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Activity schedule and foraging in Protopolybia sedula (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) [PDF]

, 2015
Protopolybia sedula is a social swarming wasp, widely spread throughout many countries in the Americas, including most of Brazil. Despite its distribution, studies of its behavioral ecology are scarce. This study aimed to describe its
Barbosa, Bruno Corrêa, Castro, Mariana Monteiro de, Detoni, Mateus, Mattos, Maria do Carmo, Prezoto, Fabio   +4 more
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Killing and replacing queen-laid eggs: low cost of worker policing in the honey bee [PDF]

, 2014
Worker honeybees, Apis mellifera, police each other’s reproduction by killing worker-laid eggs. Previous experiments demonstrated that worker policing is effective, killing most (∼98%) worker-laid eggs. However, many queen-laid eggs were also killed (∼50%
Kärcher, Martin H, Ratnieks, Francis L W   +1 more
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The impacts of biological invasions

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Anthropocene is characterised by a continuous human‐mediated reshuffling of the distributions of species globally. Both intentional and unintentional introductions have resulted in numerous species being translocated beyond their native ranges, often leading to their establishment and subsequent spread – a process referred to as biological
Phillip J. Haubrock, Teun Everts, Neil Angelo S. Abreo, Jamie Bojko, Victor Deklerck, James W. E. Dickey, Ana Clara S. Franco, Emili García‐Berthou, Stelios Katsanevakis, Natalia I. Kirichenko, Stefano Mammola, Martin A. Nuñez, Ben Parker, Riccardo Scalera, Ismael Soto, Diederik Strubbe, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Lorenzo Vilizzi, Tim Adriaens, Paride Balzani, Dagmara Błońska, Elizabeta Briski, Rein Brys, Amy L. Burgess, James E. Byers, Carlos Cano‐Barbacil, Giuseppe Castaldelli, Jaimie T.A. Dick, Victoria Dominguez Almela, Romina D. Dimarco, Margarita Florencio, Antonín Kouba, Melina Kourantidou, Irmak Kurtul, Irene Martín‐Forés, Olivier Morissette, Julian D. Olden, Bruno E. Soares, Jakub Truszkowski, Hugo Verreycken, Marc Kenis, Ronaldo Sousa, J. Robert Britton   +42 more
wiley   +1 more source

A roadmap to key traits of invasive Drosophilidae

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biological invasions have intensified in recent decades, mostly driven by international trade and travel, raising significant concerns, particularly regarding insect pests. Once non‐native species establish, they can disrupt natural ecosystem stability, undermine agroecosystem sustainability and cause substantial economic losses.
Gwenaëlle Deconninck, Bréa Raynaud‐Berton, Méghan Boulembert, Olivier Chabrerie, Aude Couty, Franck Dedeine, Patrice Eslin, Vincent Foray, Romain Georges, Patricia Gibert, Laurence Mouton, Sylvain Pincebourde, David Renault, Christelle Suppo, Hervé Colinet   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nesting of Phylloscartes sp. (Passeriformes: Tyrannidae) associated with Polybia paulista H. von Ihering, 1896 (Hymenoptera: Polistinae) in southeastern Brazil

Revista Chilena de Entomología
In Brazil, there are records of bird species from the Tyrannidae family that nest in association with social wasps, but there is no information about this interspecific relationship for the genus Phylloscartes. Therefore, this study
Aloysio Souza de Moura, Marcos Magalhães de Souza   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Early life nutritional quality effects on adult memory retention in a parasitic wasp [PDF]

, 2017
Nutritional quality during early life can affect learning ability and memory retention of animals. Here we studied the effect of resource quality gained during larval development on the learning ability and memory retention of 2 sympatric strains of ...
Abroon, Pouria, Alford, Lucy, Ashouri, Ahmad, Farahani, Hossein Kishani, Pierre, Jean-Sebastien, van Baaren, Joan, Zibaee, Arash   +6 more
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Ecology and evolution of pyrazines in insects

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Chemical communication is the oldest and most widespread form of signalling among and within organisms. Among the many compounds involved in such communication, pyrazines – nitrogen‐containing heterocyclic molecules – are especially intriguing due to their widespread occurrence across the tree of life, from bacteria and fungi to insects and ...
Zowi Oudendijk, Niklas Wahlberg, Johanna Mappes   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Presence of Strepsiptera Parasites in the Independent-founding Wasp, Polistes satan

Sociobiology, 2014
Although the paper wasp genus, Polistes, has been examined extensively, little is known about the occurrence of parasitism in this group. We detected the obligate parasitic insect group, Strepsiptera in the gaster of Polistes satan Bequaert adult ...
Kazuyuki Kudô, Kazuma Komatsu, Sidnei Mateus, Ronaldo Zucchi, Fabio Nascimento   +4 more
doaj   +3 more sources

The Influence of Drosophila Spire and Myosin V During Mid‐Oogenesis Is Independent of Their Direct Interaction

Cytoskeleton, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cooperativity between cytoskeletal proteins is crucial for spatiotemporal coordination in biological processes, like oogenesis. In mammalian and Drosophila oogenesis, proper assembly and function of actin networks require coordination between actin assembly factors Spire and formins, as well as actin‐associated proteins like myosins and Rab ...
Joseph Y. Ong, Hannah M. Bailey, Emma Carley, Michelle Panzica, Merin Rixen, Neil Billington, Rong Liu, Margot E. Quinlan   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unveiling a New Association: First Record of Psocoptera in Social Wasp Nests

Entomological Communications
Social wasp nests provide stable microhabitats that can support diverse arthropod communities. This study reports the first record of psocopterans associated with social wasp colonies, highlighting a potential commensal relationship.
Bruno C. Barbosa, Tatiane T. Maciel, Daniel M. Lima   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source