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Morphophysiological and cuticular chemical alterations caused by Xenos entomophagus endoparasites in the social wasp Polistes ferreri (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2016

VIVIANA DE OLIVEIRA TORRES ,
EVA RAMONA PEREIRA SOARES ,
LUAN DIAS LIMA ,
SANDRO MARCIO LIMA ,
LUIS HUMBERTO DA CUNHA ANDRADE  and
WILLIAM FERNANDO ANTONIALLI-JUNIOR
VIVIANA DE OLIVEIRA TORRES*
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Ecologia Comportamental, Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso do Sul, 79804-970, C. P. 351, Dourados, MS, Brazil
EVA RAMONA PEREIRA SOARES
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Entomologia e Conservação da Biodiversidade, Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados, 79804-970, Dourados, MS, Brazil
LUAN DIAS LIMA
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, 91501-970, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
SANDRO MARCIO LIMA
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Recursos Naturais, Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso do Sul, 79804-970, C. P. 351, Dourados, MS, Brazil
LUIS HUMBERTO DA CUNHA ANDRADE
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Recursos Naturais, Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso do Sul, 79804-970, C. P. 351, Dourados, MS, Brazil
WILLIAM FERNANDO ANTONIALLI-JUNIOR
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Ecologia Comportamental, Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso do Sul, 79804-970, C. P. 351, Dourados, MS, Brazil Programa de Pós-Graduação em Recursos Naturais, Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso do Sul, 79804-970, C. P. 351, Dourados, MS, Brazil
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*Corresponding author: Laboratório de Ecologia Comportamental (LABECO), Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso do Sul, 79804-970, Rodovia Dourados/Itahum, Km 12, Dourados, MS, Brazil. E-mail: vivianabio@yahoo.com.br
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Summary

Social wasps can face many challenges during their colony cycle, including the presence of parasites. The order Strepsiptera is among the main parasites of the wasp genus Polistes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of an endoparasite species on the host Polistes ferreri, with the hypothesis that females of this social wasp would undergo morphophysiological alterations as well as changes in their cuticular chemical profile caused by the obligate endoparasite. On average, parasitism was found in 10% of the colonies studied. All the parasitized females showed filamentous ovarioles without developing oocytes, which indicates a physiological castration. Moreover, the endoparasites present in the gaster of females caused its volume to increase, and the presence of endoparasites changed the cuticular chemical profiles of females, confirming our hypothesis. It is likely that this parasitism effect could hamper the maintenance of wasp colonies.

Keywords

PolistinaeStrepsipteraXenosovarian developmentphysiological castrationPolistescuticular chemical profilepaper wasp
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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 143 , Issue 14 , December 2016 , pp. 1939 - 1944
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