ArticleJournal of chemical ecology2015
Population diversity in cuticular hydrocarbons and mtDNA in a mountain social wasp.
Article in Journal of chemical ecology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- Cuticular hydrocarbon profiles reveal geographic chemotypes in stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Meliponini).Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Highly diverse cuticular hydrocarbon profiles but no evidence for aggression towards non-kin in the ambrosia beetleEcology and evolution · 2024Article
- Cuticular Hydrocarbon Polymorphism in a Parasitoid Wasp.Journal of chemical ecology · 2023Article
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- Integrated Analyses of Cuticular Hydrocarbons, Chromosome and mtDNA in the Neotropical Social Wasp Mischocyttarus consimilis Zikán (Hymenoptera, Vespidae).Neotropical entomology · 2017Article
- Chemical Heterogeneity in Inbred European Population of the Invasive Hornet Vespa velutina nigrithorax.Journal of chemical ecology · 2017Article
- Nest signature changes throughout colony cycle and after social parasite invasion in social wasps.PloS one · 2017Article
- Species-Specific Cuticular Hydrocarbon Stability within European Myrmica Ants.Journal of chemical ecology · 2016Article
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5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Nestmate recognition is a common phenomenon in social insects that typically is mediated by cuticular hydrocarbons. Geographical variation in cuticular hydrocarbons has been observed, although the pattern of variation is not consistent across species and is usually related to the biology and ecology of the different species. Polistes biglumis (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) is a social wasp that lives in high mountains where populations are separated by significant geographical barriers. Here we investigated the level of chemical variation among populations of P. biglumis in the Alps, and shed light on the phylogeography of this species. Populations could be discriminated by means of their cuticular hydrocarbon profiles, which showed a pattern consistent with the isolation-by-distance hypothesis. Molecular data highlighted two areas with different levels of haplotype diversity, although all wasps belonged to the same species. These results suggest that the populations of P. biglumis in the Alps are geographically isolated from one another, favoring their genetic and chemical differentiation.
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