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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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About queen production and selection in different stages of colony cycle in Epiponini (Vespidae:Polistinae).

, 2013
As vespas da tribo Epiponini apresentam colônias com várias rainhas, cujo número varia durante o ciclo colonial. Nas colônias há inicialmente um número maior de rainhas, mas conforme o ciclo se desenvolve seu número diminui.
Laura Elena Chavarría Pizarro, Pizarro, Laura Elena Chavarría   +1 more
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Evolution of caste in neotropical swarm-founding wasps (Hymenoptera : Vespidae; Epiponini)

, 2014
Reproductive castes are compared in species of swarming wasps representing all currently recognized genera of Epiponini (Polistinae). New morphometric data for nine measures of body parts and ovarian data are presented for 13 species.
Zucchi, R., Wenzel, J. W., Noll, F. B.
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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
europepmc   +1 more source

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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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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Predatory and Population Characteristics of the Social Wasp Agelaia centralis (Cameron, 1907) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) in a Crop Environment

Sociobiology
Many insect species are known only by their scientific names, with scarce information about their biology, even when they are widely distributed and promising predators in crop environments.
Hans S. Poveda-Marroquin, Sara Milena C-Mican, Tagarit D. Ariza-Riveros, Dana S. Forero-Leiva, Valentina García-Barbosa, Andés A. Gutiérrez-Garcia, Jesús Consuegra, Carlos E Sarmiento   +7 more
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Variação morfofisiológica das castas em algumas espécies de vespas enxameantes neotropicais (Vespidae: Epiponini) ao longo do ciclo colonial

, 2013
Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia) - IBRCAs vespas enxameantes Neotropicais da tribo Epiponini são consideradas eussociais avançadas, contudo, apresentam um conjunto de características únicas que desafiam as principais definições que embasam
Desuó, Ivan Cesar
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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
doaj   +1 more source