Lidiya Yu. Rusina

• Kherson State University

In 2003–2013 and in 2019, an analysis of the relationship between phenotypic variability and the behavior of overwintered foundresses of 4 Palearctic Polistes wasp species from 12 local settlements was performed. It is shown that the structure and organization of melanin patterns of foundresses and their behavior in spring depend on the biocenotic...

Ectoparasitoids Latibulus argiolus and Elasmus schmitti were found in 62 nests of Polistes nimpha. P. nimpha colonies nested in the attics of buildings (Meshchersky National Park, Ryazan region). Parasitoids had shown the functional reaction, choosing larger nests, and parasitized there a large number of host larvae.

Cooperative breeding decreases the direct reproductive output of subordinate individuals, but cooperation can be evolutionarily favored when there are challenges or constraints to breeding independently. Environmental factors, including temperature, precipitation, latitude, high seasonality and environmental harshness have been hypothesized to corr...

The paper presents the results of analysis of the relationships of various colony characteristics in the resocial wasp Polistes dominula nesting on plants in the south of Ukraine (Kherson Province, the Black Sea Biosphere Reserve) in 2003–2007. The number of future foundresses and nest size at the end of the life cycle depend on the queen longevity...

The behavioral response of the 1st generation ofLatibulus argiolus (Rossi) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)parasitoids were analyzed according to data of 553 nestmappings from seven Polistes nimpha (Christ) and P. galli-cus (Linnaeus) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) local settlements inJune-July, 2007–2010 from the territories of Kherson, Lugan-sk and Sumy Pro...

The paper describes some invariant relations of the Polistinae population structure, including resistance to abiotic and biotic factors that occurs against the background of the hierarchy of biological systems and increasing autonomy of their functioning. A decrease in the dependence on the hostile environment is shown to be due to the activity of...

In 2003, 2005, 2011–2012 extensiveness and intensity of mite infestation of Sphexicozela connivens Mahunka, 1970 (Acari: Winterschmidtiidae) of social wasp Polistes dominula (Christ, 1791) pupae and adult sexual generation on colonies not infected and infected by parasitoids Latibulus argiolus (Rossi, 1790) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) and Elasmus...

The relation between the duration of ontogenesis of Polistes dominula males and the social structure of their colonies was studied in July–August 2012. Males developing in successful colonies with a foundress passed through the later-instar larval and pupal stages more quickly than those in orphaned colonies. Successful colonies more often produced...

The study conducted in 2005–2010 analyzes the behavioral response of the parasitoids Latibulus argiolus (Rossi) (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) and Elasmus schmitti Ruschka (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) to the distribution of their host, Polistes wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Various conditions of the parasitoid-host system and conditions of regulation o...

The extensity and intensity of invasion in wasp Polistes dominula (Christ) males by mite Sphexicozela connivens Mahunka were studied in 2002–2012. It was revealed that both males’ invasion parameters correlate with summer weather conditions (temperature and precipitation). It was shown that males with different reproductive strategies (territorial...

The ability to discriminate parasitized and non-parasitized hosts allows the parasitoids to avoid intraspecific and often interspecific competition. In 2005–2009, the incidence of mixed infestation of Polistes nimpha (Christ) colonies by parasitoids Elasmus schmitti Ruschka (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) and Latibulus argiolus (Rossi) (Hymenoptera, Ichn...

The character of pulp partitioning was studied in three Palaearctic polistine wasps (Polistes dominula and P. gallicus in the Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, and Polistes nimpha in the Lugansk Nature Reserve, Ukraine) and in five Neotropical species (P. lanio, P. versicolor, Mischocyttarus injucundus, M. alfkeni, Metapolybia cingulata, and Protopolybi...

The mites Sphexicozela connivens infesting the larvae of the future foundresses of Polistes nimpha have been shown to affect their size and the melanin pattern of some body parts. Foundresses reared in the infested environment have shorter wings and paler variants of metasomal sternite IV. The role of such morphotypes in the formation of Polistes n...

Embodied, situated and enactive aspects of relationships of polistine wasps with ants are considered within the framework of the theory of autopoiesis. The idea of the embodied interaction implies specific nestbuilding and protective behavior in polistine wasps. The paper examines the adaptive role of applying ant repellent on the petiole and nest...

The observations have shown that under the conditions of the Proval‘skaya steppe of the Lugansk nature reserve females of the first generation of parasitoid Latibulus argiolus display a behavioral response to the distribution of the host, the resocial wasp Polistes nimpha. L. argiolus females concentrate their searching activity on the sites with a...

In a natural population of Polistes dominulus (Christ) in the Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, Ukraine, the fluctuations of the number of nests founded were monitored in 1992–2008; the variations in the spatial and ethological structure of populations as well as in the colony organization patterns were examined. The highest indices of foundress fecundi...

Embodied, situated and enactive aspects of relationships are considered using the theory of autopoesis. The idea of the embodied interaction implies specific nest-building and protective behavior in Polistinae wasps. The paper examines the adaptive role of rubbing the petiole and nest with anti-ant repellent and a latitude gradient of such behavior...

The reproductive strategies of Polistes nimphus (Chris) and P. gallicus (L.) males in the Low Dnieper area are described. In the P. nimphus population, territorial and migrating males were observed. The territorial males of P. gallicus formed swarms or patrolled their areas singly. The male color variants and size were shown to correlate with their...

The change in the phenotypic population structure of Polistes dominulus (Christ) ( Hymenoptera , Vespidae ) paper-wasp nested in the Black Sea Reserve was analysed. It was shown that colour patterns of clypeus, mesoscutum and first tergite vary considerably in different phases of the population number. The impact of factors of different nature on t...

The specific features of mating females and males of different morphs collected from a population of the wasp P. dominulus in Southern Ukraine were studied. Data analysis of mating individuals in experiments indicated a random mate choice by size and assortative mating by coloration. The most actively copulating males in the experiments had light-c...

The specific features of spatio-temporal organization of the parasitoid-host system in a heterogeneous environment was analyzed. The spatial distribution of ectoparasitoids in different habitat types of their host Polistes dominulus (Christ) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) was found to be non-uniform. Latibulus argiolus (Rossi) (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae)...

Paper wasps of the genus Polistes exhibit wide variability both of the color and size of foundresses, and the mode of colony foundation. The colony foundation and social hierarchy were studied in populations of two Palaearctic species, Polistes dominulus (Christ) and P. nimphus (Christ) (April–May 2006, the Crimean Peninsula, Ukraine), and one Neot...

Elasmus schmitti and Baryscapus elasmi have been recorded in southern Ukraine as gregarious parasitoids in the nests of the paper wasps Polistes dominulus and Polistes nimphus. Polistes dominulus nests infested with E. schmitti were less productive than uninfested nests in only one year (2004) of the three years of the present study, when an increa...

Seasonal changes in the coloration of the clypeus, mesonotum, and abdomen were studied in populations of the paper wasp, Polistes dominulus (Christ) in southern Ukraine. The color patterns in the populations were found to be different before and after hibernation. The frequencies of color morphs observed in the autumns of different years are simila...

The discrete variations of colour on clypeus, mesonotum, and first metasomal tergite were re- vealed in queens, workers and future foundresses of Polistes dominulus (Christ) paper-wasp in the Black Sea Biosphere Reserve. The colour pattern change of the colony population during the season is shown. The differences between colonies are described. Th...