Caste and wing loading in a social wasp (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Dolichovespula maculata)

Autor:	Joan W. Krispyn, Robert S. Jacobson, Christopher K. Starr, Joshua A. Spiers
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Insecta animal structures Arthropoda Dolichovespula Dolichovespula maculata Zoology Hymenoptera polymorphism allometry Animalia Wing loading Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics biology Vespidae fungi Caste biology.organism_classification Biota Vespoidea flight QL1-991 Insect Science
Zdroj:	Journal of Hymenoptera Research, Vol 84, Iss, Pp 381-390 (2021) Journal of Hymenoptera Research 84: 381-390
ISSN:	1314-2607 1070-9428
DOI:	10.3897/jhr.84.68800
Popis:	Variation in wing design and wing loading according to body weight is well studied across taxa of birds and flying insects. Comparable studies have not been made in the few insects that show substantial size variation within the same phenon of a single species. We examine body measures of adults of the social waspDolichovespula maculata(Linnaeus, 1763), with particular attention to the limbs and wing loading. As expected, measures of the length of the legs scales isometrically with overall body weight and size. Against expectation, wing size also scales isometrically with body weight and size. This does not match the general pattern of comparison across species of flying animals, in which larger individuals have relatively larger wings, as a partial compensation for greater wing loading. We suggest that wing size inD. maculatamay be constrained by the demands of life in a crowded nest.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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