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: André Rodrigues de Souza, Carlos Alberto Mourão Júnior, Fabio Santos do Nascimento, José Lino-Neto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24849073/?tool=EBI