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Polybia occidentalis : ウィキペディア英語版 | Polybia occidentalis
''Polybia occidentalis, ''commonly known as Camoati, is a swarm-founding advanced eusocial wasp. Swarm-founding means that a swarm of these wasps find a nesting site and build the nest together.〔 This species can be found in Central and South America. ''P. occidentalis'' prey on nectar, insects, and carbohydrate sources while birds and ants prey on and parasitize them.〔Hrncir, Michael, Sidnei Mateus, and Fábio S. Nascimento. "Exploitation of Carbohydrate Food Sources in ''Polybia occidentalis'': Social Cues Influence Foraging Decisions in Swarm-founding Wasps." Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 61.6 (2007): 975-83. JSTOR. 6 Dec. 2007. Web. 24 Sept. 2014. .〕 A fun fact is that workers bite each other to communicate that it is time to start working.〔O'donnell, Sean. "Worker Biting Interactions and Task Performance in a Swarm-founding Eusocial Wasp (''Polybia occidentalis'', Hymenoptera: Vespidae)." Behavioral Ecology 12.3 (2001): 353-59. Washington University Libraries. 1 Dec. 2001. Web. 24 Sept. 2014. .〕 ==Taxonomy and phylogeny== The species ''Polybia occidentalis'' belongs to the ''Polybia'' genus which is a subfamily of ''Polistinae''.〔Pickett, Kurt M., and James M. Carpenter. "Simultaneous Analysis and the Origin of Eusociality in the Vespidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera)." Arthropod Systematics Phylogeny 68.1 (2010): 3-33. Google Scholar. 1 Jan. 2010. Web. 24 Sept. 2014. .〕 It is the only known subfamily to be paraphyletic, while other subfamilies are monophyletic. Polybia descend from the Vespidae family. All subfamilies of Vespidae are social wasps. There are around 10 known subfamilies.〔Pickett, Kurt M., and James M. Carpenter. "Simultaneous Analysis and the Origin of Eusociality in the Vespidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera)." Arthropod Systematics Phylogeny 68.1 (2010): 3-33. Google Scholar. 1 Jan. 2010. Web. 24 Sept. 2014. .〕
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