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Journal of Applied Entomology, Volume 149, Issue 7, Page 1070-1083, August 2025.ABSTRACT Spondias species are increasingly valued for their fruit production, which relies heavily on insect pollination. The flowers of these species are generalised, attracting a diverse array of insect visitors, including bees, beetles, flies, wasps and butterflies.
Guaraci Duran Cordeiro +5 more
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Activity schedule and foraging in Protopolybia sedula (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) [PDF]
, 2015 Protopolybia sedula is a social swarming wasp, widely spread throughout many countries in the Americas, including most of Brazil. Despite its distribution, studies of its behavioral ecology are scarce. This study aimed to describe its
Barbosa, Bruno Corrêa +4 more
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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 +7 more
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Evolutionary and Ecological Pressures Shaping Social Wasps Collective Defenses [PDF]
, 2021 Social insects are well known for their aggressive (stinging) responses to a nest disturbance. Still, colonies are attacked due to the high-protein brood cached in their nests.
Detoni, M +7 more
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Don’t Spray the Wasps! Using \u3ci\u3ePolistes\u3c/i\u3e Paper Wasps for Pest Management in the Home Garden [PDF]
, 2011 Pest control poses a challenge to all gardeners, especially those wishing to use organic practices. We examined the potential use of Polistes paper wasps as a bio-control agent in the organic backyard garden.
Goldsmith, Laura, Henshaw, Michael
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Biodiversity of Insects in the Amazon: survey of social wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae) in Amazon rainforest areas in Amazonas state, Brazil [PDF]
, 2020 The thematic network ‘Biodiversity of Insects in the Amazon’ is the first network among researchers of the Brazilian Amazon in terms of the increase of knowledge and provision of subsidies for the conservation of Amazonian biodiversity, focusing on ...
Moraes Junior, Raimundo Nonato Martins +3 more
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Vespidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Puerto Rico, West Indies [PDF]
, 2011 The vespid fauna of Greater Puerto Rico is reviewed (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Three new species are described, Ancistrocerus isla Carpenter, Euodynerus jeitita Carpenter and Genaro, and Omicron aridum Carpenter and Genaro.
Carpenter, James M., Genaro, Julio A.
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Reproductive Status of the social wasp Polistes versicolor (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) [PDF]
, 2014 A fundamental feature in the evolution of social insects is the separation of castes, and the presence of wide differentiation between castes indicates a more advanced degree of sociability.
Andrade, Luis Humberto da Cunha +4 more
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Sociobiology, 2020 A survey of social wasps (Vespidae, Polistinae), common insects of Neotropical fauna, which performs a great variety of important ecosystemic services, was conducted for the first time in areas of the Amazon forest in Rondônia state. The state is part of
Bruno Gomes +3 more
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Alimentación de los grupos mocovíes asentados en la reducción de San Javier (Chaco Meridional, siglo XVIII) [PDF]
, 2013 Los mocovíes eran indígenas que habitaban la región sur del Gran Chaco y que se dedicaban ala caza, la recolección y la pesca y practicaban una agricultura incipiente. Estas actividades se realizabanen ciclos de fisión y fusión. A partir del siglo XVIII,
Medrano, María Celeste +1 more
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