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The suppressive potential of a gene drive in populations of invasive social wasps is currently limited [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2023
Social insects are very successful invasive species, and the continued increase of global trade and transportation has exacerbated this problem. The yellow-legged hornet, Vespa velutina nigrithorax (henceforth Asian hornet), is drastically expanding its ...
Adriaan B. Meiborg, Nicky R. Faber, Benjamin A. Taylor, Brock A. Harpur, Gregor Gorjanc   +4 more
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Social wasp guild (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) visiting flowers in two of the phytophysiognomic formations: Riparian Forest and campos rupestres

Sociobiology, 2017
Social wasps are part of the floral visitor guild. In this study we investigated the distribution of flower-visiting wasp species in two phytophysiognomies in the State Park of Ibitipoca, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Mateus Aparecido Clemente, Karine Munck Vieira, Núbia Ribeiro Campos, Kleber Del-Claro, Fábio Prezoto   +4 more
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Biochemical characterization of a phospholipase A₂ homologue from the venom of the social wasp Polybia occidentalis. [PDF]

J Venom Anim Toxins Incl Trop Dis, 2018
Diniz-Sousa R, Kayano AM, Caldeira CA, Simões-Silva R, Monteiro MC, Moreira-Dill LS, Grabner FP, Calderon LA, Zuliani JP, Stábeli RG, Soares AM.   +10 more
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Occurrence of Megaselia scalaris Loew (Diptera: Phoridae) in Mischocyttarus cassununga Von Ihering (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae) nests

EntomoBrasilis, 2022
Social wasp nests create an environment rich in resources, such as food and shelter, which consequently attract predators, parasites, and parasitoids. Parasitoids attacks can be one of the main causes of mortality among social wasps in the early stages ...
Sheliane Cristina Coelho Francisco, Gabriel de Castro Jacques, Luís Cláudio Paterno Silveira   +2 more
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Camponotus renggeri (Formicidae) predated Agelaia vicina (Vespidae) nest and occupied Parachartergus pseudapicalis (Vespidae) nest

Sociobiology, 2022
Ants prey on social wasps affecting the evolution of nest architecture, defense behaviors, and selection of nesting sites of these insects. The importance of social wasps in natural and agricultural ecosystems, especially in biological control ...
Marcos Magalhães de Souza, Lidiane Augusta Junqueira, Gabriel Castro Jacques, Gabriel Silva Teófilo-Guedes, José Cola Zanuncio   +4 more
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Caste, Sex, and Parasitism Influence Brain Plasticity in a Social Wasp

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Brain plasticity is widespread in nature, as it enables adaptive responses to sensory demands associated with novel stimuli, environmental changes and social conditions.
Kristine M. Gandia, Federico Cappa, David Baracchi, Mark. E. Hauber, Laura Beani, Floria M. K. Uy, Floria M. K. Uy   +6 more
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The Sequential Relationship of Body Oscillations in the Paper Wasp, \u3ci\u3ePolistes Fuscatus\u3c/i\u3e (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) [PDF]

, 2018
Three kinds of body oscillations by foundresses of the paper wasp, Polistes fuscatus, were analyzed from 100 h of videotapes of 17 multiple- and 16 single-foundress, preworker colonies.
Gamboa, George J, Harding, Bobbi J
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Sex-biased parental care and sexual size dimorphism in a provisioning arthropod [PDF]

, 2015
The diverse selection pressures driving the evolution of sexual size dimorphism (SSD) have long been debated. While the balance between fecundity selection and sexual selection has received much attention, explanations based on sex-specific ecology have ...
A Herrel, AJS Weaving, AJS Weaving, AJS Weaving, AK Chippendale, AV Hedrick, B Hurlbutt, CH Hicks, CR Pavey, DJ Fairbairn, DJ Fairbairn, DJ Fairbairn, E Paradis, E Petersson, E Ranta, EJ Temeles, FD Parker, FE Kurczewski, G Halffter, G Head, G Shreeves, Gavin Shreeves, GB Monteith, GP Baerends, H Dollfuss, H Weimerskirch, HE Evans, HE Evans, HE Evans, HE Hinton, J Field, J Field, J Field, J Field, J Field, J Field, J Hunt, J Tormos, JA Powell, JA Rosenheim, JA Rosenheim, James D. J. Gilbert, JC Costa, JDJ Gilbert, JDJ Gilbert, Jeremy Field, JF Berry, JH Marden, JJ Gilbert, JR Coelho, JR Lighton, K Ralls, KM O’Neill, KM O’Neill, M Andersson, M Blösch, M Goubault, Martyn Kennedy, ME Favila, MF O’Brien, MS Iglesias, O Krüger, O Lomholdt, P Lindenfors, P Myers, P Wheeler, PB Edwards, PR Stephens, R Lande, R Shine, R Tornberg, RC Castillo del, RC Stillwell, RF Preziosi, RM Bohart, RM Cox, S Nylin, SC Stearns, SD Gaimari, Selina Brace, ST Trumbo, TE Reimchen, TH Clutton-Brock, VL Kazenas, W Groot De, WU Blanckenhorn, WU Blanckenhorn, X Han   +87 more
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Chemoreceptor Evolution in Hymenoptera and Its Implications for the Evolution of Eusociality. [PDF]

, 2015
Eusocial insects, mostly Hymenoptera, have evolved unique colonial lifestyles that rely on the perception of social context mainly through pheromones, and chemoreceptors are hypothesized to have played important adaptive roles in the evolution of ...
Berger, Shelley L, Liebig, Jürgen, Ray, Anandasankar, Rokas, Antonis, Zhou, Xiaofan, Zwiebel, Laurence J   +5 more
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Parachartergus fraternus (Gribodo) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae) Uses Venom When Taking Caterpillar Prey

Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 2000
A forager of the eusocial wasp Parachartergus fraternus used its venom to subdue an unidentified small caterpillar, and another P. fraternus forager repeatedly stung a large saturniid caterpillar.
Eric J. Olson
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