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. 1998 Jul 21;95(15):8665–8669. doi: 10.1073/pnas.95.15.8665

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Head width and largest known mature colony size for swarming Polistinae. Colony size taken from table 6.5 in ref. 21, except for Protonectarina sylveirae (22) and Polybioides raphigastra (23). Representative head widths measured with a dissection microscope ocular micrometer across the widest part of the eyes for a single characteristic worker, to the nearest 0.01 mm, from museum specimens: Agelaia areata 2.61; A. cajennensis 2.42; A. fulvofasciata 2.88; A. lobipleura 2.59; Angiopolybia pallens 2.23; Apoica pallens 3.14; Brachygastra augusti 2.38; B. scutellaris 2.33; Chartergellus atectus 2.49; Chartergellus communis 2.77; Chartergus chartarius 2.68; Leipomeles dorsata 1.74; Metapolybia azteca 2.56; M. cingulata 2.53; Clypearia sulcata 3.11; Parachartergus fraternus 2.76; Polybia bicyttarella 2.11; P. bistriata 2.11; P. catillifex 2.58; P. dimidiata 4.66; P. emaciata 2.58; P. erythrothorax 2.27; P. jurinei 2.66; P. occidentalis 2.32; P. parvulina 2.34; P. platycephala 2.34; P. rejecta 2.87; P. ruficeps 2.37; P. scutellaris 2.27; P. sericea 3.44; P. singularis 2.80; P. striata 3.55; Polybioides raphigastra 2.76; Protopolybia acutiscutis 1.70; P. minutissima 1.65; P. sedula 1.73; Pseudopolybia compressa 3.52; P. vespiceps 3.77; Ropalidia kurandae 2.27; R. romandi 2.15; R. trichophthalma 2.49; Synoeca septentrionalis 4.97; S. surinama 5.18; Protonectarina sylveirae 2.35.