A review of the taxonomy, biology and distribution of the social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of the Indian Subcontinent

T Varghese, PG Kumar - Journal of the Indian Institute of Science, 2023 - Springer
A review of the taxonomy, biology and distribution of social wasps belonging to the
subfamilies Vespinae, Polistinae and Stenogastrinae of the following 7 countries: India …

A tale of two wasps and why we should listen to it

S Deshpande, A Bhadra - Journal of the Indian Institute of Science, 2023 - Springer
Hymenopterans present a fascinating diversity of social organisation, from solitary
individuals building unprotected nests like the potter wasps to the very complex and highly …

Fitness drivers of division of labor in vertebrates

I Garcia-Ruiz, DR Rubenstein - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Although division of labor as a means to increase productivity is a common feature in animal
social groups, most previous studies have focused almost exclusively on eusocial insects …

Long‐Term Behavioural Syndrome in Subadult Indian Social Spiders But Not Over the Short‐Term or in Juveniles

B Parthasarathy, H Somanathan, J Wright - Ethology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Animal personalities and behavioural syndromes have overarching implications for
individual survival, fitness and cooperative task participation. In social spiders, personality in …