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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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Biotechnologies in pest wasp control: taking the sting out of pest management for Māori businesses?
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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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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THREE WASP-SOUTH TRANSITING EXOPLANETS: WASP-74b, WASP-83b, AND WASP-89b [PDF]
We report the discovery of three new transiting hot Jupiters by WASP-South together with the TRAPPIST photometer and the Euler/CORALIE spectrograph. WASP-74b orbits a star of V = 9.7, making it one of the brighter systems accessible to Southern telescopes.
Coel Hellier+18 more
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The second record of Platyscelio (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) in South America [PDF]
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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Revisiting WASP-47 with ESPRESSO and TESS [PDF]
WASP-47 hosts a remarkable planetary system containing a hot Jupiter (WASP-47 b; P = 4.159 days) with an inner super-Earth (WASP-47 e; P = 0.7896 days), a close-orbiting outer Neptune (WASP-47 d; P = 9.031 days), and a long period giant planet (WASP-47 c; P = 588.4 days).
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Early life nutritional quality effects on adult memory retention in a parasitic wasp [PDF]
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+6 more
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Economics of Cell Partitions And Closures Produced by \u3ci\u3ePassaloecus Cuspidatus (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) [PDF]
Sphecid wasps, Passaloecus cuspidatus were observed gathering fresh pine resin (Pinus strobus) which they used for creating partitions and closures in their nests.
Fricke, John M
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Why we love bees and hate wasps
1. Bees and wasps are important facets of natural capital to be valued by human societies: bees pollinate wild flowers and agricultural crops; wasps regulate arthropod populations, including insect vectors of human diseases and crop pests.
S. Sumner, Georgia Law, A. Cini
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