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Social wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae) harvesting food bodies of Cecropia Loefl. (Urticaceae) in Central Amazon

Entomological Communications
Social wasps are among the most curious non-ant insects known to harvest food bodies of Cecropia Loefl. The aim of this note is to describe for the first time: (1) interactions between wasp species which harvest food bodies; (2) interactions of these ...
Daniel P. P. Aguiar, A. Somavilla, I. Fernandes, L. O. Demarchi   +3 more
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RECORDS OF INSECTS IN THE DIET OF SOCIAL WASPS OF THE GENUS Polybia LEPELETIER, 1836 (VESPIDAE: POLISTINAE) IN SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL

Revista Acta Ambiental Catarinense
Social wasps of the genus Polybia Lepeletier, 1836, have a generalist feeding habit and are predators of a wide variety of other insects, however there are no reports of the feeding of hemipterans and odonates by Polybia fastidiosuscula Saussure, 1864 ...
Glauco Cássio de Sousa Oliveira, Rogério Henrique Custódio, D. Vilela, M. M. Souza   +3 more
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Protopolybia bituberculata, a New Neotropical Social Wasp (Hymenoptera: Vespidae; Polistinae)

1995
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Silveira, Orlando Tobias, Carpenter, James M. (James Michael)   +1 more
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Taxonomic account and phylogenetic relationships of the species of the Neotropical social wasp genus Chartergus Lepeletier, 1836 (Vespidae: Polistinae: Epiponini).

Zootaxa
The Neotropical social wasp genus Chartergus is reviewed and comparative diagnoses, images of type material, and an updated identification key for species are presented.
A. Somavilla, Marcos Aragão, P. C. S. Barroso, James M. Carpenter, R S T Menezes   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Nectarinella xavantinensis, a New Neotropical Social Wasp (Hymenoptera: Vespidae; Polistinae)

1997
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Mateus, Sidnei, Noll, Fernando Barbosa
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Taxonomic study of wasp species in the Polybia (Myrapetra) occidentalis group morphologically related to P. scrobalis and P. flavifrons, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae).

Zootaxa
Polybia is a genus of neotropical swarming wasps, and the largest within the Epiponini (Vespidae). The genus is dominant in the Neotropics, with more than 59 described species and eleven recognized subgenera.
Danielle A. Amorim, J. E. D. S. Júnior, F. D. S. C. Filho, O. T. Silveira, James M. Carpenter   +4 more
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Nidificação de vespas sociais (Vespidae: Polistinae) em bananeira Musa sp. (Musaceae), no sul do estado de Minas Gerais, Brasil

Entomology Beginners
As vespas sociais nidificam em diferentes substratos, mas há poucas informações sobre o uso de bananeiras, plantas de interesse comercial e utilizadas como quebra vento em outras culturas, portanto o objetivo aqui é acrescentar informações sobre a ...
Rogério Custodio, Fernando Gonçalves de Aguiar Crispim, M. M. Souza   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Self-organization of populations of polistine wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae)

Entomological Review, 2010
In a natural population of Polistes dominulus (Christ) in the Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, Ukraine, the fluctuations of the number of nests founded were monitored in 1992–2008; the variations in the spatial and ethological structure of populations as well as in the colony organization patterns were examined.
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The Anti-Predator Strategies of Parachartergus apicalis (Vespidae: Polistinae)

1998
International ...
Dejean, Alain, Corbara, Bruno, Lachaud, Jean-Paul   +2 more
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Description of the male of Ropalidia chromis Polašek, 2024 with further biological notes on the African species of the genus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae)

African Invertebrates
The male of Ropalidia chromis Polasek, 2024 is described herein, elucidating its distinctive phylogenetic and morphological characteristics. Supplementary distribution records and nesting data are provided for several African Ropalidia species ...
O. Polašek
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