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DNA barcodes and new primers for nature's pest controllers: the social wasps [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Globally, biodiversity is declining because of anthropogenic pressures, and this could lead to extinction of some species before they are discovered.
Onah, I, Sumner, S
core   +1 more source

Long- and short-term changes in social wasp community structure in an urban area

open access: yesSociobiology, 2018
The success of social wasps in anthropic environments is related to their ability to nest both in vegetation and human constructions, and, as humans modify their own environments, wasps community structure may shift as well.
Mateus Fajardo de Freitas Salviato Detoni   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The types of Masarinae y Polistinae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) housed at the collection of Instituto Fundación Miguel Lillo (IFML), Argentina. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Se examinaron y listaron 614 ejemplares tipo de Vespidae depositados en la colección de Entomología del Instituto Fundación Miguel Lillo, pertenecientes a seis especies de Masarinae, 57 especies y 15 subespecies de Polistinae, y dos especies de estatus ...
Berta, Dominga Carolina   +1 more
core  

In silico structural evaluation of short cationic antimicrobial peptides [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
© 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).Cationic peptides with ...
Malkinson, John   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

The wasps, bees and ants (Insecta: Vespida=Hymenoptera) from the Insect Limestone (Late Eocene) of the Isle of Wight, UK [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The types and undescribed material of the hymenopteran fossils of the Insect Bed of the Bembridge Marls from the Isle of Wight (UK) are critically revised and studied. A total of 1460 fossils are recorded and attributed to 20 families: Gasteruptiidae s.l.
Antropov, AV   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Altruism during predation in an assassin bug [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Zelus annulosus is an assassin bug species mostly noted on Hirtella physophora, a myrmecophyte specifically associated with the ant Allomerus decemarticulatus known to build traps on host tree twigs to ambush insect preys. The Z.
Az\ue9mar, F.   +4 more
core   +3 more sources

Termites, mud daubers and their earths: a multispecies approach to fertility and power in West Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The termites and mud-dauber wasps of West Africa build earthen structures in which their eggs and larvae develop. This paper examines how these insect earths are understood and used in West Africa, focusing on their direct consumption (geophagy) and ...
Brett-Smith,   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

First occurrence of Blattodea and their association with ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in abandoned social wasp nests (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae)

open access: yesEntomoBrasilis
Abandoned nests of social wasps are used by various arthropods, however, there are no records of cockroaches. Therefore, the objective of this study is to report the occurrence of cockroaches in abandoned social wasp nests. The first record occurred in a
Lucas C. S. Araújo   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Nesting Polybia rejecta (Fabricius) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) Associated with Azteca chartifex Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Ecotone Caatinga/Atlantic Forest, in the State of Rio Grande do Norte [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Some neotropical social wasps which are associated with some vertebrates and other insects like ants, and these interactions are reported for decades, but little is known about the presence of these in the Caatinga and Atlantic Forest.
Virgínio, Francisco
core  

Rainfall during multiyear La Niñas caused the decline of social wasps in Northeastern Amazonia

open access: yes
Ecology, Volume 105, Issue 11, November 2024.
Alain Dejean   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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