from all other social systems because individuals of at least one caste usually lose the ability to perform at least one behavior characteristic of individuals in another caste. Eusocial colonies can be viewed as superorganisms. Eusociality exists in certain insects, crustaceans, and mammals. It is mostly observed and studied in the Hymenoptera ( ants, bees, and wasps) and in Blattodea (termites). A colony has caste differences: queens and reproductive males take the roles of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
