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Hunting from the air: A new record of predation of Agelaia testacea (Fabricius, 1804) (Vespidae: Polistinae) on a katydid Parascudderia sp. (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) in the Peruvian Amazon

Entomological Communications, 2022
Social wasps capture adult and/or immature insects to feed their larvae. Frequent observations indicate mainly small or immature insects as their prey. However, there are very few records of social wasps as predators of larger living insects. Herein, we
Raul B. Pinedo Garcia, Rommel R. Rojas, Carol Sánchez, Diego M. M. Mendes, Alexandre Somavilla   +4 more
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Oviposition but not sex allocation is associated with transcriptomic changes in females of the parasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis [PDF]

, 2015
This work was supported by Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) grant (NE/J024481/1). DMS was previously funded by a NERC Advanced Research Fellowship.Linking the evolution of the phenotype to the underlying genotype is a key aim of evolutionary ...
Ritchie, Michael Gordon, Pannebakker, Bart A., Ritchie, Michael G., Pannebakker, B.A., Sneddon, Tanya, Trivedi, Urmi, Blaxter, Mark, Cook, Nicola, Tauber, Eran, Shuker, David M., Shuker, David Michael   +10 more
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First record of Elasmus polistis (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), parasitoid of Polistes versicolor (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), in Minas Gerais, Brazil

Sociobiology, 2022
The social wasps of the order Hymenoptera, family Vespidae and subfamily Polistinae, perform important ecological functions such as pollination and predation, including pest insects, and can be an important resource in biological control.
Gabriel Castro Jacques, Sheliane C. C. Francisco, Luis Cláudio P. Silveira   +2 more
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Ordering and topological defects in social wasps’ nests [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2021
Abstract Social insects have evolved a variety of architectural formations. Bees and wasps are well known for their ability to achieve compact structures by building hexagonal cells. Polistes wattii , an open nesting paper wasp species, builds planar hexagonal structures ...
Shivani Krishna, Apoorva Gopinath, Somendra M. Bhattacharjee   +2 more
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Repetitive N-WASP–binding elements of the Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli Effector EspFU Synergistically Activate Actin Assembly [PDF]

, 2008
Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) generate F-actin–rich adhesion pedestals by delivering effector proteins into mammalian cells. These effectors include the translocated receptor Tir, along with EspFU, a protein that associates indirectly with ...
McGhie, E.J., Rosen, M.K., Kenneth G Campellone, Robbins, D., Cheng, HC, Robbins, D, Rosen, MK, Koronakis, V, John M Leong, Siripala, AD, Michael K Rosen, Koronakis, V., McGhie Emma J., Leong, JM, Hayward Richard D., Welch, MD, Campellone Kenneth G., Robbins Douglas, Campellone, K.G., Anosha D Siripala, Cheng, H.-C., Leong, J.M., Leong John M., Hui-Chun Cheng, Emma J McGhie, Cheng Hui-Chun, Hayward, RD, Richard D Hayward, Siripala Anosha D., Welch, M.D., Siripala, A.D., Hayward, Richard D., Douglas Robbins, Vassilis Koronakis, Galán, J.E., Campellone, KG, McGhie, EJ, Matthew D Welch, Rosen Michael K., Koronakis Vassilis, Welch Matthew D., Cheng, Hui-Chun, Robbins, Douglas, Siripala, Anosha D., Koronakis, Vassilis, Campellone, Kenneth Geno, Welch, Matthew D., McGhie, Emma J., Rosen, Michael K., Leong, John M.   +49 more
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The suppressive potential of a gene drive in populations of invasive social wasps is currently limited

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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Community Structure and Composition of Social Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in Different Vegetation Types in São Paulo, Brazil

Sociobiology, 2020
Social wasps participate in food webs, act as biological control agents in small crops and the natural environment, and act as potential pollinators. The objective of this study was to carry out an inventory of social wasps in five phytophysiognomies ...
Mateus Aparecido Clemente, Roger Guevara, Hugo Ribeiro Moleiro, Orlando Tobias Silveira, Edillberto Giannotti   +4 more
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The social biology of wasps

Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 1992
Trends in Ecology & Evolution 7 (1992) 140-141.
Dept of Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA ( host institution ), Brockmann, H.Jane   +1 more
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Differential Properties of Venom Peptides and Proteins in Solitary vs. Social Hunting Wasps

Toxins, 2016
The primary functions of venoms from solitary and social wasps are different. Whereas most solitary wasps sting their prey to paralyze and preserve it, without killing, as the provisions for their progeny, social wasps usually sting to defend their ...
Si Hyeock Lee, Ji Hyeong Baek, Kyungjae Andrew Yoon   +2 more
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Inventory, colony fluctuation, and wasp nesting social habits in IFSULDEMINAS - Machado Campus

Revista Agrogeoambiental, 2021
Social wasps offer important ecosystem resources as biological control and pollination. Many species are synanthropic, however, there are still few studies of these insects in anthropized environments.
Elenice Aparecida Fortes, Alice dos Reis Fortes, Letícia Cruz de Almeida, Lêda Gonçalves Fernandes   +3 more
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