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Additions to the checklist of Scoliidae, Sphecidae, Pompilidae and Vespidae of Peru, with notes on the endemic status of some species (Hymenoptera, Aculeata)
(Pensoft Publ, 2015-01-01)
The first checklist of the Peruvian Hymenoptera listed 1169 species and subspecies of aculeate wasps, including 173 species of Pompilidae, seven of Scoliidae, 39 of Sphecidae and 403 of Vespidae. Herein are reported 32 ...
Diversity of Polistinae Wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) in Fragments of Atlantic Rain Forest With Different Levels of Regeneration in Southeastern Brazil
(California State UnivChicoEUA, 2010)
Structural characterization of novel chemotactic and mastoparan peptides from the venom of the social wasp Agelaia pallipes pallipes by high-performance liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2004-04-15)
High-performance liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (HPLC/ESI-MS) and high-performance liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-ESI-MS/MS) techniques were ...
Survey of social wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae) in Amazon rainforest fragments in Acre, Brazil
(Inst Nacional Pesquisas Amazonia, 2018-04-01)
The State of Acre, in the southwestern Brazilian Amazon, harbors high biodiversity and a high degree of endemisms. Nevertheless, there are few studies on the diversity of social wasps occurring in this region. This study ...
Long-term spatial memory in Vespula germanica social wasps: the influence of past experience on foraging behavior
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2017-10)
Social insects exhibit complex learning and memory mechanisms while foraging. Vespula germanica (Fab.) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) is an invasive social wasp that frequently forages on undepleted food sources, making several ...
Foraging behavior of the swarm-founding wasp, Polybia (Trichothorax) sericea (Hymenoptera, Vespidae): Prey capture and load capacity
(2009-02-16)
The main component of the protein diet of P. sericea was larvae of Lepidoptera (75.38%), with predominance of the following Families: Noctuidae (30.99 %), Hesperiidae (19.01 %); Pyralidae (19.01 %) and Nymphalidae (11.98%). ...
High number of species of social wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae) corroborates the great biodiversity of western Amazon: A survey from rondônia, Brazil
(2020-03-01)
A survey of social wasps (Vespidae, Polistinae), common insects of Neotropical fauna, which perform a great variety of ecosystemic services, was conducted for the first time in areas of the Amazon forest in Rondônia state. ...
Bait and habitat preferences, and temporal variability of social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) attracted to vertebrate carrion
(2011-09-01)
In addition to feeding on carrion tissues and fluids, social wasps can also prey on immature and adult carrion flies, thereby reducing their populations and retarding the decomposition process of carcasses. In this study, ...
Bait and habitat preferences, and temporal variability of social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) attracted to vertebrate carrion
(2011-09-01)
In addition to feeding on carrion tissues and fluids, social wasps can also prey on immature and adult carrion flies, thereby reducing their populations and retarding the decomposition process of carcasses. In this study, ...