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New locality records and additional information on the Bombus (Hymenoptera: Apidae) fauna of Turkey
Background. The article presents the results of the research on bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus) housed in the Lodos Entomological Museum (Ege University, Izmir, Turkey). Bumblebees play a key role in ecosystems as pollinators.
S. Tezcan, I. Skyrpan
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First records of Charipinae (Hymenoptera, Cynipoidea, Figitidae) aphid hyperparasitoids from Malta [PDF]
Charipinae material has been collected from different localities in Malta. Three species have been identified: Alloxysta citripes, Alloxysta pilipennis and Phaenoglyphis villosa in association with two aphids and one parasitoid species.
Mifsud, David +4 more
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High-Quality Assemblies for Three Invasive Social Wasps from the Vespula Genus
Social wasps of the genus Vespula have spread to nearly all landmasses worldwide and have become significant pests in their introduced ranges, affecting economies and biodiversity.
Thomas W. R. Harrop +22 more
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Differing success of defense strategies in two parasitoid wasps in protecting their pupae against a secondary hyperparasitoid [PDF]
During their larval development, endoparasitoids are known to dispose of host resources in several different ways. Some parasitoid wasps consume most or all tissues of the host, whereas others consume a small fraction of host resources and either ensure ...
Jeffrey A Harvey +5 more
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Review of Neurepyris Kieffer, 1905 (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), a new synonym of Pristocera Klug, 1808 [PDF]
The genus Neurepyris Kieffer, 1905 is revised. The adult male holotypes N. rufiventer Kieffer, 1913 from Eritrea and N. tagala (Ashmead, 1905) from the Philippines are redescribed and illustrated.
Alencar, Isabel D. C. C. +5 more
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To improve the mass production of the parasitoid Habrobracon hebetor (Say) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) the effects of supplementary nutrition on its reproduction and mating behaviour were investigated using Plodia interpunctella Hübner (Lepidoptera ...
Yanzhang HUANG +4 more
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A preliminary check-list of the Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) of the Maltese Islands [PDF]
A list of 147 species of Chalcidoidea from the Maltese Islands is presented 73 of which are here reported for the first time from this territory. They belong to 15 families as follows: Agaonidae (3); Aphelinidae (20 including 3 new records); Azotidae (1 ...
Mifsud, David, Askew, Richard R.
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(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
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Evidence for adaptive explanations of semelparity in animals
ABSTRACT Semelparity, the reproductive strategy of reproducing once, is widespread but uncommon in animals. Classes of models to explain the evolution of semelparity are based either on age structure and mortality schedules – demographic models in which high post‐reproductive mortality risk favours high reproductive effort and semelparity results from ...
Diana O. Fisher +1 more
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This study is the first part of the faunistic, and systematic research conducted in 2013-2018 to determine the Crabronidae species in Kelkit Valley, and the subfamilies Astatinae and Dinaetinae were evaluated in this part.
Yaşar Gülmez +2 more
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