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Evaluating the efficiency of different sampling methods to survey social wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae) in an anthropized environment

Sociobiology, 2018
Social wasps play important ecological roles, such as the natural biological control of other arthropods as well as major components of the flower-visiting insect guild.
Gabriel Castro Jacques, Epifânio Pires, Marcel Gustavo Hermes, Lucas Del Bianco Faria, Marcos Magalhães Souza, Luis Claudio Paterno Silveira   +5 more
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Occurrence of Social Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in a Sugarcane Culture

Sociobiology, 2018
Predation of Lepidoptera caterpillars - including agricultural pest species - is one of the main ways through which social wasps gather proteinaceous resources.
Bruno Corrêa Barbosa, Newton José de Jesus Silva, José Cola Zanuncio, Fábio Prezoto   +3 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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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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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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Niche overlap and daily activity pattern of social wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae) in kale crops

Sociobiology, 2018
Kale (Brassica oleraceae var. acephala) is of great importance in human nutrition and local agricultural economies, but its growth is impaired by the attack of several insect pests.
Gabriel Castro Jacques, Tiago Georg Pikart, Vinicius Silva Santos, Lucas Oliveira Vicente, Luís Cláudio Paterno Silveira   +4 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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Social wasps in Spain: the who and where

Allergologia et Immunopathologia, 2022
Objective: The objective of this study was to list the social vespids occurring in Spain, determine their presence in each region, and correlate the data with the vespids responsible for allergic reactions and their progression over time. Methods: Insects distribution data were collected in two phases: from the southern half of Spain (2008–2012), and ...
Vega, Jose Maria, Ortiz-Sanchez, Francisco Javier, Martinez-Arcediano, Ana, Castro, Leopoldo, Alfaya, Teresa, Carballada, Francisco, Cruz, Sergia, Marques, Lluis, Vega, Arantza, Ruiz-Leon, Berta   +9 more
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New records of the association between Polybia rejecta (Fabricius, 1798) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) and Azteca chartifex Emery, 1896 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) for the Caatinga and Amazon forest

Entomological Communications, 2020
Some neotropical social wasps are associated with certain vertebrates and other insects, like ants. These interactions have been reported for decades, but little is known about these associations in the caatinga biome.
Alexandre Somavilla, Itanna O. Fernandes
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Use of flight interception traps of Malaise type and Attractive Traps for social wasps record (Vespidae: Polistinae)

Sociobiology, 2015
The literature provides different methodologies for collecting social wasps, including, flight intercept trap type Malaise and Attractive trap, however, there is no consensus on its use. In this respect, the aim of this study was to evaluate the best use
Marcos Magalhães Souza, Lucas Neves Perillo, Bruno Corrêa Barbosa, Fábio Prezoto   +3 more
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