Nosema ceranae in South American Native Stingless Bees and Social Wasp
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DOI: 10.1007/s00248-017-0975-1
Abstract: Besides the incipient research effort, the role of parasites as drivers of the reduction affecting pollinator populations is mostly unknown. Given the worldwide extension of the beekeeping practice and the diversity of pathogens affecting Apis… read more here.
Keywords: social wasp; nosema ceranae; stingless bees;
Rediscovery of the social wasp Mischocyttarus (Kappa) tapuya Schulz, with description of the female, larva and nest (Vespidae, Polistinae).
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DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5120.2.9
Abstract: Mischocyttarus tapuya was originally described from a single male specimen collected in a forest near Belm, state of Par, Brazil, in the year of 1893, and had never been found again. We recently collected a… read more here.
Keywords: rediscovery social; larva nest; social wasp; mischocyttarus ... See more keywords
First observations of a social wasp preying on termite workers
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DOI: 10.13102/sociobiology.v64i2.1559
Abstract: The social wasp Polybia quadricincta is observed preying opportunistically on workers of the termite Nasutitermes corniger in Trinidad, West Indies . Several Polybia spp. and other social wasps are known to prey on winged reproductive,… read more here.
Keywords: social wasp; first observations; wasp preying; preying termite ... See more keywords
TWO MORE SOCIAL WASP SPECIES (VESPIDAE, POLISTINAE) COLLECT MULLERIAN BODIES FROM CECROPIA TREES (URTICACEAE)
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DOI: 10.13102/sociobiology.v64i4.1684
Abstract: The interactive behaviors of two species of social wasps, Protopolybia chartergoides (Gribodo) and Charterginus fulvus Fox with Cecropia obtusifolia (Cecropiaceae) are described. The use of Cecropia Mullerian bodies by the two wasps is also described,… read more here.
Keywords: species vespidae; social wasp; wasp species; vespidae polistinae ... See more keywords
Social wasp richness and species distributions among ecosystem types in Minas Gerais, Brazil
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DOI: 10.13102/sociobiology.v64i4.1839
Abstract: The state of Minas Gerais has high biodiversity, characterized by strong ecosystem heterogeneity that favors high richness of social wasps. There are currently 109 species known to occur in the state, however, there is lack… read more here.
Keywords: state; insects; social wasp; minas gerais ... See more keywords