Occurrence of a Binding Matrix in a Nest of a Primitively Eusocial Wasp, Eustenogaster calyptodoma (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

Abstract

Matrix (oral secretion of wasps) to bind plant material was first detected by chemical and SEM analyses of a nest of a primitively eusocial wasp, Eustenogaster calyptodoma, collected in Central Malay Peninsula. However, the nitrogen content, which can be an index of quantity of oral secretion contained, was very small, less than 0.9% in this nest. This strongly suggests that stenogastrine wasps have ability to produce the oral secretion, though it lies at a level lower than that of polistine and vespine wasps.

Journal

Japanese journal of entomology   [List of Volumes]

Japanese journal of entomology 64(4), 891-895, 1996-12-25  [Table of Contents]

The Entomological Society of Japan

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  • NII Article ID (NAID) :
    110003375411
  • NII NACSIS-CAT ID (NCID) :
    AN0009425X
  • Text Lang :
    ENG
  • Article Type :
    ART
  • ISSN :
    09155805
  • NDL Article ID :
    4119654
  • NDL Source Classification :
    ZR4(科学技術--生物学--動物)
  • NDL Call No. :
    Z18-897
  • Databases :
    CJP  NDL  NII-ELS