Sexy Faces in a Male Paper Wasp

Sexually selected signals are common in many animals, though little reported in social insects. We investigated the occurrence of male visual signals mediating the dominance relationships among males and female choice of sexual partner in the paper wasp Polistes simillimus. Males have three conspicu...

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Main Authors: de Souza, André Rodrigues, Alberto Mourão Júnior, Carlos, Santos do Nascimento, Fabio, Lino-Neto, José
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4029984/