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Samurai Wasp Trissolcus japonicus (Ashmead) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scelionidae: Telenominae)
EDIS, 2017 Includes: Introduction - Distribution - Description and Life Cycle - Hosts - Selected References Also published on the Featured Creatures website at http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/beneficial/wasps/Trissolcus_japonicus.htm Accessibility Summary:
Anita S. Neal
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Sternal Exocrine Glands in Neotropical Social Wasps
, 2020 A great diversity of exocrine glands is found in social insects. The main social function of exocrine glands is the production of pheromones, which are related to the maintenance of social organization of the colony, as interactions of dominance ...
Marjorie da Silva +5 more
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Parasitoid wasps from three Jamaican localities: A pilot study [PDF]
, 2014 "Parasitoid wasps are an extremely speciose, ecologically and economically crucial group of insects. Despite this, they have received disproportionally little attention from scientists, in particular in certain areas of the world.
Fadia Sara Ceccarelli
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Intrinsic competition and its effects on the survival and development of three species of endoparasitoid wasps [PDF]
, 2009 In natural systems, pre-adult stages of some insect herbivores are known to be attacked by several species of parasitoids. Under certain conditions, hosts may be simultaneously parasitized by more than one parasitoid species (= multiparasitism), even ...
Gols, R., Harvey, J.A., Strand, M.R.
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Journal of Pollination Ecology, 2011 Cantharophily is reported for the first time in a Brazilian asclepiad, involving the mylerid Astylus variegatus and the nectariferous flowers of Oxypetalum banksii, a plant mainly pollinated by wasps. The use of nectar as food by A.
Milene Faria Vieira +1 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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Ecological Drivers of Non-kin Cooperation in the Hymenoptera
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Despite the prominence of kin selection as a framework for understanding the evolution of sociality, many animal groups are comprised of unrelated individuals.
Madeleine M. Ostwald +2 more
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Journal of Pollination Ecology, 2023 Flower-visiting bees and wasps (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Pompiloidea, Scolioidea, Tiphioidea, and Vespoidea) provide essential services in agricultural and urban systems, and ecological functions in natural ecosystems.
Jason Graham +4 more
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Does Wolbachia infection affect Trichogramma atopovirilia behaviour? [PDF]
, 2010 Unisexual Trichogramma forms have attracted much attention due to their potential advantages as biocontrol agents. Fitness studies have been performed and understanding the cost that Wolbachia may inflict on their hosts will help in deciding if Wolbachia
Stouthamer, R. +2 more
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Conservation & Society, 2016 The termites and mud-dauber wasps of West Africa build earthen structures in which their eggs and larvae develop. This paper examines how these insect earths are understood and used in West Africa, focusing on their direct consumption (geophagy) and ...
James R Fairhead
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