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b) Polistes (Polistella) stigma novarae de Saussure, 1867 Polistes novarae Saussure, 1867: 19. Type data: Females & males, NHMW & MHNG. Type locality: Tillanchang, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India. Distribution. India: Nicobar Islands. (Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996).
Gawas, Sandesh M.+4 more
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Aspectos bionômicos da vespa social Neotropical Polistes canadensis canadensis (Linnaeus) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). O objetivo deste trabalho foi estudar alguns aspectos bionômicos da vespa social neotropical Polistes canadensis canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Viviana de Oliveira Torres+3 more
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The smell of infection: Disease surveillance in insects using volatile organic compounds
Abstract Insects play crucial roles in nearly every ecosystem and provide a wide array of ecosystem services. However, both managed and wild insect populations face threats from parasites and pathogens, which require surveillance to mitigate. Current infectious disease surveillance methods for insects often involve invasive, time‐consuming and ...
Ayman Asiri+2 more
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Hábitos de Nidificação de Polistes canadensis (Linnaeus) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) em Área Urbana
Resumo. Visando compreender a ecologia de nidificação de Polistes canadensis (Linnaeus) em áreas urbanas, foram realizadas buscas ativas por colônias no Campus da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte.
Francisco Virgínio+2 more
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How Does Individual Recognition Evolve? Comparing Responses to Identity Information in P olistes Species with and Without Individual Recognition [PDF]
A wide range of complex social behaviors are facilitated by the recognition of individual conspecifics. Individual recognition requires sufficient phenotypic variation to provide identity information as well as receivers that process and respond to ...
Ebensperger, L.+3 more
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This article provides insight into the trophic strategy of a little‐known top predator and allows for a better understanding of the selective pressures that shape its diet. We studied the diet of European honey‐buzzards, a raptor specialized in consuming social wasp brood.
Jorge A. Martín‐Ávila+3 more
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dominula (Christ) Vespa dominula Christ, 1791: 229, pl. 21 Fig. 1, female, male - [Germany] “Kronenberg an der Höh” (type depository unknown). - Kohl, 1898: 88 (syn. of biglumis “Fabricius” or P. gallica (Linnaeus)). - Das & Gupta, 1984: 404 (dominuta [!]). Polistes italica Herrich-Schäffer, 1840: 196 [nomen nudum]; 1841: 39. Polistes pectoralis “Meg. ”
Carpenter, James M., Brown, Graham R.
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Pathways for accidental biocontrol: The human‐mediated dispersal of insect predators and parasitoids
Abstract Introductions of insect predators and parasitoids for biological control are a key method for pest management. Yet in recent decades, biological control has become more strictly regulated and less frequent. Conversely, the rate of unintentional insect introductions through human activities is rising.
Gyda Fenn‐Moltu+3 more
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A list of social wasp species is given for the Bolshekhekhtsirsky Nature Reserve (Ussuri river mouth, Khabarovsk suburbs, Russia). It includes 4 species of Polistes, 7 species of Vespa, 6 species of Vespula, 3 species of Dolichovespula. Vespa binghami, V.
V. V. Dubatolov, A. M. Dolgikh
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