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"Marimbondos": a review on the neotropical swarm-founding polistines.

Sociobiology, 2014
Neotropical swarm-founding polistines, the Epiponini, compose a highly social tribe of vespids which displays several complex social characteristics, such as: intricate nest building, polygyny, swarm reproduction, and the absence of morphology caste ...
Fernando Barbosa Noll
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Biological Notes on the Parasitism of Apoica flavissima Van der Vecht (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) by Seminota marginata (Westwood) (Hymenoptera: Trigonalidae): Are Social Paper Wasps Primary or Secundary Hosts of Trigonalidae?

Sociobiology, 2013
Hosts of Trigonalidae include larvae of social paper wasps, which have been considered secondary hosts, supposedly following predation of the primary host (usually caterpillars) by adult wasps.
Eduardo Fernando dos Santos, Fernando Barbosa Noll   +1 more
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Nidificação de Mischocyttarus bertonii Ducke em diferentes ecossistemas no estado de Minas Gerais, Brasil

Entomology Beginners, 2022
As vespas sociais utilizam vários substratos para nidificação, como já reportado para o gênero Mischocyttarus, o objetivo deste trabalho foi relatar novas nidificações de Mischocyttarus bertonii, assim ampliando informações ecológicas e etológicas da ...
Fernando Gonçalves de Aguiar Crispim, Gabriel Silva Teófilo-Guedes, Gabriel de Castro Jacques, Marcos Magalhães de Souza   +3 more
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Flower‐Visiting Social Wasps and Plants Interaction: Network Pattern and Environmental Complexity

Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012
Network analysis as a tool for ecological interactions studies has been widely used since last decade. However, there are few studies on the factors that shape network patterns in communities. In this sense, we compared the topological properties of the interaction network between flower‐visiting social wasps and plants in two distinct ...
Mateus Aparecido Clemente, Denise Lange, Kleber Del-Claro, Fábio Prezoto, Núbia Ribeiro Campos, Bruno Corrêa Barbosa, Helena Maura Torezan-Silingardi   +6 more
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Cleptobiosis in Social Insects

Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012
In this review of cleptobiosis, we not only focus on social insects, but also consider broader issues and concepts relating to the theft of food among animals. Cleptobiosis occurs when members of a species steal food, or sometimes nesting materials or other items of value, either from members of the same or a different species.
Michael D. Breed, Chelsea Cook, Michelle O. Krasnec, Jean Paul Lachaud   +3 more
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Cue‐Mediated Recruitment in a Swarm‐Founding Wasp: Successful Foragers Induce Nestmates to Search Off Nest for a Scented Carbohydrate Resource

Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012
The ability of social insect colonies to recruit nestmates to profitable resources increases colony‐wide foraging efficiency by providing individuals with information that narrows their search for resources. Here we ask if for the Neotropical swarm‐founding wasp Polybia occidentalis naïve nestmates are able to use food‐scent cues from rich carbohydrate
Teresa I. Schueller, Robert L. Jeanne, James Charles Nieh   +2 more
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Observations on Forced Colony Emigration in Parachartergus fraternus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Epiponini): New Nest Site Marked with Sprayed Venom

Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, Volume 2011, Issue 1, 2011., 2011
Five cases of colony emigration induced by removal of nest envelope and combs and a single one by manipulation are described. The disturbance was followed by defensive patterns, buzz running, and adult dispersion. An odor trail created by abdomen dragging, probably depositing venom or Dufour′s gland secretions, connected the original nest to the newly ...
Sidnei Mateus, Robert Matthews
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Nidificação de Parachartergus pseudapicalis Willink em substrato vegetal (Hymenoptera, Polistinae)

Entomology Beginners, 2022
Vespas sociais utilizam diferentes substratos para nidificação, incluindo construções humanas e numerosas espécies vegetais. Trabalhos já foram publicados a respeito da seleção de substratos para nidificação por vespas neotropicais, todavia há poucas ...
Eike Daniel Folha Ferreira, Tomás Matheus Dias de Oliveira, Gabriel Silva Teofilo-Guedes, Marcos Magalhães de Souza   +3 more
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Polybia (Myrapetra) scutellaris (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) foraging on flies at carcasses of Rattus norvegicus (Rodentia: Muridae)

Sociobiology, 2016
Social wasps stand out due to their role in the trophic balance of the ecosystems. These insects can get nutrients by preying on other insects, such as Lepidoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera and the decomposing remains of vertebrates.
Anita Herdina, Gabriela Bitencourt, Rocco Di Mare, Bruno Corrêa Barbosa   +3 more
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Marimbondos: systematics, biogeography, and evolution of social behaviour of neotropical swarm‐founding wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Epiponini)

Cladistics, 2020
AbstractNeotropical swarm‐founding wasps are divided into 19 genera in the tribe Epiponini (Vespidae, Polistinae). They display extensive variation in several colony‐level traits that make them an attractive model system for reconstructing the evolution of social phenotypes, including caste dimorphism and nest architecture. Epiponini has been upheld as
Fernando B. Noll, Marjorie da Silva, Raduan A. Soleman, Rogério B. Lopes, Yuri C. Grandinete, Eduardo A. B. Almeida, John W. Wenzel, James M. Carpenter   +7 more
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