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Discovery of Helorus brethesi Oglobin, 1928 (Hymenoptera, Heloridae) in Honduras and Guatemala [PDF]
Check List, 2022 We report the first records of the family Heloridae in Honduras and Guatemala. We illustrate and report the presence of Helorus brethesi Oglobin, 1928 as the only species known from the Neotropics.
Patricia E. Corro-Chang +2 more
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Honey wasps differ from other wasps in possessing large gut communities dominated by host-restricted bacteria [PDF]
mBioHoney-feeding social bees, including honey bees, bumble bees, and stingless bees, possess distinctive gut bacterial communities that provide benefits to hosts, such as defense against pathogens and parasites.
Jo-anne C. Holley +4 more
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Wellcome Open Research, 2023 We present a genome assembly from an individual Buathra laborator (Arthropoda; Insecta; Hymenoptera; Ichneumonidae). The genome sequence is 330 megabases in span. Over 60% of the assembly is scaffolded into 11 chromosomal pseudomolecules.
Matt Smith, Gavin R. Broad
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Males of the parasitoid wasp, Nasonia vitripennis, can identify which fly hosts contain females
Royal Society Open Science, 2022 The reproductive success of a male is limited by the number of females it can mate with. Thus, males deploy elaborate strategies to maximize access to females.
Garima Prazapati +4 more
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HortScience, 2022 Diverse floral resources impart immense value for pollinating insects of all types. With increasing popularity and demand for modern ornamental hybrids, cultivation by breeders has led to selection for a suite of traits such as extended bloom periods and
Heather Kalaman +4 more
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The second record of Platyscelio (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) in South America [PDF]
Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa”, 2021 The presence of Platyscelio (Platygastroidea, Scelionidae) in the Neotropical region is confirmed. After a recent record from French Guiana, a second specimen of Platyscelio was found in samples from the Republic of Suriname, being a new record for the ...
Elijah Talamas, Ovidiu Alin Popovici
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European Journal of Taxonomy, 2022 The genus Seticornuta Morley, 1913 currently comprises nine described species; here, nine new species are described: S. anchanchu sp. nov., S. carinata sp. nov., S. cuckoo sp. nov., S. curupira sp. nov., S. flava sp. nov., S. muqui sp.
Mabel Alvarado
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Biotechnologies in pest wasp control: taking the sting out of pest management for Māori businesses?
New Genetics and Society, 2021 In Aotearoa New Zealand, the government’s ambitious target of becoming “predator-free” by 2050 has reignited public discussion on biotechnologies. The disproportionate abundance of German and common wasps in New Zealand disrupts native biodiversity and ...
Symon Palmer, Ocean Ripeka Mercier
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Біологічні студії, 2022 Background. This paper presents analysis of a collection of wasps (Vespoidea, Apoidea (Spheciformes) and Chrysidoidea) housed in the Zoological Museum of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv. The collection includes 779 specimens of wasps which belong
S. Pytel-Huta +4 more
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Sociobiology, 2021 Basic research assessing environmental effects on entire pollinator communities are still uncommon, particularly for rare and commercially unattractive plant-pollinator partners. We investigated the community of flower visitors of Erythroxylum myrsinites
Rafael Barbizan Sühs +2 more
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