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Use of flight interception traps of Malaise type and attractive traps for social wasps record (Vespidae: Polistinae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The literature provides different methodologies for sampling social wasps, including, flight intercept trap type Malaise and Attractive trap, however, there is no consensus on its use.
Barbosa, Bruno Correa   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

Social wasps (Hymenoptera, Polistinae) from the Brazilian savanna

open access: yesSociobiology, 2020
The present study was developed aiming to evaluate the richness and biogeography of social wasp species in the Brazilian savanna, Cerrado. In order to do so, we gathered data from specialized literature and field samplings performed at Sempre-Vivas National Park, northeastern Minas Gerais state.
Marcos Magalhães de Souza   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Diversity of Social Wasps on Semideciduous Seasonal Forest Fragments with Different Surrounding Matrix in Brazil [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
We surveyed social wasps (Polistinae) present in forest fragments of northwest of São Paulo state with different surroundings composed of a matrix of citrus crops and sugarcane in the expectation that the former matrix would be more diverse than the ...
Fernando Barbosa Noll   +1 more
core   +1 more source

The Effect of Forest Fragmentation on Polistinae

open access: yesSociobiology, 2019
The forest fragmentation is caused by natural or anthropic actions, which affect negatively the biota and the environmental services rendered by biological diversity. However, there is little information on the reflex of these actions in many different groups of animals, such as social wasps, which are abundant and significantly present in neotropical ...
Bueno, E. T.   +2 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Social Wasps of the Huron Mountains, Michigan (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Ten species of social wasps were collected from the Huron Mountains area, Marquette Count, Michigan during me summers of 1983-1985.
O\u27Brien, Mark F
core   +2 more sources

The Social Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of Indiana [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
An updated taxonomic treatment of the social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of Indiana is made. Illustrated identification keys are provided for species of Polistes, Vespa, Vespula, and Dolichovespula.
Deyrup, M. A, MacDonald, J. F
core   +3 more sources

Life history and chemical ecology of the Warrior wasp Synoeca septentrionalis (Hymenoptera : Vespidae, Epiponini) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Swarm-founding ‘Warrior wasps’ (Synoeca spp.) are found throughout the tropical regions of South America, are much feared due to their aggressive nest defence and painful sting. There are only five species of Synoeca, all construct distinctive nests that
ASN Murakami   +33 more
core   +5 more sources

First evidence of wasp brood development inside active nests of a termite with the description of a previously unknown potter wasp species

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, Volume 10, Issue 23, Page 12663-12674, December 2020., 2020
We describe a previously unknown potter wasp species, Montezumia termitophila sp. nov. (Vespidae: Eumeninae). Also, we provide the first evidence of wasp brood development inside active nests of the termite Constrictotermes cyphergaster (Silvestri, 1901) (Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae).
Helder Hugo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Cuticular Hydrocarbons Profiles in the Colonial Recognition of the Neotropical Eusocial Wasp, Mischocyttarus cassununga (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

open access: yesSociobiology, 2015
Cuticular hydrocarbons are chemical messengers with fundamental role in information transfer on the nestmate recognition, physical or behavioral caste, age, task specialization and reproductive status among individuals of colony.
André Sunao Nishiuchi Murakami   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Behavioral Differences Between Two Recently Sympatric Paper Wasps, the Native \u3ci\u3ePolistes Fuscatus\u3c/i\u3e and the Invasive \u3ci\u3ePolistes Dominulus\u3c/i\u3e [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Polistes dominulus (Christ), an old world paper wasp, was introduced into the eastern United States in the 1970s and has been rapidly spreading westward. Recently, it has displaced the native Polistes fuscatus (F.) in at least some areas of Michigan.
Gamboa, George J   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

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