On two occasions I have observed Allantus basilaris (Say) Nort. ♀ devouring another insect; in one instance the larva of a Chrysopa, in the other a small flower beetle of the genus Phalacrus. Although no such habit has been recorded previously in regard to any American species, it does not appear to be entirely without precedent among the European ...
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New records of ichneumon wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from Malta [PDF]
Recently some Maltese Hymenoptera were donated to the Hungarian Natural History Museum (HNHM) and some other material was sent to the Natural History Museum in London (BMNH) for identification by the second author.
Mifsud, David +2 more
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Capalictus, a new subgenus of Lasioglossum Curtis, 1833 from South Africa, with description of three new species (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Halictidae) [PDF]
Capalictus, a new subgenus of Lasioglossum Curtis, 1833 (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Halictidae), endemic to the South African Cape Province, is described. The type species is Halictus mosselinus Cockerell, 1945. Evylaeus (Sellalictus) fynbosensis (Pauly et al.
Gibbs, Jason +6 more
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Dickyyuella argentinensis a tentative new genus and species of Cardiochilinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from the Neotropical region [PDF]
Dickyyuella Kang & Sharkey, gen. nov. is a novel addition to the microgastroid complex of Braconidae. Taxonomic assignment within this complex posed challenges initially due to the presence of putatively plesiomorphic characters.
Ilgoo Kang, Michael J. Sharkey
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Functional morphology in aculeate Hymenoptera: unique glands and buffered brains [PDF]
12.1 Antennal glands and symbiotic bacteria in beewolves In this thesis we describe an unusual symbiosis between solitary digger wasps of the genus Philanthus (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae) and Streptomyces bacteria.
Göttler, Wolfgang
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Temperature is an important factor for invertebrates. Social insects build nests, which along with their ability to thermoregulate, provide shelter from extreme temperatures.
Sławomir MITRUS
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Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - Braconidae [PDF]
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Godfray, HCJ +12 more
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Discovery of the Old World genus Rogas Nees (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Rogadinae) in the New World by DNA barcoding [PDF]
Morphological taxonomy and a molecular phylogenetic analysis led to the recognition of a new species of Rogas Nees from Costa Rica, R. shimborii Quicke & Sharkey, sp. nov.
Donald L.J. Quicke +4 more
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Contributions to the study of the Holarctic\ua0fauna of Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera,\ua0Braconidae). I. Introduction and first results of transatlantic\ua0comparisons [PDF]
Volume: 37Start Page: 61End Page ...
Cardinal, Sophie +14 more
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In this paper the primary types of Centris bees described by the British entomologist Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell deposited in the Natural History Museum (London) and the Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Oxford) in the United Kingdom, as ...
Felipe Vivallo
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