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Los insectos y la biotecnología: avispas sociales como fuente de nuevos compuestos antibióticos

Tecnología en Marcha, 2019
Los insectos son un grupo de organismos indispensables en los ecosistemas naturales y en aquellos modificados por el hombre como los cultivos y las ciudades.
Laura Chavarría-Pizarro
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Vespas Sociais (Vespidae: Polistinae) em Fitofisionomias Urbanas: um Checklist do Município de Barra Mansa, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

EntomoBrasilis, 2016
Novos conceitos sobre o planejamento e urbanização das cidades têm incentivado cada vez mais, a criação e manutenção de áreas verdes públicas ou privadas, que consequentemente, representam importantes zonas de alimentação e abrigo para diversas espécies ...
Carlos Alberto Santos Souza, Ana Clara Gonçalves Vale, Bruno Corrêa Barbosa   +2 more
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Draft Genome Sequences of Saccharopolyspora sp. Strains and Streptomyces sp. Strains, Isolated from Social Wasps (Vespidae; Polistinae: Epiponini). [PDF]

Microbiol Resour Announc, 2022
Gutiérrez-Araya M, Núñez-Montero K, Pizarro-Cerdá J, Chavarría-Pizarro L.   +3 more
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A new species of social wasp in the genus Apoica Lepeletier (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae: Epiponini)

, 2003
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
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Geographic distribution of the neotropical wasp genus Clypearia with conservation notes

Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology
Paper wasps form a group of social insects that play several ecological roles in neotropical ecosystems. The Clypearia genus is made up of eight species, most of which occur in the Amazon region, and is an extremely overlooked genus among the Polistinae.
Marcos Magalhães de Souza, Gabriel de Castro Jacques, Taiguara Pereira Gouvêa, Glauco Cássio de Sousa Oliveira, Rodolpho Santos Telles de Menezes, Fernando Barbosa Noll, Marjorie da Silva, Gabriel Teofilo   +7 more
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Exotic fruit as a new resource: first report of social wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae) foraging on noni (Morinda citrifolia L.) in northeast Brazil

EntomoBrasilis
Social wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae) are highly adaptable insects that exploit a wide range of locally and seasonally available resources. This study reports the first observation of social wasps foraging on noni fruit (Morinda citrifolia L.) in ...
Marcos Aragão, Emanuelle Luiz da Silva Brito   +1 more
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Overview of caste differentiation in the polistinae, emphasizing the neotropical swarm-founding polistinae (hymenoptera, vespidae, epiponini)

, 2022
Social insects attract special attention due to their complex social interaction among individuals and their capability of forming extremely well-organized societies. In this context, social wasps represent an important group in evolutionary studies of sociality in Hymenoptera, as every step of social organization is observed, permitting the ...
Desuó, Ivan C., Murakami, Andre S.N., De Oliveira, Vanessa C., Shima, Sulene N.   +3 more
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Caste asymmetries in the neotropical Swarm-founding wasp polybia (Trychothorax) ignobilis (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Epiponini)

, 2022
Epiponini wasps are dominant in Neotropical regions and represent, in several ways, exceptions for general theories regarding social insects. They are highly eusocial and most species build large and complex nests. These wasps form large populations, and colony reproductive fission occurs by swarming.
Desuó, Ivan Cesar, Shima, Sulene Noriko, Oliveira, Alexandre Capelete Lima, Gomes, Bruno, Dias, Carlos Tadeu Santos   +4 more
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Comparative Morphology of the Stinger in Social Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). [PDF]

Insects, 2021
Bissessarsingh M, Starr CK.
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Hormonal modulation of reproduction and fertility signaling in polistine wasps. [PDF]

Curr Zool, 2021
Oi CA, da Silva RC, Stevens I, Ferreira HM, Nascimento FS, Wenseleers T.   +5 more
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