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Origin of swarm-founding in the genus Ropalidia

Research Project

Project/Area Number 25840143
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Biodiversity/Systematics
Research InstitutionIbaraki University (2014-2015)
Rissho University (2013)

Principal Investigator

Morooka Fuki  茨城大学, 理学部, 准教授 (70635755)

Project Period (FY) 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Keywords進化 / 分子系統学 / 社会性昆虫 / 分巣 / チビアシナガバチ / 分断分布
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The wasps in the vespid subfamily Polistinae fall into two groups in terms of their modes of colony foundation. One is independent founding, in which a colony is founded by one to several inseminated females. The other is swarm founding, where a colony is founded by a swarm of workers associated with one to many queens. Genus Ropalidia is widely distributed in Old World tropics and subtropics. They have the two way of these colony founding. Swarm-founding species of Ropalidia are divided into two groups based on their distribution ranges: Oriental species distributed from India in the west to Borneo, the Philippines and western part of the Lesser Sunda Islands in the east; and Papuan and Australian species. No swarm-founding species are distributed in Sulawesi, Moluccas and eastern part of the Lesser Sunda Islands. Phylogenetic analysis of Ropalidia wasps using molecular data shows dual origin of the swarm founding in Ropalidia in accordance with their distribution.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2015 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • 2013 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (9 results)

All 2015 2014 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (1 results) Journal Article (3 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 3 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 3 results) Presentation (5 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] ベトナム科学技術アカデミー(ベトナム)

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Review of the paper wasps of the Parapolybia indica species-group (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Polistinae) in eastern parts of Asia2015

    • Author(s)
      Saito-Morooka F., Nguyen L.T.P. & Kojima J.
    • Journal Title

      Zootaxa

      Volume: 3947 Issue: 2 Pages: 215-235

    • DOI

      10.11646/zootaxa.3947.2.5

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Review of the paper wasps of the Parapolybia indica species-group (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Polistinae) in eastern parts of Asia2015

    • Author(s)
      Fuki SAITO-MOROOKA, Lien TP NGUYEN, Jun-ichi KOJIMA
    • Journal Title

      Zootaxa

      Volume: 3947 Pages: 215-235

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] The prevalence of the parasitic nematode Sphaerularia sp. in the overwintering gynes of Parapolybia spp. (Hymenoptera, Polistinae)2014

    • Author(s)
      Fuki SAITO-MOROOKA
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Hymenoptera Research

      Volume: 38 Pages: 37-43

    • DOI

      10.3897/jhr.38.6562

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] チビアシナガバチ属Ropalidia分巣種の形態カースト分化2015

    • Author(s)
      諸岡 歩希・大内康平・柳澤夏樹・曽根良太・郡司涼・小島純一
    • Organizer
      第59回日本応用動物昆虫学会大会
    • Place of Presentation
      山形大学
    • Year and Date
      2015-03-26 – 2015-03-28
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 巨大なコロニー集合を形成するチビアシナガバチRopalidia plebeianaの個体群遺伝構造2015

    • Author(s)
      諸岡歩希
    • Organizer
      第62回日本生態学会大会
    • Place of Presentation
      鹿児島大学
    • Year and Date
      2015-03-18 – 2015-03-22
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Double-origin of swarm-founding in the genus Ropalidia.2014

    • Author(s)
      Fuki Saito-Morooka
    • Organizer
      International Union for the Study of Social insects (IUSSI), International Congress
    • Place of Presentation
      Cairns Conservation Center
    • Year and Date
      2014-07-13 – 2014-07-18
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] チビアシナガバチ属(Ropalidia)分巣種の起源と分布パターン成立過程2014

    • Author(s)
      諸岡歩希
    • Organizer
      日本生態学会第61回全国大会
    • Place of Presentation
      広島国際会議場
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Double-origin of swarm-founding in the genus Ropalidia.2014

    • Author(s)
      Fuki Saito-Morooka
    • Organizer
      International Union for the Study of Social Insects (IUSSI 2014)
    • Place of Presentation
      Cairns Conservation Center
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report

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Published: 2014-07-25   Modified: 2022-02-01  

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