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Marimbondos: systematics, biogeography, and evolution of social behaviour of neotropical swarm‐founding wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Epiponini)

Cladistics, 2020
Neotropical swarm‐founding wasps are divided into 19 genera in the tribe Epiponini (Vespidae, Polistinae). They display extensive variation in several colony‐level traits that make them an attractive model system for reconstructing the evolution of ...
F. Noll, Marjorie da Silva, R. A. Soleman, R. B. Lopes, Y. C. Grandinete, E. A. Almeida, J. Wenzel, J. Carpenter   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India.

Zootaxa, 2020
This study presents a checklist of the vespid wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of India. A total of 288 species belonging to 60 genera and 5 subfamilies of Vespidae are known to occur within the political boundaries of India.
Sandesh M. Gawas, P. G. Kumar, Arati Pannure, Ankita Gupta, J. Carpenter   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

To the knowledge of Vespidae (Hymenoptera) of Pakistan

Zootaxa, 2012
Twenty-three species in eight genera are recorderd from Pakistan and two species in two genera are recorded from Bangladesh (former East Pakistan). Seven species Vespula nursei Archer, Polistes (Polistella) stigma tamulus (Fabricius), P. (Gyrostoma) olivaceus (De Geer), Ropalidia brevita Das & Gupta, R.
Mishkat Ullah, Mian Inayatullah, Abdul Aziz, Syed Azhar Hasan, Khalid Mahmood   +4 more
openaire   +3 more sources

A Catalogue of the Pacific Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

Zootaxa, 2023
A catalogue of Eumeninae occurring in Oceania is presented, the first in more than a century.  
openaire   +2 more sources

Early lineages of Vespidae (Hymenoptera) in Cretaceous amber [PDF]

Systematic Entomology, 2017
AbstractThree wasp (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) fossils in Cretaceous amber (Late Albian) of northern Myanmar are described. Two are new species of the Mesozoic genusCuriosivespa(Rasnitsyn):C. zigrasisp.n.andC. striatasp.n.The third species,Protovespa haxaireigen.n.
Adrien Perrard, David A Grimaldi, James M Carpenter   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Venoms of Vespidae

1978
Ever since biblical times, many victims of Vespidae stinging are recorded every year, not only in Israel but all over the world. In most cases, local tissue injury and/or generalized systemic reactions have been reported. Fragmentary information concerning morphology, social habits of Vespidae, as well as composition and mode of action of their venoms ...
H. Joshua, H. Edery, H. Edery, Jacob S. Ishay, Simon Gitter   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Biodiversity of Insects in the Amazon: survey of social wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae) in Amazon rainforest areas in Amazonas state, Brazil

, 2020
The thematic network ‘Biodiversity of Insects in the Amazon’ is the first network among researchers of the Brazilian Amazon in terms of the increase of knowledge and provision of subsidies for the conservation of Amazonian biodiversity, focusing on ...
A. Somavilla, Raimundo Nonato Martins de Moraes Junior, M. Oliveira, J. A. Rafael   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Biodiversity of the aculeate wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) of the Arabian Peninsula: Vespoidea, Vespidae.

Zootaxa, 2020
An updated checklist of the Arabian species of Vespidae is provided here. The list includes 163 identified species in 49 genera and four subfamilies: Eumeninae (41 genera, 130 species), Masarinae (4 genera, 14 species), Polistinae (3 genera, 17 species ...
J. Carpenter, N. Gadallah
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Evolution of the Multifunctional Mouthparts of Adult Vespidae

Insect Mouthparts, 2019
The morphology of mouthparts and their use in context with nutrition, nesting behaviour and brood provisioning are compared across various lineages of Vespidae. In the plesiomorphic state, adult wasps take up nectar and pollen with a short labiomaxillary complex; females construct subterranean nests with the mandibles, moisten hard soil with water ...
V. Mauss, K. Kuba, H. Krenn
semanticscholar   +4 more sources

Vespids from the mid-Cretaceous with club-shaped antennae provide new evidence about the intrafamiliar relationships of Vespidae

, 2020
Three new species of wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar (Burmese) amber, with club-shaped antennae, are assigned to Archaeovespa gen. nov.
Qiong Wu, Hongru Yang, Chungkun Shih, D. Ren, YUN-YUN Zhao, T. Gao   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source