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Cost to the cavity-nest ant Temnothorax crassispinus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of overwintering aboveground

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Entomology, 2013
Most species of ants inhabiting the temperate zone overwinter underground, whereas those of the genus Temnothorax remain in nests aboveground. I studied the cost of aboveground overwintering. Workers of Temnothorax crassispinus survived in higher numbers
Sławomir MITRUS
doaj   +1 more source

Checklist of the Ants of Michigan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
A total of 113 species of ants is recorded by county from the state of Michigan. The list is based upon literature records and specimens in the authors\u27 collections and those of the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology and the Michigan State ...
Kannowski, Paul B   +2 more
core   +3 more sources

Determining Terminal Velocities of Selected Insects and Substitute Materials to Develop Future Test Procedures for Insect‐Friendly Mowing Technology

open access: yesJournal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agricultural grasslands are vital habitats for insects that provide key ecosystem services. However, conventional rotary mowers are proposed to cause significant insect mortality due to the high rotational speed of their blades and the resulting airflow.
Jonas Frank   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ant communities (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Flemish (north Belgium) wet heathlands, a declining habitat in Europe

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Entomology, 2003
During a survey of 23 wet heathland sites in Flanders (north Belgium) in 1999 and 2000, using both manual nest searching and pitfall traps as sampling techniques, we found 28 ant species.
Dirk MAES   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dos nuevas especies de Pogonomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de la Argentina [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Se describen dos nuevas especies de Pogonomyrmex Mayr para la Argentina: P. mendozanus sp. nov. y P. kusnezovi sp. nov. Se presenta una lista actualizada de las especies de Pogonomyrmex de la Argentina junto con datos de distribución, comentarios sobre ...
Claver, Silvia   +1 more
core  

The grapevine aphid Aphis illinoisensis : a good example of recent invasion and rapid colonization by aphids [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Aphis illinoisensis represents one of the most recent aphid invaders from the New World to the Mediterranean Region. This aphid, which is native to North America and is now widely distributed in Central and South America, was first found in Southern ...
Mifsud, David, Perez Hidalgo, Nicolas
core   +1 more source

Volatile Terpenes and Terpenoids from Workers and Queens of Monomorium chinense (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

open access: yesMolecules, 2018
Twenty-one volatile terpenes and terpenoids were found in Monomorium chinense Santschi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a native Chinese ant, by using headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) coupled with gas-phase chromatography and mass spectrometry ...
Ruizhen Zhao   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Testing the size‐grain hypothesis in a generalist predator: The case of an ant species in the Brazilian savannah

open access: yesJournal of Zoology, EarlyView.
In our recent study, we examined whether ants in the Brazilian Cerrado follow the “grain‐size hypothesis,” which proposes that larger ants should have proportionally longer legs to move efficiently across different environments. We used Ectatomma permagnum, a common predatory ant in the Cerrado, measuring hundreds of individuals collected from various ...
A. Sandim, R. Aranda
wiley   +1 more source

How to coexist with fire ants: The roles of behaviour and cuticular compounds [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
tBecause territoriality is energetically costly, territorial animals frequently respond less aggressively toneighbours than to strangers, a reaction known as the “dear enemy phenomenon” (DEP).
Compin, Arthur   +5 more
core   +4 more sources

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