Sperm morphometric in males of the paper wasp Polistes simillimus

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dc.contributor.authorDe Souza, Andre Rodrigues
dc.contributor.authorFolly, Camila
dc.contributor.authorDias, Glenda
dc.contributor.authorSantos, Eduardo Fernando dos [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorLino-Neto, Jose
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade de São Paulo (USP)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-26T17:49:15Z
dc.date.available2018-11-26T17:49:15Z
dc.date.issued2018-06-01
dc.description.abstractIntraspecific variation in sperm morphometric is widespread across animal taxa and it might be related to different aspects of sexual selection. Within social insects, it has only been documented for some bee and ant species. Here we provided a detailed description of the variation in sperm morphometric in the paper wasp Polistes simillimus Zikan (Hymenoptera Vespidae). Light microscopy, digital photography and digital analyses were used to measure sperm (total length, head and flagellum length). Considering a single population from which we sampled four colonies, seven males of each colony and 30 sperm cells of each male (total 840 cells), the overall dimensions of P. simillimus spermatozoon is: total length 107 +/- 7 (80-129) mu m, coefficient of variation, CV = 8%; flagellum length 91 +/- 7 (62-114) mu m, CV = 7%; head length 16 +/- 2 (9-30) mu m, CV = 9%. We found that variation in the sperm constituent parts (head and flagellum) contribute to explaining the variation in total sperm length. However, the size of these parts varies independently. Besides, sperm total length and flagellum length differed between males, but not between nestmates and between colonies, while variation in sperm head was similar across all these levels of analyses. Finally, sperm morphometric is not associated with male body size. We discussed implications of our results for the study of sperm morphometric in insects, sampling procedures for estimating species-typical sperm size in social insects and the possibility of variation in male sperm quality in social wasps.en
dc.description.affiliationUniv Sao Paulo, Fac Filosofia Ciencias & Letras Ribeirao Preto, Dept Biol, BR-14040901 Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniv Fed Vicosa, Dept Biol Geral, BR-36570000 Vicosa, MG, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniv Estadual Paulista, Inst Biociencias Letras & Ciencias Exatas, Dept Zool & Bot, BR-15054000 Sao Jose Do Rio Preto, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniv Estadual Paulista, Inst Biociencias Letras & Ciencias Exatas, Dept Zool & Bot, BR-15054000 Sao Jose Do Rio Preto, Brazil
dc.description.sponsorshipFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
dc.description.sponsorshipIdFAPESP: 2015/05302-0
dc.format.extent51-56
dc.identifier.citationBulletin Of Insectology. Bologna: Alma Mater Studiorum, Univ Bologna, v. 71, n. 1, p. 51-56, 2018.
dc.identifier.issn1721-8861
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/164135
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000430811100007
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAlma Mater Studiorum, Univ Bologna
dc.relation.ispartofBulletin Of Insectology
dc.relation.ispartofsjr0,552
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dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectpaper wasps
dc.subjectsampling procedure
dc.subjectsperm size evolution
dc.subjectsperm quality
dc.subjectvariation in sperm length
dc.titleSperm morphometric in males of the paper wasp Polistes simillimusen
dc.typeArtigo
dcterms.rightsHolderAlma Mater Studiorum, Univ Bologna

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