Morphological Caste Differences in Three Species of the Neotropical Genus Clypearia (Hymenoptera: Polistinae: Epiponini)

Table 1

Ovary development for all species analyzed in the genus Clypearia.

Species	Colony characteristics	N Females	Ovaries (%)
			A	B	C	D	E
C. sulcata I	Swarm	23	30.4	39.1	26.1	0	4.4
C. sulcata II	Work production	25	56	16	20	0	8
C. sulcata III	Work production	50	66	14	14	0	6
C. angustior	Male production	14	28.6	21.4	0	14.3	35.7
C. duckei	Work production	119	28.6	10.1	45.4	0	16