Functional morphology of the sting in two digger wasps (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) with different types of prey transport
| Autor: | Natalia A. Matushkina, Hamed Rajabi, H. Stetsun, Stanislav N. Gorb |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine media_common.quotation_subject Wasps Zoology Insect Hymenoptera 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Predation Nesting Behavior 03 medical and health sciences Crabronidae Nest Species Specificity Functional morphology Animals Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics media_common Microscopy Microscopy Confocal biology General Medicine biology.organism_classification eye diseases Biomechanical Phenomena Sting 030104 developmental biology Insect Science Microscopy Electron Scanning Ovipositor Female Developmental Biology |
| Zdroj: | Arthropod structuredevelopment. 52 |
| ISSN: | 1873-5495 |
| Popis: | Digger wasps of the family Crabronidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) are generally known to use their sting to paralyze or kill a prey. However, only a few species of digger wasps transport their prey to the nest impaled on the sting. How sting morphology correlates with this peculiar type of prey carriage is still unclear. We examined the sting morphology of two phylogenetically closely-related species of digger wasps of similar size, which hunt for similar preys but use different types of prey transportation. Data from light microscopy (LM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) were analyzed to find possible correlations between shape, material composition, and function of the stings. The similarity of the material composition in the stings of the two species suggests that the material of stings does not play a dominant role in their functional differences. On the contrary, differences in the curvature and surface sculpture of sting elements likely result in different stress distributions under mechanical loading. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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