The Social Wasp Fauna of a Riparian Forest in Southeastern Brazil (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) [PDF]
Sociobiology, 2014 An inventory of social wasps was made in a section of riparian forest along the Passa-Cinco River in Ipeúna, São Paulo, Brazil. Two active collecting methods (active collecting and point sampling using a liquid bait) and one passive method (baited PET ...
Gabriela de Almeida Locher +3 more
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Social Wasps in Exotic Forest Planting and Atlantic Rainforest in the Neotropical Region
Sociobiology, 2020 Social wasps play an important role in communities, whether in natural or agricultural ecosystems, performing pollination and/or predation on other organisms, especially caterpillars, which reveals their potential for biological control.
Reinildes Silva-Filho +3 more
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A new species of the social wasp genus Chartergellus Bequaert from Trinidad, (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Polistinae, Epiponini) [PDF]
Sociobiology, 2019 A new species of the social wasp genus Chartergellus is described, Chartergellus trinitatis Carpenter and Andena, NEW SPECIES. Male genitalia are described and comparative remarks are given.
James M Carpenter +2 more
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Niche overlap and daily activity pattern of social wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae) in kale crops [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 2018 Kale (Brassica oleraceae var. acephala) is of great importance in human nutrition and local agricultural economies, but its growth is impaired by the attack of several insect pests.
Jacques, Gabriel Castro +4 more
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Occurrence and nesting behavior of social wasps in an anthropized environment [PDF]
Sociobiology, 2019 Some effort had been made concerning the social biodiversity of wasps in Brazil; however, few approaches have been made relating to how this taxa have adapted their nesting behavior to anthropic mixed environments.
Rafael Carvalho da Silva +3 more
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Draft Genome Sequences of Tsukamurella sp. 8F and 8J Strains Isolated from Social Wasps (Vespidae; Polistinae: Epiponini). [PDF]
Microbiol Resour Announc, 2023 Strains of the genus Tsukamurella were isolated from Polybia sp. social wasps from Costa Rica. Draft genome sequences from both isolates were obtained of ~4.5 Mb in length and with 68% GC content.
Rojas-Villalta D +3 more
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A New Species of the Swarming Social Wasp Chartergellus Bequaert, 1938 (Vespidae: Polistinae: Epiponini) from Acre, Brazil [PDF]
Sociobiology, 2019 A new species of Chartergellus, collected in Acre, Northern Region of Brazil, is described and comparative remarks are given.
Alexandre Somavilla +1 more
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Caste differences in Pseudopolybia compressa (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae) [PDF]
Zoologia (Curitiba), 2009 Studies of morphological caste syndromes in the tribe Epiponini help us to understand the evolution of social behavior in insects. Few studies have integrated morphological syndromes of various species from the same or distinct genera.
Laura Chavarría Pizarro +2 more
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ZooKeys, 2009 The Neotropical social wasp genus Epipona is reviewed. Phylogenetic analysis of the species in the genus using morphological and nest characters resulted in a single cladogram, with the following ingroup topology: (E.guerini + E. niger) + (E. media + (E.
Sergio Andena +2 more
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Diversity of the Nests of Social Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae; Polistini and Epiponini) in the Pantanal Norte, Brazil [PDF]
Sociobiology, 2014 Some species of wasps demonstrate plasticity with diverse nesting habits according to the environmental conditions and substrates used for building the nests, while others are restricted to habitats with specific conditions and may exhibit some degree of
Sara Miranda Almeida +2 more
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