item: #1 of 769 id: sociobiology-1014 author: Camargo, Roberto da Silva; Silva, Lais; Forti, Luiz Carlos; Lopes, Juliane Floriano title: Mandibles of Leaf-Cutting Ants: Morphology Related to Food Preference date: 2016-10-25 words: 4527 flesch: 56 summary: Therefore, this study compared the morphology of worker mandibles between castes (soldier, forager, generalist and gardener according to Wilson, 1980). Also, A. bisphaerica generalist mandibles did not differ from A. s. rubropilosa forager mandibles suggesting that task allocation between species must be different. keywords: ants; atta; bisphaerica; cutting; doi; leaf; mandibles; rubropilosa; species; workers cache: sociobiology-1014.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1014.txt item: #2 of 769 id: sociobiology-1017 author: Wargui, Rosine Brisso; Adandonon, Appolinaire; Sinzogan, Antonio; Anato, Florence Mahouton; Vayssières, Jean-François; Kossou, Dansou; Offenberg, Joachim title: Weaver Ant Oecophylla longinoda Latreille (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Performance in Mango and Cashew Trees Under Different Management Regimens date: 2018-07-09 words: 5693 flesch: 62 summary: In tropical regions, weaver ants, Oecophylla spp (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) are dominant ants (Lim, 2007) in a wide range of host plant species such as citrus, mango, cashew, coconut, cocoa, among others. We therefore conclude that Spinosad is compatible with the use of weaver ants in integrated pest management programs. keywords: ant; ants; cashew; control; et al; journal; mango; nest; oecophylla; treatments; trees; weaver cache: sociobiology-1017.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1017.txt item: #3 of 769 id: sociobiology-1025 author: Tavares, Paulo Roberto de Abreu; Alves Junior, Valter Vieira; Morais, Glaucia Almeida de title: Does Atta laevigata (Smith, 1858) act as Solanum lycocarpum seed dispersers? date: 2016-04-29 words: 4394 flesch: 59 summary: Their actions may interfere in the native vegetation regeneration, with a significant role in removing S. lycocarpum seeds, a pioneer species, and in population control for this species by the severe predation of seeds. This fact, plus the observation that, some ants dropped the seeds along the trail, but then collected it again, indicates that the A. laevigata species behaved mainly as a predator of S. lycocarpum seeds. keywords: ants; atta; dispersal; ecology; lycocarpum; oliveira; pulp; seeds; species; workers cache: sociobiology-1025.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1025.txt item: #4 of 769 id: sociobiology-1026 author: Li, Qingfeng; Zhu, Qinfen; Fu, Shijie; Zhang, Damin; Huang, Jianbo; Yuan, Jianzhong title: Efficacy of 1% fipronil dust of activated carbon against subterranean termite Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki in laboratory conditions date: 2016-12-29 words: 3755 flesch: 56 summary: Dust formulations (such as avermectin dust, borate dust and fipronil dust) are candidates for successful localized treatment to eliminate termite colonies (Esenther 1985; Lin et al., 2011; Grace, 1991; Zhao et al., 2012). Because of high toxicity and rapid effect on termites, only low concentrations of fipronil dust can be used for termite control. keywords: carbon; donor; dust; fipronil; formosanus; recipient; termites; transfer cache: sociobiology-1026.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1026.txt item: #5 of 769 id: sociobiology-1027 author: Vieira, Alexsandro Santana; Bueno, Odair Corre title: Lipid Mobilization and Acyl-Coenzyme A Dehydrogenase Abundance in the Postpharyngeal Gland of a Leaf-Cutting Ant date: 2016-12-29 words: 6702 flesch: 58 summary: Our objective was to investigate whether the PPG of workers of the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens rubropilosa (F.) performs lipid mobilization to the hemolymph, and to verify whether lipids in gland cells are in part oxidized to acetyl-CoA. Increased levels of fatty acids were observed in both the PPG and the hemolymph after 48 h of lipid supplementation. These findings suggest that the PPG of A. sexdens rubropilosa workers mobilize fatty acids from their gland cells to the hemolymph. keywords: acid; als; ants; bls; fatty; fig; gland; groups; hemolymph; lipid; ppg; rubropilosa; sexdens; supplementation; workers cache: sociobiology-1027.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1027.txt item: #6 of 769 id: sociobiology-1030 author: Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen; Legøy, Thomas Aga; Soulé, Jonathan title: The Plesiobiontic Association of Formica lemani Bondroit with Lasius flavus (Fabricius) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Norway date: 2017-10-17 words: 1324 flesch: 47 summary: A, Lasius flavus pupae, B, Lasius flavus worker, C, Formica lemani worker, D, Formica lemani pupae. On the landscape level at the study site at Lygra, our observation matches well with Czechowski’s (2004) suggestion that plesiobiontic nests develop when the limiting factor controlling ant abundances is nesting site availability rather than food resources. keywords: flavus; formica; lemani; species cache: sociobiology-1030.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1030.txt item: #7 of 769 id: sociobiology-1031 author: Barbosa, Bruno Corrêa; Detoni, Mateus; Maciel, Tatiane Tagliatti; Prezoto, Fábio title: Studies of social wasp diversity in Brazil: Over 30 years of research, advancements and priorities date: 2016-10-25 words: 26065 flesch: 58 summary: We recorded the following data from each publication: study area, focus, duration, sampling methods and identified social wasp species. Based on this information, we generated: (1) a map of the distribution of the publications by state and (2) a table of social wasp species and the methods used to sample them, also sorted by state. keywords: b t; e b; f s; l b; l t; m al; m ar; m az; m et; m g; m m; m o; m pl; m r; m s; m t; o b; p b; p m; p r; r b; r e; r g; r o; r r; r s; rd s; ru s; s c; s d; s p; s t; sa m; t ra; t t cache: sociobiology-1031.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1031.txt item: #8 of 769 id: sociobiology-1035 author: Wang, Lei; Wang, Zheng; Zeng, Ling; Lu, Yongyue title: Red imported fire ant invasion reduces the populations of two banana insect pests in South China date: 2016-10-25 words: 3312 flesch: 55 summary: 19.2% - 41.4% of E. torus population and 17.8%-43.0% of S. typical population decreased when S. invicta appeared in three types of weed coverage banana plantations. Dynamics of S. invicta population in the three types of banana plantations. keywords: ant; banana; control; coverage; fire; invicta; plots; torus; weed cache: sociobiology-1035.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1035.txt item: #9 of 769 id: sociobiology-1037 author: Silva, Marília Dantas; Ramalho, Mauro title: The influence of habitat and species attributes on the density and nest spacing of a stingless bee (Meliponini) in the Atlantic Rainforest. date: 2016-10-25 words: 4442 flesch: 57 summary: As nest density rises and approaches the density threshold, the species’patrolling mechanism becomes effective and regulates nest densities resulting in the uniform distribution of T. spinipes colonies in the rubber groves. Here, Trigona spinipes (Fabricius, 1793) is used as a model to investigate factors affecting nest density and nesting spatial pattern of stingless bees, because it builds huge keywords: apidae; bees; canopy; density; forest; hymenoptera; nests; rubber; silva; spinipes; stingless; tropical cache: sociobiology-1037.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1037.txt item: #10 of 769 id: sociobiology-1038 author: Antonini, Yasmine; Silveira, Rodrigo Assunção; Oliveira, Márcio; Martins, Cristiane; Oliveira, Reisla title: Orchid bee fauna responds to habitat complexity on a savanna area (Cerrado) in Brazil. date: 2016-07-20 words: 4125 flesch: 54 summary: Since a greater distance can be covered by air for an equal energy cost, we expect orchid bee species to be highly ‘spatially mobile’, and the effects of habitat complexity (if any) to be less pronounced (Chust et al., 2004). Abundance of orchid bee species in sampling sites with high complexity (HCH) and low complexity (LCH) at PERPRETO, MG, Brazil. keywords: bee; bees; complexity; diversity; forest; habitat; habitat complexity; orchid; orchid bee; richness; species cache: sociobiology-1038.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1038.txt item: #11 of 769 id: sociobiology-1039 author: Brito, Jane Herondi dos Santos; Antonialli-Junior, William Fernando; Montagna, Thiago dos Santos; Mendonça, Angélica; Sguarizi-Antonio, Denise; Súarez, Yzél Rondon; Lima, Sandro Marcio; Andrade, Luis Humberto da Cunha; Cardoso, Claudia Andrea Lima title: Linear Alkanes and Reproductive Status of Polistes versicolor (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) Females in Winter Aggregates date: 2017-10-17 words: 4051 flesch: 47 summary: Discriminant analysis of linear alkanes present in Polistes versicolor females from two aggregates and with different ovarian development degrees obtained by GC-FID. This is in agreement with other studies on Hymenoptera females that reported a variation in cuticular chemical composition due to the fertility (Cuvillier-Hot et al., 2001; Sledge et al., 2001; Biseau et al., 2004; Will et al., 2012; Van Oystaeyen et al., 2014). keywords: aggregates; alkanes; chemical; development; et al; females; hymenoptera; linear; polistes; wasp cache: sociobiology-1039.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1039.txt item: #12 of 769 id: sociobiology-1041 author: Leão, Kamila Leão; de Queiroz, Ana Carolina Martins; Veiga, Jamille Costa; Contrera, Felipe Andrés León; Venturieri, Giorgio Cristino title: COLONY DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF THE STINGLESS BEE SCAPTOTRIGONA AFF. POSTICA (APIDAE, MELIPONINI) IN DIFFERENT HIVE MODELS date: 2016-12-29 words: 4949 flesch: 55 summary: However, division method differed between hive models. Brood comb area, contrasting with the other parameters, was approximately twice as large in vertical hives compared to horizontal hives. keywords: bees; brood; colonies; colony; combs; hive; horizontal; models; nest; stingless; venturieri; vertical cache: sociobiology-1041.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1041.txt item: #13 of 769 id: sociobiology-1043 author: Vicente, Ricardo Eduardo; Prado, Lívia Pires; Izzo, Thiago Junqueira title: Amazon Rainforest Ant-Fauna of Parque Estadual do Cristalino: Understory and Ground-Dwelling Ants date: 2016-10-25 words: 7311 flesch: 58 summary: We collected almost 63.4% of ant occurrences (total: 1,002, mean: 89.1, SD: ±26.3 per sample) and 65% of ant species (total: 143 species, mean: 47.91, SD: ±10.26) on the ground stratum. (a) Abundance mean of ants and (b) richness of ant species in vertical strata (ground and understory). keywords: amazon; ant; ants; camponotus; doi; estadual; et al; fauna; forest; formicidae; genus; ground; hymenoptera; izzo; parque; pheidole; species; total; vasconcelos; vegetation; vicente cache: sociobiology-1043.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1043.txt item: #14 of 769 id: sociobiology-1044 author: Lattke, John E.; Vélez, Manuel; Aguirre, Nikolay title: Survey of Ants in Dry Forests of Southwestern Ecuador (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) date: 2016-10-25 words: 7119 flesch: 60 summary: In both sites manual sampling proved more effective in terms of http://dx.doi.org/10.5883/DS-DRYLOJA JE Lattke, M Vélez, N Aguirre – Dry forest ants from southwestern Ecuador912 the number of collected species, with 24 species collected in Laipuna and 11 in El Chilco. Given the increasing amount of interdisciplinary research in southern Ecuador centering around conservation, biodiversity, and climate change (Gradstein et al., 2008; Bendix et al., 2013), the lack of knowledge about a key group of organisms, such as the region’s ants, is a major 1 - Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba-PR, Brazil 2 - Universidad Nacional de Loja, Loja, Ecuador REsEARCh ARTICLE - ANTs JE Lattke, M Vélez, N Aguirre – Dry forest ants from southwestern Ecuador910 hindrance towards greater understanding of the regional patterns and processes of biological diversity. keywords: ants; chilco; diversity; dry; ecuador; epi; forests; laipuna; litter; manual; number; pitfall; present; sites; species; total; traps cache: sociobiology-1044.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1044.txt item: #15 of 769 id: sociobiology-1049 author: Pfliegler, Walter P; Tálas, László; Báthori, Ferenc; Tartally, András; Pócsi, István; Szemán-Nagy, Gábor title: Antifungal Effect of Silver Nanoparticles on Rickia wasmannii Cavara (Ascomycota: Laboulbeniales) Infecting Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander (Formicidae) Ants date: 2016-07-20 words: 2352 flesch: 56 summary: Thus, antimycotics inhibiting cell proliferation may not be suitable to decrease the number of mature Rickia thalli on infected hosts at all. Rickia thalli are attached firmly to the 1 - Department of Biotechnology and Microbiology, University of Debrecen, Hungary 2 - Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA), Budapest, Hungary 3 - Department of Evolutionary Zoology and Human Biology, University of Debrecen, Hungary SHORT NOTE WP Pfliegler – Silver nanoparticles against Rickia infection on Myrmica852 host, presumably even if the cells of the thallus are dead, e.g. we observed Rickia and other Laboulbeniales thalli on decades- old museum specimens (Báthori et al., 2014, 2015b) and the fungus does not produce hyphae at all. keywords: ants; doi; laboulbeniales; number; rickia; thalli; treatment cache: sociobiology-1049.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1049.txt item: #16 of 769 id: sociobiology-1050 author: Gonçalves-Souza, Thiago title: Induced biotic response in Amazonian ant-plants: the role of leaf damage intensity and plant-derived food rewards on ant recruitment date: 2016-10-25 words: 4079 flesch: 53 summary: In fact, previous studies demonstrated that the provisioning of food increase ant aggressiveness (against plant herbivores) and survival rates (reviewed in Heil, 2015). I suggested that future works could manipulate plant size and quality, and food provisioning to better understand why mutual ant-plant systems with very distinct characteristics are evolutionarily stabilized. keywords: ant; ants; cues; food; leaf; leaves; plant; recruitment; workers cache: sociobiology-1050.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1050.txt item: #17 of 769 id: sociobiology-1052 author: Solar, Ricardo Ribeiro de Castro; Chaul, Júlio Cesar Mario; Maués, Márcia; Schoereder, José Henrique title: A Quantitative Baseline of Ants and Orchid Bees in Human-Modified Amazonian Landscapes in Paragominas, PA, Brazil. date: 2016-10-25 words: 7673 flesch: 56 summary: List of orchid bees species collected in this study. Hence, constructing and updating species lists provides vital information about species distribution records. keywords: ants; bees; biodiversity; doi; euglossa; forel; forest; land; orchid; paragominas; pfl; pflb; pfu; pgm-01; pheidole; smith; solenopsis; species; study; type; use cache: sociobiology-1052.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1052.txt item: #18 of 769 id: sociobiology-1053 author: Pereira, Luana Priscila de Carvalho; Almeida, Fábio Souto; Vargas, André Barbosa; Araújo, Marcel Santos de; Mayhé-Nunes, Antônio José; Queiroz, Jarbas Marçal title: Seasonal Analysis of Taxonomic and Functional Diversity of Poneromorph Ant Assemblages in the Amazon Forest date: 2016-10-25 words: 5839 flesch: 58 summary: In addition, Wilkie et al. (2010) also observed that a relatively small number of ant species use more than one vertical stratum of the forest. Although climate seasonality is lower at low latitudes, the Brazilian Amazon has two climate types with marked Abstract The present study aimed at assessing the effects of climate seasonality on poneromorph ants in the Brazilian Amazon, by studying variations in composition, richness, and taxonomic and functional diversity. keywords: ants; diversity; doi; dry; et al; forest; poneromorph; rainy; richness; season; soil; species; sub cache: sociobiology-1053.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1053.txt item: #19 of 769 id: sociobiology-1057 author: Gómez, Kiko; Espadaler, Xavier; Santamaria, Sergi title: Ant-fungus Interactions: Laboulbenia camponoti Batra in Italy and a New Host for L. formicarum Thaxter (Fungi: Ascomycota, Laboulbeniales) date: 2016-10-25 words: 2717 flesch: 61 summary: 40,4’N 10º 45,12’E 60m X X Toscana: Montopoli 43º 40,4’N 10º 44,98’E 50m L X X Toscana: Montopoli 43º 40,45’N 10º 44,74’E 40m X Toscana: Parking lot (Montepoli) 43º 40,4’N 10º 45,12’E 60m X X X Toscana: PKG Decathlon (Cascina) 43º 40,53’N 10º 28,29’E 10m X Toscana: Via Scandicci 221 (Florence) 43º 45,75’N 11º 12,53’E 50m X Umbria: Castle garden (Orvieto) 42º 43,36’N 12º 7,22’E 275m X X Umbria: Catedral Square (Orvieto) 42º 42,99’N 12º 6,8’E 320m X X X X Table 1. keywords: ant; camponotus; espadaler; formicarum; host; laboulbenia; lasius; species cache: sociobiology-1057.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1057.txt item: #20 of 769 id: sociobiology-1067 author: Zhang, Yue; Fu, Jiantao; Huang, Conglin; Cheng, Dongmei; Huang, Rilin; Zhang, Zhi-Xiang title: Insecticidal Activity of the Soil in the Rhizosphere of Viburnum odoratissimum against Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) date: 2017-05-30 words: 4011 flesch: 61 summary: Repellency of callicarpenal and intermedeol against workers of imported fire ants. Mortality of minor red imported fire ants after open exposure to soil in different depth under V. odoratissimum. keywords: ability; ants; leaves; methyl; odoratissimum; repellent; salicylate; soil; workers cache: sociobiology-1067.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1067.txt item: #21 of 769 id: sociobiology-1070 author: Barbosa, Marcílio Souza; Forti, Luiz Carlos; Fujihara, Ricardo Toshio; Raetano, Carlos Gilberto title: Effects of Diafenthiuron in Toxic Baits on Colonies of Leaf-cutting ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) date: 2017-10-17 words: 3625 flesch: 55 summary: Eficiência de isca formicida aplicada sobre o monte de terra solta de ninhos de Atta sexdens rubropilosa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Grading scale (0 to 4) for the cutting of Acalypha sp. leaves by Atta sexdens rubropilosa workers after the treatment with baits at 2, 7, 14 and 21 DAA (days after application). keywords: application; baits; colonies; cutting; daa; diafenthiuron; exposure; leaves; light cache: sociobiology-1070.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1070.txt item: #22 of 769 id: sociobiology-1071 author: Creão-Duarte, Antonio; Hernández, Malva; Rothéa, Rembrandt; Santos, Wellington title: Temporal Variation of Membracidae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) Composition in Areas of Caatinga with Different Vegetation Structures date: 2016-07-20 words: 3320 flesch: 55 summary: Sociobiology An international journal on social insects AJ Creão-Duarte1, MIM Hernández2, RRAD Rothéa1, WE Santos1 Article History Edited by Kleber Del-Claro, UFU, Brazil Received 17 May 2016 Initial acceptance 06 June 2016 Final acceptance 10 June 2016 Publication date 15 July 2016 Keywords Caatinga, host plants, treehoppers. We asked: (1) Do membracids seasonally explore host plants in this environment? keywords: areas; caatinga; creão; doi; dry; duarte; membracids; season; species cache: sociobiology-1071.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1071.txt item: #23 of 769 id: sociobiology-1073 author: Oliveira, Tamires Camila Talamonte; Souza, Marcos Magalhaes; Pires, Epifânio Porfiro title: Nesting habits of social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in forest fragments associated with anthropic areas in southeastern Brazil date: 2017-05-30 words: 2460 flesch: 52 summary: Social wasps colonies can be classified as stelocyttarus, gymnodomous, astelocyttarus, or phragmocyttarus (Richards & Richards, 1951; Richards, 1978; Carpenter & Marques, 2001). List of social wasp species and number of colonies recorded in urban fragments in the municipality of Inconfidentes, Minas Gerais, Brazil, in the period from March to September of 2015. keywords: colonies; hymenoptera; polybia; species; vespidae; wasps cache: sociobiology-1073.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1073.txt item: #24 of 769 id: sociobiology-1074 author: Simon, Sabrina Soares; Teixeira, Marcos da Cunha; Salomão, Tânia title: THE REALLOCATTION OF THE ANT SPECIES Dinoponera lucida EMERY (FORMICIDAE: PONERINAE) POPULATION INCREASING ITS LOCAL GENETIC DIVERSITY date: 2016-12-29 words: 3116 flesch: 44 summary: Population genetic aspects of pollinator decline. Endemic species are even more threatened under these circumstances, and this is why the species D. lucida requires ultimate population genetic studies. keywords: analysis; conservation; diversity; forest; lucida; nests; population; reallocation cache: sociobiology-1074.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1074.txt item: #25 of 769 id: sociobiology-1077 author: Bragança, Marcos Antonio Lima; Arruda, Filipe Viegas; Souza, Lana Rubia Rocha; Martins, Hendria Cirqueira; Della Lucia, Terezinha Maria Castro title: Phorid Flies Parasitizing Leaf-Cutting Ants: Their Occurrence, Parasitism Rates, Biology and the First Account of Multiparasitism date: 2016-12-29 words: 4789 flesch: 53 summary: The proportional percentage of parasitism of around 60% of A. sexden worker ants by M. grandicornis and of A. laevigata by A. attophilus suggests that these two parasitoids should be the main subject of future studies aimed at the use of phorids for the management of leaf-cutting ants in Brazil. The rate of parasitism on A. sexdens was three times lower than the rate found on A. laevigata; the most common flies were, respectively, M. grandicornis in A. sexdens and A. attophilus in A. laevigata. keywords: ants; bragança; host; laevigata; leaf; sexdens; species cache: sociobiology-1077.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1077.txt item: #26 of 769 id: sociobiology-1142 author: Michelutti, Kamylla Balbuena; Soares, Eva Ramona Pereira; Prezoto, Fabio; Antonialli-Junior, William Fernando title: Opportunistic Strategies for Capture and Storage of Prey of Two Species of Social Wasps of the Genus Polybia Lepeletier (Vespidae, Polistinae, Epiponini) date: 2017-05-30 words: 3849 flesch: 58 summary: Material capturado e utilizado na alimentação de Polybia (Trichothorax) ignobilis (Haliday, 1836) Estudos biológicos de Polybia occidentalis occidentalis (Olivier, 1791) (Hym.-Vespidae). keywords: colonies; colony; foraging; number; polybia; prey; vespidae; wasps cache: sociobiology-1142.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1142.txt item: #27 of 769 id: sociobiology-1143 author: Fernandes, Carlo Rivero Moura; Almeida, Alerson Brito; Del Lama, Marco Antonio; Martins, Celso F title: Nesting Substrate Characteristics of Partamona seridoensis Pedro & Camargo (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Areas of Dry Forest in Brazil date: 2017-05-30 words: 4560 flesch: 58 summary: Number of bee nests (percent) sampled at Almas and Moreiras Farms accordingly to orientation of entrances to cardinal and collateral points, A Almas Farm, B Moreiras Farm, and C total. Partamona seridoensis Pedro and Camargo occurs mainly in the dry forest biome, called caatinga and nests 1 - União de Ensino Superior de Campina Grande (UNESC), Campina Grande-PB, Brazil 2 - Universidade Estadual da Paraíba (UEPB), Campina Grande-PB, Brazil 3 - Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar), São Carlos-SP, Brazil 4 - Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), João Pessoa-PB, Brazil RESEARCH ARTICLE - BEES Sociobiology 64(1): 26-32 (March, 2017) 27 only inside termite nests (Camargo & Pedro, 2003). keywords: bees; caatinga; colonies; cyphergaster; nesting; nests; paraíba; partamona; seridoensis; species; termite cache: sociobiology-1143.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1143.txt item: #28 of 769 id: sociobiology-1145 author: Bharti, Himender; Sasi, Sishal; Radchenko, Alexander title: Biogeography and Ecology of Myrmica species (Formicidae: Hymenoptera) in Himalayan regions date: 2016-10-25 words: 11387 flesch: 66 summary: 3 Myrmica aimonissabaudiae Menozzi, 1939 1300 - 3500m 4 Myrmica alperti Elmes et Radchenko, 2009 2200 - 3200m 5 Myrmica boltoni Radchenko et Elmes, 1998 2000 - 3400m 6 Myrmica brancuccii Radchenko, Elmes et Collingwood, 1999 2400m 7 Myrmica cachmiriensis Forel, 1904 1829 - 3500m 8 Myrmica collingwoodi Radchenko et Elmes, 1998 2450 - 3100m 9 Myrmica curvispinosa Bharti et Sharma, 2013 2479 - 2700m 10 Myrmica elmesi Bharti et Sharma, 2011 2000 - 2200m 11 Myrmica ereptrix Bolton, 1988 2800m 12 Myrmica foreliana Radchenko et Elmes, 2001 2900m 13 Myrmica fortior Forel, 1904 1981 - 2700m 14 Myrmica hecate Weber, 1947 1300 - 3700m 15 Myrmica indica Weber, 1950 1400 - 3150m 16 Myrmica inezae Forel, 1902 1900 - 3000m 17 Myrmica kothiensis Bharti et Sharma, 2013 2479m 18 Myrmica kozlovi Ruzsky, 1915 2743 - 4800m 19 Myrmica latra Bharti, Radchenko et Sasi, 2016 2260 - 2740m 20 Myrmica longisculpta Bharti et Sharma, 2011 2000 - 3100m 21 Myrmica martensi Radchenko et Elmes, 1998 3200m 22 Myrmica nefaria Bharti, 2012 2469m 23 Myrmica nitida Radchenko et Elmes, 1999 2600 - 3600m 24 Myrmica ordinaria Radchenko et Elmes, 1999 2300 - 3077m 25 Myrmica pachei Forel, 1906 2600 - 3600m 26 Myrmica petita Radchenko et Elmes, 1999 2300 - 2400m 27 Myrmica pseudorugosa Bharti, 2012 3600m 28 Myrmica radchenkoi Bharti et Sharma, 2011 2000m 29 Myrmica religiosa Bharti et Sharma, 2013 2300m 30 Myrmica rhytida Radchenko et Elmes, 1999 2800 - 4200m 31 Myrmica rigatoi Radchenko et Elmes, 1998 2200 - 2300m 32 Myrmica rugosa Mayr, 1865 1400 - 3500m 33 Myrmica rupestris Forel, 1902 1341 - 4084m 34 Myrmica smythiesii Forel, 1902 2133 - 3749m 35 Myrmica tenuispina Ruzsky, 1905 2400 - 4100m 36 Myrmica urbanii Radchenko et Elmes, 1998 975 - 1900m 37 Myrmica varisculpta Radchenko et Rigato, 2009 3350m 38 Myrmica villosa Radchenko et Elmes, 1999 3300m 39 Myrmica vittata Radchenko et Elmes, 1999 1690 - 3784m (approx.) Myrmica rhytida Radchenko et Elmes, 1999 Holotype: worker, “Kashmir, Up. keywords: bharti; distribution; ecology; elmes; et elmes; forel; himalaya; holotype; india; kashmir; leg; myrmica; myrmica species; nepal; pradesh; radchenko; radchenko et; species; temperature; workers cache: sociobiology-1145.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1145.txt item: #29 of 769 id: sociobiology-1146 author: Yang, Yun Qiu; Pu, Long Jun; Wang, Qian; Wang, Zhong; Pang, Zheng Ping; Long, Yan Hua title: Population Diversity of Odontotermes formosanus (Shiraki) (Termitidae, Macrotermitinae) from Different Geographic Locations in Anhui Province, China date: 2018-10-02 words: 7028 flesch: 62 summary: POPGENE, the user-friendly shareware for population genetic analysis. However, this study only analyzed O. formosanus in Anhui Province; thus, research on population genetic relationships, genetic structure, and migration pattern in a wider range must be performed. keywords: anhui; bands; china; distance; diversity; doi; formosanus; geo; issr; long; markers; populations; termites; wang cache: sociobiology-1146.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1146.txt item: #30 of 769 id: sociobiology-1153 author: Rahman, Md Mamunur; Hosoishi, Shingo; Ogata, Kazuo title: Phylogenetic Position of the Western Bangladesh Populations of Weaver Ant, Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) date: 2017-12-27 words: 2677 flesch: 58 summary: We here confirm that O. smaragdina populations with Indian mitochondrial haplotypes exist in the western part of Bangladesh. Introduction The weaver ant genus Oecophylla (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) has two broadly distributed species: O. smaragdina and O. longinoda. keywords: azuma; bangladesh; coi; cytb; khulna; oecophylla; smaragdina; southeast cache: sociobiology-1153.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1153.txt item: #31 of 769 id: sociobiology-1171 author: Carvalho, Karine S.; Carneiro, Marcos Augusto Ferraz; Nascimento, Ivan Cardoso; Saha, Amartya Kumar; Bruna, Emilio Miguel title: Lower ant Diversity on Earth Mounds in a Semi-Arid Brazilian Ecosystem: Natural or a Sign of Degradation? date: 2016-12-29 words: 6772 flesch: 56 summary: These results suggest that environmental degradation in the Caatinga led to deforestation and thus compaction and leaching of soil mounds. = 40), being the highest in white soil mounds fields. keywords: ant; ants; brazil; caatinga; cover; diversity; doi; ecosystem; fields; lowland; mounds; richness; soil; species; study; vegetation cache: sociobiology-1171.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1171.txt item: #32 of 769 id: sociobiology-1174 author: dos Santos, Leonardo Rodrigues; Feitosa, Rodrigo Machado; Carneiro, Marco Antônio title: The role of Senescent Stem-Galls over Arboreal Ant Communities Structure in Eremanthus erythropappus (DC.) MacLeish (Asteraceae) Trees date: 2017-05-30 words: 4713 flesch: 62 summary: Therefore, this work aims at expanding the knowledge about ants associated with candeia galls on a regional scale, by describing the ant communities found in the canopies of candeia trees, including the species that use galls as nesting sites. pallidus sp. and Solenopsis sp.), were not found in candeia galls by Almeida et al., (2014). keywords: ants; candeia; doi; et al; galls; senescent; species; trees cache: sociobiology-1174.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1174.txt item: #33 of 769 id: sociobiology-1178 author: Somavilla, Alexandre; Schoeninger, Karine; Castro, Dark Gabriela Dolzane; Oliveira, Marcio Luiz; Krug, Cristiane title: Diversity of wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in conventional and organic guarana (Paullinia cupana var. sorbilis) crops in the Brazilian Amazon date: 2016-12-29 words: 5069 flesch: 57 summary: In organic management crop, 686 individuals allocated in 18 genera and 47 species were collected, whereas in conventional management crop 291 individuals allocated in 18 genera and 41 species were collected. In organic management crop, we collected 686 individuals allocated in 18 genera and 47 species. keywords: crop; diversity; edge; forest; genera; guarana; management; polybia; sampling; species; vespidae; wasps cache: sociobiology-1178.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1178.txt item: #34 of 769 id: sociobiology-1179 author: Rahimi, Ata; Mirmoayedi, Alinaghi; Kahrizi, Danial; Zarei, Leila; Jamali, Samad title: Morphometric diversity and phylogenetic relationships among Iranian honey bee (Apis mellifera meda Skorikow, 1829) populations using morphological characters date: 2017-05-30 words: 4947 flesch: 53 summary: Iranian honey bee subspecies grouped with East Mediterranean, Near East and Eastern Middle East subspecies (O branch). Many authors have speculated about a close relationship for the morphological characters between Iranian honey bee subspecies and Italian subspecies (Apis mellifera ligustica). keywords: apis; bee; honey; honey bee; iranian; length; mellifera; subspecies cache: sociobiology-1179.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1179.txt item: #35 of 769 id: sociobiology-1181 author: Shebl, Mohamed title: Nesting Biology and Seasonality of Long-Horned Bee Eucera nigrilabris Lepeletier (Hymenoptera, Apidae) date: 2016-12-29 words: 3984 flesch: 63 summary: Eucera bee species are common and important pollinator in the Mediterranean region (Nachtigall, 1994; Sapir et al., 2005). Most of soil burrowing bees makes only one nest and very few make several nests with very few cells (Stephen et al., 1969; Kamel, 1981; Coville et al., 1983; Norden, 1984; Neff & Simpson, 1992; Semida, 2000; Shebl et al., 2014). keywords: bees; cells; egypt; eucera; hymenoptera; nesting; shebl; soil; species cache: sociobiology-1181.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1181.txt item: #36 of 769 id: sociobiology-1183 author: Cestaro, Lubiane Guimarães; Alves, Maria Luisa Teles Marques Florêncio; Message, Dejair; Silva, Marcos Vinícius Gualberdo Barbosa; Teixeira, Érica Weinstein title: Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Health in Stationary and Migratory Apiaries date: 2017-05-30 words: 5519 flesch: 59 summary: Statistical results of infection of N. ceranae in adults honey bees and infestation of V. destructor in adult honey bees and brood cells. Just like nosemosis, infestations by the ectoparasitic mite V. destructor can also harm honey bee colonies, especially by transmitting different types of viruses (Le Conte et al., 2010). keywords: apiaries; apis; bee; bees; ceranae; doi; et al; honey; infestation; migratory cache: sociobiology-1183.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1183.txt item: #37 of 769 id: sociobiology-1184 author: Pinzon Florian, Olga Patricia; Baquero, Loren; Beltran, Maira title: Termite (Isoptera) Diversity in a Gallery Forests Relict in the Colombian Eastern Plains date: 2017-05-30 words: 5562 flesch: 58 summary: Termites are a key group for the dynamics of tropical forests where they are primary decomposers and drivers of nutrient cycling (Ackerman et al., 2009; Bandeira & Vasconcelos, 2003) but research on termites in general in Colombia is scarce and particularly in forest of the Orinoco region (Jiménez & Decaëns, 2006); few records exist for this group in the region (Lasso et al., 2010; Pinzon et al., 2012). However, unpublished data (Pinzon personal communication) found only 21 morphospecies from 18 genera in a gallery forests and 10 genera in a commercial rubber plantation (Pinzon et al., 2012) in Pto. keywords: brown; constantino; diversity; doi; et al; forest; gallery; sampling; soil; souza; species; termite cache: sociobiology-1184.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1184.txt item: #38 of 769 id: sociobiology-1188 author: Akbar, Shahid Ali; Bharti, Himender; Wachkoo, Aijaz Ahmad title: Discovery of Remarkable New Ant Species of the Genus Pseudolasius Emery (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) From Western Ghats of India date: 2017-09-21 words: 2323 flesch: 60 summary: We thank Prof. Zhenghui Xu (College of Forestry, Southwest Forestry University, Yunnan Province, China) for comparing and confirming the identity of new species. Morphological terminology for measurements (in millimeters) Department of Zoology & Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India RESEARCH ARTICLE - ANTS SA Akbar, H Bharti, AA Wachkoo – Discovery of remarkable new ant species from India134 and indices are as follows: TL: Total out stretched length of the specimen, measured along lateral view, from mandibular apex to the tip of the abdomen. keywords: genus; head; margin; pseudolasius; species; view cache: sociobiology-1188.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1188.txt item: #39 of 769 id: sociobiology-1190 author: Lunardi, Juliana Sartori; Zaluski, Rodrigo; Orsi, Ricardo de Oliveira title: Evaluation of Motor Changes and Toxicity of Insecticides Fipronil and Imidacloprid in Africanized Honey Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) date: 2017-05-30 words: 5528 flesch: 56 summary: To determine the LD 50 , foraging honey bees were exposed by ingestion and contact to five doses of fipronil (Regent 800WG®) and imidacloprid (Appalus 200SC®) insecticides. Furthermore, the beekeeping that is based in the nurturing of honey bees to explore honey, wax, pollen, propolis, royal jelly, and apitoxin (bee venom) has high importance in employment and income generation. keywords: bees; contact; doi; doses; et al; exposure; fipronil; honey; imidacloprid; ingestion; ld50 cache: sociobiology-1190.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1190.txt item: #40 of 769 id: sociobiology-1192 author: Gonçalves, Lia; Buschini, Maria Luiza Tunes title: Diversity of bees and their interaction networks with Ludwigia sericea (Cambessides) H. Hara and Ludwigia peruviana (L.) H. Hara (Onagraceae) flowers in a swamp area in the Brazilian Atlantic Foresteae) flowers in Atlantic Forest Area in Southern Brazil date: 2017-05-30 words: 7927 flesch: 62 summary: Diversity and composition of bees species The values of the indices of richness (Dmg) and diversity (H’) for L. sericea (Dmg = 2.972; H’ = 2.043) were superior compared to those obtained for L. peruviana (Dmg L Gonçalves, ML Tunes Buschini – Bees diversity and interaction networks with Ludwigia sericea and Ludwigia peruviana 60 = 2.815; H’ = 1.906). Generalist bee species tend to be more abundant and more resistant to disturbances than the specialist species (Vazquez, 2005; Vazquez & Aizen, 2004). keywords: bees; brazil; diversity; doi; flowering; flowers; gimenes; interaction; ludwigia; network; number; onagraceae; peruviana; plants; pollen; sericea; species; study cache: sociobiology-1192.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1192.txt item: #41 of 769 id: sociobiology-1195 author: Majer, Jonathan David; Agosti, Donat title: Ants Visible from Space Influence Soil Properties and Vegetation in Steppe Rangelands of Iran date: 2016-12-29 words: 2760 flesch: 59 summary: None of the chemical or physical soil properties differed significantly between abandoned nests and control areas (Table 2), indicating that it had been the activity of ants that was responsible for the differences observed on active nests. Duncan’s multiple range test indicated that levels of all four measures were considerably higher in active nest soil compared to control soil at all four measured depths (0-10, 10.1-20, 20-1-30 and 30.1-40 cm), while levels soil of abandoned nests were virtually the same as in control soil (Fig 3). keywords: ant; control; messor; nests; soil; species cache: sociobiology-1195.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1195.txt item: #42 of 769 id: sociobiology-1199 author: Ricioli, Leonardo Samuel; Mendes, Gabriela C.; Ferreira, Rhainer Guillermo title: Kick Out The Ants: A Novel and Striking Behavior in Ant-Wasp Interactions date: 2017-05-30 words: 1872 flesch: 53 summary: While the ants were attending the hemipterans (Fig 1a), P. vespiceps wasps hovered in circles around the ants and stroke them with the forelegs (supplementary video 1) and landed on the hemipterans (Fig 1b). There are many forms of mutualism in nature, for instance, the widely known case of the trophobiosis observed between ants and hemipterans (Del-Claro & Oliveira, 1999; Styrsky& Eubanks., 2007). keywords: ants; hemipterans; honeydew; interaction; reticulatum; wasps cache: sociobiology-1199.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1199.txt item: #43 of 769 id: sociobiology-12 author: Pereira, Marlon C.; Delabie, Jacques H. C.; Súarez, Yzel Rondon; Antonialli-Jr., William Fernando title: Spatial connectivity of aquatic macrophytes and flood cycle influence species richness of an ant community of a Brazilian floodplain date: 2013-03-27 words: 5694 flesch: 64 summary: List of ant species and macrophytes species sampled in marginal environments of the Paraguay and Amonguijá Rivers and Criminosa and Flores Lakes, in the region of Porto Murtinho, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, from March/2009 to March/2010. Of the total of macrophyte species observed, only in 12.5% we found a more specific correlation with ants that were nesting in spaces provided by plants representing a total of 10.52% of the species ana- lyzed. keywords: ants; brazil; camponotus; delabie; entomol; family; fig; flood; group; macrophytes; order; pantanal; plants; river; species cache: sociobiology-12.pdf plain text: sociobiology-12.txt item: #44 of 769 id: sociobiology-1204 author: Fernandes, Wedson Desidério; Lange, Denise; Pereira, Janser Moura; Raizer, Josué title: Ant Community in Neotropical Agrosystems: A Four-Year Study in Conventional and No-Tillage Systems date: 2018-07-09 words: 5957 flesch: 56 summary: Thus, it is possible to infer that the no-tillage area is a more complex environment with a greater diversity of ants and, therefore, a more sustainable agrosystem as compared to conventional tillage areas. The effects of soil tillage on beneficial invertebrates within the vineyard. keywords: abundance; ant; ants; areas; biomass; conventional; diversity; doi; implementation; plant; richness; soil; species; study; tillage; year cache: sociobiology-1204.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1204.txt item: #45 of 769 id: sociobiology-1206 author: Tartally, András; Tóth, János Pál; Váradi, Alex; Bereczki, Judit title: First Data on the Host Ant Usage of Large Blue from the Carpathian Basin date: 2017-05-30 words: 2102 flesch: 58 summary: Here we report the first data on the host ant usage of M. arion in the Carpathian Basin, one prepupal caterpillar from a Myrmica specioides and one pupa from a M. scabrinodis nest. It is important to collect further data on the host ant usage of M. arion, despite the difficulties of data collection. keywords: ant; arion; host; maculinea; myrmica cache: sociobiology-1206.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1206.txt item: #46 of 769 id: sociobiology-1207 author: Gomes, Camila Brito; Souza, Jorge L. P.; Franklin, Elizabeth title: A comparison between time of exposure, number of pitfall traps and the sampling cost to capture ground-dwelling poneromorph ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) date: 2018-07-09 words: 7548 flesch: 57 summary: Traditionally, pitfall traps remain in the field for 48 hours in studies with ground-dwelling ants (Pik et al., 1999; Agosti & Alonso 2000; Bestelmeyer et al., 2000; Vasconcelos et al., 2003; Oliveira et al., 2009; Souza et al., 2009; Baccaro et al., 2012, 2013; Souza et al., 2012). just species lists, but surveys which highlight the relationships among the community and the changing environmental variables (Landeiro et al., 2010; Franklin et al., 2013). keywords: ants; biodiversity; days; doi; effort; et al; forest; litter; maximum; number; pitfall; poneromorph; samples; sampling; souza; species; time; traps cache: sociobiology-1207.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1207.txt item: #47 of 769 id: sociobiology-1209 author: Silva, Edison Fernandes da; Corá, José Eduardo; Harada, Ana Yoshi; Sampaio, Ivan Barbosa Machado title: Association of the Occurrence of Ant Species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with Soil Attributes, Vegetation, and Climate in the Brazilian Savanna Northeastern Region date: 2017-12-27 words: 5941 flesch: 59 summary: The species E. muticum, C. comatulus and P. termitarius found in S1 and S2 sites were positively associated with higher soil densities, soil air temperatures, soil micropores and lower soil pH The latter plays an important role in the stratification and complexity of ant communities nesting on the ground or tree canopies (Kaspari & Yanoviak, 2001). Studies about ant species that live on soil horizons are quite restricted, since the majority of studies that approach soil ants deal with species from epigeic substrates collected with pitfall traps, besides the methodological difficulties in obtaining samples of ant species on the soil. keywords: ants; area; attributes; brazil; cerrado; doi; litter; myrmicinae; nests; occurrence; sites; soil; species; termitarius; vegetation cache: sociobiology-1209.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1209.txt item: #48 of 769 id: sociobiology-1210 author: Aguiar, Cândida Maria Lima; Lua, Shantala; Silva, Maise; Peixoto, Paulo Enrique Cardoso; Alvarez, Heiddy M; Santos, Gilberto Marcos de Mendonça title: The Similar Usage of a Common Key Resource Does Not Determine Similar Responses by Species in A Community of Oil-collecting Bees date: 2017-05-30 words: 5792 flesch: 56 summary: Functional roles of Centridini oil bees and Malpighiaceae oil flowers in biome-wide pollination networks. We built models containing bee richness or abundance as the response variables, and tribe, oil abundance, and plant abundance as fixed factors. keywords: abundance; availability; bees; byrsonima; centridini; centris; flowers; number; oil; plant; richness; species cache: sociobiology-1210.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1210.txt item: #49 of 769 id: sociobiology-1215 author: Somavilla, Alexandre; de Oliveira, Marcio Luiz title: Social wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae) from Ducke Reserve, Amazonas, Brazil date: 2017-05-30 words: 2663 flesch: 52 summary: X X X Agelaia cajennensis Fabricius, 1798 X X X X Agelaia centralis (Cameron, 1907) X Agelaia constructor (de Saussure, 1854) X X X X Agelaia fulvofasciata (DeGeer, 1773) X X X X X Agelaia hamiltoni Richards, 1978 X Agelaia myrmecophila (Ducke, 1905) X X Agelaia ornata (Ducke, 1905) X Agelaia pallidiventris Richards, 1978 X Agelaia pallipes (Olivier, 1791) X X X X Agelaia testacea (Fabricius, 1804) X X X X X Angiopolybia obidensis (Ducke, 1904) X X X Angiopolybia pallens (Lepeletier, 1836) X X X X A. Somavilla, M.L. de Oliveira – Social wasps from Ducke Reserve128 Table 1. keywords: agelaia; ducke; light; mischocyttarus; polybia; reserve; species; trap; wasps cache: sociobiology-1215.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1215.txt item: #50 of 769 id: sociobiology-1216 author: Nene, Wilson A.; Offenberg, Joachim; Rwegasira, Gration M; Mwatawala, Maulid w title: The use of light to enhance weaver ant Oecophylla longinoda Latreille (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) queen catches date: 2017-05-30 words: 2756 flesch: 64 summary: This may help researchers and ant nursery managers to reduce the costs associated to the collection of ant queens. In this study we investigated if the catch rate of O. longinoda queens in artificial nests could be improved by attracting queens to trees with a light source (electric torches). keywords: ant; doi; light; queens; weaver cache: sociobiology-1216.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1216.txt item: #51 of 769 id: sociobiology-1219 author: Leal, Laura Carolina; Jacovak, Catarina C; Bobrowiec, Paulo Estefano D; Camargo, José Luiz C; Peixoto, Paulo Enrique C title: The role of parabiotic ants and environment on epiphyte composition and protection in ant gardens date: 2017-10-17 words: 5225 flesch: 53 summary: In both environments, AG-epiphyte communities Fig 2. Frequency of epiphyte plant species in ant gardens at the forest edge (A) and in the forest interior (B) in Central Amazonian Forest. Ant gardens are ant nests built on the branches of trees and on which aggregates of epiphyte species grow (Ule, 1901). keywords: ags; ant; ants; edge; epiphyte; femoratus; forest; plant; response; species cache: sociobiology-1219.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1219.txt item: #52 of 769 id: sociobiology-1223 author: Acda, Menandro N title: Performance of Soil Termiticides in Open Field and Under Roof Overhang date: 2017-09-21 words: 2724 flesch: 55 summary: Considering that soil termiticides used for chemical barrier treatments are generally applied along the perimeter of structures under wide roof overhang, many would argue that concrete slab test should be installed in soil under cover from weather to simulate actual service condition. The study investigated the performance of cypermethrin and chlorpyrifos based soil termiticides using concrete slab test installed in open field and under roof overhang in the Philippines over a 5 year study period. keywords: field; overhang; philippines; roof; soil; termites; termiticides cache: sociobiology-1223.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1223.txt item: #53 of 769 id: sociobiology-1228 author: Vicente, Ricardo Eduardo; Izzo, Thiago Junqueira title: Defining Habitat Use by the Parabiotic Ants Camponotus femoratus (Fabricius, 1804) and Crematogaster levior Longino, 2003 date: 2017-12-27 words: 5488 flesch: 57 summary: Furthermore, it is known that parabiotic ants foraging on the ground and in vegetation, the nests are arboreal. Furthermore, even though the nests are essentially arboreal, it is known that parabiotic ants forage on the ground and in vegetation. keywords: ants; area; canopy; doi; femoratus; forest; gaps; ground; levior; openness; parabiotic; species; vegetation cache: sociobiology-1228.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1228.txt item: #54 of 769 id: sociobiology-1232 author: Vilhena, Patricia dos Santos title: Male Orchid Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) in Canopy and Understory of Amazon Várzea Floodplain Forest. I. Microclimatic, Seasonal and Faunal Aspects date: 2017-09-21 words: 8459 flesch: 65 summary: The aim of the present study was to investigate whether male orchid bees have preference for arboreal strata in a forest with a dynamic understory. 1 - Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto-SP, Brazil 2 - Universidade Federal do Amapá, Macapá-AP, Brazil RESEARCH ARTICLE - BEES PS Vilhena, LJ Rocha, CA Garófalo – Male orchid bees in strata of várzea floodplain forest192 keywords: abundance; bees; canopy; doi; euglossa; forest; orchid; richness; season; species; strata; stratum; understory cache: sociobiology-1232.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1232.txt item: #55 of 769 id: sociobiology-1250 author: Aguiar, Cândida Maria Lima; Caramés, Juliana; França, Flavio; Melo, Efigenia title: Exploitation of Floral Resources and Niche Overlap within an Oil-collecting Bee Guild (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in a Neotropical Savanna date: 2017-05-30 words: 4928 flesch: 63 summary: However, the effects of trophic niches overlap among bee species have been little discussed (Wilms et al., 1996; Roubik & Villanueva, 2009). Corresponding author Cândida M. L. Aguiar Departamento de Ciências Biológicas Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana Av. Transnordestina, s/n, Novo Horizonte 44036-900, Feira de Santana-BA, Brazil E-Mail: candida.aguiar @gmail.com Studies on niche overlap among bee species have mostly addressed the trophic dimension, while few have investigated the overlap in the temporal dimension of the niches (Santos et al., 2013; Barônio & Torezan-Silingardi, 2016). keywords: aguiar; bee; bees; centris; doi; hymenoptera; niche; oil; overlap; plant; species cache: sociobiology-1250.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1250.txt item: #56 of 769 id: sociobiology-1251 author: Assis, Diego Santana; Morris, Sam; Nascimento, Fabio S title: “Empty spaces ‘Where’ we are living for” – First record of Dinoponera quadriceps reusing nests of Atta sexdens date: 2017-05-30 words: 1158 flesch: 60 summary: The reuse of deep nests from other species can provide D. quadriceps with protection from high temperature, whilst saving on the energy required to build new nests. Here we report D. quadriceps colonizing empty Atta sexdens nests and using them to raise brood. keywords: atta; dinoponera; nests; quadriceps cache: sociobiology-1251.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1251.txt item: #57 of 769 id: sociobiology-1256 author: Han, lei; He, Shaoyu; Dong, Jie; Wang, Ye; Huang, Jiaxing; Wu, Jie title: First Characterization of Sphingomyeline Phosphodiesterase Expression in the Bumblebee, Bombus lantschouensis date: 2017-05-30 words: 4318 flesch: 53 summary: The precipitate was then diluted in PBS, and 2× loading buffer was added and boiled at 100°C for 5 min. SDS-PAGE electrophoresis was used to check the characteristics of protein expressions. SMPD expression decreased from the egg stage until the pbl pupal stage. keywords: antibody; bumblebee; development; doi; et al; expression; fig; gene; polyclonal; protein; smpd cache: sociobiology-1256.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1256.txt item: #58 of 769 id: sociobiology-1257 author: Carneiro Neto, Thiago Francisco de Souza; Oliveira-Rebouças, Patrícia Luiza; Pereira, Josineide Edinalva; Duarte, Poliana Martins; Santos, Maria Herbênia Lima Cruz; Silva, Grécia Cavalcanti da; Siqueira, Kátia Maria Medeiros de title: Spectrum of Pollen Stored by Melipona mandacaia (Smith, 1863) (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Meliponini) in an Urban Arid Landscape date: 2017-10-17 words: 6156 flesch: 65 summary: There was a significant positive correlation between temperature and the number of pollen types throughout the study. In this context, the objective of this study was to identify the species of plants supplying pollen, to verify the existence of correlation between biotic variables (pollen types) and abiotic variables, and the sharing of the trophic niche of Melipona mandacaia in an urban area in the Caatinga vegetation domain (a tropical arid landscape). keywords: bees; melipona; pollen; pollen types; species; study; types cache: sociobiology-1257.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1257.txt item: #59 of 769 id: sociobiology-1261 author: Elisei, Thiago; Valadares, Edigleidson; Martins, Celso Feitosa; Albuquerque, Fábio Aquino title: Diversity and Structure of Social Wasps Community (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Polistinae) in Neotropical Dry Forest date: 2017-05-30 words: 5351 flesch: 60 summary: Rarefaction curve of social wasp species collected in the Caatinga, Paraiba state, Brazil (S = observed diversity, Chao 1 = estimated diversity). The diversity of this group is known only by studies of associated entomofauna 1 - Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia)/CCEN, João Pessoa-PB, Brazil 2 - Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA), Campina Grande-PB, Brazil RESEARCH ARTICLE - WASPS T Elisei, E Valadares, FA Albuquerque, CF Martins – Social wasps in the Neotropical dry forest of Brazil112 and floral visitors. keywords: areas; brazil; caatinga; diversity; doi; et al; forest; hymenoptera; polistinae; richness; santos; social; species; state; vespidae; wasps cache: sociobiology-1261.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1261.txt item: #60 of 769 id: sociobiology-1262 author: Mascena, Valdenio Mendes; Nogueira, David Silva; Silva, Celso Moreira; Freitas, Breno Magalhães title: First record of the stingless bee Lestrimelitta rufa (Friese) (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) in NE Brazil and its cleptobiotic behavior date: 2017-10-17 words: 2099 flesch: 59 summary: Considering that M. quinquefasciata bees do not react to the attack of L. rufa, it is possible that its defense relies in the discrete nesting behavior of this bee species. Notas sobre a estratégia alimentar (cleptobiose) de Lestrimelitta limao Smith (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponinae). keywords: bees; lestrimelitta; quinquefasciata; rufa; species cache: sociobiology-1262.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1262.txt item: #61 of 769 id: sociobiology-1263 author: Ferreira, Alexandre; Martins, Mila; Feitosa, Rodrigo title: Rediscovery of the morphologically remarkable social parasite Pheidole acutidens (Bruch), with the first records for Brazil. date: 2016-12-29 words: 1685 flesch: 58 summary: As described by Bruch (1931), P. acutidens queens are only accepted and adopted by P. nitidula workers in queenless nests. Like other social parasites P. acutidens presents a morphological syndrome that includes reduced size, Abstract Pheidole acutidens is a social parasite of the congeneric species P. nitidula. keywords: acutidens; brazil; bruch; pheidole; queens; species; wilson cache: sociobiology-1263.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1263.txt item: #62 of 769 id: sociobiology-1266 author: Pereira, Eunice Kethure Coelho; Andrade-Silva, Joudellys; Silva, Orleans; Santos, Ciro Líbio Caldas; Moraes, Leandro Santos; Bandeira, Maria da Conceição Abreu; Silva, Carla Raielli Rocha; Rebêlo, José Manuel Macário title: Solenopsis saevissima (Smith) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Activity Delays Vertebrate Carcass Decomposition date: 2017-10-17 words: 2453 flesch: 48 summary: Consequently, factors that prevent or delay oviposition by adult flies or hatching of immatures can alter the timing of carcass decomposition. Blowflies (Diptera, Calliphoridae) associated with pig carcasses in a Caatinga area, northeastern Brazil. keywords: activity; ants; carcasses; decomposition; doi; larvae; pig; saevissima; solenopsis cache: sociobiology-1266.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1266.txt item: #63 of 769 id: sociobiology-1270 author: Stefani, Vanessa; Lange, Denise; Vilela, Andréa Andrade; Ferreira, Clébia Aparecida; Del-Claro, Kleber title: The Influence of Fire and Deforestation on the Floral Symmetry and Fitness of Adenocalymma nodosun (Bignoniaceae) date: 2017-10-17 words: 6499 flesch: 61 summary: Results showed that A. nodosum flowers were more asymmetric in mowing areas than in fire areas. This result suggest that Cerrado plants may be less adapted to deforestation than to fire, since they have been facing fire events for thousand years in this biome. keywords: area; asymmetry; cerrado; deforestation; doi; ecology; fire; floral; flowers; length; nodosum; plants; post; soil cache: sociobiology-1270.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1270.txt item: #64 of 769 id: sociobiology-1272 author: Alves, Amaro; Sendoya, Sebastian F.; Rech, André Rodrigo title: Fortress with Sticky Moats: the Functional Role of Small Particles around Tetragonisca angustula Latreille (Apidae: Hymenoptera) Nest Entrance date: 2018-07-09 words: 1660 flesch: 54 summary: Functional role of sticky particles deposited on the external side of Tetragonisca angustula nest entrance. Other bee species as well as other groups such as ants or vertebrates (Roubik, 1989; Breed et al., 2012) are among the bees antagonists. keywords: angustula; ants; bees; entrance; nest; particles cache: sociobiology-1272.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1272.txt item: #65 of 769 id: sociobiology-1276 author: Marques, Tatianne Gizelle; Espírito-Santo, Mário Marcos; Neves, Frederico Siqueira; Schoereder, José Henrique title: Ant Assemblage Structure in a Secondary Tropical Dry Forest: The Role of Ecological Succession and Seasonality date: 2017-10-17 words: 9041 flesch: 56 summary: With respect to seasonal effects, ant species richness was higher in the dry season (25 ant species) than in the wet season (17,8 ant species) Pair-wise permutation tests of differences in position and dispersion of ant species assemblages sampled in secondary Tropical Dry Forest located in Minas Gerais, Brazil. keywords: ant; ants; arboreal; assemblages; diversity; doi; forest; late; richness; season; species; species richness; stages; succession; tropical cache: sociobiology-1276.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1276.txt item: #66 of 769 id: sociobiology-1277 author: Dorea, Marcos Costa; Santos, Francisco de Assis Ribeiro dos; Aguiar, Cândida Maria Lima; Martins, Celso Feitosa title: Bee Life in the City: an Analysis of the Pollen Provisions of Centris (Centris) flavifrons (Centridini) in an Urban Area date: 2017-09-21 words: 4912 flesch: 57 summary: Frequency of pollen types (%), recorded in brood cells/nests of Centris (Centris) flavifrons within an urban area in the municipality of João Pessoa, Paraíba State, Brazil. Myrtaceae (4 pollen types) and Solanaceae (3) were the families with the highest number of different pollen types. keywords: areas; bee; bees; cells; centris; doi; et al; flavifrons; nest; plant; pollen; species; type; urban cache: sociobiology-1277.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1277.txt item: #67 of 769 id: sociobiology-13 author: Miyaguni, Yasushi; Sugio, Koji; Tsuji, Kazuki title: The Unusual Neotenic System of the Asian Dry Wood Termite, Neotermes koshunensis (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) date: 2013-03-27 words: 2592 flesch: 61 summary: Although partial inhibition of male neotenic production by the presence of a queen was reported in a related species, N. jouteli (Nagin, 1972), the system found in N. koshunensis is exceptional and differs markedly from the model proposed by Lüscher (1961). However, in these two species whether both the queen and the king inhibit male neotenic production remains to be determined. keywords: colony; king; male; neotenics; queen; reproductives; subcolonies cache: sociobiology-13.pdf plain text: sociobiology-13.txt item: #68 of 769 id: sociobiology-1348 author: Aguiar, Willian Moura; Medeiros, Renata Lee dos Santos; Aguiar, Candida Maria Lima; Borges, Isaura Gabriela Mendonça title: The Orchid Bee Communities in different phytophysiognomies in the Atlantic Forest: from lowland to montane rainforests date: 2017-09-21 words: 5813 flesch: 60 summary: This suggests that air relative humidity alone does not explain orchid bees abundance. These authors observed two abundance peaks, one in the dry season and another in the rainy season in Atlantic Forest areas. keywords: abundance; apidae; area; atlantic; bees; doi; et al; euglossa; forest; hymenoptera; nemésio; ombrophilous; orchid; species cache: sociobiology-1348.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1348.txt item: #69 of 769 id: sociobiology-1360 author: Raw, Anthony title: New records of social wasps around Brasília (Hymenoptera; Vespidae; Polistinae) date: 2016-12-29 words: 1270 flesch: 52 summary: Some species occurring in central Brazil have broad geographical distributions (Richards, 1978), but Polistes satan, Universidade de Brasília, Departamento de Zoologia, Brasília-DF, Brazil SHORT NOTE A Raw – Social wasps around Brasília1074 Polistes billardieri (F) Brachygastra augusti (de Saussure) cinerascens de Saussure lecheguana (Latreille) davillae Richards moebiana (de Saussure) erythrocephalus Latreille Chartergellus communis Richards ferreri de Saussure Clypearia angustior Ducke geminatus Fox Epipona media Cooper goeldii (Ducke) tatua (Olivier) occipitalis Ducke Metapolybia cingulata (F) satan Bequaert Parachartergus fraternus (Gribodo) subsericeus de Saussure Polybia chrysothorax (Lichtenstein) versicolor (Olivier) dimidiata (Olivier) Mischocyttarus annulatus Richards emaciata Ducke campestris Raw fastidiosuscula de Saussure cassanunga (von Ihering) flavifrons Smith cerberus Richards ignobilis (Haliday) drewseni (de Saussure) jurinei de Saussure giffordi Raw liliacea (F) goyanus Zikán occidentalis (Olivier) Angiopolybia pallens (Lepeletier) sedula (de Saussure) Apoica pallens (F) Pseudopolybia vespiceps (de Saussure) thoracica du Buysson Synoeca surinama (L) Table 1. keywords: brasília; federal; richards; saussure; species; wasps cache: sociobiology-1360.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1360.txt item: #70 of 769 id: sociobiology-1364 author: Clemente, Mateus Aparecido; Vieira, Karine Munck; Campos, Núbia Ribeiro; Del-Claro, Kleber; Prezoto, Fábio title: Social wasp guild (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) visiting flowers in two of the phytophysiognomic formations: Riparian Forest and campos rupestres date: 2017-09-21 words: 5450 flesch: 57 summary: An accurate assessment of social wasp species acting as floral visitors and possible pollinators is fundamental for our knowledge of plant reproductive cycles in the study areas, and has implications for conservation of both plants and wasps. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Abundance 1 2 1 16 11 4 1 2 2 1 3 16 2 14 7 83 Abbreviations used for social wasp species. keywords: brazil; campos; diversity; forest; hymenoptera; plant; polybia; riparian; rupestres; species; vespidae; wasp cache: sociobiology-1364.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1364.txt item: #71 of 769 id: sociobiology-1385 author: Li, Zhiguo; Li, Meng; Huang, Jingnan; Ma, Changsheng; Xiao, Linchen; Huang, Qiang; Zhao, Yazhou; Nie, Hongyi; Su, Songkun title: Effects of Sublethal Concentrations of Chlorpyrifos on Olfactory Learning and Memory Performances in Two Bee Species, Apis mellifera and Apis cerana date: 2017-09-21 words: 5222 flesch: 60 summary: Learning performances were significantly impaired in chlorpyrifos treated A. mellifera honey bees after 2 h (A), and 24 h (B) exposure. Learning performances were significantly impaired in chlorpyrifos treated A. cerana honey bees after 2 h (A), and 24 h (B) exposure. keywords: bees; cerana; chlorpyrifos; doi; honey; honey bees; learning; mellifera; memory; sucrose cache: sociobiology-1385.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1385.txt item: #72 of 769 id: sociobiology-1386 author: Chemala, Abdellatif; Benhamacha, Mounira; OULD El HADJ, Mohamed Didi; Marniche, Faiza; Daoudi, Samia title: A preliminary list of the Ant Fauna in Northeastern Sahara of Algeria (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) date: 2017-09-21 words: 4603 flesch: 59 summary: Finally, we observed a variation in the distribution of ant species between study sites, for why, ecological determinants such as soil need to be studied deeply to explain their influence on the repartition and richness of the Saharan myrmycofauna of Algeria. Moreover, Factorial Correspondence Analysis (FCA) was carried out using XLSTAT in order to provide a factorial map of the repartition of ant species between the three regions. keywords: algeria; ant; cagniant; cataglyphis; messor; monomorium; region; santschi; species cache: sociobiology-1386.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1386.txt item: #73 of 769 id: sociobiology-1396 author: BOFF, SAMUEL; Saito, Claudia Akemi; Alves-dos-Santos, Isabel title: Multiple Aggressions Among Nestmates Lead to Weak Dominance Hampering Primitively Eusocial Behaviour in an Orchid Bee date: 2017-09-21 words: 7668 flesch: 51 summary: Euglossa annectans, despite having overlapping generations, during which several individuals share a nest, there is no division of labour into reproductive females and interactions are often competitive. Albeit slightly higher, the number of received attacks for potential subordinated females was not significantly different from the number of attacks received for potential dominant females (Mann Whitney U = 33.500, n1 = n2 = 10, p = 0.218, 1 tailed). keywords: attacks; bee; doi; euglossa; females; generation; interactions; nest; nestmates; number; reproductive cache: sociobiology-1396.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1396.txt item: #74 of 769 id: sociobiology-1397 author: Tomazella, Vitor Barrile; Jacques, Gabriel Castro; Lira, Aline Cesar; Silveira, Luís Cláudio Paterno title: Visitation of Social Wasps in Arabica Coffee Crop (Coffea Arabica L.) Intercropped with Different Tree Species date: 2018-07-09 words: 3468 flesch: 58 summary: Six hundred and thirty-nine individuals of social wasps were collected, with 20 species and 7 genera, and an overall diversity index of 1.14. These wasps forages, mainly, in hot periods of the day (Picanço et al., 2010), to find water, nectar, pollen, material for construction of nests and prey for their larvae (Lima & Prezoto, 2003), being the main source of protein of social wasps in their first stages of development (Evans & West-Eberhard, 1970). keywords: arabica; brazil; coffee; diversity; hymenoptera; polybia; saussure; souza; species; vespidae; wasps cache: sociobiology-1397.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1397.txt item: #75 of 769 id: sociobiology-14 author: Michelutti, Kamylla Balbuena; Montagna, Thiago Santos; Antonialli-Jr., William Fernando title: Effect of Habitat Disturbance on Colony Productivity of the Social Wasp Mischocyttarus consimilis Zikán (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) date: 2013-03-27 words: 3481 flesch: 59 summary: Evidence indicates that habitat quality affects the growth of colonies of social wasps in urban environments. This result suggests that human degradation of habi- tats negatively affects the final productivity of colonies of social wasps. keywords: cells; colony; environment; habitat; number; productivity; wasp cache: sociobiology-14.pdf plain text: sociobiology-14.txt item: #76 of 769 id: sociobiology-141 author: Sousa-Souto, Leandro; Viana Junior, Arleu Barbosa; Nascimento, Eduardo Silva title: Spatial Distribution of Acromyrmex balzani (Emery) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Attini) Nests Using Two Sampling Methods date: 2013-06-29 words: 4710 flesch: 62 summary: However, due to the influence of several environmental fac- tors involved, more than one index should be estimated be- fore concluding about the spatial arrangement of a particular species (Brower et al., 1997; Mollet et al., 1984). It allows the inference of ecological aspects of great importance such as the dispersal pattern of individuals, possible existence of competition or other agonistic interactions, the density of individuals in the study area and species dominance at the community level (Brower et al., 1997). keywords: ant; ants; balzani; distribution; et al; leaf; mounds; nest; sampling; species cache: sociobiology-141.pdf plain text: sociobiology-141.txt item: #77 of 769 id: sociobiology-1433 author: Raw, Anthony title: A founder-controlled, social wasp assemblage, and a recent severe fall in numbers date: 2018-07-09 words: 3602 flesch: 65 summary: W W W W W W W W 8 Polybia liliacea (F) W W W 3 Polybia occidentalis (Olivier) C W C C W C C C W 9 Polybia paulista von Ihering W C W 5 Mischocyttarus mattogrossoensis Zikán W C C W 4 Mischocyttarus rotundicollis (Cameron) W W W 3 Polistes billardieri F W W W W W W W 7 Polistes cinerascens de Saussure W W W W W 5 Polistes davillae Richards W W 2 Polistes geminatus Fox W W W W W 5 Polistes satan Bequaert C C C C C C C C C 9 Polistes subsericeus de Saussure W W W W 4 Swarmers Agelaia pallipes (Olivier) W W 2 Apoica pallens (F) W C W W W C 6 Apoica thoracica du Buysson W 1 Brachygastra augusti (de Saussure) C 1 keywords: area; polybia; species; surveys; w c; w w; wasps cache: sociobiology-1433.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1433.txt item: #78 of 769 id: sociobiology-148 author: Chavarría, Laura; Noll, Fernando Barbosa title: Age polyethism in the swarm-founding wasp Metapolybia miltoni (Andena & Carpenter) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae; Polistinae, Epiponini) date: 2013-06-29 words: 1806 flesch: 63 summary: Nevertheless, it is clear that young workers tended to forage less than olders (Fig 1 colonies N-1, N-3), even in colony N-2 young workers tended to forage less. Nevertheless, even when old workers tend to forage more, young workers can also forage (Fig 1). keywords: age; colonies; jeanne; labor; tasks; workers cache: sociobiology-148.pdf plain text: sociobiology-148.txt item: #79 of 769 id: sociobiology-15 author: Osbrink, Weste; Cornelius, Mary title: Utility of Acoustical Detection of Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) date: 2013-03-27 words: 4942 flesch: 69 summary: ± 2.7bcB ± 2.7b 14.6 ± 2.1c 20 5 3.0 ± 1.2b 28.1 ± 5.1a 23.9 ± 4.1a 51.1 ± 9.4a 32.1± keywords: activity; aed; bucket; recording; termite cache: sociobiology-15.pdf plain text: sociobiology-15.txt item: #80 of 769 id: sociobiology-150 author: Araujo, Diogo Feliciano Dias; Moreti, Augusta Carolina Carmelo Carmargo; Silveira, Talita Antonia da; Marchini, Luís Carlos; Otsuk, Ivani Pozar title: Pollen Content in Honey of Apis mellifera Linnaeus (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in an Atlântica Forest Fragment in the Municipality of Piracicaba, São Paulo State, Brazil. date: 2013-12-30 words: 3283 flesch: 60 summary: The samples were grouped in terms of botanical species, families and/or pollen types. The term used for identifica- tion of pollen types is not related to the International Code for Botanical Nomenclature; however, it gives an approxi- mate identification of the samples with an existing taxonomic group (Joosten & Klerk, 2002). keywords: bees; food; honey; iip; mellifera; oip; pollen; species; são; types cache: sociobiology-150.pdf plain text: sociobiology-150.txt item: #81 of 769 id: sociobiology-151 author: Queiroz, Antonio Cesar Medeiros de; Ribas, Carla Rodrigues; França, Filipe Machado title: Microhabitat Characteristics That Regulate Ant Richness Patterns: The Importance of Leaf Litter for Epigaeic Ants date: 2013-12-30 words: 5431 flesch: 60 summary: We built general linear models and used a function that classifies alternative models according to the second-order Akaike information criteri- on (AICc), in order to assess which environmental variables affect ant species richness. Leaf litter heterogeneity and weight positively affected ant species richness. keywords: ant; ants; cloud; doi; forest; heterogeneity; leaf; litter; richness; species; structure; tree; variables cache: sociobiology-151.pdf plain text: sociobiology-151.txt item: #82 of 769 id: sociobiology-153 author: Aleixo, Kátia Paula; Faria, Letícia Biral de; Garófalo, Carlos Alberto; Imperatriz Fonseca, Vera Lucia; Silva, Cláudia Inês da title: Pollen Collected and Foraging Activities of Frieseomelitta varia (Lepeletier) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in an Urban Landscape date: 2013-11-06 words: 8438 flesch: 70 summary: This study emphasizes the importance of native urban flora to main- tain F. varia and other bee species. Although stingless bees are generalists, collecting pollen and nectar from an array of plant species (Roubik, 1989; Ramalho et al., 1990), the workers can intensify collection at certain sources for an amount of time (Eltz et al., 2001; Faria et al., 2012). keywords: activity; area; bees; colonies; et al; foraging; number; paulo; plant; pollen; resources; species; stingless; study; são; urban; varia; workers cache: sociobiology-153.pdf plain text: sociobiology-153.txt item: #83 of 769 id: sociobiology-1532 author: Espadaler, Xavier; Gómez, Kiko; Santamaria, Sergi title: First Record of an Epizoic Laboulbenia (Fungi: Laboulbeniales) on Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Africa date: 2017-09-21 words: 2140 flesch: 61 summary: The fungus Laboulbenia camponoti Batra was detected over the body of workers Camponotus oasium Forel collected in Senegal. World records of Laboulbenia camponoti Batra. keywords: ant; ants; batra; camponoti; espadaler; fungi; laboulbeniales cache: sociobiology-1532.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1532.txt item: #84 of 769 id: sociobiology-1559 author: Starr, Christopher K title: First observations of a social wasp preying on termite workers date: 2017-09-21 words: 1357 flesch: 61 summary: In contrast, worker termites appear to be relatively safe from all except the several specialist mammalian and ant predators (Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: As far as we know, this is the first description of any social wasp preying on worker termites in a systematic fashion. keywords: corniger; polybia; termites; wasp; workers cache: sociobiology-1559.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1559.txt item: #85 of 769 id: sociobiology-156 author: Resende, Janete Jane; Peixoto, Paulo Enrique Cardoso; Silva, Evandro Nascimento; Delabie, Jacques Hubert Charles; Santos, Gilberto M. M. title: Arboreal Ant Assemblages Respond Differently to Food Source and Vegetation Physiognomies: a Study in the Brazilian Atlantic Rain Forest date: 2013-06-29 words: 5497 flesch: 59 summary: Climatic drivers of hemi-Climatic drivers of hemi- spheric asymmetry in global patterns of ant species richness. Each of the collection procedures sampled a dif- ferent set of ant species (Romero & Jaffe 1989) and the forag- Sociobiology 60(2): 174-182 (2013) 175 ing activities may reflect or indicate the nutrients that are most limiting to in the respective nesting habitats, some ants prefer honey baits (carbohydrate) and other ants set prefer fish baits (nitrogen- protein) (Hashimoto et al. 2010). keywords: agrosystem; ant; ants; assemblages; bahia; baits; delabie; forest; honey; pheidole; richness; sardine; sp.1; species; vegetation cache: sociobiology-156.pdf plain text: sociobiology-156.txt item: #86 of 769 id: sociobiology-157 author: Elizalde, Luciana; Queiroz, Jarbas Marçal de title: Parasitoids of Acromyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Leaf-Cutting Ants in Continuous and Fragmented Atlantic Forest date: 2013-12-30 words: 5839 flesch: 62 summary: This work showed for the first time the negative effect that forest fragmentation has on parasitoid species of Acromyrmex ants, apparently due to phorid inability to reach fragments. We first tested whether Acromyrmex species are affected by forest fragmentation in the Atlantic forest of southeast Brazil. keywords: acromyrmex; ants; doi; forest; fragmentation; leaf; nests; parasitoids; phorid; species cache: sociobiology-157.pdf plain text: sociobiology-157.txt item: #87 of 769 id: sociobiology-1586 author: Allen, Hamilton Ross; Zungoli, Patrícia A.; Benson, Eric P.; Gerard, Patrick title: Nest Emigration Behavior of the Asian Needle Ant, Brachyponera (=Pachycondyla) chinensis Emery (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) date: 2017-12-27 words: 4679 flesch: 53 summary: Subsets of B. chinensis worker ants were subjected to physical nest disturbance, and the recruitment methods and associated behaviors were recorded. The presence of queen retinue in B. chinensis and absence of ovarioles in B. chinensis worker ants may be linked to queen produced pheromones. keywords: adult; ants; chinensis; colony; doi; emigration; nest; new; queen; recruitment; transport; worker cache: sociobiology-1586.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1586.txt item: #88 of 769 id: sociobiology-159 author: Reis, Paula CJ; DaRocha, Wesley D; Falcão, Luiz AD; Guerra, Tadeu J; Neves, Frederico S title: Ant Fauna on Cecropia pachystachya Trécul (Urticaceae) Trees in an Atlantic Forest Area, Southeastern Brazil date: 2013-11-06 words: 4164 flesch: 60 summary: Our study indicates that heavy dust deposition on Cecropia trees may affect associated ant communities, not by changing ant species richness, but by cau- sing different species to live and forage on trees under different dust exposure. The absence of stabilization of the rarefaction curves (Fig 3) indicated that ant species richness associated to C. pachystachya trees is probably underestimated in both study sites. keywords: ant; ants; azteca; cecropia; dust; pachystachya; richness; roadside; sites; species; trees cache: sociobiology-159.pdf plain text: sociobiology-159.txt item: #89 of 769 id: sociobiology-1593 author: Somavilla, Alexandre; de Oliveira, Márcio Luiz; Rafael, José Albertino title: Social wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae) from two National Parks of the Caatinga Biome, in Brazil date: 2017-10-17 words: 2674 flesch: 54 summary: Utilização de frutos de cactos (Cactaceae) como recurso alimentar por vespas sociais (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae) em uma área de caatinga (Ipirá, Bahia, Brasil). Active search with entomological net using the spraying method was the best way to collect social wasps species in both areas. keywords: caatinga; malaise; national; polybia; species; spraying; state; vespidae; wasps cache: sociobiology-1593.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1593.txt item: #90 of 769 id: sociobiology-16 author: Osbrink, Weste; Cornelius, Mary title: Acoustic Evaluation of Trees for Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) Treated with Imidacloprid and Noviflumuron in Historic Jackson Square, New Orleans, Louisiana date: 2013-03-27 words: 13679 flesch: 77 summary: Trees of Jackson Square with cumulative % H, M, and L Formosan termite activity Tree Common name Scientific name H M L 1 sweet olive Osmanthus fragrans Lour., Oleaceae 39.2 ± 14.1 38.6 ± 12.8 22.2 ± 9.6 2 redbud Cercis canadensis L., Leguminales 19.4 ± 10.0 52.8 ± 12.1 27.8 ± 14.7 3 sweet olive Osmanthus fragrans Lour., Oleaceae 10.6 ± 5.3 68.0 ± 7.1 21.4 ± 8.9 4 IM magnolia Magnolia grandiflora L., Magnoliaceae 4.8 ± 3.4 71.7 ± 9.3 23.5 ± 9.9 5 savannah holly Ilex x attenuata L.’savannah’, Aquifoliaceae 7.1 ± 5.6 49.9 ± 8.8 43.0 ± 11. Ilex x attenuata L.’savannah’, Aquifoliaceae 0.0 ± 0.0 64.6 ± 11.9 35.4 ± 11.9 9 savannah holly Ilex x attenuata L.’savannah’, Aquifoliaceae 3.2 ± 3.2 60.8 ± 12.4 36.0 ± 12.2 10 IM live oak Quercus virginiana Miller, Fagaceae 5.6 ± 5.6 63.2 ± 9.3 31.2 ± 9.9 keywords: 0.0 ±; 0.001 nd; df =; nd 0.0; nd df; nd nd; nd p; osbrink; p =; termite; trees; ± se cache: sociobiology-16.pdf plain text: sociobiology-16.txt item: #91 of 769 id: sociobiology-1611 author: Lima, Reinanda; Ferreira-Caliman, Maria; Dórea, Marcos da Costa; Garcia, Caroline Tito; dos Santos, Francisco de Assis Ribeiro; Oliveira, Favízia Freitas; Garófalo, Carlos Alberto title: Floral Resource Partitioning between Centris (Heterocentris) analis (Fabricius, 1804) and Centris (Heterocentris) terminata Smith, 1874 (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Centridini), in an Urban Fragment of the Atlantic Forest date: 2017-10-17 words: 5897 flesch: 64 summary: In general, twelve and eight pollen types were identified in C. analis and C. terminata nests, respectively. Pollen types from the families Malpighiaceae and Fabaceae were the most abundant in C. terminata nests in both areas. keywords: analis; apidae; bees; centris; et al; hymenoptera; nests; niche; pollen; species; terminata; types cache: sociobiology-1611.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1611.txt item: #92 of 769 id: sociobiology-1615 author: D'Esquivel, Michele; Jahyny, Benoit; Oliveira, Muriel; Lacau, Lucimeire; Delabie, Jacques; Lacau, Sébastien title: Thaumatomyrmex fraxini sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a New Ant Species from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest date: 2017-09-21 words: 4750 flesch: 56 summary: Thaumatomyrmex species are distributed between Mexico and Northern Argentina, with occurrence in Caribbean islands (Jahyny et al., 2015). When available, high- resolution microphotographs of type and non-type specimens of other valid Thaumatomyrmex species and their synonyms were studied, either being downloaded from Internet (i.e.: iconographical banks of MCZ Type Database @ (http://insects. oeb.harvard.edu/mcz/), Smithsonian Ant Type Specimen Image Database (http://ripley.si.edu/ent/nmnhtypedb/public/ browse.cfm) and Antweb (www.antweb.org) or extracted from publications referring to its original descriptions or revisions. keywords: bahia; brazil; col; cpdc; fraxini; genus; hymenoptera; ilhéus; santos; species; thaumatomyrmex; view; worker cache: sociobiology-1615.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1615.txt item: #93 of 769 id: sociobiology-162 author: Figueiredo-Mecca, Gláucya de; Bego, Luci Rolandi; Nascimento, Fabio Santos do title: Foraging behavior of Scaptotrigona depilis (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini) and its relationship with temporal and abiotic factors date: 2013-11-06 words: 3618 flesch: 58 summary: The aim of this study was to characterize the pattern of flight activity and foraging for pollen by Scaptotrigona depilis workers and their relation with climatic and temporal factors. We observed flight activity from July 2001 to June 2002 and pollen collection by scoring the flow of workers entering and exiting the colonies. keywords: activity; bees; colonies; depilis; factors; flight; foraging; pollen; scaptotrigona; temperature cache: sociobiology-162.pdf plain text: sociobiology-162.txt item: #94 of 769 id: sociobiology-1620 author: Young, Allison; Gomez-Ruiz, Pilar; Pena, Janelle; Uno, Hiromi; Jaffé, Rodolfo title: Wind Speed Affects Pollination Success in Blackberries date: 2018-07-09 words: 5108 flesch: 58 summary: To our knowledge, this study is the first to examine the influence of environmental factors on blackberry pollination success. Physical and chemical changes during ripening of blackberry fruits. keywords: berries; berry; blackberries; blackberry; bush; doi; fruitlets; number; pollination; speed; wind cache: sociobiology-1620.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1620.txt item: #95 of 769 id: sociobiology-1623 author: Rosumek, Félix Baumgarten title: Natural History of Ants: What We (do not) Know About Trophic and Temporal Niches of Neotropical Species date: 2017-10-17 words: 8528 flesch: 58 summary: Several mechanisms are proposed to explain the coexistence of dozens of ant species in a community, through a complex interplay of habitat structure, interspecific interactions and species traits (Cerdá et al., 2013). This Fig 1 – Use of trophic resources by ant species in southern Brazil. keywords: activity; ants; baits; chelifer; doi; ecology; forest; formicidae; history; hymenoptera; insects; niche; oliveira; pheidole; records; resources; species; use cache: sociobiology-1623.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1623.txt item: #96 of 769 id: sociobiology-1629 author: Castro, Gustavo Henrique; Kayano, Débora Yumi; Souza, Rodrigo Fernando; Hilsdorf, Alexandre Wagner; Feitosa, Rodrigo Machado; Morini, Maria Santina title: Seasonal Patterns of the Foraging Ecology of Myrmelachista arthuri Forel, 1903 (Formicidae: Formicinae) date: 2017-10-17 words: 3958 flesch: 60 summary: Fig 1.Map showing the location of Parque Municipal Leon Feffer (PLF) in the municipality of Mogi das Cruzes (São Paulo state, Brazil) and approximate spatial distribution of M. arthuri nests (I-XII), including the distance (in meters) to the reference nest (I, nest in dead stem). Arthropod fragments, mostly of M. arthuri workers, represented the largest proportion of the diet, followed by whole Collembola individuals. keywords: arthuri; et al; food; foraging; myrmelachista; nests; season; species; workers cache: sociobiology-1629.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1629.txt item: #97 of 769 id: sociobiology-1640 author: Boulogne, Isabelle; Desfontaine, Lucienne; Ozier-Lafontaine, Harry; Loranger-Merciris, Gladys title: Sustainable Management of Acromyrmex octospinosus (Reich): How Botanical Insecticides and Fungicides Should Promote an Ecofriendly Control Strategy. date: 2018-10-02 words: 6446 flesch: 56 summary: Chemical analysis The extracts were submitted to phytochemical analyses for plant secondary metabolites that are known for their potential insecticidal activities, i.e., alkaloids, phenolic Figure 3 - Foraging activity by minute (A) and quantities of artificial food eaten (in g) daily by ants (B) in artificial before, during and after treatments (records three times daily during 28 days) of Mammea americana extract (MA), Senna alata ex- tract (SA), M. americana extract combinated with S. alata extract, positive control (Fipronil, 0.03 g/kg) and negative control (without extracts). The nests were exposed to each of the following treatments prepared in artificial diet (one nest by treatment): M. americana extract at 10 mg.mL-1, S. alata extract at 2 mg.mL-1, M. americana extract combined with S. alata extract at 10 and 2 mg.mL-1, respectively, a positive control (Fipronil, 0.03 g/kg), and a negative control (no extracts). keywords: + +; americana; ants; control; extract; fipronil; leaves; mg.ml-1; oleander cache: sociobiology-1640.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1640.txt item: #98 of 769 id: sociobiology-1647 author: Cely, Christian Camilo; Penagos-Arévalo, Andrea; Billen, Johan; Sarmiento, Carlos E title: Description of the Intramandibular Gland II in Polybia emaciata Lucas (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) date: 2017-10-17 words: 2427 flesch: 55 summary: Discussion Contrary to our expectations, given the nature of the material used for nest construction and the potential role of head glands in processing this material, the gland characteristics observed in P. emaciata fit well within those observed for the other four species in which the gland has been observed: Mischocyttarus angulatus Richards, 1978; Apoica gelida Van der Vecht, 1973; The characterization of exocrine glands has been an important research area dated back to the 17th century (Heselhaus, 1922; Billen & Wilson, 2008). keywords: arévalo; emaciata; et al; gland; penagos; polybia; species cache: sociobiology-1647.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1647.txt item: #99 of 769 id: sociobiology-165 author: Nadolski, Jerzy title: Effects of Colors and Appearance of the Potential Aggressor on Defensive Behavior of Vespa crabro L. (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) Colonies. date: 2013-12-30 words: 3405 flesch: 65 summary: Keywords: social wasps; defensive behavior; The European hornet Corresponding author Jerzy Nadolski Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection Natural History Museum University of Łódź Kilińskiego 101, 90–011 Łódź, Poland E-Mail: nadolski@biol.uni.lodz.pl mine structure of the nest and threaten the whole colony or even a single individual, may lead to the uneasiness among these insects. In studies of distinguish- ing colors by wasps a significant similarity between different species of social wasps were shown (Chittka et al., 1992) and also that the temperature and light have a major influence on their speed (Spievok & Schmolz, 2006). keywords: activity; attack; behavior; colonies; colors; crabro; hornets; nadolski; wasps cache: sociobiology-165.pdf plain text: sociobiology-165.txt item: #100 of 769 id: sociobiology-166 author: Carvalho, Danielle Mendes; Aguiar, Candida Maria Lima; Santos, Gilberto Marcos Mendonça title: Food Niche Overlap Among Neotropical Carpenter Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopini) in an Agricultural System date: 2013-11-06 words: 3778 flesch: 63 summary: Carpenter bee species and plants visited for floral resources in an agricultural system. We measured the overlap in both trophic niche dimen- sions (dietary and temporal) for each pair of bee species with the Schoener index (1986). keywords: bees; carpenter; niche; overlap; plant; species; temporal; xylocopa cache: sociobiology-166.pdf plain text: sociobiology-166.txt item: #101 of 769 id: sociobiology-1663 author: Schyra, Janine; Hausberger, Barbara; Korb, Judith title: Phylogenetic Community Structure of Southern African Termites (Isoptera) date: 2018-03-31 words: 5605 flesch: 54 summary: Phylogenetic community structure analyses We analysed the local community structure with PHYLOCOM 4.2 (Webb et al., 2008). Phylogenetic community structure There were no significant signals of overdispersion or clustering within local communities. keywords: analysis; communities; community; diversity; doi; ecology; eggleton; et al; fig; hausberger; species; structure; termite cache: sociobiology-1663.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1663.txt item: #102 of 769 id: sociobiology-167 author: Castro, Maurício Meirelles do Nascimento; Garófalo, Carlos Alberto; Serrano, José Carlos; Silva, Cláudia Inês title: Temporal variation in the abundance of Orchid Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in a Neotropical Hygrophilous Forest date: 2013-12-30 words: 5911 flesch: 68 summary: Hence, the objective of the present study was to describe the richness, abundance and the diversity of Euglossini bees that occur in a fragment of hygrophilous forest, as well as to assess the efficiency of odor baits in the attraction of males in this environment and to test for an effect of climate on the distribution and temporal fluctuations in the abundance of Euglossini bees throughout the year. Number of Euglossini bees collected with Eucalyptol (EC), Vanillin (VA), Eugenol (EG) and Methyl salicylate (MS) in Reser- va Toca da Paca, Guatapará, Brazil, from March 2010 to February 2011. varied from 18 to 26 ºC and monthly rainfall varied from 0 to 296 mm (Fig 2). keywords: apidae; bees; brazil; doi; euglossini; forest; garófalo; hygrophilous; hymenoptera; males; mbe; orchid; paulo; rebêlo; species; são cache: sociobiology-167.pdf plain text: sociobiology-167.txt item: #103 of 769 id: sociobiology-1684 author: Felizardo, Sherlem Patrícia de S.; Borges, R. C.; Santos, J. N. A.; Silveira, Orlando Tobias title: TWO MORE SOCIAL WASP SPECIES (VESPIDAE, POLISTINAE) COLLECT MULLERIAN BODIES FROM CECROPIA TREES (URTICACEAE) date: 2017-12-27 words: 3464 flesch: 48 summary: (scales in photographies are similar but not identical) SPS Felizardo, RC Borges, JNA Santos, OT Silveira – Social wasp species collect mullerian bodies454 Observations in other areas The same social wasp species were observed using Cecropia tree resources in all of the other study locations, except Maranhão State, as C. fulvus was not observed in São José de Ribamar. Cecropia trees provide nesting domatia and food bodies (Mullerian bodies - MBds) produced by “trichilia” (sing. keywords: ants; cecropia; chartergoides; fulvus; mbds; protopolybia; species; trees; wasps cache: sociobiology-1684.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1684.txt item: #104 of 769 id: sociobiology-1686 author: Barbosa, Bruno Corrêa; Detoni, Mateus; Maciel, Tatiane Tagliatti; Prezoto, Fábio title: Resource Storage in the Neotropical Social Wasp Mischocyttarus socialis (Saussure, 1854) (Vespidae: Polistini) date: 2017-10-17 words: 1664 flesch: 57 summary: Laboratório de Ecologia Comportamental e Bioacústica (LABEC), Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil SHORT NOTE Sociobiology 64(3): 356-358 (September, 2017) 357 The observations took place during August of 2016, in the dry season, at the botanical garden of Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora in the municipality of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais state (21 ° 43’28 “S - 43 ° 16’47” W - 800m asl), southwestern of Brazil. keywords: cells; honey; storage; vespidae cache: sociobiology-1686.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1686.txt item: #105 of 769 id: sociobiology-169 author: Liu, Yu-Jia; Zhao, Tian-Rui; Zhang, Xue-Wen; Liang, Cheng; Zhao, Feng-Yun title: Melittopalynology and Trophic niche analysis of Apis cerana and Apis mellifera in Yunnan Province of Southwest China date: 2013-11-06 words: 4212 flesch: 67 summary: Except the com- petition in food, there are some more direct competition, for example, Apis mellifera may stolen the honey from hives of Apis cerana sometimes, and Apis mellifera drone chase and attempt to mate with Apis cerana virgin queen caused mating interferes to drone and virgin queen of Apis cerana (Wang et al., 2003). Open access journal: http://periodicos.uefs.br/ojs/index.php/sociobiology ISSN: 0361-6525 DOI: 10.13102/sociobiology.v60i3.289-294Sociobiology 60(3): 289-294 (2013) Melittopalynology and Trophic Niche Analysis of Apis cerana and Apis mellifera in Yunnan Province of Southwest China YJ Liu1, 2, TR Zhao1, XW Zhang3, C Liang3, FY Zhao1 Introduction Honey can be produced from the nectar of plants (nec- tar honey), from secretions of living parts of plants or from the excretion of plant sucking insects (honeydew honey). keywords: apis; apis cerana; cerana; different; flow; honey; mellifera; nectar; niche; pollen; s s; species cache: sociobiology-169.pdf plain text: sociobiology-169.txt item: #106 of 769 id: sociobiology-1692 author: Dang, Yu-Lei; Zhang, Hong-Gui; Meng, Yu-Feng; Zhang, Min; Zhao, Sha; You, Ping; Su, Xiao-Hong; Xing, Lian-Xi title: Isolation and Characterization of Polymorphic Microsatellite Markers for Two Subterranean Termites date: 2017-10-17 words: 2027 flesch: 47 summary: These results showed that the genetic variation of R. aculabialis and R. labralis were very high, suggesting that these microsatellite markers are essential for estimating the genetic diversity and population genetic of Reticulitermes termites. Abstract We isolated 15 and 18 highly polymorphic genomic microsatellite markers from two subterranean termites, Reticulitermes aculabialis and R. labralis, respectively. keywords: aculabialis; labralis; loci; microsatellite; reticulitermes cache: sociobiology-1692.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1692.txt item: #107 of 769 id: sociobiology-17 author: Miranda, Rodrigo Vieira; Fernandes, Anderson; Lopes, Denilce Meneses title: Karyotype description of Cephalotrigona femorata Smith (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and the C-banding pattern as a specific marker for Cephalotrigona date: 2013-03-27 words: 1335 flesch: 57 summary: In Brazil two species of the genus Cephalotrigona Schwarz, 1940 are found among the five species described taxonomically, Cephalotrigona capitata and C. femorata (Moure, 2011). E-Mail: denilce.lopes@ufv.br Post-defecant larvae of four colonies of C. femorata, were obtained in the municipality of Urbano Santos, Mara- nhão, Brazil (3°12’29”S; 43°24’18”W), as part of a project to rescue wildlife in the area of deforestation. keywords: bees; cephalotrigona; heterochromatin; hymenoptera; species; staining cache: sociobiology-17.pdf plain text: sociobiology-17.txt item: #108 of 769 id: sociobiology-170 author: Li, Wei-Sheng; Zhou, You; Li, Hong; Wang, Kun; Cheng, Dong-Mei; Zhang, Zhi-Xiang title: Insecticidal effect of volatile compounds from fresh plant materials of Tephrosia vogelii against Solenopsis invicta workers date: 2014-04-21 words: 4347 flesch: 64 summary: To the best of our knowledge, no previous studies have been reported regarding the effects of volatile compounds from fresh plant materials of T. vogelii on the fumigant activity as well as the walking and grasping abilities of RIFA workers. This study is the first to report on the toxicity of the volatile compounds released from the mashed fresh bean pods (B) as well as the branches and leaves (L) of T. vogelii against RIFA workers. keywords: compounds; grasping; mashed; plant; rifa; test; vogelii; walking; workers cache: sociobiology-170.pdf plain text: sociobiology-170.txt item: #109 of 769 id: sociobiology-172 author: Almeida, Fabio Souto; Mayhe-Nunes, Antonio José; Queiroz, Jarbas M title: The Importance of Poneromorph Ants for Seed Dispersal in Altered Environments date: 2013-11-06 words: 4321 flesch: 67 summary: Hence, seed dispersal was increased by the presence of large-bodied ant species and their high frequency in forest fragments seed dispersal. Removal of seeds from vertebrate faeces by ants: effects of seed species and deposi- tion site. keywords: ants; dispersal; distance; forest; oliveira; pheidole; removal; seeds; size; species cache: sociobiology-172.pdf plain text: sociobiology-172.txt item: #110 of 769 id: sociobiology-175 author: Zhang, Shuang; Zhang, Yuxin; Ma, Keming title: The Ecological Effects of Ant-Aphid Mutualism on Plants at a Large Spatial Scale date: 2013-11-06 words: 3965 flesch: 67 summary: The percentage of leaves damaged by herbivores was used as an indicator of plant herbivory. A mixed effect model was used to test the treatment and year on plant herbivory at first. keywords: ants; effect; herbivory; leaf; plant; scale; zhang cache: sociobiology-175.pdf plain text: sociobiology-175.txt item: #111 of 769 id: sociobiology-177 author: Bartelli, Bruno Ferreira; Santos, Alexandre Oliveira Resende; Nogueira-Ferreira, Fernanda Helena title: Colony Performance of Melipona quadrifasciata (Hymenoptera, Meliponina) in a Greenhouse of Lycopersicon esculentum (Solanaceae) date: 2014-05-19 words: 5790 flesch: 57 summary: In temperate areas, where bumble bees are largely used for greenhouse tomato pollination, showing high efficiency (Banda & Paxton, 1991; Morandin et al., 2001), the struc- ture of the greenhouses are similar to those used in this study. As a result, since the 1990s, the number of studies involving the introduction of these bees in greenhouses to evaluate their pollina- tion efficiency on different crops has grown steadily. keywords: bees; fig; flowers; greenhouse; inside; nests; pollen; pollination; quadrifasciata; workers cache: sociobiology-177.pdf plain text: sociobiology-177.txt item: #112 of 769 id: sociobiology-1780 author: Cruz, Joseane Santos; Cristaldo, Paulo Fellipe; Sacramento, Jailton Jorge Marques; Cruz, Marcos Leandro da Rocha; Ferreira, Dinamarta Virginio; Araujo, Ana Paula Albano title: Survivorship and walking behavior of Inquilinitermes microcerus (Termitidae: Termitinae) in contact with host workers and walls from host nest date: 2018-03-31 words: 5082 flesch: 55 summary: To check whether the contact with host nest wall affects the survivorship of inquiline workers, the following groups were established: (i) 10 inquiline workers alone (control), (ii) 10 inquiline workers with 7 g of substrate from inner wall of host nest (IW) and (iii) 10 inquiline workers with 7 g of substrate from external wall of host nest (EW). Special Issue Survivorship and Walking Behavior of Inquilinitermes microcerus (Termitidae: Termitinae) in contact with host workers and walls from host nest Introduction A range of species lives in close associations (i.e. symbiosis) (Dimijian, 2000; Redman et al., 2001; Duarte et al., 2014). keywords: behavior; contact; control; host; host nest; inquiline; isoptera; microcerus; nest; presence; termite; wall; workers cache: sociobiology-1780.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1780.txt item: #113 of 769 id: sociobiology-1783 author: Luna, Pedro; Dáttilo, Wesley title: A New Protocol Using Artificial Seeds to Evaluate Dietary Preferences of Harvester Ants in Semi-arid Environments date: 2018-07-09 words: 4259 flesch: 54 summary: Further, our results show that the use of artificial seeds could be a good option to study the influences of resource quality in the diet of harvester ants, since P. barbatus removed more artificial seeds than the native seeds using a standardized experiment in the field. Seed harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex rugosus) as “pulse” predators. keywords: ants; barbatus; doi; et al; foraging; harvester; lipids; pogonomyrmex; proteins; seeds cache: sociobiology-1783.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1783.txt item: #114 of 769 id: sociobiology-1784 author: Latifian, Masoud; Rad, Bahar; Habibpour, Behzad title: Termites of Iranian Date Palm Orchards And Their Spatial and Temporal Distribution date: 2018-03-31 words: 4073 flesch: 55 summary: Sampling of date palm termites was done from March when air temperature increased in date palm orchards. The samplings were done on base of petioles on the trunks of date palm because the maximum of channels termites were observed there. keywords: date; date palm; distribution; iran; khuzestan; orchards; palm; population; sampling; species; termite cache: sociobiology-1784.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1784.txt item: #115 of 769 id: sociobiology-1786 author: Pequeno, Pedro A. C. L.; Franklin, Elizabeth title: The scaling of growth, reproduction and defense in colonies of Amazonian Termites date: 2018-03-31 words: 5779 flesch: 50 summary: This study is dedicated to the memory of Joana d’Arc Ribeiro (1953 – 2006), whose work contributed pioneering data on colony life history of Amazonian termites. Our data on number of reproductives in N. braziliensis and L. labralis colonies is not conclusive as nests of these species were subsampled. keywords: allocation; caste; colonies; colony; number; soldier; species; termite; theory; worker cache: sociobiology-1786.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1786.txt item: #116 of 769 id: sociobiology-1789 author: Barroso, Paulo Cézar Salgado; Somavilla, Alexandre; Boldrini, Rafael title: Updating the geographic records of social wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae) in Roraima state date: 2017-10-17 words: 4237 flesch: 49 summary: Caracaraí: Parque Nacional Viruá Malaise Protopolybia exigua (de Saussure, 1854) X X Amajari: Serra do Tepequém Active, Malaise Protopolybia rugulosa Ducke, 1905* Rorainópolis Active Pseudopolybia vespiceps (de Saussure, 1863) X Caracaraí: Parque Nacional Viruá Active Synoeca surinama (Linnaeus, 1767) X Amajari: Serra do Tepequém Caracaraí: Parque Nacional Viruá Rorainópolis Active, Malaise, Suspended Active, Malaise Active Synoeca virginea (Fabricius, 1804) Caracaraí: Serra da Mocidade Active Polybia singularis Ducke, 1909* keywords: active; amajari; caracaraí; malaise; nacional; parque; roraima; serra; serra da; species; tepequém cache: sociobiology-1789.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1789.txt item: #117 of 769 id: sociobiology-179 author: Pringle, Elizabeth G.; Gordon, Deborah M title: Protection Mutualisms and the Community: Geographic Variation in an Ant-Plant Symbiosis and the Consequences for Herbivores date: 2013-11-06 words: 7789 flesch: 58 summary: In this study, we investiga- ted whether geographic variation in the quality of ant defense in a symbiotic mutualism between Cordia alliodora trees and Azteca ants was associated with the abundance and species richness of plant herbivore communities. Although herbivory reduction by ants tends to be greater in symbiotic mutualisms than in free-living ones (Chamberlain and Holland, 2009; Rosumek et al., 2009), our results demonstrate that the effects of sym- biotic ants on plant herbivore communities are also context- dependent, depending strongly on geographic variation in the effectiveness of ant defense. keywords: abundance; alliodora; ant; ants; azteca; effects; herbivores; plant; rosa; santa; sites; species; trees cache: sociobiology-179.pdf plain text: sociobiology-179.txt item: #118 of 769 id: sociobiology-1793 author: Andrade, Marcos Aurélio Pereira; Pedro, Silvia Regina de Menezes; Cardoso, Pedro Filipe Menezes; Miranda, Elder Assis; Del Lama, Marco A; Silva, Maise title: First record of the occurrence of Partamona ailyae Camargo (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Atlantic Forest date: 2017-10-17 words: 1816 flesch: 54 summary: Open access journal: http://periodicos.uefs.br/ojs/index.php/sociobiology ISSN: 0361-6525 DOI: 10.13102/sociobiology.v64i3.1793Sociobiology 64(3): 363-365 (September, 2017) First record of the occurrence of Partamona ailyae Camargo (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Atlantic Forest Partamona ailyae Camargo is known to nest in epigeal termite mounds. keywords: ailyae; brazil; camargo; partamona; pedro; species cache: sociobiology-1793.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1793.txt item: #119 of 769 id: sociobiology-1795 author: Dröse, William; Podgaiski, Luciana Regina; Cavalleri, Adriano; Feitosa, Rodrigo Machado; Mendonça Jr, Milton title: Ground-Dwelling and Vegetation Ant Fauna in Southern Brazilian Grasslands date: 2017-12-27 words: 7897 flesch: 61 summary: This study aims to (i) describe grassland ant richness and composition in Rio Grande do Sul state, and (ii) compare ant communities sampled on the ground and in grassland vegetation, adding to our knowledge of habitat use patterns and vegetation associated species. A matrix was arranged containing ant species composition in columns and the 18 sampling units (3 plots per site) in rows, in two different groups (vegetation and ground). keywords: ant; ants; atlantic; biome; brazil; conservation; doi; forest; grasslands; ground; highland; pampa; pheidole; sites; species; sul; vegetation cache: sociobiology-1795.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1795.txt item: #120 of 769 id: sociobiology-18 author: Santos, Charles Fernando dos; Menezes, Cristiano; Vollet-Neto, Ayrton; Imperatriz-Fonseca, Vera Lucia title: Congregation Sites and Sleeping Roost of Male Stingless Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) date: 2014-05-30 words: 2317 flesch: 56 summary: We also report for the first time the substrates used by stingless bee males for resting at night, that at least one species forms large sleeping roosts composed of hundreds of individuals, and that sleeping roost locations are not reused on subsequent nights. Such parasitic flies may have an important role in the mortality of stingless bee males (Simões et al., 1980; Brown, 1997; Sommeijer et al., 2003). keywords: bees; congregation; males; site; sleeping; stingless cache: sociobiology-18.pdf plain text: sociobiology-18.txt item: #121 of 769 id: sociobiology-1802 author: Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson; Murcia, Samuel L; Santos, Jean Carlos; DeSouza, Og; Constantino, Reginaldo; Haifig, Ives title: Termite Foraging on Plants of a Brazilian Savanna: the Effects of Tree Height date: 2018-03-31 words: 7759 flesch: 62 summary: Here, we evaluated the effects of plant species and plant dimensions (measured as height and basal area) on the intensity of termite foraging and provided the first survey of termite species in the Estação Ecológica de Pirapitinga (EPP). Plant species survey Plant sampling was carried out from May to September 2005. keywords: attack; brevipes; cerrado; doi; et al; fernandes; group; height; individuals; intensity; isoptera; plant; plant species; soil; species; termites; tree; wood cache: sociobiology-1802.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1802.txt item: #122 of 769 id: sociobiology-1820 author: Silva-Rocha, Patrícia Nayara Caldas; Correia, Joao Paulo Sales Oliveira; Mariano, Clea Santos Ferreira; Delabie, Jacques Hubert Charles; Costa, Marco Antonio title: A note on the karyotype and morphology of the ant Platythyrea sinuata (Roger, 1860) (Formicidae, Ponerinae, Plathytyreini date: 2017-12-27 words: 2279 flesch: 55 summary: Platythyrea sinuata (Roger, 1860) has Suriname as type- locality, and is found in with a wide geographic distribution in forests of South America. The correct identification of Platythyrea sinuata can be achieved using integrative taxonomy including both morphological and genetic components. keywords: formicidae; platythyrea; sinuata; species cache: sociobiology-1820.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1820.txt item: #123 of 769 id: sociobiology-1827 author: Botch, Paul Steven; Houseman, Richard M. title: Landscape Factors Associated with Subterranean Termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) Treatments and Colony Structure in Residential Subdivisions date: 2018-03-31 words: 8251 flesch: 48 summary: Summary of subdivision homes and subterranean termite (Isoptera: Reticulitermes) treatment totals in historically agricultural 10-year-old subdivisions, historically forested 10-year-old subdivisions, historically agricultural 20-year-old subdivisions, and Remnant forest patches in subdivision landscapes that are not altered potentially contain relict termite colonies. keywords: colonies; colony; doi; families; forest; homes; landscapes; patches; proportion; reticulitermes; subdivisions; subterranean; termite; treatment; vargo; year cache: sociobiology-1827.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1827.txt item: #124 of 769 id: sociobiology-183 author: Ouagoussounon, Issa; Sinzogan, Antonio; Offenberg, Joachim; Adandonon, Appolinaire; Vayssières, Jean-François; Kossou, Dansou title: Pupae Transplantation to Boost Early Colony Growth in the Weaver Ant Oecophylla longinoda Latreille (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) date: 2013-12-30 words: 4797 flesch: 64 summary: In the first experiment with single queen colonies, 30 fertilized queens were used, which were divided into three pupae transplantation treatments with 0 (control), 50 or 100 non-nestmate pupae being transplanted to each colony, result- ing in 10 replicates per treatment. Artificial rearing of colonies from newly mated queens may lead to a stable and quick production of Oecophylla colonies (Krag et al., 2010) and improve the chances of a wide implementation. keywords: ant; colonies; colony; oecophylla; pupae; queens; transplantation cache: sociobiology-183.pdf plain text: sociobiology-183.txt item: #125 of 769 id: sociobiology-1838 author: Roh, Yujin; Lee, Sohye; Li, Guanlin; Kim, Seongjun; Lee, Jongyeol; Han, Seung Hyun; Chang, Hanna; Salim, Kamariah Abu; Son, Yowhan title: Changes in the Contribution of Termites to Mass Loss of Dead Wood among Three Tree Species during 23 Months in a Lowland Tropical Rainforest date: 2018-03-31 words: 4454 flesch: 66 summary: Dead wood is mostly decomposed by fungi and invertebrates, and invertebrates contribute to approximately 10-20% loss of dead wood in terrestrial ecosystems (Ulyshen, 2016). Our results suggest that the contribution of termites to mass loss varies by dead wood species and is temporally variable. keywords: contribution; doi; loss; mass; months; samples; species; termites; wood cache: sociobiology-1838.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1838.txt item: #126 of 769 id: sociobiology-1839 author: Souza, Marcos Magalhães de; Brunismann, Ângela Gomes; Clemente, Mateus Aparecido title: Social wasp richness and species distributions among ecosystem types in Minas Gerais, Brazil date: 2017-12-27 words: 6963 flesch: 59 summary: (2009), despite the relative structural homogeneity of vegetation in environments with agricultural systems, there is high availability of resources such as nectar, prey, and water, which can support high numbers of social wasp species. The objective of this study was to evaluate social wasp species richness and distributions by ecosystem, thereby generating data for use in discerning relevant and priority environments for vespid conservation in Minas Gerais. keywords: cerrado; et al; forest; gerais; hymenoptera; minas; mischocyttarus; polistes; polybia; souza; species; state; vespidae; wasps cache: sociobiology-1839.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1839.txt item: #127 of 769 id: sociobiology-1840 author: Martins, Monica C B; Lopes, Rosineide Silva; Barbosa, Patricia Silva; Santiago, Rocio; Rodrigues, Bruno Rafael; Albuquerque, Auristela Correia de; Flacão, Emerson Peter S.; Lima, Vera Lucia de M.; Silva, Nicácio H. da; Pereira, Eugênia C. title: Efects of Usnic, Barbatic and Fumarprotocetraric acids on Survival of Nasutitermes corniger (Isoptera: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae) date: 2018-03-31 words: 6023 flesch: 55 summary: The chemical analysis revealed a total absence of other lichen acids and purity of lichen acids, employed to termiticidal assay, was confirmed. Lichens are complex biological structures with unique characteristics, such as the production of distinctive substances grouped in four well differentiated chemically classes (depsides, depsidones, dibenzofurans and depsones), named as lichen acids (Howell et al., 2003; Eisenreich et al., 2011). keywords: acid; activity; bar; brazil; compounds; doi; fum; lichen; ml-1; substances; survival; termites; usn cache: sociobiology-1840.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1840.txt item: #128 of 769 id: sociobiology-1845 author: Constantino, Reginaldo title: Estimating Global Termite Species Richness Using Extrapolation date: 2018-03-31 words: 2439 flesch: 58 summary: In this paper, complete and accurate cumulative description curves of termite species and genera are presented. Cumulative number of termite species since Linnaeus (1758). keywords: description; genera; model; number; species; termite; world cache: sociobiology-1845.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1845.txt item: #129 of 769 id: sociobiology-185 author: Pesquero, Marcos Antônio; Vaz, Ana Paula de Almeida; de Arruda, Filipe Viegas title: Laboratory Rearing and Niche Resources of Pseudacteon spp. Coquillett (Diptera: Phoridae) Parasitoids of Solenopsis saevissima (Smith) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) date: 2013-12-30 words: 1783 flesch: 58 summary: Morrinhos, Goiás, Brazil CEP 75.650-000 E-Mail: mapesq@ueg.br control programs of S. saevissima, but it still remains un- known for many Pseudacteon species. Tibia length of Pseudacteon species; head width of Solenopsis saevissima and lifetime worker ant after parasitoid attack. keywords: pseudacteon; saevissima; species cache: sociobiology-185.pdf plain text: sociobiology-185.txt item: #130 of 769 id: sociobiology-1853 author: Yamaguchi, Yuki; Yazawa, Hiromi; Iwanishi, Satoru; Kudô, Kazuyuki title: Seasonal cycle of the nest composition in the Ponerine ant Cryptopone sauteri (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) date: 2017-12-27 words: 2189 flesch: 60 summary: Bidirectional shifts in colony queen number in a socially polymorphic ant population. Sociobiology An international journal on social insects Y Yamaguchi1, H Yazawa2, S Iwanishi3, K Kudô2 Article History Edited by Gilberto M. M. Santos, UEFS, Brazil Received 10 July 2017 Initial acceptance 03 October 2017 Final acceptance 02 November 2017 Publication date 27 December 2017 Keywords Life history, nuptial flight, unmated queens. keywords: doi; history; life; queens; sauteri; species cache: sociobiology-1853.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1853.txt item: #131 of 769 id: sociobiology-1857 author: Ferreira, Ana Cristina; Neves, Erika Fernandes; Montagna, Thiago dos Santos; Mendonça, Angélica; Cardoso, Claudia Andrea Lima; Antonialli Junior, William Fernando title: Intraspecific Variation of the Composition of Linear Alkanes in Social Wasp Mischocyttarus consimilis date: 2017-12-27 words: 7321 flesch: 53 summary: Intra-and interspecific variation of cuticular hydrocarbon composition in two Ectatomma species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) based on Fourier transform infrared photoacoustic spectroscopy. (2009) observed the capability of workers to distinguish the sex of their nest mates through cuticular hydrocarbons in P. dominula. keywords: alkanes; chemical; composition; cuticle; doi; et al; linear; wasps; workers cache: sociobiology-1857.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1857.txt item: #132 of 769 id: sociobiology-1867 author: Kafle, Lekhnath; Shih, Cheng-Jen title: Insecticidal Activities of Compounds from Sweet Flag (Acorus Calamus) against Red Imported Fire Ants Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) date: 2017-12-27 words: 4685 flesch: 66 summary: Sweet flag powder applied at 1 mg/cm2 or more provided 100% ant mortality within 18 hours, and repelled almost 97% of ants within one hour. Based upon the results of this study, α-asarone and β-asarone, as well as sweet flag powders could be another alternative tool to control the RIFA. keywords: ants; asarone; cm2; compounds; fire; flag; powder cache: sociobiology-1867.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1867.txt item: #133 of 769 id: sociobiology-187 author: Hayashi, Yoshinobu; Miyata, Hitoshi; Kitade, Osamu; Lo, Nathan title: Neotenic reproductives influence worker caste differentiation in the termite Reticulitermes speratus (Isoptera; Rhinotermitidae) date: 2013-12-30 words: 5521 flesch: 58 summary: Thus, in this study, we focused on examining whether individual ergatoids and nymphoids influence proportion of worker caste among offspring. In the present study, we investigated further the influence of individual neo- tenics on offspring caste ratios. keywords: caste; colonies; colony; doi; egg; offspring; workers cache: sociobiology-187.pdf plain text: sociobiology-187.txt item: #134 of 769 id: sociobiology-188 author: Benevides, Cristine Rodrigues; Evans, Darren M; Gaglianone, Maria Cristina title: Comparing the Structure and Robustness of Passifloraceae - Floral Visitor and True Pollinator Networks in a Lowland Atlantic Forest date: 2013-11-06 words: 7282 flesch: 57 summary: Open access journal: http://periodicos.uefs.br/ojs/index.php/sociobiology ISSN: 0361-6525 DOI: 10.13102/sociobiology.v60i3.295-305Sociobiology 60(3): 295-305 (2013) Comparing the Structure and Robustness of Passifloraceae - Floral Visitor and True Pollinator Networks in a Lowland Atlantic Forest CR Benevides1, DM Evans2, MC Gaglianone1 Introduction According to the concept of pollination syndromes, the characteristics of flowers, such as colour, odour, shape, rewards, position of reproductive structures and flowering strategies are some of the attributes that can determine the group of pollinators visiting different plant species (Gentry, 1974; Faegri & Pijl, 1979). Beyond flowering, floral traits are compatible with the description of the melittophily with pollination by large bees: large flowers with great volume (especially ear- ly in the morning) and high concentration of the nectar and sweet odour. keywords: animal; bees; floral; flowers; forest; glaziovii; nectar; network; passiflora; passifloraceae; plant; pollination; pollinators; robustness; species; visitor cache: sociobiology-188.pdf plain text: sociobiology-188.txt item: #135 of 769 id: sociobiology-1895 author: Kekeçoğlu, Meral title: Morphometric Divergence of Anatolian Honeybees through Loss of Original Traits: A Dangerous Outcome of Turkish Apiculture date: 2018-07-09 words: 8791 flesch: 57 summary: The distribution of native honeybee subspecies of Turkey and sampled provinces indicated by different symbol of the body segments were stored in 70% lactic acid for 24 h in order to soften the tissues for better resolution. It is recognized that native honeybee subspecies and ecotypes might have lost their characteristics because of the hybridization caused by migratory beekeeping, commercial queen bee usage, and uncontrolled mating (Ruttner, 1988; Rinderer et al., 1990; Moritz, 1991; Kauhausen-Keller et al., 1997). keywords: a. m.; apiary; apis; beekeeping; carnica; caucasica; colonies; ecotype; honeybee; kırklareli; m. anatoliaca; m. carnica; morphometric; muğla; native; populations; subspecies; turkey; yığılca cache: sociobiology-1895.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1895.txt item: #136 of 769 id: sociobiology-19 author: Grandinete, Yuri Campanholo; Noll, Fernando Barbosa title: Checklist of Social (Polistinae) and Solitary (Eumeninae) Wasps from a Fragment of Cerrado “Campo Sujo” in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil date: 2013-03-27 words: 3840 flesch: 60 summary: Four applications were made during the day, usually between the periods from 10:00 h to 16:00 h. Results and Discussion Polistinae We collected 574 specimens of social wasps, be- longing to 22 species within eight genera: Agelaia, Apoica, Brachygastra, Mischocyttarus, Parachartergus, Polistes, Polybia and Synoeca (Table 1). Polybia Lepeletier is the group within Epiponini (Vespidae: Polistinae) with the great number of species (58, being 44 in Brazil), and it is considered the most common genera of social wasps on South America (Richards, 1978; Carpenter & Marques, 2001). keywords: brazil; genera; polistinae; polybia; saussure; social; species; vespidae; wasps cache: sociobiology-19.pdf plain text: sociobiology-19.txt item: #137 of 769 id: sociobiology-191 author: Cardoso, Sandra; Forti, Luiz Carlos; Nagamoto, Nilson Satoru; Camargo, Roberto title: First-year nest growth in the leaf-cutting ants Atta bisphaerica and Atta sexdens rubropilosa date: 2014-09-30 words: 4162 flesch: 63 summary: Although there have already been reports on the chamber format and initial chamber depth of Atta (Autuori, 1942; Jacoby, 1943, 1950; Mariconi, 1970), the literature on the foundation and initial development of Atta nests remains highly limited. Probably, the differences in nest depth between species are correlated to soil temperature, because shading alters soil temperature regimes by locally diminishing soil temperature (Rosenberg et al., 1983). keywords: ants; atta; bisphaerica; chamber; depth; initial; nest; rubropilosa; sexdens; species cache: sociobiology-191.pdf plain text: sociobiology-191.txt item: #138 of 769 id: sociobiology-192 author: Fitzpatrick, Ginny; Davidowitz, Goggy; Bronstein, Judith L title: An Herbivore’s Thermal Tolerance is Higher Than That of the Ant Defenders in a Desert Protection Mutualism date: 2013-11-06 words: 4835 flesch: 56 summary: Plant surface temperature and ambient temperature were recorded in the field using an Omega 871A digital thermometer with type K thermocouple. We then calculated the positive linear relationship between plant surface temperature and ambient temperature by com- paring the observed temperatures recorded. keywords: abundance; ant; ants; herbivores; narnia; plant; species; temperature; tolerance cache: sociobiology-192.pdf plain text: sociobiology-192.txt item: #139 of 769 id: sociobiology-1928 author: Rocha-Filho, Léo Correia; Martins, Aline C.; Marchi, Paola title: Notes on a nest of Megachile (Moureapis) apicipennis Schrottky (Megachilidae) constructed in an abandoned gallery of Xylocopa Frontalis (Olivier) (Apidae) date: 2017-12-27 words: 2025 flesch: 58 summary: The cuckoo bee Coelioxys otomita was also registered as a cleptoparasite in M. benigna nests by Teixeira et al. (2011). Other leafcutting bee species belonging to different subgenera, in contrast, collect leaves from a high diversity of plant species ranging from eight to 20 plant families (MacIvor, 2016). keywords: apicipennis; females; leaves; megachile; moureapis; nest; species cache: sociobiology-1928.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1928.txt item: #140 of 769 id: sociobiology-1932 author: Dambros, Juliane; França, Vanessa Vindica; Delabie, Jacques Hubert Charles; Marques, Marinez Isaac; Battirola, Leandro Dênis title: Canopy Ant Assemblage (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Two Vegetation Formations in the Northern Brazilian Pantanal date: 2018-10-02 words: 7056 flesch: 59 summary: In cambarazal areas, it is possible to suppose that the V. divergens phenology influences the distribution of associated arthropod assemblages, as well as the seasonal flooding causing the soil in these areas to remain waterlogged for up to four months, preventing its use by edaphic fauna (Battirola et al., 2009, 2010), requiring the organisms to develop survival strategies for these conditions (Adis et al., 2001; Soares et al., 2013; Marques et al., 2014; Battirola et al., 2017a,b). The structural complexity of the canopy resulting from the variety of tree species, as well as their architecture, tends to maintain high species richness associated in this forest stratum due to a greater diversity and distribution of microhabitats, food resources and niches available to fauna (Farrel & Erwin, 1988; Pianka, 1994; Erwin, 2013; Yamazaki et al., 2016; Yusah et al., 2018), which are important factors in the structure and composition of animal assemblages, including those of ants (e.g. Battirola et al., 2005; Ribeiro et al., 2013; Meurer et al., 2015; Yusah & Foster, 2016). keywords: areas; assemblages; battirola; canopy; doi; dry; et al; forest; formations; grosso; marques; mato; pantanal; richness; species; vegetation; water cache: sociobiology-1932.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1932.txt item: #141 of 769 id: sociobiology-1934 author: Gonçalves, Fátima; Zina, Vera; Carlos, Cristina; Crespo, Luís; Oliveira, Irene; Torres, Laura title: Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and Spiders (Araneae) Co-occurring on the Ground of Vineyards from Douro Demarcated Region date: 2017-12-27 words: 9400 flesch: 62 summary: Standard effect size (SES) for the co-occurrence of ant associated spiders and ants (genera and species) in null model tests. Abundance and richness of GH spiders was higher at the distances of 5 and 100 m from non- crop habitat than in 50 m. In a study conducted in Californian vineyards, Hogg and Danne (2010) also found that dispersal activity of ground spiders did not change over the time; they also stated that ground spiders were unaffected by transect distance, from the adjacent non-crop habitat to the inside of Sociobiology 64(4): 404-416 (December, 2017) 413 vineyard, speculating that or transects may not have been long enough to observe an effect on ground spiders or, ground spiders may be unaffected by seasonal changes in vineyards, and may not recolonize vineyards from natural habitats. keywords: abundance; ants; cover; crop; doi; genera; ground; habitats; n.s; pekár; richness; species; spiders; spp; table; vineyards; zodarion cache: sociobiology-1934.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1934.txt item: #142 of 769 id: sociobiology-1936 author: Oliveira, Matheus Montefusco; Gomes, Flávia Batista; Somavilla, Alexandre; Krug, Cristiane title: Polistes canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Vespidae: Polistinae) in the Western Amazon: a Potential Biological Control Agent date: 2017-12-27 words: 4063 flesch: 54 summary: The objective of this work was to determine the resources collected by Polistes canadensis wasps, evaluate their performance and importance as a natural enemy and possible agent of biological control in the Brazilian Amazon. Polistes canadensis wasps did not prey Plutella xylostella caterpillars. keywords: activity; canadensis; et al; foraging; polistes; prezoto; returns; vespidae; wasps cache: sociobiology-1936.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1936.txt item: #143 of 769 id: sociobiology-1938 author: Angotti, Marina Acero; Rabello, Ananza; Santiago, Graziele; Ribas, Carla title: Seed removal by ants in Brazilian savanna: optimizing fieldwork date: 2018-07-09 words: 5412 flesch: 51 summary: MA Angotti, AM Rabello, GS Santiago, CR Ribas – Seed removal by ants158 and predation, since they are sensitive to temperature and moisture (Traniello, 1989; Lima & Antonialli-Junior, 2013), thus, contributing to seed removal during the morning periods. In this way, artificial seed removal proportion and the presence of seed- removing ant species could determine, in the absence of natural seeds, whether the ecological function of seed removal is being recovered. keywords: ants; artificial; doi; et al; exposure; period; proportion; removal; seed; seed removal; sites cache: sociobiology-1938.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1938.txt item: #144 of 769 id: sociobiology-1939 author: Madureira, Marcelo Silva; Sobrinho, Tathiana Guerra; Schoereder, José Henrique title: The Influence of Extrafloral Nectaries on Arboreal Ant Species Richness in Tree Communities date: 2018-07-09 words: 5902 flesch: 51 summary: Such correlations have been explained by changes in habitat conditions and by the increase in total resource availability, which allows a higher ant species coexistence, thus increasing ant species richness. In contrast, competitively superior ant species can monopolize resources diminishing ant species richness as suggested by Dáttilo et al. (2014a). keywords: abundance; ant; ants; cerrado; doi; efn; et al; nectar; nectaries; plant; richness; species; species richness; trees cache: sociobiology-1939.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1939.txt item: #145 of 769 id: sociobiology-1942 author: Rosa, Cassiano Sousa; Cristaldo, Paulo Fellipe; Florencio, Daniela Faria; Marins, Alessandra; Lima, Eraldo R; DeSouza, Og title: On the Chemical Disguise of a Physogastric Termitophilous Rove Beetle date: 2018-03-31 words: 6227 flesch: 52 summary: Red symbols: staphylinid beetles; Black symbols: termite host. Termite hosts were identified to species following Mathews (1977) and by comparison with the samples in the Termite Section of the Entomological Museum of the Federal University of Viçosa (MEUV), where voucher specimens were deposited (# UFV8735, UFV8736, UFV8737). keywords: beetles; chc; chemical; cyphergaster; doi; et al; host; melantho; nests; profiles; species; termite cache: sociobiology-1942.pdf plain text: sociobiology-1942.txt item: #146 of 769 id: sociobiology-195 author: Clemente, Mateus Aparecido; Lange, Denise; Dáttilo, Wesley; Del-Claro, Kleber; Prezoto, Fábio title: Social Wasp-Flower Visiting Guild Interactions in Less Structurally Complex Habitats are More Susceptible to Local Extinction date: 2013-11-06 words: 5246 flesch: 57 summary: We thank F. Salimena and L. Menini (Leopoldo Krieger Herbarium) for support in the identification of the botanical material and E. Giannotti for the identification of social wasp species and two anonymous referees for helpful remarks in an early version of this manuscript. The Riparian Forest exhibits a profile of transition ve- getation from high-altitude savannas to ombrophilous forests, with a physiognomy sequence from shrubby-arboreal to pre- dominantly arboreal and a great heterogeneity of plant species (Durigan et al., 2000), with a predominance of cloudiness (i.e. high moisture) (Fontes, 1997). keywords: brazil; del; doi; et al; extinction; forest; grassland; hymenoptera; interactions; networks; plant; riparian; santos; species; vegetation; wasp cache: sociobiology-195.pdf plain text: sociobiology-195.txt item: #147 of 769 id: sociobiology-196 author: Silva, Evandro do Nascimento; Perfecto, Ivette title: Coexistence of Aphid Predators in Cacao Plants: Does Ant-aphid Mutualism Play a Role? date: 2013-11-06 words: 5193 flesch: 56 summary: Only one index was slightly positive, reflecting the only case in which double presence of ants was observed (Cr. victima and P. gracilis) in the survey. A well known characteristic of ant communities in natural forests and in tree-based cropping systems is the existence of a three-dimensional mosaic deter- mining the spatial distribution of ant species (Majer, 1972; Leston, 1973; Majer & Camer-Pesci, 1991; Armbrecht et al., 2001). keywords: antiphates; ants; aphid; association; attack; cacao; colonies; larvae; predators; spatial; species; victima cache: sociobiology-196.pdf plain text: sociobiology-196.txt item: #148 of 769 id: sociobiology-197 author: Silberbauer-Gottsberger, Ilse; Vanin, Sérgio Antonio; Gottsberger, Gerhard title: Interactions of the Cerrado Palms Butia paraguayensis and Syagrus petraea with Parasitic and Pollinating Insects date: 2013-11-06 words: 7709 flesch: 59 summary: Palms are mainly pollinated by insects (Henderson, Sociobiology 60(3): 306-316 (2013) 307 1986) and many palm species are visited jointly by an array of different insects, which are of varying importance in pollination. Not only in A. microcarpa but in all palms observed up to now, parasitism by flower beetles is more or less in balance with the number of flowers and inflorescences formed. keywords: + +; /nf; beetles; butia; flowers; gottsberger; inflorescences; insects; palms; paraguayensis; petraea; pistillate; pollination; pollinators; species; staminate cache: sociobiology-197.pdf plain text: sociobiology-197.txt item: #149 of 769 id: sociobiology-2014 author: Qin, Deqiang; Huang, Rilin; Li, Zihao; Wang, Shiying; Cheng, Dongmei; Zhang, Zhixiang title: Volatile Component Analysis of Michelia alba Leaves and Their Effect on Fumigation Activity and Worker Behavior of Solenopsis invicta date: 2018-07-09 words: 5026 flesch: 57 summary: A comprehensive consideration of the economic and ecological value of M. alba shows that fallen leaves might be a good resource to control red imported fire ant. Sociobiology An international journal on social insects DQ QIN1, RL HUANG1, ZH LI1, SY WANG1, DM CHENG1,3, ZX ZHANG1,2 Article History Edited by Kleber Del-Claro, UFU, Brazil Received 02 October 2016 Initial acceptance 20 February 2017 Final acceptance 11 February 2018 Publication date 09 July 2018 Keywords Solenopsis invicta, Michelia alba, Volatiles, Toxicity. Numerous studies have indicated that essential oils can be used to control red imported fire ant. keywords: aggregation; alba; ants; et al; fire; leaves; workers cache: sociobiology-2014.pdf plain text: sociobiology-2014.txt item: #150 of 769 id: sociobiology-203 author: Zorzenon, Francisco José; Campos, Ana Eugênia de Carvalho title: Methodology for Internal Damage Percentage Assessment by Subterranean Termites in Urban Trees date: 2014-05-03 words: 2340 flesch: 56 summary: DOI: 10.13102/sociobiology.v61i1.78-81Sociobiology 61(1): 78-81 (March, 2014) Open access journal: http://periodicos.uefs.br/ojs/index.php/sociobiology ISSN: 0361-6525 Methodology for Internal Damage Percentage Assessment by Subterranean Termites in Urban Trees FJ Zorzenon, AE de C Campos Introduction Problems associated to urban trees are common and are mostly caused by inadequate management (Jim, 2001; Rodrigues et al., 2002; Nowak & Dwyer, 2007). Lack of planning to choose suitable plant species to the site, lack of knowledge on plant biology and physiology, lack of care when transplanting the trees, lack of space for plant growth, drastic pruning, infes- tations by wood boring, sucking and defoliating insects, ter- mites, ants, besides plant diseases, and negligence are some of the problems that make urban trees die early (Zorzenon & Potenza, 2006). keywords: damage; infestations; methodology; percentage; termite; trees; urban cache: sociobiology-203.pdf plain text: sociobiology-203.txt item: #151 of 769 id: sociobiology-204 author: Zhang, Yi; Huang, Xiu; Xu, ZaiFu; Han, RiChou; Chen, JingHua title: Differential Gene Transcription in Honeybee (Apis cerana) Larvae Challenged by Chinese Sacbrood Virus (CSBV) date: 2013-12-30 words: 7393 flesch: 73 summary: Chinese sacbrood virus (CSBV) is the most stricken pathogen of A. cerana, which results in severe and deadly infections of the colony and eventually losses of the entire colony (Yan et al., 2008; Liu et al., 2010; Han et al., 2013). (Yan et al., 2009), and the control of this disease by RNA interference (Liu et al., 2010). keywords: c c; c g; csbv; e t; g b; g g; g r; t c; t g; t ol; t r; t t; t u; ta g; ° c cache: sociobiology-204.pdf plain text: sociobiology-204.txt item: #152 of 769 id: sociobiology-2044 author: Carneiro, Marcos Augusto Ferraz; Gaglioti, André Luiz; Carvalho, Karine Santana; Nascimento, Ivan Cardoso; Zina, Juliana title: The Habitat Affects the Ecological Interactions between Azteca Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and Cecropia Loefl. (Urticaceae Juss.) date: 2018-07-09 words: 6002 flesch: 55 summary: In this sense, we formulate the following hypotheses: (i) Cecropia plants established in pasture habitats present more foliar herbivory than plants established in the secondary forest, and (ii) the defense against herbivory performed by Azteca is less efficient in Cecropia plants of pasture than in secondary forest plants. We investigated the mutualistic interactions between ants (Azteca genera) and Cecropia plants in habitats of secondary forest and pasture used as cattle fields. keywords: azteca; brazil; cecropia; colonies; doi; effects; forest; habitat; herbivory; leaf; mutualism; pasture; plants; species cache: sociobiology-2044.pdf plain text: sociobiology-2044.txt item: #153 of 769 id: sociobiology-2048 author: Tibcherani, Mariáh; Nacagava, Vivian Ayumi Fujizawa; Aranda, Rodrigo; Mello, Ramon Luciano title: Review of Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) as bioindicators in the Brazilian Savanna date: 2018-07-09 words: 13365 flesch: 57 summary: (Lovejoy, 1986; Kattan et al., 1996; Kellman et al., 1996; Turner, 1996; Steffan-Dewenter & Tscharntke, 1997; Kageyama & Gandara, 1998; Golden & Crist, 1999). In addition, according to Machado et al. (2004), deforestation rates of the biome ranged from 22,000 to 30,000 km² by the end of the 20th century. keywords: absence; andrequicé mg; ants; bioindicators; bom; bom despacho; brandão et; brazilian savanna; costa; degradation; despacho mg; et al; frequency; gonçalo; habitat; marinho; mg brazilian; mg eucalyptus; milanez et; occurrence; occurrence bom; plantation; plantation degradation; presence; preservation; ramos et; savanna degradation; savanna sensu; sensu stricto; species; stricto preservation; studies; são cache: sociobiology-2048.pdf plain text: sociobiology-2048.txt item: #154 of 769 id: sociobiology-2069 author: Franco, Weslly; Feitosa, Rodrigo Machado title: Discovery of the termite specialist ant genus Centromyrmex, Mayr 1866 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae) for the Guiana Shield date: 2018-07-09 words: 1838 flesch: 56 summary: Centromyrmex species of French Guiana. Two species of Centromyrmex were identified among the ants collected by SEAG, namely Centromyrmex gigas and Centromyrmex alfaroi, with 19 and five individuals recovered from the samples, respectively. keywords: ants; centromyrmex; distribution; genus; species; specimens cache: sociobiology-2069.pdf plain text: sociobiology-2069.txt item: #155 of 769 id: sociobiology-207 author: Oliveira, Geane Almeida; Aguiar, Cândida Maria Lima; Silva, Maise; Gimenes, Miriam title: Centris aenea (Hymenoptera, Apidae): a Ground-nesting Bee with High Pollination Efficiency in Malpighia emarginata DC (Malpighiaceae) date: 2013-11-06 words: 4173 flesch: 63 summary: The pollination efficiency was determined according to three criteria: 1) the pollen deposition rate of M. emarginata and other plant species on the thorax ventral region of females, 2) the rate of M. emarginata fruit set after a single visit, and 3) the pollen deposition rate on the stigma after one single visit. We observed that M. emarginata fruit set after a single visit by C. aenea (21%) was much higher than that found for C. tarsata (7%) (Freitas et al., 1999). keywords: aenea; emarginata; et al; flowers; fruit; pollen; pollination cache: sociobiology-207.pdf plain text: sociobiology-207.txt item: #156 of 769 id: sociobiology-2073 author: Chavarria-Pizarro, Laura; Silva, Marjorie; Noll, Fernando Barbosa title: Neotropical Swarm-Founding Wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae: Epiponini) Accept Expelled Queens in Case of Queen Loss date: 2018-07-09 words: 2341 flesch: 52 summary: Here we demonstrate that Epiponini wasps may accept expelled queens in situations of queenlessness. Queen removal tests were performed to study workers’ acceptance of expelled queens and queens from other colonies. keywords: colony; doi; noll; queens; wasps; workers cache: sociobiology-2073.pdf plain text: sociobiology-2073.txt item: #157 of 769 id: sociobiology-2076 author: da Paz, Joicelene Regina Lima; Pigozzo, Camila Magalhães; Gimenes, Miriam title: The Roles of Bees and Hoverflies in the Pollination of Jacquemontia evolvuloides (Moric.) Meisn. (Convolvulaceae) in a Semiarid Region date: 2018-07-09 words: 5754 flesch: 53 summary: The anthesis of J. evolvuloides flowers occurs in the morning. Other bees observed on J. evolvuloides flowers, including Apis mellifera and Trigona spinipes, as well as wasps, collected nectar by landing on the flowers and inserting their tongues into the nectary – but without contacting the reproductive structures. keywords: bees; brazil; convolvulaceae; doi; evolvuloides; flowers; jacquemontia; kiill; pollen; pollination; pollinators; species; visitors; visits cache: sociobiology-2076.pdf plain text: sociobiology-2076.txt item: #158 of 769 id: sociobiology-2077 author: Carneiro, Lazaro da Silva; Aguiar, Willian Moura; Aguiar, Candida Maria Lima; Santos, Gilberto Marcos de Mendonça title: Orchid Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) in Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest (Caatinga) in Brazil date: 2018-07-09 words: 4151 flesch: 58 summary: To analyze the distribution of Euglossini species richness in different areas of the Caatinga, we reviewed data published in studies on Euglossini assemblages in which aromatic baits were used to attract males, totalizing nine sites sampled: 1. Comparing Euglossini species richness in different areas of Caatinga, we observed that arboreal Caatinga have a richer Euglossini fauna (up to 14 species per assemblage) than shrub Caatinga, in which only two species have been recorded (El. nigrita and Eg. cordata) keywords: abundance; bees; caatinga; doi; et al; euglossa; euglossini; fragment; richness; site; species cache: sociobiology-2077.pdf plain text: sociobiology-2077.txt item: #159 of 769 id: sociobiology-2078 author: Nascimento, Nathalia De Oliveira; Nalini Junior, Herminio Arias; Ataide, Fernanda; Abreu, Adriana Tropia; Antonini, Yasmine title: Pollen storage by stingless bees as an environmental marker for metal contamination: spatial and temporal distribution of metal elements date: 2018-07-09 words: 8364 flesch: 61 summary: Mineral contents in µg/Kg and mg/Kg for 54 dehydrated bee pollen samples collected during wet (W) and dry (D) season, from four sites in the Iron Quadrangle, MG, Brazil. Contrast analyses comparing metal concentrations among sites using metal as the explanatory variable were then been performed using R software (R Development Core Team 2010). keywords: areas; bees; concentrations; elements; et al; iron; loq; metal; mining; pollen; quadrangle; samples; sites; spm cache: sociobiology-2078.pdf plain text: sociobiology-2078.txt item: #160 of 769 id: sociobiology-208 author: Gautam, Bal Krishna; Henderson, Gregg title: Comparative Evaluation of Three Chitin Synthesis Inhibitor Termite Baits Using Multiple Bioassay Designs date: 2014-05-24 words: 4121 flesch: 53 summary: They also provided samples of diflubenzuron bait (Advance® Compressed Termite Bait II, BASF Corporation, St. Louis, MO; 0.25% diflubenzuron) and noviflumuron bait (Recruit® HD Termite Bait, Dow AgroSciences LLC, Indianapolis, IN; 0.5% noviflumuron). Consumption of diflubenzuron bait was significantly higher than noviflumuron bait or lufenuron bait and the consump- tion of noviflumuron bait was significantly higher than the lufenuron bait (Fig. 4). keywords: bait; chitin; consumption; diflubenzuron; lufenuron; mortality; noviflumuron; synthesis; termite; tests cache: sociobiology-208.pdf plain text: sociobiology-208.txt item: #161 of 769 id: sociobiology-2087 author: Valadares, Lohan; Nascimento, Fábio S. title: Social Carrying and Defensive Behavior During Colony Emigration in the Leaf-cutting Ant Atta sexdens date: 2017-12-27 words: 1341 flesch: 53 summary: Parallel to this immediate response, a group of workers, comprised mainly media workers (head width around 1.2 mm) and major workers (head width around 2.0 mm), aggregated all over the body surface of queen and brood, with mandibles half open and the pair of legs widely open in an ‘entangle’ formation (Fig 1 A-B). Yet poorly investigated, social carrying seems to be primarily required in colony emigration, where it plays defensive roles as a response to the threats of the colony (Fowler, 1981; Nickele et al., 2012). keywords: colony; emigration; queen; workers cache: sociobiology-2087.pdf plain text: sociobiology-2087.txt item: #162 of 769 id: sociobiology-2090 author: Nunes, Lívia Fonseca; Roxinol, José Augusto; Cristado, Paulo Fellipe; Marinho, Renan; DeSouza, Og title: The use of tympanic arena as an alternative for behavioral vibroacoustic essays in termites (Blattodea: Isoptera). date: 2018-03-31 words: 5237 flesch: 55 summary: These correspond to 27 trials for the main test involving styrofoam balls, conducted with three repetitions for direct stimulus on the sensor, six repetitions for tympanic arena, eight repetitions for plastic arenas and ten repetitions for glass arenas. The remaining 24 trials have been conducted with a wooden stick, including two repetitions for direct stimulus on the sensor, four repetitions for tympanic arena, eight repetitions for plastic arenas and ten repetitions for glass arenas. keywords: accelerometer; arenas; glass; plastic; sensor; termites; test; tympanic; vibrations cache: sociobiology-2090.pdf plain text: sociobiology-2090.txt item: #163 of 769 id: sociobiology-2092 author: Peeters, Christian title: Independent colony foundation in Paraponera clavata (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): First workers lay trophic eggs to feed queen’s larvae date: 2017-12-27 words: 3760 flesch: 62 summary: This may be linked to the large size of Paraponera workers. The prolonged development of poneroid brood contributes to the difficulty date first workers cocoons larvae eggs 26-9-2013 7 29-10 4 9 8-11 5 4 15-11 5 2 18-11 5 1 20-12 3 3 4-1-2014 2 1 4 20-01 1 + 2 dead 1 4 21-02 2 4 2 7-03 worker #1 2 3 4 31-03 Q + 1w 1 + 1 dead 3 7 9-04 worker #2 1 1 +1spin § 8 16-04 Q + 2 1 dead 3 7 9-05 Q + 2 0 2 9 28-05 Q + 2 1 3 4 10-06 Q + 2 1 3 5 23-06 #3 1 3 8 ?-07 keywords: ant; ants; clavata; eggs; larvae; paraponera; peeters; queen; workers cache: sociobiology-2092.pdf plain text: sociobiology-2092.txt item: #164 of 769 id: sociobiology-2095 author: de Carvalho, Yuri Carvalho; Clemente, Lara Oliveira; Guimarães, Marco Paulo; DeSouza, Og title: Suitable Light Regimes for Filming Termites in Laboratory Bioassays date: 2018-03-31 words: 2815 flesch: 54 summary: Discussion We did not observe any effect of the distinct light regimes on the mortality of C. cumulans workers in this work: such termites presented similar survival patterns when confined in darkness, under cold white light, or under infrared light (Fig 1, Table 1). C. cumulans is a key species in grasslands, providing stable and predictable shelter for other termites, invertebrates, and vertebrates (Redford, 1984; keywords: cumulans; infrared; light; regimes; survival; termites; workers cache: sociobiology-2095.pdf plain text: sociobiology-2095.txt item: #165 of 769 id: sociobiology-2097 author: Scheffrahn, Rudolf H; Chase, James A; Mangold, John R.; Hochmair, Henry H title: Relative occurrence of the family Kalotermitidae (Isoptera) under different termite sampling methods date: 2018-03-31 words: 9527 flesch: 65 summary: When planning termite surveys, site locations were not determined in advance of expeditions, although general travel routes were selected to include as many habitats and biomes that could be sampled in the time allotted. In most cases, travel time between sites was approximately equal to time spent collecting termites. keywords: brazil; collecting; diversity; doi; eggleton; et al; expert; forest; isoptera; jones; journal; kalotermitid; method; sampling; species; std; survey; termite; transect; tropical cache: sociobiology-2097.pdf plain text: sociobiology-2097.txt item: #166 of 769 id: sociobiology-210 author: Castaño-Meneses, Gabriela title: Trophic Guild Structure of a Canopy Ants Community in a Mexican Tropical Deciduous Forest date: 2014-04-21 words: 5975 flesch: 59 summary: In most of ecosystems, the general patterns of ant distribution show increase of their abundance during the wet season, but according with the characteristics of Chamela tropical dry forest in the Pacific Cost of Mexico, the great amount of epiphytes in the area can be an important resource to the ants, and the canopy can be an environment visited for different species of ants during the driest month. RESEARCH ARTIClE - ANTS G Castaño-Meneses - Trophic structure of canopy ants from Mexican deciduous forest 36 keywords: ant; ants; camponotus; canopy; chamela; community; diversity; doi; dry; forest; mexico; rainy; season; species; tropical cache: sociobiology-210.pdf plain text: sociobiology-210.txt item: #167 of 769 id: sociobiology-2107 author: Queiroga, Drielly da Silveira; Moura, Renan Fernandes title: Positive Relation Between Abundance of Pericarpial Nectaries and Ant Richness in Tocoyena formosa (Rubiaceae) date: 2017-12-27 words: 4805 flesch: 55 summary: List of ant species found in Tocoyena formosa plants with the total number of observed individuals. On the present study, we state that mutualistic interactions between ant community and T. formosa plants having pericarpial nectaries (PNs) can be strongly influenced by the abundance of resource. keywords: ant; ants; claro; del; doi; et al; formosa; network; plant; pns; species cache: sociobiology-2107.pdf plain text: sociobiology-2107.txt item: #168 of 769 id: sociobiology-212 author: Liu, Liping; Dang, Liang; Xi, Gengsi; Wang, Fang title: Molecular Cloning, Characterization and Expression Analysis of Calreticulin Gene in the Ant Polyrhachis vicina Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) date: 2013-12-30 words: 3869 flesch: 59 summary: This result may shows that the PvCRT possesses function of calregulin in ER mainly in- volved in directing proper conformation of the proteins, con- trolling calcium level, and participating in immune responses (Wang et al., 2012; Byung-Jae Park et al, 2001;) including: regulation of intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis chaperone activ- ity, steroid-mediated gene regulation, and cell adhesion (Me- saeli et al., 1999). The mRNA expression level in both embryos and adults shows that PvCRT gene may play some essential roles in the ant’s development. keywords: analysis; calreticulin; cdna; doi; expression; gene; pcr; protein; pvcrt; sequence; time; vicina cache: sociobiology-212.pdf plain text: sociobiology-212.txt item: #169 of 769 id: sociobiology-2151 author: Barbosa, Bruno Corrêa; Silva, Newton José de Jesus; Zanuncio, José Cola; Prezoto, Fábio title: Occurrence of Social Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in a Sugarcane Culture date: 2018-07-09 words: 3098 flesch: 58 summary: Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brasil. 68p. Social wasp species richness and abundancy (A) through the sugarcane development phases. keywords: hymenoptera; juiz; prezoto; species; sugarcane; vespidae; wasps cache: sociobiology-2151.pdf plain text: sociobiology-2151.txt item: #170 of 769 id: sociobiology-2162 author: Lopes, Domingos Rodrigo Silva; Tavares, Rodrigo Castro; Batista, Kamila Otoni Marques; de Souza, Priscila Bezerra; do Nascimento, Mariela Otoni; de Souza, Danival José title: Simarouba versicolor (Simaroubaceae) Dispersal by the Leaf-Cutter Ant Atta sexdens date: 2018-07-09 words: 2196 flesch: 63 summary: The treatments showed the following germination rates (G): G = 37.5% for T1 (seeds cleaned by ants), G = 25% for T2 (seeds cleaned manually), and G = 29.7% for T3 (non-cleaned seeds). Seed dispersal by ants in the Cape Flora treatened by Iridomyrmex humilis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). keywords: ants; dispersal; doi; germination; seeds; versicolor cache: sociobiology-2162.pdf plain text: sociobiology-2162.txt item: #171 of 769 id: sociobiology-22 author: Wetterer, James Kelly title: Exotic spread of Solenopsis invicta Buren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) beyond North America date: 2013-03-27 words: 3799 flesch: 67 summary: Since then, S. invicta has spread in North America across the southern US and northeastern Mexico. More recently, S. invicta has invaded the West Indies and parts of the Old World. keywords: 2005; ant; fire; florida; invicta; records; s. invicta; solenopsis; wetterer cache: sociobiology-22.pdf plain text: sociobiology-22.txt item: #172 of 769 id: sociobiology-2214 author: Barros, Luísa Antônia Campos; Teixeira, Gisele Amaro; de Aguiar, Hilton Jeferson Alves Cardoso; Lopes, Denilce Meneses; Pompolo, Silvia das Graças title: Cytogenetic studies in Trachymyrmex holmgreni Wheeler, 1925 (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) by conventional and molecular methods date: 2018-07-09 words: 4066 flesch: 53 summary: C-banding was performed according to Sumner (1972) with minor adaptations as suggested by Barros et al. (2013). (2n = 22), presented 18S rDNA located in metacentric chromosomes (Barros et al., 2015; Teixeira et al. 2017), thus differing from Acromyrmex spp. which presented these genes in the terminal region of the larger subtelocentric chromosome pair (Barros et al., 2016; Teixeira et al., 2017). keywords: ants; barros; chromosomes; et al; species; trachymyrmex cache: sociobiology-2214.pdf plain text: sociobiology-2214.txt item: #173 of 769 id: sociobiology-2228 author: Falcón-Brindis, Armando; Rodriguez-Estrella, Ricardo; Jiménez, Maria Luisa title: A Fatal Nest Construction: Man-mixed Cement Used by Mud-daubing Wasps date: 2018-10-02 words: 1520 flesch: 57 summary: A survey to collect nests of S. jamaicense was conducted Abstract Some sphecid wasps apparently show tolerance to urban habitats. These localities are small suburban towns with at most 800 inhabitants where most nests of S. jamaicense (≈ 90%) occur in human buildings (Jiménez et al., 1992). keywords: jamaicense; mud; nests cache: sociobiology-2228.pdf plain text: sociobiology-2228.txt item: #174 of 769 id: sociobiology-23 author: Fagundes, Roberth; Ribeiro, Sérvio Pontes; Del-Claro, Kleber title: Tending-Ants Increase Survivorship and Reproductive Success of Calloconophora pugionata Drietch (Hemiptera, Membracidae), a Trophobiont Herbivore of Myrcia obovata O.Berg (Myrtales, Myrtaceae) date: 2013-03-27 words: 5898 flesch: 62 summary: University of Chi- cago Press. Sociobiology 60(1): 11-19 (2013) 19 Rosumek, F.B.; Silveira, F.A.O.; Neves, F.S.; Barbosa, N.P.U.; Oki, L.D.Y.; Pezzini, F.; Fernandes, G.W. & Cornelissen, T. (2009) Ants on plants: a meta-analysis of the role of ants as plant biotic defenses. Repeated measures ANOVA for the number of Callo- conophora pugionata (Membracidae) egg masses, nymphs, and adults between branch treatments (ants factor), days (repeated fac- tor) and year in Myrcia obovata (Myrtaceae). Source of variation DF SS F P E gg m as s Ants 1 0.03 0.03 0.87 Year 1 2.35 1.97 0.17 keywords: ants; branches; claro; del; doi; interactions; number; oliveira; plant; pugionata; species; tending cache: sociobiology-23.pdf plain text: sociobiology-23.txt item: #175 of 769 id: sociobiology-230 author: Conceição, Pamela de Jesus; Neves, Cynthia Maria de Lyra; Sodré, Geni da Silva; de Carvalho, Carlos Alfredo Lopes; Souza, Adriane Vieira; Ribeiro, Generosa Sousa; Pereira, Rozimar de Campos title: Susceptibility of Melipona scutellaris Latreille, 1811 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) worker bees to Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuill. date: 2014-06-11 words: 3634 flesch: 52 summary: For the control treatment or exposure method by indirect contact, S50 could not be esti- mated because bee mortality did not exceed 50%, and the use of the Kaplan-Meier model to calculate S50 is limited by the increased survival time of the individuals studied. The objective of the present study was to assess the susceptibility of worker bees of the species Melipona scutellaris (locally known as uruçu) to the isolate (Biofungi 1) of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana. keywords: application; bassiana; bees; contact; control; exposure; fungal; fungi; methods; mortality cache: sociobiology-230.pdf plain text: sociobiology-230.txt item: #176 of 769 id: sociobiology-231 author: Aguiar, Willian Moura de; Melo, Gabriel Augusto Rodrigues de; Gaglianone, Maria Cristina title: Does Forest Phisiognomy affect the Structure of Orchid Bee (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Euglossini) Communities? A Study in the Atlantic Forest of Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil date: 2014-03-30 words: 8416 flesch: 56 summary: Forested regions in the northern part of Rio de Janeiro State, however, exhibit somewhat unusual features due to the occurrence of the “Campos dos Goytacazes Gap”, which designates a geo- graphic transition between the Serra do Mar forest domain (which extends from north of Paraná to Rio de Janeiro) and the Central Atlantic forest domain (which covers the state of Es- pírito Santo, small areas of eastern Minas Gerais and southern Bahia). A Study in the Atlantic Forest of Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil WM Aguiar¹, GAR Melo², MC Gaglianone³ Introduction Orchid bee communities have been widely sampled in different neotropical ecosystems in recent decades, including the Atlantic Forest (Tonhasca et al., 2002a; Sofia & Suzuki, 2004; Nemésio & Silveira, 2006a; Ramalho et al., 2009; Mattozo et al., 2011; Silveira et al., 2011; Aguiar & Gaglianone, 2012; Ramalho et al., 2013), the Amazonian Forest (e.g., 1985; Powell & Powell, 1987; Storck-Tonon et al., 2009; Abrahamczyk et al., 2011), Central American forests (e.g., Ackerman, 1983; Brosi 2009), the savannas of central Brazil (Cerrado) (Souza et al., 2005; Alvarenga et al., 2007; Faria & Silveira, 2011), and the dry forest of northeastern Brazil (Caatinga) (Souza et al., 2005; Alvarenga et al., 2007; Andrade-Silva et al., 2012). keywords: abundance; apidae; areas; atlantic; bees; communities; et al; euglossine; forest; hymenoptera; janeiro; nemésio; ombrophilous; orchid; rio; species; vegetation cache: sociobiology-231.pdf plain text: sociobiology-231.txt item: #177 of 769 id: sociobiology-2345 author: Roldão-Sbordoni, Yara Sbrolin; Nascimento, Fábio Santos; Mateus, Sidnei title: Estimating colonies of Plebeia droryana (Friese, 1900) (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini): adults, brood and nest structure date: 2018-07-09 words: 3256 flesch: 65 summary: Abstract Estimate of stingless bee colonies including nest structures and quantitative brood and adult individuals are scarce. In addition, Lindauer and Kerr (1960) presented an estimate of adult workers in colonies of stingless bee colonies. keywords: bees; colony; droryana; individuals; nest; stingless; weight cache: sociobiology-2345.pdf plain text: sociobiology-2345.txt item: #178 of 769 id: sociobiology-235 author: Noll, Fernando Barbosa title: Marimbondos: a review on the neotropical swarm-founding polistines. date: 2013-12-30 words: 5483 flesch: 60 summary: A phylo- genetic analysis of Synoeca De Saussure, 1852, A neotropical genus of social wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Epiponini). A neotropical genus of social wasps. keywords: colony; eberhard; epiponini; hymenoptera; jeanne; noll; queens; swarm; vespidae; wasps; west cache: sociobiology-235.pdf plain text: sociobiology-235.txt item: #179 of 769 id: sociobiology-238 author: Ferreira, Clébia Aparecida; Torezan-Silingardi, Helena Maura title: Implications of the Floral Herbivory on Malpighiacea Plant Fitness: Visual Aspect of the Flower affects the attractiveness to Pollinators date: 2013-11-06 words: 4174 flesch: 59 summary: the flori- vory in the petals (floral area lost) differed between the species, and B. malifolia was the most damaged. B. malifolia suffered a greater loss of floral area than did B. variabilis (F2,42=4.86; P=0.013) (Fig. 4), and there was no significant difference in these values between the B. malifolia morphotypes. keywords: area; banisteriopsis; damage; florivory; flowers; herbivory; malifolia; species; variabilis cache: sociobiology-238.pdf plain text: sociobiology-238.txt item: #180 of 769 id: sociobiology-239 author: Santos-Junior, Luiz Carlos; Saraiva, Juliana Martinho; Silvestre, Rogério; Antonialli-Junior, William Fernando title: Evaluation of Insects that Exploit Temporary Protein Resources Emphasizing the Action of Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in a Neotropical Semi-deciduous Forest date: 2014-04-21 words: 6512 flesch: 56 summary: Throughout the collection period, 34 ant species were observed (Table 2); however, only 27 (80%) interacted with other species of ants. Their failure to dominate the bait when other species are present is due to their strategy of foraging individually. keywords: ants; baits; brandão; et al; flow; foraging; forest; group; insects; interactions; resource; species cache: sociobiology-239.pdf plain text: sociobiology-239.txt item: #181 of 769 id: sociobiology-24 author: Torres, Viviana de Oliveira; Gianotti, Edilberto; Antonialli-Jr., Willian Fernando title: Temporal Polyethism and Life Expectancy of Workers in the Eusocial Wasp Polistes canadensis canadensis Linnaeus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) date: 2013-03-27 words: 4225 flesch: 59 summary: Worker age, ovary development, and temporal polyethism in the swarm-founding wasp Polybia occidentalis. Ordination by Nonmetric Multidimensional Scaling (NMDS), indicating the behavioral variation according to age in workers of Polistes canadensis canadensis. keywords: age; canadensis; division; expectancy; jeanne; life; polistes; polyethism; social; wasp; workers cache: sociobiology-24.pdf plain text: sociobiology-24.txt item: #182 of 769 id: sociobiology-240 author: Locher, Gabriela de Almeida; Togni, Olga Coutinho; Silveira, Orlando Tobias; Giannotti, Edilberto title: The Social Wasp Fauna of a Riparian Forest in Southeastern Brazil (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) date: 2014-07-01 words: 6195 flesch: 60 summary: Social wasp diversity (Vespidae, Polistinae) in a forest fragment in the northeast of São Paulo state sampled with different methodologies. Active collecting (without the use of any attractive) consisted in active searching for individuals along the same 1000 meter trail mentioned before collected with an entomo- logical net, at the time of greatest foraging activity between 10:00 am to 3:00 pm (see Prezoto et al., 2008). keywords: abundance; brazil; collection; diversity; doi; et al; hymenoptera; method; noll; prezoto; sampling; santos; souza; species; state; vespidae; wasps cache: sociobiology-240.pdf plain text: sociobiology-240.txt item: #183 of 769 id: sociobiology-243 author: Torres, Romario Ferreira; Torres, Viviana de Oliveira; Súarez, Yzel Rondon; Antonialli-Junior, William Fernando title: Effect of Human Disturbance on Colony Productivity of the Social Wasp Polistes versicolor Olivier (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) date: 2014-06-01 words: 4552 flesch: 57 summary: Therefore, as previously suggested by Michelutti et al. (2013), colony productivity of the social wasps can be affected by the habitat quality, and negatively impacted by human activity. Nest architecture, colony productivity, and duration of immature stages in a social wasp, Mischocyttarus consimilis. keywords: activity; cells; habitat; human; nest; number; polistes; productivity cache: sociobiology-243.pdf plain text: sociobiology-243.txt item: #184 of 769 id: sociobiology-25 author: Gouw, Monique Sian; Gimenes, Miriam title: Differences of the Daily Flight Activity Rhythm in two Neotropical Stingless Bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae) date: 2013-06-29 words: 4837 flesch: 59 summary: The entrainment of daily bee activities by the light/dark cycle was also observed by Bellusci and Marques (2001) in Scaptotrig- ona aff depilis foragers. (Hilário et al., 2001) have detected the effects of temperature leading to an increase and the effects of relative humidity leading to a de- crease of bee activities. keywords: activities; activity; bees; doederleini; entrance; flight; melipona; pollen; scutellaris; temperature; times cache: sociobiology-25.pdf plain text: sociobiology-25.txt item: #185 of 769 id: sociobiology-253 author: Barbosa, Bruno Corrêa; Paschoalini, Mariana Frias; Prezoto, Fábio title: Temporal Activity Patterns and Foraging Behavior by Social Wasps (Hymenoptera, Polistinae) on Fruits of Mangifera indica L. (Anacardiaceae) date: 2014-07-01 words: 2282 flesch: 61 summary: Open access journal: http://periodicos.uefs.br/ojs/index.php/sociobiology ISSN: 0361-6525 DOI: 10.13102/sociobiology.v61i2.239-242Sociobiology 61(2): 239-242 (June, 2014) Temporal Activity Patterns and Foraging Behavior by Social Wasps (Hymenoptera, Polistinae) on Fruits of Mangifera indica L. (Anacardiaceae) BC Barbosa, MF Paschoalini, F Prezoto Foraging of social wasps comprises a collection of the following resources: carbohydrates (used mainly for adult diet), animal protein (used for immature diet), plant fi- ber (used for nest building), and water (used for cooling and building the nest) (Hunt, 2007, Prezoto et al. 2008, Elisei et al. 2010, Clemente et al. 2012). While foraging for these resources, social wasps show a generalistic and opportunistic behavior, and evidence of foraging optimization. keywords: behavior; foraging; fruits; social; species; wasps cache: sociobiology-253.pdf plain text: sociobiology-253.txt item: #186 of 769 id: sociobiology-258 author: Nascimento, Ana Luiza Oliveira; Garófalo, Carlos Alberto title: Trap-nesting solitary wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) in an insular landscape: Mortality rates for immature wasps, parasitism, and sex ratios date: 2014-07-01 words: 7944 flesch: 63 summary: Habitat quality, the effects of habitat fragmentation and of landscape complexity on community composition and predatory-prey interactions (Tscharntke et al., 1998; Morato, 2001; Steffan-Dewenter, 2002; Kruess & Tscharntke, 2002; Tylianakis et al., 2007; Loyola & Martins, 2008; González et al.,2009; Holzschuh et al., 2009; Schüepp et al., 2011), and how urban environments can support such insects (Zanette et al., 2005) have also been assessed with the use of trap nests. Ecology of crabronid wasps found in trap nests from Spain (Hymenoptera: Spheciformes). keywords: aff; denticulatum; hymenoptera; lactitarse; nasidens; nesting; nests; nitidum; number; species; trap; trypoxylon; wasps; year cache: sociobiology-258.pdf plain text: sociobiology-258.txt item: #187 of 769 id: sociobiology-2597 author: Detoni, Mateus Fajardo de Freitas Salviato; Barbosa, Bruno Correa; Maciel, Tatiane Tagliatti; dos Santos, Samuel Júlio Lima; Prezoto, Fabio title: Long- and short-term changes in social wasp community structure in an urban area date: 2018-07-09 words: 4235 flesch: 56 summary: In order to assess social wasp species richness in the area for each used method, we calculated the species’ rarefaction curves (sensu Gotelli & Colwell, 2001) through the software EstimateS 9 using 5000 randomizations. Although social wasp species richness did not change since the 2000 assessment (13 species in 5 genera), the abundance decreased substantially. keywords: area; brazil; campus; diversity; et al; season; species; vespidae; wasps cache: sociobiology-2597.pdf plain text: sociobiology-2597.txt item: #188 of 769 id: sociobiology-26 author: Alves-Silva, Estevão; Bächtold, Alexandra; Barônio, Gudryan J.; Del-Claro, Kleber title: Influence of Camponotus blandus (Formicinae) and flower buds on the occurrence of Parrhasius polibetes (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in Banisteriopsis malifolia (Malpighiaceae) date: 2013-03-27 words: 3790 flesch: 63 summary: Relationship between the occurrence of Parrhasius poli- betes according to: A - the abundance of Camponotus blandus; and B - the abundance of Banisteriopsis malifolia flower buds per inflo- rescence. To conclude, we conducted observations of the behavior of C. blandus towards P. polibetes larvae and towards other herbivores. keywords: ants; buds; flower; larvae; lycaenid; malifolia; plant; polibetes cache: sociobiology-26.pdf plain text: sociobiology-26.txt item: #189 of 769 id: sociobiology-266 author: Pereira, Janaina Cruz; Delabie, Jacques Hubert Charles; Zanette, Lorenzo Roberto Sgobaro; Quinet, Yves Patric title: Studies on an Enigmatic Blepharidatta Wheeler Population (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Brazilian Caatinga date: 2014-05-19 words: 5894 flesch: 58 summary: Three myrmecophiles were frequently found in Blepharidatta sp. nests, almost always in the bottom cham- ber: two species of the crustacean genus Trichorhina Budde- Lund (Oniscidea, Platyarthridae) and one cockroach species (Corydiidae); we also noticed the frequent occurrence of the pseudoscorpion Petterchernes brasiliensis Heurtault (Cher- netidae), up to now recorded only from burrows of small mam- mals in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil (Heurtault, 1986). No such chamber was found in B. conops nests. keywords: blepharidatta; brandão; carcasses; chamber; conops; et al; nest; species cache: sociobiology-266.pdf plain text: sociobiology-266.txt item: #190 of 769 id: sociobiology-2670 author: Jacques, Gabriel Castro; Pikart, Tiago Georg; Santos, Vinicius Silva; Vicente, Lucas Oliveira; Silveira, Luís Cláudio Paterno title: Niche overlap and daily activity pattern of social wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae) in kale crops date: 2018-07-09 words: 5284 flesch: 56 summary: Collection data were used to analyze the daily patterns of activity, diversity, dominance and temporal niche overlap of social wasp species. Social wasps comprise three subfamilies (Stenogastrinae, Polistinae and Vespinae) (Carpenter & Marques, 2001). keywords: et al; foraging; hymenoptera; kale; polybia; prezoto; sociobiology; species; time; vespidae; wasps cache: sociobiology-2670.pdf plain text: sociobiology-2670.txt item: #191 of 769 id: sociobiology-2685 author: Jara, Laura; Martínez-López, Diego; Muñoz, Irene; De la Rua, Pilar title: Epidemiological Survey of Ascosphaera apis in Small-Scale Migratory Apis mellifera iberiensis Colonies date: 2018-07-09 words: 4115 flesch: 57 summary: Other undesirable factors that affect migratory colonies in relation to a higher incidence of A. apis fungus could be stress upon honey bees resulting from truck noise and vibrations, changing temperatures among the visited sites (Simone-Finstrom et al., 2016) and a higher drift of workers during migratory operations (Fries & Camazine, 2001). This study investigates a possible correlation between the prevalence of A. apis in honey bee colonies and the practice of small-scale migratory beekeeping. keywords: apis; bee; bees; chalkbrood; colonies; doi; honey; migratory cache: sociobiology-2685.pdf plain text: sociobiology-2685.txt item: #192 of 769 id: sociobiology-269 author: Almeida, Sara Miranda; Andena, Sérgio Ricardo; Silva, Evandson José dos Anjos title: Diversity of the Nests of Social Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae) in the Northern Pantanal, Brazil date: 2014-05-30 words: 6019 flesch: 64 summary: These results demonstrate that the maintenance of forest environments in the Pantanal is essential for the establishment and maintenance of social wasp nests. Given the importance of social wasps to ecological systems, the present study aimed at determining the species richness and abundance of Polistinae wasp nests in four different landscape units in the North Pantanal, Poconé, Mato Grosso. keywords: brazil; cambarazal; et al; grosso; hymenoptera; mato; nests; pantanal; poly; santos; species; vespidae; wasps cache: sociobiology-269.pdf plain text: sociobiology-269.txt item: #193 of 769 id: sociobiology-27 author: Hoey-Chamberlain, Rochelle; Rust, Michael K; Klotz, John H title: A Review of the Biology, Ecology and Behavior of Velvety Tree Ants of North America date: 2013-03-27 words: 7429 flesch: 64 summary: The life span of L. apiculatum queens is shorter than that of L. luctuosum queens (exact time difference not specified); however, their productivity (oviposition) is greater (Conconi et al., 1987a). (2010) tested the nest mate recognition of a limited number of L. occidentale colonies in James Re- serve and Stunt Ranch in southern California. keywords: ants; apiculatum; colonies; conconi; del; et al; klotz; liometopum; luctuosum; nest; north; occidentale; queens; species; toro; wheeler; workers cache: sociobiology-27.pdf plain text: sociobiology-27.txt item: #194 of 769 id: sociobiology-270 author: Wu, Biqiu; Wang, Lei; Liang, Guangwen; Lu, Yongyue; Zeng, Ling title: Food competition mechanism between Solenopsis invicta Buren and Tapinoma melanocephalum Fabricius date: 2014-09-30 words: 6387 flesch: 51 summary: In the case of mealworm depletion, the death rates of both ants in T. melanocephalum colony box were the highest, followed by those in T. melanocephalum colony adjacent box. When mealworm was used as food resource, seven S. invicta colonies (70% of all colonies in trails) which colonies were of equal worker biomass, invaded T. melanocephalum colony box, while only one T. melanocephalum colony invaded S. invicta colony box. keywords: adjacent; adjacent box; box; colonies; colony; colony adjacent; invicta; invicta colony; melanocephalum colony; melanocephalum workers; s. invicta; t. melanocephalum; workers cache: sociobiology-270.pdf plain text: sociobiology-270.txt item: #195 of 769 id: sociobiology-2705 author: Conceição, Eltamara Souza da; Della Lucia, Terezinha Maria Castro; Costa Neto, Antonio de Oliveira; Araújo, Érica dos Santos; Koch, Elmo Borges de A.; Delabie, Jacques Hubert Charles title: Ant Community Evolution According to Aging in Brazilian Cocoa Tree Plantations date: 2019-04-25 words: 6940 flesch: 61 summary: Bray-Curtis index was used, which is based on the frequency of occurrence of ant species in each one of the tree age classes. Then, a Permutational Multivariate Analysis of Variance (PERMANOVA) (Anderson, 2001) was performed in which the presence/ absence of ant species in each one of the tree age classes was the response variable, while the predictor variable was tree age classes. keywords: age; ant; ants; bahia; brazil; cocoa; community; delabie; diversity; ground; ilhéus; march; mayr; plantations; richness; species; trees; years cache: sociobiology-2705.pdf plain text: sociobiology-2705.txt item: #196 of 769 id: sociobiology-2718 author: Machado, Clycie Aparecida da Silva; Costa, Claudineia Pereira; Francoy, Tiago Maurício title: Different Physiognomies and the Structure of Euglossini bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Communities date: 2018-10-02 words: 7637 flesch: 60 summary: The model with two climatic variables was significant (ANOVA: 1.546, p = 0.041) in explaining the observed variation based on the relative abundances of orchid bee species within our study region. However, comparative studies of orchid bee communities from different vegetation physiognomies have shown that regional 1 - Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto; Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil 2 - Faculdade de Medicina Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Departamento de Genética, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil 3 - Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil * - keywords: apidae; areas; atlantic; bees; brazil; communities; diversity; doi; euglossa; euglossini; forest; hymenoptera; nemésio; orchid; paulo; sites; species cache: sociobiology-2718.pdf plain text: sociobiology-2718.txt item: #197 of 769 id: sociobiology-2726 author: Zhu, Yan; Wang, Dong title: Leaf Volatiles from Two Corydalis Species Lure A Keystone Seed-dispersing Ant and Enhance Seed Retrieval date: 2018-10-02 words: 3490 flesch: 62 summary: However, the role of plant volatiles in attracting the ants for seed dispersal remains little examined. Final acceptance 10 April 2018 Publication date 01 October 2018 Keywords Ants; Corydalis; myrmecochory; plant volatiles; seed dispersal. keywords: ants; doi; leaf; plant; seed; species; volatiles cache: sociobiology-2726.pdf plain text: sociobiology-2726.txt item: #198 of 769 id: sociobiology-274 author: Gomes, Emerson Chaves Ferreira; Ribeiro, Genésio Tâmara; Silva e Souza, Tácito Moreira da; Sousa-Souto, Leandro title: Ant assemblages (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in three different stages of forest regeneration in a fragment of Atlantic Forest in Sergipe, Brazil date: 2014-09-30 words: 5138 flesch: 56 summary: The composition of ant species, however, was different in the area of late regeneration (35 years) compared to other areas of early reforestation (p <0.05). Thus, epigeic ants were partially sensitive to changes in the habitat studied in response to reforestation, presenting changes in species composition but no differences in ant species richness among areas. keywords: ant; ants; area; atlantic; camponotus; forest; pheidole; reforestation; rf1; rf2; richness; sites; species; years cache: sociobiology-274.pdf plain text: sociobiology-274.txt item: #199 of 769 id: sociobiology-2742 author: Fernandes, Tae Tanaami; Souza-Camapana, Débora Rodrigues; Silva, Rogério Rosa; Morini, Maria Santina Castro title: Ants that Frequently Colonize Twigs in the Leaf Litter of Different Vegetation Habitats date: 2018-07-09 words: 2678 flesch: 58 summary: DOI: 10.13102/sociobiology.v65i2.2742Sociobiology 65(2): 340-344 (June, 2018) Open access journal: http://periodicos.uefs.br/ojs/index.php/sociobiology ISSN: 0361-6525 Ants that Frequently Colonize Twigs in the Leaf Litter of Different Vegetation Habitats In tropical forests, the leaf litter harbors a number of resources for ant nesting (Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990), including twigs derived from fallen tree branches. Taxonomic diversity based on vegetation habitat, number of colonized twigs, and twig diameter (median with range in parentheses). keywords: forest; leaf; litter; species; twigs cache: sociobiology-2742.pdf plain text: sociobiology-2742.txt item: #200 of 769 id: sociobiology-2744 author: Koch, Elmo Borges Azevedo; Correia, João Paulo Sales Oliveira; Menezes, Rodolpho ST; Silvestrini, Rafaella A; Delabie, Jacques Hubert Charles; Vasconcelos, Heraldo L title: New Records and Potential Distribution of the ant Gracilidris pombero Wild & Cuezzo (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) date: 2018-10-02 words: 5256 flesch: 57 summary: Tancredo Neves Bahia Brazil -39,3158 -13,3900 PD Atlantic Forest (less than 15% of canopy coverage); Cocoa plantation This study/Santos et al., 2017 Serra Grande Bahia Brazil -39,1000 -14,4833 PD Cocoa plantation This study/CPDC Ubaíra Bahia Brazil -39,6702 -13,1216 PD Pasture (cattle pastures) This study/Santos et al., 2017 Una Bahia Brazil -39,0616 -15,1897 PD Cocoa plantation This study/CPDC Valença Bahia Brazil -39,1908 -13,3308 PD Small scale agriculture This study/Santos et al., 2017 Wenceslau Guimarães Bahia Brazil -39,7019 -13,5538 PD Atlantic Forest (less than 40% of canopy coverage); Pasture keywords: atlantic; bahia; brazil; cerrado; data; doi; et al; forest; gracilidris; grosso; mato; occurrence; pombero; records; savanna; species; vasconcelos et cache: sociobiology-2744.pdf plain text: sociobiology-2744.txt item: #201 of 769 id: sociobiology-279 author: Silva, Evandro do Nascimento title: Editorial - Special Issue on Arthropod-Plant Interactions date: 2013-11-06 words: 296 flesch: 38 summary: This evolutionary history continued later on when social insects established several harmonic relationships with plants, such as pollination, seed dispersion and plant protection. Thus, social behavior, taxonomic aspects, life history studies and behavioral ecology of ants, bees and wasps prevail in published papers. keywords: insects cache: sociobiology-279.pdf plain text: sociobiology-279.txt item: #202 of 769 id: sociobiology-280 author: Kudô, Kazuyuki; Komatsu, Kazuma; Mateus, Sidnei; Zucchi, Ronaldo; Nascimento, Fabio title: Presence of Strepsiptera Parasites in the Independent-founding Wasp, Polistes satan date: 2014-07-01 words: 1263 flesch: 60 summary: Although the parasitoids of Polistes wasps have received less attention in the last few decades, the abundance and ecological impact of the obligatory endoparasites, Strep- siptera have been investigated at length in paper wasps (de Oliveira & Kogan, 1962; Hughes et al., 2003; Hughes et al., 2004; Vannini et al., 2008; Kathirithamby, 2009; Manfredini Abstract Although the paper wasp genus, Polistes, has been examined extensively, little is known about the occurrence of parasitism in this group. Although our understanding of social behavior has benefited greatly from the use of Polistes wasps (Reeve, 1991), the incidence of parasitism in this group has yet to be elucidated in detail. keywords: polistes; strepsiptera; wasps cache: sociobiology-280.pdf plain text: sociobiology-280.txt item: #203 of 769 id: sociobiology-2821 author: Ab Majid, Abdul Hafiz; Kamble, Shripat; Chen, Hong title: Breeding Patterns and Population Genetics of Eastern Subterranean Termites Reticulitermes flavipes in Urban Environment of Nebraska, United States date: 2018-10-02 words: 6481 flesch: 53 summary: The phylogeny of R. flavipes colonies in the Nebraska ecosystem was also discussed in this study. In the central North Carolina, ~75% of R. flavipes colonies were simple families, ~ 25% contained low numbers of neotenic reproductives descended from simple families, and 1-2% were mixed families (Vargo, 2003a, b; DeHeer & Vargo 2004). keywords: breeding; colonies; colony; et al; family; flavipes; genetic; lincoln; population; reticulitermes; simple; structure; termite; vargo cache: sociobiology-2821.pdf plain text: sociobiology-2821.txt item: #204 of 769 id: sociobiology-2822 author: Catarineu, Chema; Barberá, Gonzalo G.; Reyes-López, Joaquín Luis title: Zoogeography of the Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Southeastern Iberian Peninsula date: 2018-10-02 words: 9770 flesch: 56 summary: The main objectives of this paper are: 1) to compile a checklist of ant species in the Segura River Basin based on a review of the literature and material collected during sampling conducted from 2012 to 2016; 2) to classify the ant species of the Segura River Basin into zoogeographic chorotypes; 3) to analyze if zoogeographic chorotypes are related to climatic gradients in the Segura River Basin. Chorotypes and environmental variability There is a clear relationship between the proportion of ant species in the mixed and deciduous zone and precipitation (Fig 2). keywords: ant; ants; basin; doi; elements; espadaler; et al; ews; formicidae; hymenoptera; iberian; mediterranean; peninsula; river; segura; species; temnothorax; west; zone cache: sociobiology-2822.pdf plain text: sociobiology-2822.txt item: #205 of 769 id: sociobiology-2824 author: Tropek, Robert; Padysakova, Eliska; Padysakova, Eliska; Janecek, Stepan; Janecek, Stepan title: Floral Resources Partitioning by Two Co-occurring Eusocial Bees in an Afromontane Landscape date: 2018-10-02 words: 2187 flesch: 55 summary: In the tropics, such interspecific interactions in competition for food sources have been studied mainly among various bee species with an introduced honeybee, Apis mellifera Linnaeus (e.g. Sommeijer et al., 1983; Ramalho et al., 2007; Franco et al., 2009; Liu et al., 2013; Hilgert-Moreira et al., 2014). Individual species of eusocial bees influence the food niche of each other as well. keywords: bee; bees; doi; mellifera; species cache: sociobiology-2824.pdf plain text: sociobiology-2824.txt item: #206 of 769 id: sociobiology-2837 author: Udayakumar, Amala; Shivalingaswamy, Timalapur M. title: Nesting biology, seasonality and host range of sweat bee, Hoplonomia westwoodi (Gribodo) (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Nomiinae) date: 2018-10-02 words: 3422 flesch: 58 summary: Role of native buzz pollinator bees in enhancing fruit and seed set in tomatoes under open field conditions. Tunnel length and width, number of cells built, number of cells with active brood, number of empty cells, number of adult bees were observed and recorded from nineteen brood cells in the laboratory. keywords: bee; bees; cells; nest; nesting; pollen; study; westwoodi cache: sociobiology-2837.pdf plain text: sociobiology-2837.txt item: #207 of 769 id: sociobiology-284 author: Little, Nathan S; Blount, Nathan A; Caprio, Michael A; Riggins, John J title: Survey of Subterranean Termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) Utilization of Temperate Forests date: 2014-07-01 words: 5618 flesch: 58 summary: Considering the large industry for loblolly pine in the southeastern U.S. and the lack of research on Formosan subterranean termites in forested areas, the impact of this invasive insect could be substantial. Despite these concerns, little research has been done on the distribution or impact of Formosan subterranean termites in non-urban forested environments of the U.S. The first indication that Formosan subterranean termites were established in forested areas of the southeastern U.S. was when Sun et al., (2007) reported that Formosan subterranean termite alate catches were higher in forested settings than in urban areas. keywords: alate; areas; forested; formosan; hardwood; sites; stumps; subterranean; termites; traps cache: sociobiology-284.pdf plain text: sociobiology-284.txt item: #208 of 769 id: sociobiology-2843 author: Ramos, Renato Rogner; Freitas, André Victor Lucci; Francini, Ronaldo Bastos title: Defensive Strategies of a Noctuid Caterpillar in a Myrmecophytic Plant: are Dyops Larvae Immune to Azteca Ants? date: 2018-10-02 words: 3723 flesch: 56 summary: The larva was then placed on the upper leaf surface of different individuals of C. pachystachya colonized by ants, categorized as follows: (1) the same plant where the larva was found (n = 4); (2) a different plant (same size and colonized by Azteca ants), not infested by Dyops larval clusters (n = 6). The observation of dead ants attached to the body of attacked caterpillars suggests that larval fluids can be poisonous to ants (see also Collins, 2013), a defensive strategy that could be enhanced by gregariousness. keywords: ants; azteca; caterpillars; doi; dyops; freitas; journal; larvae; leaf; oliveira; plant cache: sociobiology-2843.pdf plain text: sociobiology-2843.txt item: #209 of 769 id: sociobiology-2844 author: Souza, Thiago Sampaio de; Gazal, Vinícius Siqueira; Fernandes, Vinicius José; Oliveira, Ana Carolina Campos de; Aguiar-Menezes, Elen de Lima title: Influence of Food Resource Size on the Foraging Behavior of Nasutitermes corniger (Motschulsky) date: 2018-07-09 words: 5432 flesch: 58 summary: 1 - Programa de Pós-Graduação em Fitossanidade e Biotecnologia Aplicada, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ), Seropédica-RJ, Brazil 2 - Departamento Entomologia e Fitopatologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ), Seropédica-RJ, Brazil 3 - Graduação em Agronomia, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ), Seropédica-RJ, Brazil RESEARCH ARTICLE - TERMITES TS Souza, VS Gazal, VJ Fernandes, ACC Oliveira, EL Aguiar-Menezes – Termite recruitment affected by food size292 As urban pests, Nasutitermes termites have been controlled using chemical insecticides on the nests or by removing the nests (United Nations Environment Programme [UNEP], 2000; Gerozisis et al., 2008), which are often high up in trees and difficult to access or sometimes impossible to locate and only the tunnels on walls of infested buildings are visible (Menezes et al., 2000; Fontes & Millano, 2002). New technologies for termite control, which are more environmentally friendly, include a toxic bait system that is efficient for subterranean termites, especially against Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki and Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar) (Rhinotermitidae); however, the effectiveness of this system is still unknown for arboreal termites (Su et al., 1995; United Nations Environment Programme keywords: blocks; corniger; food; foraging; number; recruitment; size; termites; wood; workers cache: sociobiology-2844.pdf plain text: sociobiology-2844.txt item: #210 of 769 id: sociobiology-2849 author: Jacques, Gabriel Castro; Pires, Epifânio; Hermes, Marcel Gustavo; Faria, Lucas Del Bianco; Souza, Marcos Magalhães; Silveira, Luis Claudio Paterno title: Evaluating the efficiency of different sampling methods to survey social wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae) in an anthropized environment date: 2018-10-02 words: 5818 flesch: 58 summary: Richness, diversity and dominance of social wasp species collected at anthropized environment. Richness, diversity and dominance of social wasp species collected with different attractive baits at anthropized environment. keywords: brazil; diversity; et al; forest; hymenoptera; polybia; richness; souza; souza et; species; traps; vespidae; wasps cache: sociobiology-2849.pdf plain text: sociobiology-2849.txt item: #211 of 769 id: sociobiology-2876 author: Rahimi, Ataollah; Mirmoayedi, Alinaghi; Kahrizi, Danial; Zarei, Leila; Jamali, Samad title: Genetic Variation in Iranian Honey bees, Apis mellifera meda Skorikow, 1829, (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Inferred from PCR-RFLP Analysis of two mtDNA Gene Segments (COI and 16S rDNA) date: 2018-10-02 words: 5817 flesch: 63 summary: In this study, 3 novel composite genotypes (haplotypes) were found in Iranian honey bee populations. Heterozygosity values, Shannon index and the number of alleles of Iranian honey bee populations were low that could be caused by low definite geographic structure of Iranian honey bee populations. keywords: apis; bee; dna; honey; iranian; mellifera; populations; rahimi; restriction cache: sociobiology-2876.pdf plain text: sociobiology-2876.txt item: #212 of 769 id: sociobiology-2878 author: Dorigo, Adna; Rosa-Fontana, Annelise; Camargo, Isabella; Nocelli, Roberta; Malaspina, Osmar title: Biological Data of Stingless Bees with Potential Application in Pesticide Risk Assessments date: 2018-10-11 words: 1912 flesch: 53 summary: (2003) suggested the sensitivity of different bee species is generally inversely proportional to their mean body mass. Volume of larval food by brood cell (µL) Mass of larval food by brood cell (mg) Daily syrup consump- tion by worker (mg) Individual mass of forager worker (mg) Melipona scutellaris 130.58 ± 0.52 158.04 ± 5.18 35.06 ± 9.15 76.65 ± 2.9 Scaptotrigona postica 25 ± 1.14 32.5 ± 0.8 9.45 ± 2.41 17.02 ± 0.35 Tetragonisca angustula 5.6 ± 0.77 7.96 ± 1.03 7.23 ± 1.74 4.1 ± 0.37 Apis mellifera 160† - 50† 79.1±4.9† †The data of volume of larval food by brood cell, daily syrup consumption by worker and individual mass of forager worker were obtained, respectively, from Aupinel (2005), Cresswell et al. (2012) and Blatt and Roces (2001). According to IBAMA (2017), among the main limitations for pesticide risk assessments for native bees is the lack of basic data on the biology of these bees, such as food consumption at different life stages and the mass of the individuals. keywords: bees; food; mass; risk; species; stingless cache: sociobiology-2878.pdf plain text: sociobiology-2878.txt item: #213 of 769 id: sociobiology-2879 author: Nascimento, José Elton de Melo; Freitas, Breno Magalhães; Pacheco Filho, Alípio José de Souza; Pereira, Elzania Sales; Meneses, Hiara Marques; Alves, José Everton; Silva, Cláudia Inês da title: Temporal variation in production and nutritional value of pollen used in the diet of Apis mellifera L. in a seasonal semideciduous forest date: 2019-08-20 words: 6744 flesch: 58 summary: Pollen production was positively related to rainfall (β = 1.23, t = 8.95, p <0.001, Fig 4a), but the richness of pollen types was not associated with production (β = -2.40; t = -1.61, p = 0.142). Information on the potential for bee pollen production of these species is limited. keywords: bee; bee pollen; diet; doi; dry; et al; fig; matter; mellifera; mimosa; number; plant; pollen; production; season; silva; species; study; types cache: sociobiology-2879.pdf plain text: sociobiology-2879.txt item: #214 of 769 id: sociobiology-2880 author: Domínguez-Haydar, Yamileth; Gutierrez-Rapalino, Bleydis; Jiménez, Juan Jose title: Density and Spatial Distribution of Nests of Ectatomma ruidum and Pheidole fallax (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), as Response to the Recovery of Coal Mine Areas date: 2018-10-02 words: 4868 flesch: 57 summary: The density of E. ruidum nests increased during rainy season, mainly in 9-y site (Friedman test, c2 = 7.56, df = 1, p-value = 0.01). We expected that nest density responds to age of rehabilitation. keywords: density; distribution; dry; fallax; forest; nests; ruidum; season; site cache: sociobiology-2880.pdf plain text: sociobiology-2880.txt item: #215 of 769 id: sociobiology-2881 author: Mello, Bruno Nunes da Silva; Gaglianone, Maria Cristina title: Nesting Biology of Sympatric Species of Megachilidae Bees in a Conservation Area in Brazilian Atlantic Forest date: 2019-04-25 words: 6143 flesch: 56 summary: Materials used in the construction of Megachilidae nests in União Biological Reserve. Solitary bee species caught in trap nests. keywords: bees; cells; chrysosarus; forest; hymenoptera; megachile; megachilidae; nesting; nests; species; study; trap cache: sociobiology-2881.pdf plain text: sociobiology-2881.txt item: #216 of 769 id: sociobiology-2885 author: Majer, Jonathan David; Heterick, Brian E; Gunawardene, Nihara R; Castalanelli, Mark; Ledger, Jason title: Sequencing the Ant fauna of a Small Island: Can Metagenomic Analysis Enable Faster Identification for Routine Ant Surveys? date: 2018-10-02 words: 6644 flesch: 50 summary: Pass TBC Camponotus capito Mayr Pass TBC Camponotus donnellani Shattuck & McArthur Failed; Old Camponotus evae zeuxis Forel Failed Camponotus fieldeae Forel Pass TBC Camponotus gibbinotus Forel Pass TBC Camponotus lownei Forel Pass TBC Camponotus rubiginosus complex sp. JDM 1158 Failed; Old Camponotus scratius Forel Pass TBC Camponotus simpsoni McArthur Pass TBC Cardiocondyla atalanta Forel Pass TBC Cardiocondyla nuda (Mayr) Contaminated Carebara sp. keywords: ant; b b; b m; dna; forel; heterick; iridomyrmex; island; jdm; ngs; number; pass; pass tbc; samples; sequences; site; species; tbc cache: sociobiology-2885.pdf plain text: sociobiology-2885.txt item: #217 of 769 id: sociobiology-2895 author: Mashaly, Ashraf; Sharaf, Mostafa R.; al-Subeai, Medghom; Al-Mekhlafi, Fahd; Aldawood, Abdulrahman; Anderson, Gail title: Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Attracted to Rabbit Carcasses in Three Different Habitats date: 2018-10-02 words: 5424 flesch: 57 summary: Subfamily Species Occurrence of ants / Agricultural habitat Fresh Bloated Decay Dry E C S B E C S B E C S B E C S B Ponerinae Brachyponera sennaarensis √ √ √ Formicinae Camponotus aegyptiacus √ √ √ √ Camponotus maculatus √ √ √ Camponotus sericeus √ √ √ √ √ Camponotus xerxes √ √ √ Cataglyphis semitonsa √ √ √ Myrmicinae Pheidole sp. √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Trichomyrmex mayri √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Tetramorium lanuginosum √ √ √ √ Urban habitat Formicinae Cataglyphis livida √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Cataglyphis holgerseni √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Cataglyphis savignyi √ √ √ √ √ √ Camponotus sericeus √ √ √ √ √ Camponotus aegyptiacus √ √ √ √ √ √ Myrmicinae Monomorium venustum √ √ √ Desert habitat Myrmicinae Trichomyrmex mayri √ √ E: Exposed, C: Clothed, S: Shaded, B: Burnt √: Presence of ant Table 1. Open access journal: http://periodicos.uefs.br/ojs/index.php/sociobiology ISSN: 0361-6525 DOI: 10.13102/sociobiology.v65i3.2895Sociobiology 65(3): 433-440 (September, 2018) keywords: ants; carcasses; decomposition; desert; journal; rabbit; site; species; study; succession; √ √ cache: sociobiology-2895.pdf plain text: sociobiology-2895.txt item: #218 of 769 id: sociobiology-2897 author: Amara, Yacine; Tliba, Hala; Bounaceur, Farid; Daoudi-Hacini, Samia title: Diversity, Richness and Composition of Ant Communities (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Pre-Saharan Steppe of Algeria date: 2020-04-18 words: 6246 flesch: 62 summary: For the frequency of occurrence (O %) of ants species recorded by pitfall, in the pin forest, on the nine species of ants reported, C. bicolor is considered as the only constant species, the rest of the ants are presented in the category of accessory species in the dry river T. nigerrimum with C. bombycina are constant ants while C. bicolor is classified in the category of accessory species; however M. arenarius and M. salomonis have appeared less in dry river. Therefore, this study aims to provide an updated inventory of ants in Algeria, to assess the diversity and distribution of ant species represented in the northern Algerian Sahara (steppe zone) and to determine their temporal succession in relation to seasonal variations. keywords: activity; ants; bicolor; cagniant; camponotus; cataglyphis; diversity; forest; messor; species; steppe; study cache: sociobiology-2897.pdf plain text: sociobiology-2897.txt item: #219 of 769 id: sociobiology-29 author: Souza, Gabriely Köerich; Pikart, Tiago Georg; Jacques, Gabriel Castro; Castro, Ancidértion Antonio; De Souza, Marcos Magalhães; Serrão, José Eduardo; Zanuncio, José Cola title: Social Wasps on Eugenia uniflora Linnaeus (Myrtaceae) Plants in the Urban Area of Viçosa, Minas Gerais State, Brazil date: 2013-06-29 words: 4034 flesch: 61 summary: Collection data were used to analyze daily activity pattern, diversity, dominance and tem- poral niche overlap of social wasp species. A Kolmogorov-Smirnov test for two samples was used to evaluate interspecific differences between activity patterns per pair of social wasp species (Siegel, 1956). keywords: brazil; diversity; foraging; hymenoptera; polybia; santos; sociobiology; souza; species; vespidae; wasps cache: sociobiology-29.pdf plain text: sociobiology-29.txt item: #220 of 769 id: sociobiology-2902 author: Oliveira, Mário Herculano de; Vieira, Rhian Vilar da Silva; Moreira, Igor Eloi; Pires-Silva, Carlos Moreno; Lima, Hidalgo Valentim Gomes de; Andrade, Marllon Rinaldo de Lima; Bezerra-Gusmão, Maria Avany title: “The road to reproduction”: foraging trails of Constrictotermes cyphergaster (Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae) as maternities for Staphylinidae beetles date: 2018-10-02 words: 1790 flesch: 55 summary: The Caatinga domain presents extreme environmental conditions (drought and high temperatures), and the survival of Corotoca beetles depends on the support of their hosts’ nests. Furthermore, the existence of a lifecycle stage outside of the nest could require mimetic compounds to be acquired or produced by the larvae, as that mimicry would be required for the re-colonization of host nests (see Rosa et al., 2018). keywords: beetles; corotoca; foraging; staphylinidae; termite cache: sociobiology-2902.pdf plain text: sociobiology-2902.txt item: #221 of 769 id: sociobiology-292 author: Szczuka, Anna; Symonowicz, Beata; Korczyńska, Julita; Wnuk, Andrzej; Godzińska, Ewa Joanna title: Brood hiding test: a new bioassay for behavioral and neuroethological ant research date: 2014-09-30 words: 2144 flesch: 52 summary: This preliminary result was confirmed by another experiment in which brood hiding test was applied to compare the behavior of various subclasses of workers of F. polyctena (Szczuka et al. unpublished results). Several studies also reported similar relationships between worker group size and the degree of escalation of ant aggressive behavior (Roulston et al., 2003; Tanner, 2006; 2008; Buczkowski & Bennett, 2008). keywords: ant; behavior; brood; group; hiding; test; workers cache: sociobiology-292.pdf plain text: sociobiology-292.txt item: #222 of 769 id: sociobiology-296 author: Rojas, Patricia; Fragoso, Carlos; Mackay, William P title: Ant Communities along a Gradient of Plant Succession in Mexican Tropical Coastal Dunes date: 2014-07-01 words: 9267 flesch: 66 summary: In tropical coastal dunes the number of ant species is more variable. Average values and standard deviations (in brackets) in the number of ant species found in dry (xd) and rainy (xr) seasons at La Man- cha with four standardized sampling methods (SS). keywords: ant; ants; casasola; coastal; communities; diversity; dunes; forest; mancha; moreno; number; pheidole; plant; richness; sampling; sites; species; vegetation cache: sociobiology-296.pdf plain text: sociobiology-296.txt item: #223 of 769 id: sociobiology-2977 author: Balbuena, María Sol; González, Andrés; Farina, Walter Marcelo title: Characterizing Honeybee Cuticular Hydrocarbons During Foraging date: 2019-04-25 words: 7285 flesch: 57 summary: Hive entrance Feeder reward Hive bees Pentatriacontene Pentatriacontadiene Tritriacontane Tritriacontene Tritriacontene Tritriacontadiene Dotriacontane Dotriacontene Me-hentriacontane Hentriacontane 7-Hentriacontene 9-Hentriacontene Hentriacontadiene Triacontane Me-nonacosane Nonacosane 7-Nonacosene 9-Nonacosene Octacosane Me-heptacosane Heptacosane 7-Heptacosene 9-Heptacosene Hexacosane Me-pentacosane Pentacosane 7-Pentacosene 9-Pentacosene Pentacosadiene Tetracosane Tetracosene Tricosane 7-Tricosene 9-Tricosene Tricosadiene Docosane Heneicosane Nonadecane 9-Nonadecene 2 M 0.5 M 2 M 0.5 M Sucrose concentration ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND 0.21 0.26 ND ND ND ND ND ND ND NDND ND ND ND Hydrocarbon amounts (mg eq IS/bee) 0.24 0.20 0.11 0.47 0.51 0.15 3.13 0.23 1.11 0.20 6.22 0.32 0.51 0.58 0.17 8.90 0.76 0.54 0.63 0.92 9.11 0.53 0.36 0.79 3.95 5.22 7.91 0.22 0.40 0.13 2.10 10.06 1.41 0.22 0.15 0.73 0.32 0.48 3.58 1.03 13.98 0.13 1.15 1.38 5.62 1.68 16.53 0.38 1.45 3.41 1.29 14.86 0.73 0.73 2.33 0.98 8.43 0.48 0.30 0.44 2.22 3.48 6.20 0.19 0.17 0.78 5.49 0.84 0.75 0.26 0.17 0.73 0.32 0.45 3.37 0.97 13.77 0.16 1.19 5.60 1.67 16.72 0.39 1.52 3.36 1.29 15.28 0.75 0.80 2.29 0.83 8.78 0.51 0.33 0.48 2.32 3.65 6.51 0.18 0.21 0.14 0.85 5.82 0.82 0.81 0.80 0.25 1.52 0.93 1.00 6.14 1.63 21.27 0.32 2.05 8.83 2.24 22.02 0.60 1.47 3.49 0.89 13.50 0.88 0.51 1.20 0.93 6.16 0.24 0.48 0.41 2.54 3.13 3.47 0.26 0.75 4.61 0.51 0.370.41 0.72 4.86 0.85 0.24 3.70 3.31 2.59 0.42 0.22 0.48 6.39 0.83 1.21 0.60 0.90 14.64 1.06 3.72 1.75 0.61 25.52 2.88 9.98 2.55 0.49 24.79 2.16 7.01 1.08 1.10 1.52 0.07 0.95 Sociobiology 66(1): 97-106 (March, 2019) 103 The CHC profiles of bees captured at the hive entrance also showed some differences. We trained bees to artificial feeders with high (2 M) and low (0.5 M) sucrose concentrations, and captured the active foragers for surface extraction of cuticular compounds. keywords: bees; chcs; feeding; food; foragers; foraging; hive; honeybees; methyl; n.a; sucrose; temperature cache: sociobiology-2977.pdf plain text: sociobiology-2977.txt item: #224 of 769 id: sociobiology-300 author: Ríos-Casanova, Leticia; Castaño, Gabriela; Farías-González, Verónica; Dávila, Patricia; Godínez-Alvarez, Héctor Octavio title: Activity Patterns of a Harvester Ant in an Inter-tropical Semiarid Zone in Central Mexico date: 2014-07-01 words: 1903 flesch: 55 summary: Although activity patterns depend on environmental factors such as seed availability, daily and seasonal temperatures, we only measured soil surface temperature because it is considered the most important factor regulating ant activity in deserts (Whitford, 1999). Activity patterns determine periods in which ants forage seeds, therefore it is essential to document them and how they change along year in sites located at different latitudes. keywords: activity; ant; ants; patterns; temperature cache: sociobiology-300.pdf plain text: sociobiology-300.txt item: #225 of 769 id: sociobiology-302 author: Neves, Ana Carolina de Oliveira; Bernardo, Carolina Tavares; dos santos, Flavio Antonio Maës title: Co-existence of ants and termites in Cecropia pachystachya Trécul (Urticaceae) date: 2014-05-24 words: 4891 flesch: 58 summary: Some studies show that RESEARCH ARTIClE - TERMITES Sociobiology 61(1): 88-94 (March, 2014) 89 herbivores prefer Cecropia trees unocuppied by Azteca indi- viduals, including trees smaller than 2 m tall, which are usually not inhabited by ants or that present a smaller ant patrol activi- ty (Downhower 1975, Schupp 1986, Vasconcelos & Casimiro 1997). Although these termites feed mainly in litter wood, they are usually found, attacked and removed by ants that inhabit Cecropia trees when used as baits (e. g. Oliveira et al. 1987, Dejean et al. 2009). keywords: ants; azteca; branches; cecropia; individuals; nests; pachystachya; species; termite; trees cache: sociobiology-302.pdf plain text: sociobiology-302.txt item: #226 of 769 id: sociobiology-304 author: Torres, Viviana O.; Sguarizi-Antonio, Denise; Lima, Sandro Marcio; Andrade, Luis Humberto da Cunha; Antonialli-Junior, William Fernando title: Reproductive Status of the social wasp Polistes versicolor (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) date: 2014-07-01 words: 4883 flesch: 52 summary: Other studies evaluating the relationship between the degree of ovarian development and the reproductive position occupied by the females were performed on Parachartergus smithii (Saussure) (Mateus et al., 1997), Pseudopolybia vespi- ceps (Ducke) (Shima et al., 1998), Chartergellus communis (Richards) (Mateus et al., 1999), Brachygastra lecheguana (Latreille) (Shima et al., 2000), Parachartergus fraternus (Gribodo) (Mateus et al., 2004) and Protopolybia chartegoides (Gribodo) (Felippotti et al., 2007), all of them species of Epi- ponini. Giannotti & Machado, 1999; Tannure- Nascimento et al., 2005; Murakami et al., 2009), supporting the hypothesis of post-imaginal caste determination. keywords: chemical; colony; development; differences; doi; et al; females; hymenoptera; polistes; reproductive; vespidae; wasp cache: sociobiology-304.pdf plain text: sociobiology-304.txt item: #227 of 769 id: sociobiology-3042 author: Santiago, Graziele da Silva; Campos, B. R. F.; Ribas, Carla Rodrigues title: How does landscape anthropization affect the myrmecofauna of urban forest fragments? date: 2018-10-02 words: 5725 flesch: 56 summary: With regard to the management of urban forest areas, we found that the most important variable was fragment isolation. From the social point of view, the presence of green areas improves quality of life because they are related to leisure, Abstract We evaluate whether landscape variables surrounding urban remnant forest fragments influence ant diversity and its components in urban areas. keywords: ants; area; distance; diversity; forest; fragment; isolation; landscape; percentage; richness; species; urban; variables cache: sociobiology-3042.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3042.txt item: #228 of 769 id: sociobiology-306 author: Freitas, Juliana Martins da Silva; Lacau, Sebastien; Delabie, Jacques Hubert Charles title: Composition and Diversity of Ant Species into Leaf Litter of Two Fragments of a Semi-Deciduous Seasonal Forest in the Atlantic Forest Biome in Barra do Choça, Bahia, Brazil date: 2014-04-05 words: 7116 flesch: 57 summary: Feitosa, R. S. M. & Ribeiro, A. S. (2005) Mirmecofauna (Hy- menoptera: Formicidae) de serapilheira de uma área de Flo- resta Atlântica no Parque Estadual da Cantareira – São Paulo, Brasil. The present study was designed to examine the ant fauna of this region and characterize the composition and diversity of ant species in the leaf litter of two remnant forest fragments situated in the municipality of Barra do Choça, in the Planalto da Conquista, state of Bahia State, Brazil. keywords: ant; atlantic; bahia; brazil; delabie; diversity; forest; fragment; pheidole; remnant; richness; species; winkler cache: sociobiology-306.pdf plain text: sociobiology-306.txt item: #229 of 769 id: sociobiology-307 author: Jaffé, Rodolfo title: An Updated Guide to Study Polyandry in Social Insects date: 2014-04-11 words: 5482 flesch: 50 summary: Paternity frequency has been found to be negatively correlated with the number of queens per colony (Hughes et al. 2008b; Keller & Reeve 1994), which suggests polyandry and polygyny (multiple queens) revIew R Jaffé - Polyandry in Social Insects2 are alternative mechanisms to increase genetic diversity in social insect colonies. While observed pater- nity (K obs ), or paternity frequency, is the number of males siring offspring of a single queen, effective paternity (me ) is paternity weighted by the proportion of offspring sired by each male (Nielsen et al. 2003). keywords: boomsma; colony; et al; evolution; frequency; insects; mating; number; offspring; paternity; polyandry; queen cache: sociobiology-307.pdf plain text: sociobiology-307.txt item: #230 of 769 id: sociobiology-31 author: Hernández-Yáñez, Haydée; Lara-Rodriguez, Nubia; Díaz-Castelazo, Cecília; Dáttilo, Wesley; Rico-Gray, Victor title: Understanding the Complex Structure of a Plant-Floral Visitor Network from Different Perspectives in Coastal Veracruz, Mexico date: 2013-11-06 words: 5785 flesch: 58 summary: Niche overlap was 0.05 for plant species, whereas 0.04 for floral visitors. Whereas the low overlap in plant species (0.05) is possible since visits were differential and there was no simultaneous overload to certain flower characteristics, supporting network modularity. That the network was significantly nested suggests that specialist species (those species with the least associations or links) were interacting with the generalists (those species with the most associations or links), and generalist species H Hernández-Yáñez, N Lara-Rodríguez, C Díaz-Castelazo, W Dáttilo, V Rico-Gray - Plant-Floral Visitor Network334 may not comply with the ‘established rules’ of floral syn- dromes, and other factors prevail. keywords: et al; flower; interactions; jordano; modularity; modules; network; plant; pollination; species; visitors cache: sociobiology-31.pdf plain text: sociobiology-31.txt item: #231 of 769 id: sociobiology-310 author: Burikam, Intawat; Kantha, Duangthip title: Mutualistic relationships between the shield ant, Meranoplus bicolor (Guérin–Méneville) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and honeydew–producing hemipterans in guava plantation date: 2014-09-30 words: 5465 flesch: 51 summary: Bonferroni–corrected alpha level was applied to avoid alpha inflation in order to evaluate these presence and absence of M. bicolor effects. The honeydew loads were confirmed with the labo- ratory set up by feeding of M. bicolor workers with honey- dew. keywords: ant; ants; bicolor; gossypii; guava; hemipteran; honeydew; m. bicolor; species; virgata cache: sociobiology-310.pdf plain text: sociobiology-310.txt item: #232 of 769 id: sociobiology-312 author: Szalanski, Allen; Tripodi, Amber title: Assessing the Utility of a PCR Diagnostics Marker for the Identification of Africanized Honey Bee, Apis mellifera L., (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in the United States. date: 2014-07-01 words: 1881 flesch: 55 summary: Following a tragic death in 2010, Africanized honey bees were confirmed in Georgia (Berry, 2011). Techniques typically used are either PCR- RFLP (Pinto et al., 2003) or multiplex PCR using a primer specific for Africanized honey bees (Szalanski & McKern, 2007). keywords: bees; european; honey; identification; multiplex; samples cache: sociobiology-312.pdf plain text: sociobiology-312.txt item: #233 of 769 id: sociobiology-313 author: Diehl, Elena; Diehl-Fleig, Eduardo; de Albuquerque, Emília Zoppas; Junqueira, Luciane Kern title: Richness of Termites and Ants in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil date: 2014-07-01 words: 7840 flesch: 66 summary: Nascimento de Castro 2155 Natal, RN, Brazil 59056-450 E-mail: edf.formiga@gmail.com Vasconcello, 2002; Diehl et al., 2004). Studies mention only 16 termite species to Rio Grande do Sul (Araújo, 1977; Constantino, 1998; Fontes, 1998; Castro & Diehl, 2003; Diehl et al., 2005b; Florencio & Diehl, 2006). keywords: a.s.l; ant; ants; brazil; constantino; diehl; diversity; doi; et al; forest; grande; richness; rio; soil; species; state; sul; termites cache: sociobiology-313.pdf plain text: sociobiology-313.txt item: #234 of 769 id: sociobiology-315 author: Santos, Lubiane Guimarães; Alves, Maria Luisa Teles Marques Florêncio; Message, Dejair; Pinto, Fabio de Assis; Silva, Marcos Vinícius G. Barbosa da; Teixeira, Érica Weinstein title: Bee Health in Apiaries in the Paraíba Valley, São Paulo State, Southeast Brazil date: 2014-09-30 words: 4725 flesch: 61 summary: In North America, this species has been present since 1995, affecting colonies mainly in the United States (Klee et al., 2007; Chen et al., 2008; Williams et al., 2008), as well as Canada (Williams et al., 2008) and Mexico (Guzmán-Novoa et al., 2011). The first report of the species Nosema ceranae in Brazil was by Klee et al. keywords: apis; bees; brazil; brood; ceranae; destructor; et al; honey; infestation; journal; nosema; samples cache: sociobiology-315.pdf plain text: sociobiology-315.txt item: #235 of 769 id: sociobiology-3178 author: Arcusa, Juan Manuel title: Fire effects on the ant community in areas of native and exotic vegetation date: 2019-04-25 words: 4320 flesch: 54 summary: Ant species were grouped into functional groups, trophic guilds, and disturbance groups. It was determined possible differences between the three years for richness and abundance, functional groups, trophic guilds and disturbance groups using the two-way ANOVA test and Man-Whitney test. keywords: ants; disturbance; doi; fire; groups; sites; species cache: sociobiology-3178.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3178.txt item: #236 of 769 id: sociobiology-32 author: Li, Ganghua; Zou, Xiaofen; Lei, Chaoliang; Huang, Qiuying title: Antipredator Behavior Produced by Heterosexual and Homosexual Tandem Running in the Termite Reticulitermes chinensis (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) date: 2013-06-29 words: 4948 flesch: 64 summary: Effect of Volatiles and Vision on Predator Behavior If ants search for prey using visual or volatile cues, it is easier to detect tandem dealates than single dealate. Because a value of 1 represents equal predation risk between tandem dealates and single dealates (Matsuura et al., 2002), these results indicate that the total predation risk was reduced by tandem running relative to single dealates. keywords: dealates; female; male; matsuura; risk; running; tandem cache: sociobiology-32.pdf plain text: sociobiology-32.txt item: #237 of 769 id: sociobiology-321 author: Ramalho, Mauro; Silva, Maise; Carvalho, Gilson title: Pollinator Sharing in Specialized Bee Pollination Systems: a Test with the Synchronopatric Lip Flowers of Centrosema Benth (Fabaceae) date: 2014-07-13 words: 6928 flesch: 54 summary: The relationship between the relative abundance of bees on Centrosema flowers and their abundance in the habi- tat (Fig 1; see also Table 2) was very consistent and extremely significant (r = 0.87; P < 0.00001) when the analyses were re- stricted to large bees (≥ 15mm) visiting C. pubescens flowers (Fig 1a). Behaving as secondary nectar robbers in Centrosema flowers is probably a response of Centridini bees to a contingent relationship: encounters facilitated by the abundance of these bees in the habitat (Ramalho & Silva, 2002; Rosa & Ramalho, 2011) and by the long flowering periods of Centrosema species. keywords: abundance; bees; brasilianum; centrosema; floral; flowers; nectar; pollination; pollinators; pubescens; robbers; size; species; visitors cache: sociobiology-321.pdf plain text: sociobiology-321.txt item: #238 of 769 id: sociobiology-3263 author: Jofre, Laura Elizabeth; Medina, Ana Irene; Farji-Brener, Alejandro Gustavo; Moglia, Marta Matilde title: The Effect of nest Size and Species Identity on Plant Selection in Acromyrmex Leaf-Cutting Ants date: 2018-10-02 words: 4800 flesch: 59 summary: These ants forage on a large number of plant species, but generally most of their diet consists of a few selected ones (Rockwood & Hubbel, 1987; Franzel & Farji-Brener, 2000). On one hand, the number and amount of plant species harvested depend on their diversity, nutritional quality, chemical/physical defenses, abundance and spatio-temporal distribution (Nichols-Orians & Schultz, 1990; Franzel & Farji-Brener, 2000; Farji-Brener, 2001; Wirth et al., 2003; Lanan, 2014). keywords: ants; cutting; diet; farji; foraging; leaf; lobicornis; nests; plant; size; species; striatus cache: sociobiology-3263.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3263.txt item: #239 of 769 id: sociobiology-3293 author: Dias, Joyce Mayra Volpini Almeida; Morais, Michelle Manfrini; Francoy, Thiago Mauricio; Pereira, Rogério Aparecido; Turcatto, Aline Patricia; Jong, David de title: Fermentation of a Pollen Substitute Diet with Beebread Microorganisms Increases Diet Consumption and Hemolymph Protein Levels of Honey Bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae) date: 2018-10-11 words: 4424 flesch: 59 summary: Each cage was provided with 4 g of unfermented protein diet and 4 g of fermented protein diet, made available at the same time, so that the bees could choose between diets. Mean and standard deviation of the concentration of total protein (μg/μl) in the hemolymph of honey bees confined in plastic cages at emergence, after feeding on beebread diet, sucrose syrup, unfermented protein diet or fermented protein diet for 3 - 7 days. keywords: beebread; bees; diet; doi; fed; hemolymph; honey; levels; pollen; protein cache: sociobiology-3293.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3293.txt item: #240 of 769 id: sociobiology-33 author: Zhang, Zhi-Xiang; Zhou, You; Cheng, Dong Mei title: Effects of hematoporphyrin monomethyl ether (HMME) on Worker Behavior of red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invcita date: 2013-06-29 words: 4151 flesch: 67 summary: During foraging, worker ants leave a chemical pheromone trail to guide additional worker ants to the food source. Corresponding author Dongmei Cheng Key Laboratory of Natural Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education South China Agricultural University Guangzhou, China, 510642 E-Mail: zdsys@scau.edu.cn the walking behavior of worker ants and even kill them di- rectly (Yan et al., 2012; Liu et al., 2011). keywords: ants; hmme; worker; worker ants cache: sociobiology-33.pdf plain text: sociobiology-33.txt item: #241 of 769 id: sociobiology-3300 author: DeSouza, Og; Cristaldo, Paulo F. title: Editorial - Special Issue on Termites date: 2018-03-31 words: 543 flesch: 43 summary: As for laboratory methodology, Nunes et al (page 101) propose the use of tympanic arenas for vibroacoustic assays on termites and Carvalho et al (page 108) provides the best light regimes that could be innocuously used for video recording termite bioassays. At the local scale, Latifian et al (page 24) present a survey of coexisting termite species in Iranian date palm orchads. keywords: page cache: sociobiology-3300.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3300.txt item: #242 of 769 id: sociobiology-331 author: Sales, Tatiane Archanjo; Hastenreiter, Isabel Neto; Ribeiro, Laila Fieto; Lopes, Juliane Floriano Santos title: Competitive Interactions in Ant Assemblage in a Rocky Field Environment: Is Being Fast and Attacking the Best Strategy? date: 2014-09-30 words: 4886 flesch: 53 summary: In harsh circumstances it is likely that ant species that control the food resource are the first to arrive at the food source, the most aggressive (behavioral dominance), abundant (numerical dominance) and, thus, ecologically dominant. Matching up all these characteristics is likely to find at rocky field-type habitats a more enhanced competition among ant species, wherein species that will control the food resource will be very aggressive (behavioral dominance), abundant (numerical dominance) and, wherefore, ecologically dominants (Davidson, 1998). keywords: ability; abundance; ant; avoidance; baits; discovery; dominance; food; pheidole; species; strategy cache: sociobiology-331.pdf plain text: sociobiology-331.txt item: #243 of 769 id: sociobiology-3315 author: Gómez, Kiko; Lorite, Pedro; García, Federico; Espadaler, Xavier; Palomeque, Teresa; Sanllorente, Olivia; Trager, James title: Differentiating Iberoformica and Formica (Serviformica) with Description of the Sexual Castes of Formica (Serviformica) gerardi Bondroit, 1917 stat. rev. date: 2018-10-02 words: 4630 flesch: 60 summary: Mesosoma dorsally with scattered yellow, short semierect to erect setae, slightly longer than pubescence, absent on K Gómez et al. – Differentiating Iberoformica and Formica (Serviformica)468 Iberoformica F. fusca species group Figs. WORKER Nodiform (not squamiform) petiole, becoming almost cylindrical Petiole squamiform 7B, 7D, 7F Concave mesonotum that follows smoothly into the dorsal propodeal line, not meeting at an angle Mesonotum concave, followed by a horizontal propodeum, both meeting at an angle 7B, 7D, 7F Whole body covered with short, thick, truncated white setae Whole body bare, except for some scattered setae present in propodeum and mesonotum, these hairs thinner than those of subrufa 7 QUEEN Meso and metathorax less developed: metanotal species (details in Tinaut & Ruano, 1992) The study showed that satellite DNA sequences from I. subrufa were clearly different from those found in Formica species, resulting in a phylogenetic tree separated in two well supported clades. keywords: formica; fusca; genus; gerardi; iberoformica; lorite; species; subrufa; view cache: sociobiology-3315.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3315.txt item: #244 of 769 id: sociobiology-3338 author: Cavalcante, Arianne Moreira; Silva, Cláudia Inês da; Gomes, Angela Maria da Silva; Pinto, Gercy Soares; Bomfim, Isac Gabriel Abrahão; Freitas, Breno Magalhães title: Bionomic Aspects of the Solitary Bee Tetrapedia diversipes Klug, 1810 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Tetrapediini) date: 2019-04-25 words: 5218 flesch: 61 summary: The nesting biology was studied using trap nests made with cardboard-paper tubes and plastic straws during the period between December 2014 and September 2015, in the Bee Unit of the Federal University of Ceará, Brazil. (2014) using trap nests. keywords: bee; bees; cells; diversipes; females; hymenoptera; nests; study; tetrapedia cache: sociobiology-3338.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3338.txt item: #245 of 769 id: sociobiology-3339 author: Rebouças, Patricia Oliveira; Aguiar, Cândida; Ferreira, Vinina; Sodré, Geni; Carvalho, Carlos; Gimenes, Miriam title: The Cavity-Nesting Bee Guild (Apoidea) in a Neotropical Sandy Coastal Plain date: 2018-10-11 words: 6115 flesch: 62 summary: Number (n) of males and females of cavity-nesting bees produced in trap-nests (including imagos found dead inside brood cells), offspring sex ratio (SR), Chi-square test for SR (χ²), number of imagos emerged (EB), number of brood cells (BC), and number of brood cells per bee nest (C/N). Corresponding author Patricia Luiza de Oliveira Rebouças Departamento de Tecnologia e Ciências Sociais Universidade do Estado da Bahia Rua Edgar Chastinet, s/nº, São Geraldo CEP 48905-680, Juazeiro-BA, Brasil. E-Mail: preboucas@uneb.br Several bee species nest in natural and artificial preexisting cavities (Roubik, 1989). keywords: aguiar; bee; bees; brood; nests; number; site; species; straws; tarsata; trap cache: sociobiology-3339.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3339.txt item: #246 of 769 id: sociobiology-3366 author: Garcia, Maria Laura Genchi; Plischuk, Santiago; Bravi, Claudio Marcelo; Reynaldi, Francisco Jose title: An Overview on Honeybee Colony Losses in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina date: 2019-04-25 words: 3803 flesch: 60 summary: According to Antúnez et al. Open access journal: http://periodicos.uefs.br/ojs/index.php/sociobiology ISSN: 0361-6525 DOI: 10.13102/sociobiology.v66i1.3366Sociobiology 66(1): 75-80 (March, 2019) An Overview on Honeybee Colony Losses in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina Introduction Losses of honey bees and other pollinators threat biodiversity as well as food and agricultural production (Simon- Delso et al., 2014; Watson & Stallins, 2016). keywords: apis; argentina; bee; bees; colony; doi; et al; honey; losses; virus cache: sociobiology-3366.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3366.txt item: #247 of 769 id: sociobiology-3367 author: Silva, Carina A. S.; Godoy, Wesley A. C.; Jacob, Cynthia R. O.; Thomas, Gustavo; Câmara, Gil M. S.; Alves, Denise A. title: Bee Pollination Highly Improves Oil Quality in Sunflower date: 2018-10-11 words: 5951 flesch: 53 summary: Combined with the Brazilian climatic conditions, the expansion in sunflower productivity is benefited by the high number of bee species, being that Brazil is the second country with greater bee richness worldwide (Ascher & Pickering, 2018). This result, as the one obtained for analysis with solitary bees, showed that high abundance of few species may influence negatively the general diversity of bee species, since both species richness and diversity had slight declines between the two periods. keywords: abundance; achenes; acids; bees; crops; doi; et al; fatty; nutritional; oil; pollination; pollinators; species; sunflower; value cache: sociobiology-3367.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3367.txt item: #248 of 769 id: sociobiology-337 author: Montine, Pâmella Souza Martins; Viana, Nicoly Faria; Almeida, Fábio Souto; Dátillo, Wesley Francisco da Cruz; Santanna, Alinne Silva; Martins, Luciano; Vargas, André Barbosa title: Seasonality of Epigaeic Ant Communities in a Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest date: 2014-06-11 words: 4271 flesch: 62 summary: Data analysis We used the Mao Tau moment-based rarefaction (Gotelli & Colwell, 2001) to build rarefaction curves of ant species for the dry and rainy seasons. Our results corroborate Castro et al., (2012) who also did not found a relationship between ant species richness and seasonality in a degraded area. keywords: ant; ants; diversity; doi; et al; forest; janeiro; omn; richness; season; species cache: sociobiology-337.pdf plain text: sociobiology-337.txt item: #249 of 769 id: sociobiology-3370 author: Rasran, Leonid; Diener, Alexander; Pachinger, Baerbel; Bernhardt, Karl-Georg title: Diversity of Flower Visiting Insects in Dry Grasslands and Vineyards Close to the City of Vienna with Special Focus on Wild Bees. date: 2018-10-11 words: 5841 flesch: 55 summary: But their part in the landscape is comparatively small, and patches of grassland are in most cases strongly isolated from each other by the surrounding forests, settlement Abstract Interactions between flower visiting insects and nectar resp. We studied the diversity and quantities of flower visiting insects with special focus on wild bees (Apiformes) in two locations near the city of Vienna (Austria). keywords: bee; cover; diversity; doi; flower; flower strips; grassland; insects; n48; polylectic; species; strips; vineyards; ´ ´ cache: sociobiology-3370.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3370.txt item: #250 of 769 id: sociobiology-3372 author: Aguiar, Cândida Maria Lima; Santana, Edson Braz; Martins, Celso Feitosa; Vivallo, Felipe; Santos, Cláudia Oliveira; Santos, Gilberto Marcos de Mendonça title: Species Richness and Diversity in Bee Assemblages in a Fragment of Savanna (Cerrado) at Northeastern Brazil date: 2018-10-11 words: 6097 flesch: 60 summary: We used a non-metric multidimensional scaling ordination analysis (NMDS) to compare composition of bee assemblages from different types of open vegetation. We made Fig 1A. Species richness curves (estimators abundance data based, Jackknife 2 and Chao 1) in bee assemblages in a Neotropical savanna (Cerrado), Brazil. keywords: apoidea; assemblages; bee; bees; brazil; centris; cerrado; diversity; doi; hymenoptera; martins; richness; sampling; santos; species cache: sociobiology-3372.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3372.txt item: #251 of 769 id: sociobiology-3375 author: Teixeira, Karina de Oliveira; Silveira, Thiago Cesar Lima; Harter-Marques, Birgit title: Different Responses in Geographic Range Shifts and Increase of Niche Overlap in Future Climate Scenario of the Subspecies of Melipona quadrifasciata Lepeletier date: 2018-10-11 words: 6107 flesch: 45 summary: This species is divided into two subspecies based on difference in the yellow tergal stripes, which are continuous in M. q. quadrifasciata and interrupted in M. q. anthidioides. This procedure was performed 100 times (from M. q. anthidioides to M. q. quadrifasciata and from M. q. quadrifasciata to M. q. anthidioides) to generate two new null distributions of D-values. keywords: anthidioides; climate; current; distribution; doi; et al; future; increase; m. q.; melipona; model; niche; quadrifasciata; subspecies cache: sociobiology-3375.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3375.txt item: #252 of 769 id: sociobiology-3378 author: Lima, Marcos Venâncio; Pascoal, Leonardo Augusto Fonseca; Saraiva, Edilson Paes; Soares, Kilmer Oliveira; Queiroz, João Paulo Araújo Fernandes de; Evangelista-Rodrigues, Adriana title: Individual Acclimatization of Apis mellifera L. to the Thermal Homeostasis of the Colony date: 2019-04-25 words: 4827 flesch: 58 summary: As we intended to evaluate the influence of the environmental temperature over internal hive temperature, whether in a controlled (i.e., climatic chamber) or natural environment, no additional insulation was applied to the hives. Internal hive temperature (TI, °C) of the control group as a function of the external hive temperature (TA, °C). keywords: apis; bees; control; doi; heinrich; hemolymph; hive; journal; protein; temperature; total cache: sociobiology-3378.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3378.txt item: #253 of 769 id: sociobiology-3379 author: Orsi, Ricardo de Oliveira; Barros, Daniel Cavalcante Brambila; Silva, Roney de Carvalho Machedo; Queiroz, João Vitor de; Araújo, Wellington Luiz de Paula; Shinohara, Alex Junji title: Toxic Metals in the Crude Propolis and Its Transfer Rate to the Ethanolic Extract date: 2018-10-11 words: 3683 flesch: 53 summary: LOD LOD LOD 18.00±0.0 LOD LOD 0.10±0.0 The crude propolis can be considered as an indicator of toxic metals in the environment and the reduction observed in the ethanolic extract of propolis makes the product safe for consumption. keywords: crude; doi; eep; et al; extract; lod lod; metals; propolis; samples; state cache: sociobiology-3379.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3379.txt item: #254 of 769 id: sociobiology-338 author: Heinze, Jürgen; Schrempf, Alexandra; Rakotondrazafy, Honoré; Rakotondranaivo, Tsiriniaina; Fisher, Brian L. title: Polygyny, Inbreeding, and Wingless Males in the Malagasy Ant Cardiocondyla shuckardi Forel (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) date: 2014-09-30 words: 4422 flesch: 58 summary: In the studied specimens of C. shuckardi, pronotal shoulders appeared to be less angular than in the presently available males of C. venustula, but because of the limited sample, the large variation of C. venustula males (Heinze et al., 2013) and the lack of males from other species of the C. shuckardi group, it would be premature to define universal diagnostic features. Population genetics We investigated the suitability of primers previously developed to amplify seven microsatellite loci in other spe- cies of Cardiocondyla (CE2-3A, CE2-4A, CE2-4E, CE2- 5D, CE2-12D, Lenoir et al., 2005; CARD8 and CARD21, Schrempf et al., 2005) for the determination of the genetic structure of C. shuckardi colonies. keywords: ant; cardiocondyla; colonies; heinze; ilafy; males; queens; shuckardi; species cache: sociobiology-338.pdf plain text: sociobiology-338.txt item: #255 of 769 id: sociobiology-3383 author: Queiroz, Ana Carolina M.; Leão, Kamila Leão; Contrera, Felipe Andrés León; Teixeira, Joyce C.S.; Menezes, Cristiano title: Stingless Bees Fed on Fermented Soybean-extract-based Diet Had Reduced Lifespan than Pollen-Fed Workers date: 2019-04-25 words: 4674 flesch: 59 summary: Fat bees skinny bees - a manual on honey bee nutrition for beekeepers. The quality of pollen can affect bee longevity (Schmidt et al., 1987), ovarian activation (Hoover et al., 2006; Human et al., 2007; Pirk et al., 2010) and physiological mechanisms (Alaux et al., 2011; Di Pasquale et al., 2013). keywords: bees; diet; doi; food; honey; longevity; pollen; soybean; species; stingless; workers cache: sociobiology-3383.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3383.txt item: #256 of 769 id: sociobiology-3384 author: Poiani, Silvana B.; Morgan, E. D.; Drijfhout, Falko P; Cruz-Landim, Carminda title: Relationship Between Hydrocarbon Composition on the Cuticle of Melipona quadrifasciata (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Workers and the Secretion of the Cephalic Salivary Glands date: 2018-10-11 words: 5762 flesch: 61 summary: SB Poiani, ED Morgan, FP Drijfhout, C Cruz-Landim – Gland and epicuticle chemical profiles of M. quadrifasciata674 16.65 (Z)-X-Tricosene 0.08 ± 0.15 2.32 ± 1.37 2.62 ± 1.53 0.41 ± 0.38 0.19 ± 0.14 * 16.76 Tricosane (C23) 2.46 ± 1.15 1.29 ± 0.74 0.94 ± 0.50 9.28 ± 2.92 1.21 ± 0.62 0.60 ± 0.64 16.94 9-Methyltricosane - 0.12 ± 0.09 0.22 ± 0.06 - - - 17.30 3-Methyltricosane - 3.03 ± 1.46 3.20 ± 1.67 0.38 ± 0.32 0.52 ± 0.22 0.31 ± 0.29 17.32 Tetracosane (C24) - - - 0.48 ± 0.36 0.51 ± 0.28 0.25 ± 0.21 17.59 11-Methyltetracosane - 0.46 ± 0.54 0.27 ± 0.41 - - - 17.61 3-Methyltetracosane - 0.49 ± 0.53 - - - - 18.06 (Z)-Pentacosene 19.33 ± 7.99 40.73 ± 2.99 38.77 ± 7.48 21.27 ± 4.60 19.85 ± 2.62 18.53 ± 5.20 18.37 Pentacosane (C25) 4.99 ± 1.80 4.72 ± 3.43 4.22 ± 1.51 12.58 ± 4.20 16.34 ± 2.29 15.59 ± 5.38 18.41 9-Methylpentacosane 1.45 ± 0.59 1.23 ± 0.43 1.24 ± 1.04 1.80 ± 0.42 0.44 ± 0.22 0.29 keywords: chemical; compounds; cruz; csg; cuticle; doi; et al; glands; hydrocarbons; landim; poiani; workers cache: sociobiology-3384.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3384.txt item: #257 of 769 id: sociobiology-3385 author: Sekine, Elizabete Satsuki; Takashiba, Eliza H.; Bueno, Raquel Oliveira; Bueno, Paulo Agenor Alves; Caxambu, Marcelo G.; Sereia, Maria Josiane; Marchini, Luís C.; Moreti, Augusta Carolina C.C.; Toledo, Vagner A.A. title: Floral Origin and Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Honey from Africanized Bees in Apiaries of Ubiratã and Nova Aurora, State of Paraná date: 2019-04-25 words: 7406 flesch: 74 summary: and Eucalyptus sp. formed groupings similar to those based on physical and chemical characteristics, however, the multivariate classification of honey samples in groups based on pollen types was not an efficient method to group samples of polyfloral honey. The clustering based on the pollen types found in honey was made from the presence and absence of pollen types using the Jaccard coefficient by the UPGMA linkage method using the vegan package (Oksanen, 2017) using the statistical software R. Jaccard coefficient expresses the similarity between honey samples, based on the number of common pollen types. keywords: analysis; apiary; apis; characteristics; chemical; et al; honey; marchini; mellifera; o o; origin; pollen; samples; species; state; types cache: sociobiology-3385.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3385.txt item: #258 of 769 id: sociobiology-3386 author: Lima, Reinanda; Oliveira, Diego Moure; Garófalo, Carlos Alberto title: Interaction Network and Niche Analysis of Natural Enemy Communities and their Host Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) in fragments of Cerrado and Atlantic Forest date: 2018-10-11 words: 7070 flesch: 57 summary: This research aimed to determine the composition of the community, the structure of the interaction network, and niche overlap and breadth of natural enemy species in areas of Cerrado (Brazilian savanna) and Semideciduous seasonal forest (Atlantic Forest) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Overlap degrees of trophic and temporal niches for each pair of natural enemies species were calculated with the Schoener index (1986) using the formula implemented in the package spaa 0.2.2 for R version 3.4.3 (R Core Team, 2017), where i and h are the pair of natural enemy species compared, and pik and phk are the number of brood cell attacked for each host species k (trophic) or the total number of brood cells attacked in each month k (temporal). keywords: bees; brazil; doi; enemies; enemy; forest; host; hymenoptera; interaction; nests; network; niche; number; overlap; species; tetrapedia cache: sociobiology-3386.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3386.txt item: #259 of 769 id: sociobiology-3388 author: Lepeco, Anderson; Gonçalves, Rodrigo Barbosa title: The Colour and the Shape: Morphological Variation on a Facultatively Eusocial Bee Augochlora (Augochlora) amphitrite (Schrottky) date: 2018-10-11 words: 5622 flesch: 55 summary: However, in Augochlorini color variation is not necessarily related to distribution or behavior. Notes on color variation of Lasioglossum (Evylaeus) politum pekingense (Hymenoptera, Halictidae). keywords: amphitrite; augochlora; bee; color; dalmazzo; doi; females; fig; gonçalves; halictidae; hymenoptera; schrottky; species; specimens; variation cache: sociobiology-3388.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3388.txt item: #260 of 769 id: sociobiology-339 author: da Cunha, Hélida Ferreira; Lima, Juliana Soares; de Souza, Ludmylla Ferreira; dos Santos, Luana Gabriela Alves; Nabout, João Carlos title: No Morphometric Distinction between the Host Constrictotermes cyphergaster (Silvestri) (Isoptera: Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae) and its Obligatory Termitophile Corotoca melantho Schiødte (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) date: 2015-04-07 words: 3391 flesch: 54 summary: Kistner (1969) termed termitophiles the animals that live at least one phase of their life inside termite nests. In the Brazilian savannah (Cunha & Brandão, 2000; Cunha & Morais, 2010; Lopes & Oliveira, 2005; Costa et al., 2009; Cristaldo et al., 2012) and Brazilian Amazonia (Carrijo et al., 2012) different termitophile groups have been reported in termite nests: Acarina, Anura, Araneae, Blattaria, Chilopoda, Coleoptera, Diplopoda, Haplotaxida, Heteroptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Orthoptera, Opiliones and Abstract Different species may live in termite nests, cohabiting in close association with the host colony or occupying nest cavities without direct contact with the host. keywords: body; cyphergaster; kistner; melantho; nests; shape; species; termite; termitophiles; view cache: sociobiology-339.pdf plain text: sociobiology-339.txt item: #261 of 769 id: sociobiology-3390 author: Monteiro, Higor de Castro; de Souza, Michael Willian Rocha; Reis, Letícia Alves Carvalho; Ferreira, Evander Alves; de Sá, Veríssimo Gibran Mendes; Soares, Marcus Alvarenga title: Herbicide application on Genetically Modified Maize influences bee visitation date: 2019-08-20 words: 3288 flesch: 49 summary: Bee visitation was observed on the maize plants tassel (the tops of maize plants) and male part of the maize plants, where the pollen grains are produced. Apis mellifera was the most frequent visitor in maize plants in relation to the other species, T. angustula and T. spinipes (Fig 1), in genetically modified and in the isohybrid genotypes, independent of herbicide treatments (Table 1). keywords: bees; control; herbicide; isohybrid; maize; plants; powercore; species cache: sociobiology-3390.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3390.txt item: #262 of 769 id: sociobiology-3393 author: Cárdenas-Ramos, Diana; Falcón-Brindis, Armando; Badillo-Montaño, Raúl; Hinojosa-Diaz, Ismael; Ayala, Ricardo title: Floral Traits and Foraging Behavior of the Bee Assemblage Visiting Martynia annua L. (Martyniaceae) in Coastal Jalisco, Mexico date: 2018-10-11 words: 3609 flesch: 54 summary: Therefore, literature about floral visitors of M. annua along its natural rage is scarce. M. annua reaches 1–3 m height and is covered with dense glandular sticky hairs, almost glabrous when adult. keywords: annua; bees; flowers; méxico; pollen; species; visitors cache: sociobiology-3393.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3393.txt item: #263 of 769 id: sociobiology-3394 author: Nascimento, Andreia Santos do; Chambó, Emerson Dechechi; Oliveira, Daiane de Jesus; Andrade, Brunelle Ramos; Bonsucesso, Josemario Santana; Lopes de Carvalho, Carlos Alfredo title: Honey from Stingless Bee as Indicator of Contamination with Metals date: 2018-10-11 words: 7865 flesch: 61 summary: We used a standard solution (blank solution) containing only acids, which was submitted to the same procedures for the digestion of honey samples. Mean ranks ( jR ) of metals in honey samples from seven different sites. keywords: bee; concentration; doi; et al; health; honey; mean; metals; pollen; samples; sites; urban cache: sociobiology-3394.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3394.txt item: #264 of 769 id: sociobiology-3395 author: Campos, Eliza Siqueira; Araujo, Thayane Nogueira; Rabelo, Laíce Souza; Bastos, Esther Margarida Alves; Augusto, Solange Cristina title: Does Seasonality Affect the Nest Productivity, Body Size, and Food Niche of Tetrapedia curvitarsis Friese (Apidae, Tetrapediini)? date: 2018-10-11 words: 4260 flesch: 60 summary: Corresponding author Solange Cristina Augusto Universidade Federal de Uberlândia Instituto de Biologia Rua Ceará s/nº, Bloco 2D, Umuarama CEP 38400-902 - Uberlândia-MG, Brasil. Abundance of Tetrapedia curvitarsis nests obtained in Period 1 (April 2009 to March 2010) and in Period 2 (April 2012 to March 2013), at the Água Limpa Experimental Station, Uberlândia-MG. keywords: body; curvitarsis; doi; food; nests; number; pollen; season; size; species; tetrapedia cache: sociobiology-3395.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3395.txt item: #265 of 769 id: sociobiology-3396 author: Escareño, Francisca Contreras; Echazarreta, Carlos M.; Gusmán-Nóvoa, Ernesto; Macías-Macías, José O. title: Traditional Knowledge and Potential Use of Stingless Bees (Hymenoptera: Meliponinae) in the Manantlan Sierra, Jalisco, Mexico date: 2019-04-25 words: 4540 flesch: 61 summary: Ten people had worked with honey bees (A. mellifera), eight with stingless bees and 16 with both. Of 100% of the interviewees who knew about honey bees, 24 of them said that they had harvested honey from wild nests of stingless bees without keeping them or taking care of them, and they had never tried to capture a nest. keywords: acereto; bees; communities; honey; jalisco; knowledge; mexico; species; stingless; use cache: sociobiology-3396.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3396.txt item: #266 of 769 id: sociobiology-34 author: Freitas, Alex; Arruda, Vanilda Aparecida Soares de; Almeida-Muradian, Ligia Bicudo de; Barth, Ortrud Monika title: The botanical profiles of dried bee pollen loads collected by Apis mellifera (Linnaeus) in Brazil date: 2013-03-27 words: 6053 flesch: 63 summary: This result may be related to the great diversity of the Brazilian flora contributing to heterofloral pollen loads and honeys. The present study aimed to investigate the botani- cal and geographical origins of bee pollen collected in four Brazilian macro-regions. keywords: asteraceae; caesalpiniaefolia; cocos; contributions; mimosa; myrcia; nucifera; pollen; sample; são cache: sociobiology-34.pdf plain text: sociobiology-34.txt item: #267 of 769 id: sociobiology-340 author: Acda, Menandro N title: Repellent Effects of Annona Crude Seed Extract on the Asian Subterranean Termite Coptotermes gestroi Wasmann (Isoptera:Rhinotermitidae) date: 2014-09-30 words: 4544 flesch: 57 summary: Soil Barrier Test Tunneling and penetration of C. gestroi through soil treated with crude Annona seed extracts were evaluated using method similar to that described by Su and Scheffrahn (1990) with some modifications. The result indicated that Annona crude seed extracts could potentially be used as soil barrier to prevent tunneling and penetration of C. gestroi. keywords: annona; crude; extract; gestroi; journal; seed; termites cache: sociobiology-340.pdf plain text: sociobiology-340.txt item: #268 of 769 id: sociobiology-3401 author: Barbieri, Celso; Pinheiro, Gerson Luiz; Drago, Paula Marques; Francoy, Tiago Maurício title: A Scientific Note on a Stingless Bee Hive Model for Ecological and Behavioral Studies and for Environmental Education date: 2019-04-25 words: 2125 flesch: 55 summary: Most experienced meliponists build and test various hive models, and they adapt their management practices according to their observations (Jaffé et al., 2015). We transferred all the meliponini colonies from trap-nests or other hive models. keywords: bees; hive; model; observation; species; stingless; wall; window cache: sociobiology-3401.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3401.txt item: #269 of 769 id: sociobiology-3403 author: Moretti, Caroline Julio; Costa, Claudineia Pereira; Francoy, Tiago Maurício title: Wing morphometrics reveals the migration patterns of Africanized honey bees in Northeast Brazil date: 2018-10-11 words: 4046 flesch: 53 summary: It suggests that Africanized honey bees could migrate from semi-arid areas to regions where environmental conditions are more favorable during drought periods (Freitas et al., 2007). Results Analyses were carried out with data collected by traditional and geometric morphometrics of collected bees during the dry season. keywords: bees; coastal; honey; humid; morphometric; mossoró; northeast; rainy; season cache: sociobiology-3403.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3403.txt item: #270 of 769 id: sociobiology-3408 author: Barbosa, Marcela de Matos; Bonatti, Vanessa; Galaschi Teixeira, Juliana S.; Correia Rêgo, Márcia Maria; Francoy, Tiago Maurício title: Genetic Characterization of Melipona subnitida Stingless Bee in Brazilian Northeast date: 2019-12-30 words: 2470 flesch: 56 summary: MM Barbosa et al. – Low genetic diversity of Melipona subnitidain Maranhão state598 The populations of M. subnitida present in such areas differed regarding the tree species used as nesting sites often found in the Caatinga region (Câmara et al., 2004; Bruening 2006; Rêgo et al., 2017). It is noteworthy that, albeit it has been observed that M. subnitida has a wide flight range (Silva et al., 2014), the dunes might act as geographic barriers, hindering the gene flow among these populations. keywords: bee; doi; et al; haplotypes; melipona; stingless; subnitida cache: sociobiology-3408.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3408.txt item: #271 of 769 id: sociobiology-3416 author: Leite, Delzuite Teles; Sampaio, Roberto Barbosa; dos Santos, Claudia Oliveira; dos Santos, Juliana Nascimento; Chambó, Emerson Dechechi; de Carvalho, Carlos Alfredo Lopes; Sodré, Geni da Silva title: Toxicity of Fenpyroximate, Difenoconazole and Mineral Oil on Apis mellifera L. Introduction date: 2018-10-11 words: 3955 flesch: 52 summary: Discussion The application of difenoconazole, fenpyroximate and mineral oil in isolation had a little effect on bee survival or even in combination to the adjuvant (except difenoconazole via contact). On the other hand, difenoconazole was classified as little toxic for Trigona (Tetragonula) laeviceps Smith by topical route (Kinasih et al., 2017), suggesting that this fungicide used without addition of adjuvants is considered nontoxic for bee survival. keywords: apis; bees; difenoconazole; doi; effects; et al; fenpyroximate; mellifera; mineral; oil; pesticides; survival; toxicity cache: sociobiology-3416.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3416.txt item: #272 of 769 id: sociobiology-3427 author: Andrade, Brunelle Ramos; Nascimento, Andreia Santos do; Franco, Emanuella Lopes; Santos, Daiane Rodrigues dos; Alves, Rogério Marcos de Oliveira; Costa, Maria Angélica Pereira de Carvalho; Carvalho, Carlos Alfredo Lopes de title: Pollen Spectrum and Trophic Niche Width of Melipona scutellaris Latreille, 1811 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Highly Urbanized and Industrialized Sites date: 2019-08-20 words: 5921 flesch: 63 summary: The Fabaceae family showed the highest diversity in pollen types (33.33% of the total) and Mimosa caesalpiniifolia was the most frequent pollen type, found in 100% of the samples. To identify pollen types in the samples, images were captured using an Olympus® E-330 digital camera coupled to the Olympus CX41 microscope. keywords: bees; brazil; doi; et al; honey; melipona; niche; plant; pollen; salvador; samples; scutellaris; species; stingless; types cache: sociobiology-3427.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3427.txt item: #273 of 769 id: sociobiology-3428 author: Boff, Samuel; Friedel, Anna; Miertsch, Anja; Quezada-Euàn, J. Javier; Paxton, Robert J; Lattorff, H. Michael G title: A Scientific Note of Housekeeping Genes for the Primitively Eusocial bee Euglossa viridissima Friese (Apidae: Euglossini) date: 2018-10-11 words: 2660 flesch: 54 summary: Gene expression studies require steps of normalization, which are done using the stable expression pattern of reference genes. Validation of reference genes for gene expression studies in the honey bee, Apis mellifera, by quantitative real-time RT-PCR. keywords: analysis; bees; doi; epsilon; et al; expression; genes; protein; reference cache: sociobiology-3428.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3428.txt item: #274 of 769 id: sociobiology-3431 author: Ferreira, Ríudo de Paiva; Werneck, Hugo de Azevedo; Malta, Juliana; Teixeira, Aparecida das Dores; Campos, Lucio Antonio de Oliveira; Serrão, José Eduardo title: Post-embryonic Development of the Seminal Vesicle in the Stingless Bee Melipona quadrifasciata Lepeletier, 1836 (Apidae: Meliponini) date: 2019-08-20 words: 3452 flesch: 53 summary: In many insects, including those of the order Hymenoptera, there are regions termed seminal vesicles along the vasa deferentia, modified for spermatozoa storage. Seminal vesicle has a wall with a single layered epithelium onto a thin basement membrane, followed by a well-developed muscle layer. keywords: doi; epithelium; fig; lumen; males; pupae; region; spermatozoa; vesicle cache: sociobiology-3431.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3431.txt item: #275 of 769 id: sociobiology-3434 author: Pinto, Rafael Sousa; Silva, Albeane Guimarães; Rêgo, Márcia Maria Corrêa; Albuquerque, Patricia Maia Correia de title: Pollen Analysis of the Post-Emergence Residue of Euglossa Bees (Apidae: Euglossini) Nesting in an Urban Fragment date: 2019-04-25 words: 5316 flesch: 64 summary: Frequency of occurrence of pollen types in Euglossa cordata nests. Frequency of occurrence of pollen types in Euglossa townsendi and E. securigera nests. keywords: bees; cordata; euglossa; nests; pollen; samples; securigera; silva; species; townsendi; types cache: sociobiology-3434.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3434.txt item: #276 of 769 id: sociobiology-3436 author: Dec, Enderlei; Alves dos Santos, Isabela title: Species Distribution of Euglossini Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) at an Altitudinal Gradient in Northern Santa Catarina date: 2019-12-30 words: 4325 flesch: 62 summary: Morro do Finder and Morro do Boa Vista were important scenario for this interaction, suggesting a well conserved state of these areas, since Ef. violacea seems to be a species sensitive to degradation of habitat (Giangarelli et al., 2009). Floral resources used by Euglossini bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in coastal ecosystems of the Atlantic forest. keywords: apidae; bees; brazil; eufriesea; euglossa; euglossini; forest; hymenoptera; species; violacea cache: sociobiology-3436.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3436.txt item: #277 of 769 id: sociobiology-3442 author: Cejas, Diego; Ornosa, Concepción; Muñoz, Irene; De la Rua, Pilar title: Searching for Molecular Markers to Differentiate Bombus terrestris (Linnaeus) Subspecies in the Iberian Peninsula date: 2018-10-11 words: 5363 flesch: 55 summary: B. t. terrestris individuals were sampled also in Sierra Nevada N. P. and in Belgium (Table S1). All the French and Belgian B. t. terrestris individuals (100%) presented the A-haplotype; however, seven of the 18 B. t. terrestris individuals Sociobiology 65(4): 558-565 (October, 2018) Special Issue 561 (38.89%) recently sampled in Spain showed the A-haplotype, all of them from southern Spain (Sierra Nevada N. P.). keywords: 16s; b. t.; bombus; doi; et al; haplotype; individuals; lusitanicus; spain; subspecies; terrestris cache: sociobiology-3442.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3442.txt item: #278 of 769 id: sociobiology-3443 author: Sobreiro, Ana Isabel; Peres, Lucas Lopes da Silveira; Boff, Samuel; Henrique, Jessica Amaral; Alves Junior, Valter Vieira title: Continuous Micro-Environments Associated Orchid Bees Benefit from an Atlantic Forest Remnant, Paraná State, Brazil date: 2019-08-20 words: 8538 flesch: 58 summary: Besides, it seems that Eg. annectans is the species positioned closer to the primary forest grouped on the left side of the ordination (primary forest sites), as well as it is noticeable that Ef. violacea is closer to the secondary forest sites on the right side of the ordination. Orchid bee species sampled with chemical compounds in continuous micro-environments of two forest fragments (primary and secondary) of Atlantic Forest, Brazil. keywords: abundance; apidae; atlantic; bees; brazil; diversity; doi; environments; et al; euglossini; forest; fragments; hymenoptera; individuals; micro; orchid; primary; regeneration; sites; species cache: sociobiology-3443.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3443.txt item: #279 of 769 id: sociobiology-3444 author: Schafaschek, Tânia Patrícia; Rodrigues Hickel, Eduardo; Lopes de Oliveira, Carlos Antonio; de Alencar Arnaut de Toledo, Vagner title: Infestation and Reproduction of Varroa destructor Anderson and Trueman and Hygienic Behavior in Colonies of Apis mellifera L. (Africanized Honeybee) with Queens of Different Genetic Origins date: 2019-11-14 words: 6104 flesch: 52 summary: Performance of Africanized honeybee colonies settled by queens selected for different traits. The hypotheses tested were: i. queens originated from a selection process present higher hygienic behavior; ii. keywords: behavior; colonies; destructor; group; honeybees; hygienic; infestation; mite; queens; reproduction; total; varroa cache: sociobiology-3444.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3444.txt item: #280 of 769 id: sociobiology-3446 author: Silva, Fabiana Oliveira da; Viana, Blandina Felipe; Bôscolo, Danilo; Santos, R. L. title: Foraging Activity of Xylocopa cearensis (Ducke) in Sand Dune Landscape date: 2019-04-25 words: 2407 flesch: 58 summary: Studies addressing such tradeoff and its consequences on movement patterns and service delivery for Xylocopa bees in restinga environment are still needed. The hypothesis addressed was that resource distribution in the landscape level influences bee homing time. keywords: bees; cearensis; foraging; nest; time; translocation; viana; xylocopa cache: sociobiology-3446.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3446.txt item: #281 of 769 id: sociobiology-3447 author: Quezada-Euán, José Javier G; Nates-Parra, Guiomar; Maués, Marcia M.; Roubik, David W; Imperatriz-Fonseca, Vera Lucia title: The economic and cultural values of stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Meliponini) among ethnic groups of tropical America date: 2018-10-11 words: 13681 flesch: 56 summary: The main features and cultural values associated with stingless honey bees in Mesoamerica and South America were considered separately (Kent, 1984; Crane, 1992). Special Issue 539 Before Europeans, indigenous peoples in South America knew stingless honey bees (Espinosa, 1529, cited in Samper Pizano, 2003; Gumilla, 1741; Castellanos, 1852; Acuña, 1986; Crane, 1999; Medrano & Rosso, 2010). keywords: america; beekeeping; bees; brazil; cerumen; cerumen e; colombia; craft; d.w; data; doi; et al; euán; food; gonzález; groups; honey; honey bees; honey e; kayapó; knowledge; larvae; material; maya; medicinal; melipona; mexico; nates; parra; people; pollen; posey; quezada; religious; roubik; species; stingless; tropical; use; values cache: sociobiology-3447.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3447.txt item: #282 of 769 id: sociobiology-3448 author: Cordeiro, Guaraci; Boff, Samuel; Alves-dos-Santos, Isabel title: Trap-nesting Bees Communities from Protected Areas of Atlantic Forest, Southeastern Brazil date: 2019-08-20 words: 5871 flesch: 60 summary: Here, we aimed to increase the knowledge about trap- nesting bee species from four protected areas Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil and to test how abiotic local environmental components (temperature and rainfall) and forest cover affects the trap-nesting bee fauna. Therefore, we aimed to increase the knowledge about trap- nesting bee species from Atlantic Forest and to test how abiotic local environmental components such as temperature and rainfall and forest cover affects the trap-nesting bee fauna. keywords: areas; atlantic; bees; brazil; doi; et al; forest; garófalo; hymenoptera; megachile; nesting; nests; species; study; trap cache: sociobiology-3448.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3448.txt item: #283 of 769 id: sociobiology-345 author: Viana-Junior, Arleu Barbosa; Reis, Yana Teixeira; Costa, Ana Paula Marques; Souza, Vania Benicio title: Termite assemblages in dry tropical forests of Northeastern Brazil: Are termites bioindicators of environmental disturbances? date: 2014-09-30 words: 5460 flesch: 60 summary: Area A1 (crosses); area A2 (open circles), and area A3 (closed circles). Analysis of non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) for the species composition of termites in three areas of Caatinga, Ser- gipe State, Brazil: area A1 (crosses); area A2 (open circles), and area A3 (closed circles). keywords: areas; brazil; caatinga; doi; et al; feeders; richness; soil; species; termites; wood cache: sociobiology-345.pdf plain text: sociobiology-345.txt item: #284 of 769 id: sociobiology-3451 author: Veiga, Jamille Costa; Leão, Kamila Leão; Coelho, Beatriz Woiski; Queiroz, Ana Carolina Martins de; Menezes, Cristiano; Contrera, Felipe Andrés León title: The Life Histories of the "Uruçu Amarela" Males (Melipona flavolineata, Apidae, Meliponini) date: 2018-10-11 words: 2450 flesch: 53 summary: Furthermore, we describe three atypical phenomena for Meliponini males: M. flavolineata males have dimorphic color pattern; they lose their genital capsules, even when they fail to copulate; and penisless (sterile) males can stay alive for up to two days. Here we show the phases of males’ life history and the variation of estimated number of total sperm cells in seminal vesicles as a function of males’ age in days; rank comparisons are indicated with letters (a); we also show the comparison of four body size attributes of Melipona flavolineata males sampled from brood combs (n = 90) and congregation sites (n = 90), showing similarities in head width (b), and differences in interocular distance (c), thorax length (d) and intertegular distance (e). keywords: bees; congregation; days; flavolineata; males; melipona; sites cache: sociobiology-3451.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3451.txt item: #285 of 769 id: sociobiology-3452 author: Martins, Heberson; Rebouças, Patricia; Ferreira, Vinina title: Sleeping aggregation of an oil-collecting bee, Centris (Paracentris) xanthomelaena Moure & Castro (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Centridini) date: 2018-10-11 words: 1843 flesch: 58 summary: Unlike our register of C. xanthomelaena record, researchers have reported that Centris females usually sleep in their nests as a sentinel behaviour (Aguiar & Gaglianone, 2003; Rego et al., 2006; Martins, et al., 2014). DOI: 10.13102/sociobiology.v65i4.3452Sociobiology 65(4): 770-772 (October, 2018) Special Issue Open access journal: http://periodicos.uefs.br/ojs/index.php/sociobiology ISSN: 0361-6525 Sleeping behaviour of an oil-collecting bee, Centris (Paracentris) xanthomelaena Moure & Castro (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Centridini) Bee and wasp solitary species have been observed spending the night in dense clusters, and this behaviour is called sleeping aggregation (eg. Linsley, 1962). keywords: centris; dormitories; females; sleeping cache: sociobiology-3452.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3452.txt item: #286 of 769 id: sociobiology-3455 author: Nicodemo, Daniel; Malheiros, Euclides Braga; Jong, David De; Couto, Regina Helena Nogueira title: Improved Pollination Efficiency and Reduced Honey Bee Colony Decline in Greenhouses by Allowing Access to the Outside During Part of the Day date: 2018-10-11 words: 5993 flesch: 64 summary: A second greenhouse was pollinated by bee colonies that went through an adaptation period aiming to induce the bees to reorient in the greenhouse. Abstract Although honey bees are efficient pollinators of many crops cultivated in greenhouses, it is difficult to maintain colony strength and consequently pollination efficiency. keywords: access; bees; colonies; cucumber; day; entrance; flowers; greenhouse; hive; honey; inside; outside; period; pollination cache: sociobiology-3455.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3455.txt item: #287 of 769 id: sociobiology-3463 author: Almeida, Rony Peterson Santos; Arruda, Filipe Viegas; Silva, Daniel Paiva; Coelho, Beatriz Woiski Teixeira title: Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in an Ecotonal Cerrado-Amazon Region in Brazil date: 2019-11-14 words: 6024 flesch: 59 summary: This small proportion of overlap in sampled species is likely due to differences in the methodologies used in both the surveys. Based on our results, we encourage the use of this trap as complementary sampling method for bee inventories, especially in northern Brazil, where there is high species richness of stingless bees (Oliveira et al., 1995). keywords: apidae; bees; brazil; cerrado; doi; et al; euglossa; forest; friese; hymenoptera; moure; pan; sampling; smith; species; traps; urine cache: sociobiology-3463.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3463.txt item: #288 of 769 id: sociobiology-3464 author: Grando, Carolina; Amon, Nolan David; Clough, Steven J; Guo, Na; Wei, Wei; Azevedo, Patricia; López-Uribe, Margarita Maria; Zucchi, Maria Imaculada title: Two Colors, One Species: The Case of Melissodes nigroaenea (Apidae: Eucerini), an Important Pollinator of Cotton Fields in Brazil date: 2018-10-11 words: 5814 flesch: 50 summary: Although the mesosoma coloration is not the unique character considered for taxonomic differentiation among Melissodes species, our results indicate that this character is not reliable for Melissodes species differentiation. Special Issue 651 Urban (1973) also made a description about the dentiform male genitalia for Melissodes species identification. keywords: bees; black; bristle; character; color; dna; doi; et al; fazenda; identification; individuals; melissodes; nigroaenea; species; taxonomic; variation; yellow cache: sociobiology-3464.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3464.txt item: #289 of 769 id: sociobiology-3467 author: Halinski, Rosana; dos Santos, Charles Fernando; Kaehler, Tatiana Guterres; Blochtein, Betina title: Influence of Wild Bee Diversity on Canola Crop Yields date: 2018-10-11 words: 6425 flesch: 56 summary: Our findings show that canola crop yield was positively influenced by the diversity of bee species, demonstrating that native bees, not only A. mellifera, can greatly contribute to the productivity of canola crops. The present study was designed to evaluate whether the diversity and body size of bee species have influence on the productivity of canola fields located at varying distances from forest remnants in Southern Brazil. keywords: bee; bees; canola; crops; distances; diversity; doi; et al; fields; forest; mellifera; pollination; species cache: sociobiology-3467.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3467.txt item: #290 of 769 id: sociobiology-347 author: Gallego Ropero, María Cristina; Feitosa, Rodrigo Machado title: Evidences of Batesian Mimicry and Parabiosis in Ants of the Brazilian Savannah date: 2014-09-30 words: 3612 flesch: 50 summary: In the savanna of central Brazil we found two ant species that are remarkably similar in color pattern and body size, Pseudomyrmex termitarius and Camponotus blandus. Morphologically, Camponotus blandus can be highly variable regarding the color patterns along its wide geographical distribution, but as far as we know, only in the Brazilian Cerrado this species assumes the reddish and black pattern typical of P. termitarius. keywords: ant; ants; batesian; blandus; camponotus; mimicry; pseudomyrmex; species; termitarius cache: sociobiology-347.pdf plain text: sociobiology-347.txt item: #291 of 769 id: sociobiology-3470 author: Vossler, Favio Gerardo title: Pollen Resources Stored in Nests of Wild Bees Xylocopa ciliata Burmeister and Megachile pusilla Pérez (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) in a Temperate Grassland-Forest Matrix date: 2018-10-11 words: 2484 flesch: 58 summary: The study of a larger number of nest pollen samples is necessary to identify the specialization status of X. ciliata and would likely include Solanum as an abundant pollen host. ‘+’ includes pollen types present in the slides but not recorded during the counting. keywords: bees; ciliata; fabaceae; nest; pollen; pusilla; specialization; type cache: sociobiology-3470.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3470.txt item: #292 of 769 id: sociobiology-3472 author: Nery, Laura Silva; Takata, Juliana Toshie; de Camargo, Bruna Bertagni; Chaves, Aryel Moreno; Ferreira, Patrícia Alves; Boscolo, Danilo title: Bee diversity responses to forest and open areas in heterogeneous Atlantic Forest date: 2018-10-11 words: 6792 flesch: 57 summary: Thus, sampling flower visitors in the understory of forest patches may indicate low species diversity, while in fact, sampling only this stratum may not LN Silva, JT Takata, BB Camargo, AM Chaves, PA Ferreira, D Boscolo – Diversity responses to forest and open areas692 allow forest bee communities to be fully assessed. Landscapes with higher proportions of forest cover have a positive effect on bees species diversity (Aizen & Fiesinger, 1994; Morato et al., 1999; Tonhasca et al., 2003; Brosi et al., 2008; Brosi, 2009; Ferreira et al., 2015; Boscolo et al., 2017). keywords: abundance; areas; bee; bees; cover; diversity; doi; environments; et al; forest; heterogeneity; landscape; patches; pollination; richness; species cache: sociobiology-3472.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3472.txt item: #293 of 769 id: sociobiology-3473 author: Marques, Marcelita França; Deprá, Mariana Scaramussa; Gaglianone, Maria Cristina title: Seasonal Variation in Bee-Plant Interactions in an Inselberg in the Atlantic Forest in Southeastern Brazil date: 2018-10-11 words: 5934 flesch: 55 summary: The species are represented by bars: plant species in the center and bee species on bottom (wet season) and top (dry season). http://periodicos.uefs.br/ojs/index.php/sociobiology ISSN: 0361-6525 Seasonal Variation in Bee-Plant Interactions in an Inselberg in the Atlantic Forest in Southeastern Brazil Introduction The fragmentation and degradation of natural and semi- natural habitats and the consequent loss of plant species and pollinators are recurrent concerns in the literature (Moreira et al., 2015; Potts et al., 2016). keywords: atlantic; bees; brazil; composition; diversity; doi; dry; forest; gaglianone; inselberg; interactions; networks; plant; plant species; season; species; variation cache: sociobiology-3473.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3473.txt item: #294 of 769 id: sociobiology-3475 author: Bataglia, Luana; Godoy, Isabel Cristina; Del Lama, Marco Antonio; Nunes, Francis Morais Franco title: Leucine-aminopeptidase A (LAP-A) Encoding Gene in Apoidea: from Genomic Identification to Functional Insights Based on Gene Expression date: 2018-10-11 words: 6219 flesch: 53 summary: The same authors also silenced the expression of LAP gene and observed a negative impact in reproduction due to reduced oviposition. These classes include: leucine- (or leucyl-) aminopeptidase, membranal alanyl aminopeptidase, aminopeptidase A, aminopeptidase B, aminopeptidase N, aminopeptidase Y, cistinyl aminopeptidase, tripeptidyl aminopeptidase, prolyl aminopeptidase, glutamyl aminopeptidase and aspartyl aminopeptidase. keywords: activity; aminopeptidase; bees; cdna; data; del; doi; expression; fig; gene; lama; lap; leucine; mellifera; pcr; protein; species; table cache: sociobiology-3475.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3475.txt item: #295 of 769 id: sociobiology-3478 author: Soares, Walyson Silva; Junior, Salmo de Melo Davi; Silva, Ítalo Willian da; Rueda, Angélica Plata; Souza, Edmilson Amaral de; Fernandes, Flávio Lemes title: Physiological selectivity of insecticides from different chemical groups and cuticle thickness of Protonectarina sylveirae (Saussure) and Brachygastra lecheguana (Latreille) date: 2019-08-20 words: 6097 flesch: 56 summary: The lower the molecular weight and polarity the higher the insecticide penetration in the insect (Stock & Holloway, 1993; Leite et al., 1998; Pereira et al., 2014). (Picanço et al., 2010), Protonectarina sylveirae (Saussure, 1854) and Brachygastra lecheguana (Latreille, 1824) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) is a viable method for controlling Lepidoptera insects (Ross & Matthews, 1991; Miranda et al., 1998; Gonring et al., 2002; Gonring et al., 2003; Pereira et al., 2007a; keywords: chlorantraniliprole; cuticle; deltamethrin; doi; dose; et al; frugiperda; insecticides; lecheguana; lepidoptera; mortality; novaluron; pest; selectivity; spodoptera; sylveirae; wasps cache: sociobiology-3478.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3478.txt item: #296 of 769 id: sociobiology-3480 author: Andrade-Souza, Vanderly; Duarte, Olivia Maria Pereira; Martins, Cinthia Caroline Cardoso; Santos, Igor Silva; Costa, Márcio Gilberto Cardoso; Costa, Marco Antonio title: Comparative molecular cytogenetics in Melipona Illiger species (Hymenoptera, Apidae) date: 2018-10-11 words: 5040 flesch: 53 summary: The aim of this study was to perform karyotype analyzes on Melipona species from different regions of Brazil, with a greater sampling representative of the Amazonian fauna and using conventional, fluorochrome staining and FISH with heterologous rDNA probes. So far, 23 out of 74 described Melipona species (Camargo and Pedro, 2013; Pedro, 2014), were included in cytogenetic studies (Tavares et al., 2017), however, with concentrated samplings in the south and southeast Brazil. keywords: aff; chromosome; cma3; doi; et al; fig; flavolineata; melipona; number; rdna; rocha; seminigra; species cache: sociobiology-3480.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3480.txt item: #297 of 769 id: sociobiology-3484 author: Dalmazzo, Milagros; Roig-Alsina, Arturo title: Primitively Eusocial Behavior Observed in Colonies of Augochlora amphitrite (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) Reared in Laboratory date: 2018-10-11 words: 1983 flesch: 57 summary: Foundresses monopolized oviposition, displayed low rates of nest construction, guarding, and pollen collection, they were the individuals that initiated social interactions, and were statistically larger. The existence of eusocial behavior in this subgenus was surmised from studies of nests of Augochlora isthmii Schwarz and Augochlora amphitrite (Schrottky) in the field (Wcislo et al., 2003; Dalmazzo & Roig-Alsina, 2012) and recently confirmed, based on the study of artificial nests of Augochlora phoemonoe (Schrottky) (Dalmazzo & Roig-Alsina, Abstract The present study provides evidence of primitively eusocial behavior in Augochlora amphitrite (Schrottky). keywords: augochlora; behavior; dalmazzo; foundresses; nest cache: sociobiology-3484.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3484.txt item: #298 of 769 id: sociobiology-3490 author: Costa, Luciano; Galaschi-Teixeira, Juliana Stephanie; Maia, Ulysses Madureira; Imperatriz-Fonseca, Vera Lucia title: Plasticity of stingless bee Melipona fuliginosa Lepeletier to obtain food resources in Amazonia date: 2018-10-11 words: 4467 flesch: 58 summary: Upper right: M. fasciculata colony one month before the robbing. During the pillaging, M. fuliginosa workers dedicated themselves exclusively to this task; their flight activity peaked between 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. but lasted until 6:00 p.m, which is atypical for the species. keywords: bees; colonies; colony; fasciculata; fuliginosa; paraensis; robbing; species; workers cache: sociobiology-3490.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3490.txt item: #299 of 769 id: sociobiology-35 author: Martins, Luiza CB; Delabie, Jacques HC; Zanuncio, Jose C; Serrão, José Eduardo title: Post-embryonic Development of Intramandibular Glands in Pachycondyla verenae (Forel) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) workers date: 2013-06-29 words: 3544 flesch: 59 summary: Body pigmented pupae Pupae of P. verenae with a pigmented body had a man- dible epidermis with class I cubic gland cells and class III gland cells with vacuolated cytoplasm (Fig. 7). C - Positive reaction for polysaccharides (arrows) in the class I epidermal secretory cells (G1) and class III glands (G3). keywords: cells; class; fig; glands; hymenoptera; iii; intramandibular; mandible; pupae; verenae cache: sociobiology-35.pdf plain text: sociobiology-35.txt item: #300 of 769 id: sociobiology-3503 author: Mendonça, Angelica; Michelutti, Kamylla Balbuena; Carsoso, Claudia Andrea Lima; Antonialli Junior, William Fernando title: Variation in Chemical Composition of Cuticular and Nonpolar Compounds of Venom of Apoica pallens and Polistes versicolor date: 2019-08-20 words: 6702 flesch: 56 summary: 0.11±0.03 11.75±1.48* 1822 2-Methyl-6-undecenyl piperidine ND 3.60±3.51 ND ND 1826 x-Methyloctadecane ND 1.05±2.70 0.03±0.05 4.11±1.93 1874 A Mendonça et al. – Chemical Composition of Cuticular and of Venom of Wasps370 Calculated index (kraftz) Compounds Apoica pallens Cuticle Apoica pallens Venom Polistes versicolor Cuticle Polistes versicolor Venom Percentage (%±standard deviation) 1500 Pentadecane ND 0.36±0.61 0.04±0.02 4.91±4.53* 1568 (R)-(-)-Mellein ND 0.63±1.48 ND ND 1600 Hexadecane§ 0.02±0.02 0.19±0.60 keywords: chemical; compounds; cuticle; doi; et al; hymenoptera; nd nd; pallens; polistes; samples; species; venom; versicolor; wasps cache: sociobiology-3503.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3503.txt item: #301 of 769 id: sociobiology-352 author: Rákóczi, András Márton; Samu, Ferenc title: Coexistence Patterns Between Ants And Spiders In Grassland Habitats date: 2014-07-01 words: 5470 flesch: 65 summary: Measuring the association pattern indicated by ants and ant associated spiders first of all gave us the result that associations are not at the lowest taxonomic resolution of the present study (spider species and ant genera), but at the higher Spider/Ant Micaria dives Phrurolithus festivus Phrurolithus szilyi Callilepis schuszteri ♣ Zodarion rubidum ♣ Lepto. Here - since only those association types occurred in our study area - we only consider the ant-eating and ant-mimicking species and do not deal with the third type of ant associated spiders, the Abstract The ecological importance of both ants and spiders is well known, as well as the rela- tionship between certain spiders and ants. keywords: ant; ants; association; genera; number; occurrence; pekar; size; species; spiders; study; ● ● cache: sociobiology-352.pdf plain text: sociobiology-352.txt item: #302 of 769 id: sociobiology-354 author: Anato, Florence Mahouton; Sinzogan, Antonio; Adandonon, Appolinaire; Hounlidji, Xavier; Offenberg, Joachim; Kossou, Dansou K; Vayssières, Jean-François title: Impact of African Weaver Ant Nests [Oecophylla longinoda Latreille (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)] on Mango [Mangifera indica L. (Sapindales: Anacardiaceae)] Leaves date: 2015-04-07 words: 5446 flesch: 66 summary: 1.65SE % of nest leaves on nest shoots in the rainy and in the harmattan seasons, respectively. The same trend was observed in the harmattan season (F2,3558 = 120.66; P<0.0001) with mean leaf sizes of 40.24 ± 0.76SE cm² on control leaves on nest shoots, 41.20 ± 0.41SE cm² on control shoots and 33.15 ± 0.35SE cm² on nest leaves. keywords: ant; ants; control; density; leaf; leaves; nest; number; shoots; trees; weaver cache: sociobiology-354.pdf plain text: sociobiology-354.txt item: #303 of 769 id: sociobiology-3554 author: Pereira, Márlon César; Firmino, Ellen Liciane Barbosa; Bernardi, Rafaella Caroline; Lima, Luan Dias; Guimarães, Ingrid de Carvalho; Cardoso, Claudia Andrea Lima; Antonialli Junior, William Fernando title: Dear Enemy Phenomenon in the Ant Ectatomma brunneum (Formicidae: Ectatomminae): Chemical Signals Mediate Intraspecific Agressive Interactions date: 2019-08-20 words: 6364 flesch: 50 summary: Therefore, the integrity of the colony depends exclusively on the social relationships between its individuals and thus their Abstract The integrity of ant colonies depends exclusively on social relationships between their individuals, especially the ability of communication between group members, which is mainly mediated through chemical signals. Thus, in most species, encounters between foragers from different colonies might trigger conflicts that can turn into clashes with physical contacts resulting in death of individuals (Matthews & Matthews, 2010). keywords: aggression; ant; ants; area; chcs; chemical; colonies; colony; doi; encounters; et al; fig; formicidae; interactions; level cache: sociobiology-3554.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3554.txt item: #304 of 769 id: sociobiology-3558 author: Udayakumar, Amala; Shivalingaswamy, Tamilapur Maharudrappa title: Nest architecture and life cycle of Small Carpenter bee, Ceratina binghami Cockerell (Xylocopinae: Apidae: Hymenoptera) date: 2019-04-25 words: 3387 flesch: 62 summary: Ceratina bees construct their nests in dead woods and pruned pithy stems by making linear burrows (Raju & Rao, 2006). Conclusion In conclusion, the nest architecture and life cycle details provided in this study will be of immense importance to melittologists involved in trapping and conservation of Ceratina bees. keywords: adult; bees; brood; cells; ceratina; life; nests; pollen; stages cache: sociobiology-3558.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3558.txt item: #305 of 769 id: sociobiology-3568 author: Somavilla, Alexandre; Moraes Junior, Raimundo Nonato Martins de; Rafael, José Albertino title: Is the social wasp fauna in the tree canopy different from the understory? Study of a particular area in the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest date: 2019-04-25 words: 4936 flesch: 55 summary: Based on this observation and the need for collections in these environments, traps mounted in the canopy are efficient ways of collecting and improving knowledge about social wasp species, mainly in the Amazon rainforest. 183 The Malaise trap in the understory captured more specimens and social wasp species when compared to the Malaise trap in the canopy. keywords: agelaia; amazon; canopy; ducke; polybia; reserve; silveira; somavilla; species; station; understory; wasps cache: sociobiology-3568.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3568.txt item: #306 of 769 id: sociobiology-3576 author: Lourido, Gilcélia Melo; Lopes, Thiago Mahlmann V.; Somavilla, Alexandre; Guerra, Karla Francini G. title: Social wasps as biological control agents against Diaphania hyalinata (Linnaeus, 1767) (Lepidoptera, Crambidae), a cucumber pest in Amazonas, Brazil date: 2019-12-30 words: 1706 flesch: 50 summary: Melonworm, Diaphania hyalinata Linnaeus (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). According to Prezoto et al. (2008), social wasps Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Manaus, AM, Brazil SHORT NOTE Sociobiology 66(4): 610-613 (December, 2019) 611 capture adult and/or immature insects to feed their larvae. keywords: diaphania; et al; hyalinata; larvae; polybia; wasps cache: sociobiology-3576.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3576.txt item: #307 of 769 id: sociobiology-3577 author: Yoshimura, Hideto; Yamada, Junichi; Yamada, Yoshihiro Y title: The Queen of the Paper Wasp Polistes jokahamae (Vespidae: Polistinae) Is Not Aggressive but Maintains Her Reproductive Priority date: 2019-04-25 words: 8869 flesch: 56 summary: The role of queen pheromones in social insects: queen control or queen signal? These behaviors appear to accompany the release and/or smearing of a chemical or queen pheromone on the cells of the nest, since it has been recently discovered that R. marginata queens maintain their queen status with the queen pheromone that is released during abdominal rubbing (see Mitra, 2014 for a review). keywords: 0,0; aggression; analysis; behavior; colonies; colony; doi; dominance; frequency; ovipositing; polistes; queen; rubbing; wasp; workers cache: sociobiology-3577.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3577.txt item: #308 of 769 id: sociobiology-359 author: Meurer, Eliandra; Battirola, Leandro Denis; Delabie, Jacques Hubert Charles; Marques, Marinez Isaac title: Influence of the vegetation mosaic on ant (Formicidae: Hymenoptera) distributions in the Northern Brazilian Pantanal date: 2015-09-30 words: 4473 flesch: 58 summary: E Meurer et al. - Formicidae Distribution in the Cáceres Pantanal386 Ant species richness in the Pantanal is also less than that in other ecosystems (for example: Delabie et al., 2000; Silva & Silvestre, 2004, Santos et al., 2006; Leal et al., 2012). Instituto de investigación de recursos biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, Bogotá, Colombia, p. 307-330. Sociobiology 62(3): 382-388 (September, 2015) 387 Fowler, H.G., Forti, L.C., Brandão, C.R.F., Delabie, J.H.C. & Vasconcelos H.L. (1991). keywords: ant; brazil; cerrado; diversity; et al; field; forest; formicidae; grosso; hymenoptera; mato; pantanal; species cache: sociobiology-359.pdf plain text: sociobiology-359.txt item: #309 of 769 id: sociobiology-3590 author: Clemente, Mateus Aparecido; Ceridório, Harquimedes Ferreira; Mendes, Douglas Rodrigo Santos; Guevara, Roger; Silveira, Orlando Tobias; Giannotti, Edilberto; Moleiro, Hugo Ribeiro; Vieira, Karine Munck title: Impacts of Fire in Social Wasps Community in an Area of Regenerating Brazilian Savanna date: 2019-12-30 words: 7121 flesch: 60 summary: These two vegetation areas may have served as a refuge for social wasp species or feeding the burned area with species. Brazilian Savanna mostly occurs at tropical latitudes and have their existence directly linked to the rain cycle Abstract Fire is one of the most common natural harassments and it is characterized as an important component of the systems, although little studied regarding the influence of this event in social wasps communities. keywords: abundance; area; brazil; brazilian; burning; doi; et al; fire; hymenoptera; individuals; richness; savanna; species; study; wasps; year cache: sociobiology-3590.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3590.txt item: #310 of 769 id: sociobiology-3598 author: Guimarães Brasil, Michelle de Oliveira; Brasil, Daniel de Freitas; Pacheco Filho, Alípio José de Souza; Silva, Cláudia Inês da; Freitas, Breno Magalhães title: Occupation and Emergence of Solitary Bees in Different Types of Trap Nests date: 2019-08-20 words: 7119 flesch: 62 summary: Of the total number of bee nests founded, mortality from unknown causes occurred in 29.4% (n = 10) of the total number of individuals before reaching adult stage. They did not present a common pattern and built their nests in the two areas that presented the greatest richness of bee species. keywords: bees; cells; centris; doi; emergence; hymenoptera; individuals; megachile; nesting; nests; number; species; trap cache: sociobiology-3598.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3598.txt item: #311 of 769 id: sociobiology-36 author: Tang, Liang; Sun, Yong-Yan; Zhang, Qing-Peng; Zhou, You; Zhang, Ning; Zhang, Zhi-Xiang title: Fumigant Activity of Eight Plant Essential Oils Against Workers of Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta date: 2013-03-27 words: 3837 flesch: 64 summary: Mint oil granules were proven to be toxic and repel- L Tang, YY Sun, QP Zhang, Y Zhou, N Zhang, ZX Zhang - Fumigant activity of essential oils against workers of fire ant36 lent to red imported fire ants, and all red imported fire ant mounds that were treated with mint oil granules were aban- doned (Appel et al., 2004). However, few researches existed on fumigant inves- tigations related to plant essential oils against the red im- ported fire ant. keywords: annua; ants; artemisia; eucalyptus; fire; oils; plant; red; tube; workers cache: sociobiology-36.pdf plain text: sociobiology-36.txt item: #312 of 769 id: sociobiology-364 author: Bharti, Himender; Rilta, Joginder Singh title: A New Species and a New Record of the Ant Genus Stigmatomma Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India date: 2015-12-28 words: 3049 flesch: 60 summary: Sociobiology An international journal on social insects H Bharti, JS Rilta Article History Edited by Gilberto M. M. Santos, UEFS, Brazil Received 07 March 2014 Initial acceptance 08 April 2014 Final acceptance 13 September 2015 Keywords Amblyoponinae, Stigmatomma, New species, Ants, Himalaya. Holotype of new species has been deposited in PUAC (Punjabi University Patiala Ant Collection at Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India) . keywords: dorsal; head; india; new; petiole; species; stigmatomma; view cache: sociobiology-364.pdf plain text: sociobiology-364.txt item: #313 of 769 id: sociobiology-365 author: Hozumi, Satoshi; Kudô, Kazuyuki; Katakura, Haruo; Yamane, Sôichi title: Ambient Temperature Influences Geographic Changes in Nest and Colony Size of Polistes chinensis antennalis Pérez (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) date: 2015-04-07 words: 3107 flesch: 61 summary: Three nest parameters, the number of cells cell length and index of functional envelope, increased with latitude. Station N Number of cells Cell length (mm) Mean Median Mean Median St1 5 38.8 ± 5.3 38.0 20.0 ± 1.4 19.8 St2 14 36.6 ± 5.3 38.5 22.8 ± 1.1 22.7 St3 28 33.0 ± 6.0 33.0 22.0 ± 1.6 22.1 St4 18 37.3 ± 7.6 41.0 21.6 ± 0.9 22.0 St5 10 40.5 ± 7.1 37.0 22.0 ± 1.5 22.8 St6 5 38.0 ± keywords: cells; chinensis; nest; number; polistes cache: sociobiology-365.pdf plain text: sociobiology-365.txt item: #314 of 769 id: sociobiology-366 author: Mello, Antonio Paulino de; Costa, Bruno Guedes da; da Silva, Amanda Cosme; Silva, Ana Márcia Barbosa; Bezerra-Gusmão, Maria Avany title: Termites in historical buildings and residences in the semiarid region of Brazil date: 2014-09-30 words: 3789 flesch: 52 summary: In South America the infestations are caused mainly by Coptotermes gestroi Abstract This study evaluated termite infestations in historical buildings (HB) and residences (RB) in five cities in the semiarid region of Brazil (A1: Fagundes; A2: Pocinhos; A3: Alagoa Grande; A4: Areia; A5: Bananeiras). Eighty-nine percent of infestation of historical buildings and 62% of residential buildings were caused by nine species of termites, belonging to six genera and three families (Kalotermitidae, Rhinotermitidae and Termitidae). keywords: brazil; buildings; fontes; infestations; species; termites; urban; vasconcellos cache: sociobiology-366.pdf plain text: sociobiology-366.txt item: #315 of 769 id: sociobiology-3660 author: Galkowski, Christophe; Aubert, Clément; Blatrix, Rumsais title: Aphaenogaster ichnusa Santschi, 1925, bona species, and Redescription of Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille, 1798) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) date: 2019-11-14 words: 3474 flesch: 60 summary: Results Redescription of Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille, 1798) and designation of a neotype The type specimen of A. subterranea designated by Latreille could not be found in the collection of the National Museum of Natural History (MNHN) in Paris, France, and we consider it is lost. These specimens, used as reference, led numerous authors to mention A. pallida from Southern France and Corsica in a range of publications (André, 1883; De Gaulle, 1908; Emery, 1908; Bernard, 1968, 1983; Casevitz- Abstract Morphological and molecular investigation conducted in France and the Tyrrhenian islands reveal that Aphaenogaster subterranea is composed of two distinct species. keywords: aphaenogaster; corsica; france; ichnusa; petiole; propodeal; sardinia; species; specimens; subterranea cache: sociobiology-3660.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3660.txt item: #316 of 769 id: sociobiology-3662 author: Simon, Soares; Schoereder, José Henrique; Teixeira, Marcos da Cunha title: Environmental Response of Dinoponera lucida Emery 1901 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), an Endemic Threatened Species of the Atlantic Forest Central Corridor date: 2020-04-18 words: 5226 flesch: 48 summary: This region faces intense deforestation pressure and landscape fragmentation, but D. lucida response to such environmental pressures remains poorly understood. Material and Methods The spatial-ecological analysis was applied to assess D. lucida response to the environment at (a) microsite, (b) localities and (c) mesoscale levels, according to Leibold et al. keywords: atlantic; biological; climatic; conservation; data; distribution; doi; forest; fragment; landscape; lucida; private; response; species; temperature cache: sociobiology-3662.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3662.txt item: #317 of 769 id: sociobiology-3665 author: Barbosa-Silva, Ana Márcia; Silva, Amanda Cosme da; Pereira, Eugênia Cristina Gonçalves; Buril, Maria de Lourdes Lacerda; Silva, Nicácio Henrique da; Cáceres, Marcela Eugenia da Silva; Aptroot, André; Bezerra-Gusmão, Maria Avany title: Richness of Lichens Consumed by Constrictotermes cyphergaster in the Semi-arid Region of Brazil date: 2019-04-25 words: 4466 flesch: 60 summary: Sequestration of lichen compounds by lichen-feeding members of the Arctiidae (Lepidoptera). Detection of antibacterial activity of lichen substances through microdiluition tests. keywords: acid; brazil; compounds; constrictotermes; cyphergaster; doi; foraging; lichens; population; season; silva; species; substance; termites cache: sociobiology-3665.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3665.txt item: #318 of 769 id: sociobiology-3679 author: Añino, Yostin; Parra-H, Alejandro; Gálvez, Dumas title: Are Orchid Bees (Apidae: Euglossini) Good Indicators of the State of Conservation of Neotropical Forests? date: 2019-04-25 words: 2275 flesch: 55 summary: As proposed by Reyes-Novelo et al., 2009, seven criteria have to be met by wild bees to be considered as bioindicators and in this work we highlight issues for each criteria when working specifically with orchid bees as bioindicators in the Neotropics. For instance, the impossibility to collect and identify females prevents the Abstract This work discusses the criteria proposed to consider wild bees as bioindicators, and specifically applied to orchid bees in neotropical forests. keywords: bees; conservation; doi; orchid; species cache: sociobiology-3679.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3679.txt item: #319 of 769 id: sociobiology-369 author: Chien, Chia-Hao; Lin, Chung-Chi title: Chemotaxonomic Analysis of the Venom Composition within the Ant Genus Strumigenys (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Taiwan date: 2015-09-30 words: 6252 flesch: 63 summary: Later, in their description of the newly- discovered S. chuchihensis, Lin & Wu (2001) finally considered this species closely related to those of the godeffroyi group, which includes, among others, S. minutula, S. solifontis and S. luikueiensis while S. formosensis was included in the mayri sister group of Strumigenys species (Bolton, 2000). Their results indicated that S. chuchihensis, S. minutula and S. solifontis belonged to a same clade, while S. formosensis was included into a distinct, monophyletic group, together with other species endemic to Taiwan or surrounding islets. keywords: analysis; ants; chemical; composition; lin; secretions; species; strumigenys; taiwan; venom cache: sociobiology-369.pdf plain text: sociobiology-369.txt item: #320 of 769 id: sociobiology-370 author: Koser, Jaqueline Reginato; Francisco, Flávio de Oliveira; Moretto, Geraldo title: Genetic Variability of Stingless Bees Melipona mondury Smith and Melipona quadrifasciata Lepeletier (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from a Meliponary date: 2014-09-30 words: 3497 flesch: 57 summary: The same result was found in Melipona bees (Lopes et al., 2010a). For other stingless bee species, males are the dispersing sex (Cameron et al., 2004; Carvalho-Zilse & Kerr, 2004; Francisco et al., 2013), but no data is available for M. mondury and M. quadrifasciata. keywords: bee; doi; et al; melipona; mondury; populations; species; stingless; variability cache: sociobiology-370.pdf plain text: sociobiology-370.txt item: #321 of 769 id: sociobiology-3741 author: Shanbhag, Rashmi R; Harit, Ajay; Cheik, Sougueh; Chaudhary, Ekta; Bottinelli, Nicolas; Sundararaj, R; Jouquet, Pascal title: Litter Quality Affects Termite Sheeting Production and Water Infiltration in the Soil date: 2019-11-14 words: 6722 flesch: 60 summary: Termites can have greater influence on soil properties through the construction of soil sheetings than the production of above- ground mounds. Comparatively, the specific properties and abundance of soil sheetings have received much less attention, although it has been suggested that they represent several tons of soil ha-1 year-1 in some situations (Rouland et al., 2003; Ali et al., 2013; Harit et al., 2017a). keywords: baits; doi; et al; infiltration; jouquet; properties; sheetings; soil; study; termites; water; wood cache: sociobiology-3741.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3741.txt item: #322 of 769 id: sociobiology-3743 author: Rahim, Abdul; Ohkawara, Kyohsuke title: Invasive Ants Affect Spatial Distribution Pattern and Diversity of Arboreal Ant Communities in Fruit Plantations, in Tarakan Island, Borneo date: 2019-12-30 words: 5897 flesch: 59 summary: Consequently, the habitat characteristics, tree species, tree size, and crown connectivity shape the structure of arboreal ant communities (Tschinkel & Hess, 1999; Ribas et al. 2003; Powell et al., 2011). The observed C-score index (broken lines) and the frequency distributions of C-scores expected using null models in which there are no interactions between ant species for a tree in three studied sites. keywords: ant; ants; communities; diversity; doi; melanocephalum; number; plantations; site; species; trees; workers cache: sociobiology-3743.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3743.txt item: #323 of 769 id: sociobiology-376 author: Moya-Raygoza, Gustavo; Larsen, Kirk J. title: Response of Ants to the Leafhopper Dalbulus quinquenotatus DeLong & Nault (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) and Extrafloral Nectaries Following Fire date: 2014-07-01 words: 6470 flesch: 61 summary: Dalbulus quinquenotatus lives on the basal leaves of T. dactyloides in an obligatory mutua- lism with tending ants (Larsen et al., 1991). However, this is not universal as Inga plants have been shown to increase nectar production in response to tending ants (Bixenmann et al., 2011). keywords: ants; dactyloides; efns; fire; leafhoppers; pennatula; quinquenotatus cache: sociobiology-376.pdf plain text: sociobiology-376.txt item: #324 of 769 id: sociobiology-3760 author: Madsen, Natalia E.L.; Offenberg, Joachim title: Seasonal Changes in Sugar and Amino Acid Preference in Red Wood Ants of The Formica rufa Group date: 2020-06-30 words: 6620 flesch: 55 summary: In conclusion, offering wood ants an artificial sugar-based solution that could nutritionally outcompete honeydew, would open the door to using red wood ants as biological control agents, e.g. in fruit orchards. In forests, the use of sugar baits on trees decreased pine weevil feeding activity on conifer seedlings by 30% (Maňák et al., 2013), possibly due to wood ants aggressively protecting their sugar sources (Maňák et al., 2015). keywords: amino; ant; ants; aphid; doi; mix; preference; protein; solutions; sucrose; sugar; wood cache: sociobiology-3760.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3760.txt item: #325 of 769 id: sociobiology-377 author: Somavilla, Alexandre; Schoeninger, Karine; Carvalho, Antônio Freire; Menezes, Rodolpho Santos; Del Lama, Marco Antonio; Costa, Marco Antônio; Oliveira, Marcio Luiz title: Record of Parasitoids in nests of social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae) date: 2015-04-07 words: 4766 flesch: 60 summary: The aim of this study was to record parasitoids found in social wasps nests, sampled during several years of survey in different localities in Brazil. Furthermore, we observed a dominance of males from species Seminota and Toechorychus which emerged from Mischocyttarus and Polistes nests, respectively, compared with Elasmus and Brachymeria which there was dominance of emerging females. keywords: brachymeria; fig; hymenoptera; ichneumonidae; mischocyttarus; nests; parasitoids; polistes; social; species; vespidae; wasps cache: sociobiology-377.pdf plain text: sociobiology-377.txt item: #326 of 769 id: sociobiology-3772 author: Sakamoto, Yoshiko; Hayashi, Takehiko I.; Inoue, Maki N.; Ohnishi, Hitoshi; Kishimoto, Toshio; Goka, Koichi title: Effects of Fipronil on Non-target Ants and Other Invertebrates in a Program for Eradication of the Argentine Ant, Linepithema humile date: 2019-08-20 words: 7500 flesch: 58 summary: 1)-transformed total number of individuals of non- target ant species or invertebrate taxonomic groups per trap or the integral number of non-target ant species or invertebrate taxonomic groups per trap. Second, we evaluated the dynamics of non-target ant communities for 3 years using principal response curve analyses. keywords: ant; ants; effects; humile; invasive; linepithema; non; number; pesticide; plot; species; target; treatment cache: sociobiology-3772.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3772.txt item: #327 of 769 id: sociobiology-3777 author: Aguiar, Cândida Maria Lima; Alves, Denise Araújo; Almeida, Eduardo A. B.; Del-Claro, Kleber; Augusto, Solange Cristina title: Editorial - Special Issue on Bees date: 2018-10-11 words: 910 flesch: 29 summary: These include the level of landscape heterogeneity regarding forest cover and an evaluation of the effect of this factor on bee diversity, the ecology of bee communities in natural and semi-natural habitats, and the analysis of the interaction between geographic range spatial niche overlap in future climate change scenarios. Two important applications of basic knowledge about bee biology and their diets are investigation that relates the consumption of fermented artificial protein diet honey bees and its effect on the levels of hemolymph protein and vitellogenin, and the examination of the impact of pesticide toxicity on different species of stingless bees and the assessment of potential risks regarding their exposure to pesticides. keywords: bees; issue; species cache: sociobiology-3777.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3777.txt item: #328 of 769 id: sociobiology-3779 author: Ribeiro, Mariléa; Aguiar, Willian Moura; Nunes, Lorena Andrade; Carneiro, Lazaro da Silva title: Morphometric Changes in Three Species of Euglossini (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Response to Landscape Structure date: 2019-08-20 words: 5752 flesch: 54 summary: Holometabolous insects, such as bees, in the adulthood do not undergo morphological changes, therefore the variance in the body size may be a response to the natural selection, climatic fluctuations and the availability of resource in the larval stage (Chown & Gaston, 2010), while the variance in wing shape is a response to environmental variability due to the costs and benefits involved in dispersion on fragmented landscapes (Hill et al., 1999). Therefore, in view of the fragmentation of the Atlantic Forest, one of the world’s hotspots, due to its high biodiversity, which is endemic and endangered, and the expansion of agricultural practices in its territory, like SAFs, this study has aimed to test the hypothesis that the landscape structure affects wing shape and size of three species of Euglossini (Eulaema atleticana Nemésio, Euglossa cordata (Linnaeus) e keywords: analysis; area; bees; changes; cordata; doi; environmental; et al; forest; landscape; shape; size; species; wing cache: sociobiology-3779.pdf plain text: sociobiology-3779.txt item: #329 of 769 id: sociobiology-384 author: Zhang, Zhi-Xiang title: The Insecticidal and Repellent Activity of Soil Containing Cinnamon Leaf debris against Red Imported Fire Ant Workers date: 2015-04-07 words: 3479 flesch: 59 summary: Soil underneath cinnamon contained cinnamaldehyde and eugenol from fallen leaves, and these components showed insecticidal activity and repellence against red imported fire ants. Mint oil granules were proven to be toxic and repellent to red imported fire ants (Appel et al., 2004). keywords: ant; ants; cinnamon; depths; eugenol; fire; leaves; soil; workers cache: sociobiology-384.pdf plain text: sociobiology-384.txt item: #330 of 769 id: sociobiology-389 author: Silva, Wagner Pereira; Gimenes, Miriam title: Pattern of the daily flight activity in two colonies of Nannotrigona testaceicornis (Lepeletier, 1836) (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in different conditions in the Brazilian semiarid region date: 2014-12-29 words: 5105 flesch: 57 summary: Sociobiology An international journal on social insects WP Silva, M Gimenes Article History Edited by Denise Araujo Alves, ESALQ-USP, Brazil Received 31 March 2014 Initial acceptance 12 May 2014 Final acceptance 03 December 2014 Keywords Stingless bees, Daily flight activity, Meliponini, Biological rhythm. In literature, there is a great number of studies showing that daily flight activities occur at specific times through the day (Iwama, 1977; Kleinert-Giovannini, 1982; Guibu & Imperatriz-Fonseca, 1984; Kleinert-Giovannini & Imperatriz-Fonseca, 1986; Souza et al., 2006). keywords: activities; activity; bees; colonies; colony; entrance; flight; intensity; october; temperature; testaceicornis cache: sociobiology-389.pdf plain text: sociobiology-389.txt item: #331 of 769 id: sociobiology-39 author: Zhao, Hongxia; Luo, Yuexiong; Lee, Jianghong; Zhang, Xuefeng; Liang, qin; Zeng, Xinnian title: The Odorant-Binding Protein Gene obp11 Shows Different Spatiotemporal Roles in the Olfactory System of Apis mellifera ligustica and Apis cerana cerana date: 2013-12-30 words: 4527 flesch: 63 summary: Fig.3 Amobp11 gene expression levels in Apis mellifera ligustica an- tennae across seven ages determined by qRT-PCR Expression levels of the Amobp11 gene were calculated relative to the control ß-actin gene using the standard curve method. At the peak of Amobp11 gene expression (10 and 15 days old workers), the honeybees perform nurse-tasks, begin to secrete beeswax, and work to clean within the hive. keywords: amobp11; apis; cerana; day; expression; gene; honeybee; mellifera; olfactory; system; workers cache: sociobiology-39.pdf plain text: sociobiology-39.txt item: #332 of 769 id: sociobiology-391 author: Mateus, Sidnei; Andrade e Silva, Aline Candida Ribeiro; Garófalo, Carlos Alberto title: Diversity and Temporal Variation in the Orchid Bee Community (Hymenoptera: Apidae) of a Remnant of a Neotropical Seasonal Semi-deciduous Forest date: 2015-12-30 words: 5019 flesch: 56 summary: The orchid Bee fauna in the Brazilian savanna: do forest formations contribute to higher species diversity? The finding of a few species represented by a large number of males – they are the dominants in the community – whereas most of other species are relatively rare, an attribute of the communities, as observed in this study, has also been reported by other authors working with other communities (Aguiar & Gaglianone, 2008; Rocha-Filho & Garófalo, 2013). keywords: apidae; bees; brazil; euglossine; forest; garófalo; imperialis; males; paulo; species; são cache: sociobiology-391.pdf plain text: sociobiology-391.txt item: #333 of 769 id: sociobiology-392 author: Zhao, HongXia; Liang, Qin; Lee, JiangHong; Zhang, XueFeng; Huang, WenZhong; Cheng, HuaSheng; Luo, YueXiong title: Behavioral Responses of Apis mellifera Adult Workers to Odors from Healthy Brood and Diseased Brood date: 2015-12-30 words: 4461 flesch: 57 summary: The amount of tert-butylbenzene emitted by diseased brood was approximately five times more than the amount emitted by healthy brood, and 2-isopropenyltoluene was three times higher from the healthy brood phase than diseased brood phase. Here, we tested the ability of individual hygienic and non-hygienic bees to discriminate healthy brood from diseased brood. keywords: apis; bees; behavior; brood; compounds; honey; hygienic; larvae; mellifera; workers cache: sociobiology-392.pdf plain text: sociobiology-392.txt item: #334 of 769 id: sociobiology-396 author: Starr, Christopher K; Nelson, John M title: Differential Nest Parasitism in Three Sympatric Social Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistes spp.) in the West Indies date: 2015-12-31 words: 1634 flesch: 59 summary: (CKS) found a high incidence of P. crinitus nests with evidence of nest parasitoids, while no P. major appeared affected. in the West Indies Introduction Social wasps of the subfamily Polistinae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) are host to nest parasitoids from at least 14 families of insects (Makino, 1985; Nelson, 1968). keywords: nest; parasitoid; species; wasps cache: sociobiology-396.pdf plain text: sociobiology-396.txt item: #335 of 769 id: sociobiology-399 author: Araújo, Virgínia; Silva, Moabe Pina; Vasconcellos, Alexandre title: Soil-sampled Termites in Two Contrasting Ecosystems within the Semiarid Domain in Northeastern Brazil: Abundance, Biomass, and Seasonal Influences date: 2015-04-07 words: 4266 flesch: 56 summary: The present study sought to quantify the abundance, biomass, and vertical stratification of soil termites in two areas within the Brazilian semiarid domain – one with seasonally dry tropical forest vegetation (Caatinga), and the other with highland humid forest vegetation (Brejos de Altitude) – to determine the influences of the dry and rainy seasons on these arthropods. Bandeira and Harada (1998), however, reported higher values for these same parameters among soil termites during the dry season in the Amazon forest. keywords: abundance; bandeira; biomass; brazil; forest; highland; humid; rainy; season; soil; species; termites; vasconcellos cache: sociobiology-399.pdf plain text: sociobiology-399.txt item: #336 of 769 id: sociobiology-4 author: Moreira, Sinara Maria; Rodrigues, André; Forti, Luiz Carlos; Nagamoto, Nilson S. title: Absence of the Parasite Escovopsis in Fungus Garden Pellets Carried by Gynes of Atta sexdens date: 2015-04-07 words: 3852 flesch: 53 summary: Moreover, multiple lines of evidence indicate this parasite appears to have a close relationship with fungus growing ant colonies because: (i) it was only found in the fungus gardens and waste material (Muchovej & Della Lucia, 1990; Seifert et al., 1995; Currie et al., 1999; Rodrigues et al., 2014); (ii) phylogenetic studies showed that specific Escovopsis lineages are specialized on specific lineages of the ant cultivar (Currie et al., 2003; Gerardo et al., 2006a,b); and (iii) additional energy is necessary to grow the actinobacteria which are considered as a defense mechanism against this parasite, and the cultivation of such actinobacteria is enhanced in response to Escovopsis infection (Poulsen et al., 2003). In contrast, taking into account that Escovopsis quickly pursued the Acromyrmex dispersion in islands (Mikheyev, 2008), has shown fine evolutionary coupling to the mutualistic fungus (Gerardo et al., 2006b), presents chemotaxis (Gerardo et al., 2006a), is found only in fungus growing ant nests (Currie et al., 1999, 2001a,b; Rodrigues et al., 2014) and in their dumps (Currie et al. 2001a), and is not transmitted by air (Currie et al., 1999, 2001b) – non-vertical transmission was not the most expected result. keywords: ant; atta; currie; escovopsis; et al; fungus; gynes; pellets; transmission cache: sociobiology-4.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4.txt item: #337 of 769 id: sociobiology-40 author: Bueno, Fabiana Correa; Forti, Luiz Carlos; Bueno, Odair Correa title: Toxicity of Hydramethylnon to Leaf-cutting Ant Atta sexdens rubropilosa Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) date: 2013-06-29 words: 2860 flesch: 62 summary: Hydramethylnon dissolved in acetone resulted in de- creased worker survival which was more drastic at concentra- tions of 200 µg/mL and 1000 µg/mL. Ant survival median time was reduced from 14 d (acetone control) to 10 d (200 µg/ mL) and 9 d (1000 µg/mL). Considering that active ingredients that inhibit insect cellular respiration have been shown to be effective in controlling ants, the current work aimed at assessing the toxicity of hydramethylnon to Atta sexdens rubropilosa workers. keywords: acetone; ants; control; hydramethylnon; oil cache: sociobiology-40.pdf plain text: sociobiology-40.txt item: #338 of 769 id: sociobiology-400 author: Cecílio, Daniel Simões Santos; Da Rocha, Agda Alves; Giannotti, Edilberto title: Post-embryonic Development of Mischocyttarus latior (Fox) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) date: 2015-09-30 words: 2807 flesch: 59 summary: Results and Discussion Description of Immature Stages The appearance of M. latior eggs was typical of members of the Vespidae family. M. latior eggs were attached to one of the angles of the nest cell walls by an adhesive secretion. keywords: duration; giannotti; latior; mischocyttarus; stages cache: sociobiology-400.pdf plain text: sociobiology-400.txt item: #339 of 769 id: sociobiology-402 author: Kanzaki, Natsumi; Ohmura, Wakako title: Internal Armature of the Hindgut of Pericapritermes nitobei (Shiraki) date: 2016-07-20 words: 1941 flesch: 57 summary: Further, Noirot (2001) photographed a row of saw blade-like spines baring of P3 of P. magnificus which is clearly different from any of P3 spines of P. nitbei. The locations of the various types of hindgut spines in P1-P3 are shown schematically in Figure 1. keywords: enteric; hindgut; nitobei; spines; valve cache: sociobiology-402.pdf plain text: sociobiology-402.txt item: #340 of 769 id: sociobiology-4061 author: Somavilla, Alexandre; Moraes Junior, Raimundo Nonato Martins; Oliveira, Marcio Luiz; Rafael, José Albertino title: Biodiversity of Insects in the Amazon: survey of social wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae) in Amazon rainforest areas in Amazonas state, Brazil date: 2020-06-30 words: 5397 flesch: 57 summary: Manaus Careiro- Castanho Tefé Novo Airão Presidente Figueiredo Ipixuna Agelaia angulata (Fabricius, 1804) X X X X X X Agelaia brevistigma (Richards, 1978) X X Agelaia cajennensis (Fabricius, 1798) X X X X X X Agelaia centralis (Cameron, 1907) X X X X X X Agelaia constructor (de Saussure, 1854) X X X X X X Agelaia flavipennis (Ducke 1905) X X X X X X Agelaia fulvofasciata (DeGeer, 1773) X X X X X X Agelaia hamiltoni (Richards, 1978) X X X X X X Agelaia lobipleura (Richards, 1978) X Agelaia myrmecophila (Ducke, 1905) X X X X X Agelaia ornata (Ducke, 1905) X X X X X X Agelaia pallidiventris (Richards, 1978) X Agelaia pallipes (Olivier, 1792) X X X X X X Agelaia pleuralis Cooper, 2002 X Agelaia testacea (Fabricius, 1804) X X X X X X Apoica albimacula (Fabricius, 1804) X X X Apoica arborea de Saussure, 1854 X X X X X X Apoica gelida (van der Vecht 1972) X X X X X Apoica pallens (Fabricius, 1804) X X X X X X Apoica pallida (Olivier, 1791) X X X X X X Apoica strigata Richards, 1978 X X Apoica thoracica du Buysson, 1906 X X X X X X Asteloeca traili (Cameron, 1906) X Brachygastra augusti (de Saussure, 1854) X X X X X Brachygastra bilineolata Spinola, 1841 X X X X X Brachygastra lecheguana (Latreille, 1824) X X X X X X Brachygastra scutellaris (Fabricius, 1804) keywords: amazon; amazonas; areas; ducke; mischocyttarus; richards; silveira; somavilla; species; vespidae; wasps; x polybia; x protopolybia; x x cache: sociobiology-4061.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4061.txt item: #341 of 769 id: sociobiology-409 author: Ślipiński, Piotr; Pomorski, Jan Jakub; Kowalewska, Katarzyna title: Heat shock proteins expression during thermal risk exposure in the temperate xerothermic ant Formica cinerea date: 2015-09-30 words: 1746 flesch: 48 summary: At the same time, this result generates at least two additional questions: (1) what really is the threshold of thermal resistance in this species and (2) if F. cinerea workers do not suffer from thermal stress during foraging on a hot soil surface, are they physiologically adapted to avoid this kind of stress? Field experiment – expression of Hsp60, Hsp90 and Hsp75 in F. cinerea workers during foraging in field conditions. keywords: cinerea; expression; temperature cache: sociobiology-409.pdf plain text: sociobiology-409.txt item: #342 of 769 id: sociobiology-41 author: Silva Júnior, Milton Rodrigues da; Castellani, Maria Aparecida; Moreira, Aldenise Alves; D'Esquivel, Michele Silva; Forti, Luiz Carlos; Lacau, Sébastien title: Spatial Distribution and Architecture of Acromyrmex landolti Forel (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Nests in Pastures of Southwestern Bahia, Brazil date: 2013-03-27 words: 6716 flesch: 71 summary: It is possible that there exists a pattern for internal architecture of A. landolti nests, with three to six chambers, since 88% of excavated nests had in mean, 2.3 chambers (Soares et al., 2006), while for A. balzani there are records varying from 3 to 6 and from 3 to 14 chambers with an mean of 8.6 chambers per nest (Silva et al., 2010). This paper aims to study the spatial distribution and the architectural pattern of A. landolti nests, as well as to establish the foundations for the improvement of strategies for controlling the pest. keywords: acromyrmex; area; balzani; chambers; depth; distribution; landolti; mean; nests; soil; species cache: sociobiology-41.pdf plain text: sociobiology-41.txt item: #343 of 769 id: sociobiology-42 author: Okita, Ichiro; Murase, Kaori; Sato, Toshiyuki; Kato, Kimihiko; Hosoda, Akihiro; Terayama, Mamoru; Masuko, Keiichi title: The Spatial Distribution of mtDNA and Phylogeographic Analysis of the Ant Cardiocondyla kagutsuchi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Japan date: 2013-06-29 words: 3790 flesch: 64 summary: The third purpose is to infer the invasion routes of C. kagutsuchi in Shizuoka prefecture, using haplotype distribution of mtDNA across Japan and C. kagutsuchi in foreign countries. We also examined their genealogy with C. kagutsuchi in other areas and their close relative species. keywords: cardiocondyla; haplotype; japan; jpn; kagutsuchi; shizuoka; species cache: sociobiology-42.pdf plain text: sociobiology-42.txt item: #344 of 769 id: sociobiology-421 author: Silva, Emerson Mota; Medina, Anderson Matos; Nascimento, Ivan Cardoso; Lopes, Priscila Paixão; Carvalho, Karine S.; Santos, Gilberto M. M. title: Does ant richness and composition respond to phytophysiognomical complexity and seasonality in xeric environments? date: 2014-07-01 words: 4607 flesch: 58 summary: X X X X Ectatomma sp01 X X Ectatomma sp02 X X Ectatomma suzanae X X X X Forelius brasiliensis X X Gnamptogenys concinna X Gnamptogenys sp01 X X Gnamptogenys sp02 X Hylomyrma balzani X X X Hylomyrma sp01 X Labidus coecus X X Labidus mars X Labidus praedator X X Linepithema humile X Linepithema sp01 X X X Linepithema sp02 X X X Linepithema sp03 X Linepithema sp04 X Mycetophylax sp01 X Neivamyrmex sp01 X X Nylanderia sp01 X X Ochetomyrmex sp01 X Octostruma sp03 X Odontomachus chelifer X X Odontomachus haematodus X X X X Oxyepoecus sp02 X Pachycondyla bucki X X Pachycondyla prox. Species Phytophisiognomy Arboreal Caatinga Shrubby Caatinga Dry Season Rainy Season Dry Season Rainy Season Acanthoponera sp01 X X Acanthostichus sp01 X Acromyrmex sp01 X X Anochetus sp02 X Apterostigma sp01 X Atta sexdens rubropilosa X X X X Azteca sp01 X Azteca sp02 X Azteca sp03 X Brachymyrmex sp01 X X Brachymyrmex sp02 X Brachymyrmex sp03 X X Brachymyrmex sp04 X X Camponotus sp01 X X X X Camponotus sp02 X X X X Camponotus sp03 X X X X Camponotus sp04 X X X X Camponotus sp05 X X X Camponotus sp06 X X X X Camponotus sp07 X X X Camponotus sp08 X X X X Cephalotes prox. keywords: ant; ants; arboreal; caatinga; composition; dry; pheidole; season; shrubby; sp01 x; species; vegetation; x x cache: sociobiology-421.pdf plain text: sociobiology-421.txt item: #345 of 769 id: sociobiology-422 author: Nickele, Mariane Aparecida; Reis Filho, Wilson title: Population Dynamics of Acromyrmex crassispinus (Forel) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and Attacks on Pinus taeda Linnaeus (Pinaceae) plantations date: 2015-09-30 words: 5227 flesch: 67 summary: Chi-square test of adherence of observed frequencies to the expected Poisson distributions, positive and negative binomial distribu- tions for Acromyrmex crassispinus nests in a Pinus taeda plantation. Alive 7 98 0 0 1 1 Dead/ Emigrated 8 98 1 1 0 0 Dead/ Emigrated 9 100 1 0 0 0 Dead/ Emigrated 10 130 1 0 0 0 Dead/ Emigrated Table 2: Occurrence of reproductive ants (winged male or female ants) in Acromyrmex crassispinus nests. keywords: acromyrmex; ants; crassispinus; cutting; distribution; leaf; months; nests; planting; plants cache: sociobiology-422.pdf plain text: sociobiology-422.txt item: #346 of 769 id: sociobiology-424 author: Disney, R. Henry L.; Bragança, Marcos A. L.; Teixeira, Marcos C. title: New Species of Scuttle Flies (Diptera: Phoridae) Associated with a Ponerine Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Brazil date: 2015-04-07 words: 2179 flesch: 74 summary: Fore tarsus with posterodorsal hair palisade on segments 1-5 and 5 slightly longer than 4. Scutellum with an anterior pair of small hairs and a posterior pair of bristles. keywords: bristles; brown; fig; hairs; pale; species cache: sociobiology-424.pdf plain text: sociobiology-424.txt item: #347 of 769 id: sociobiology-425 author: Disney, R. Henry L.; Bragança, Marcos A. L. title: New Records, Including a New Species, of Scuttle Flies (Diptera: Phoridae) Associated with Leaf Cutter Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Brazil date: 2014-09-30 words: 2033 flesch: 70 summary: 4 males, Minas Gerais State, Florestal, x.2012, at A. sexdens (Cliver Gomes, TO-128, TO-129). 1 male, Minas Gerais State, Viçosa, vii.2012, at A. sexdens (Marcos Bragança, TO-137). keywords: borgmeier; brown; male; species cache: sociobiology-425.pdf plain text: sociobiology-425.txt item: #348 of 769 id: sociobiology-4251 author: Offenberg, Joachim; Nielsen, Jesper Stern; Damgaard, Christian title: Wood Ant (Formica polyctena) Services and Disservices in a Danish Apple Plantation date: 2019-08-20 words: 6862 flesch: 64 summary: To assess whether wood ants can be used in IPM-systems to improve apple production, we transplanted wood ants into a Danish apple plantation and tested whether ants (i) reduced the number of herbivores, (ii) led to higher amounts of leaf nutrients, (iii) controlled apple pathogens, (iv) increased homopteran abundance and (iv) whether these effects affected apple yields. If mutualistic ant-homopteran interactions can be disrupted, this would favor plant growth and open for the use of wood ants in sustainable plant management. keywords: ants; aphid; apple; control; doi; index; number; offenberg; plant; sugar; trees; varieties; wood; year cache: sociobiology-4251.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4251.txt item: #349 of 769 id: sociobiology-426 author: Hattori, Mitsuru title: Clonal composition of colonies of a eusocial aphid, Ceratovacuna japonica date: 2015-04-07 words: 2925 flesch: 54 summary: Studies investigating the clonal composition of eusocial aphid colonies have focused on the aphid generation on the primary host plant (gall generation) and showed that clone mixing occurs frequently among galls (= nest). Such clone mixing in eusocial aphid colonies has been previously reported in gall-forming social aphids (Abbot et al., 2001; Johnson et al., 2002; Wang et al., 2008), but has not yet been reported in free- living social aphids such as C. japonica. keywords: aphid; colonies; colony; eusocial; host; individuals; japonica; kin; soldiers cache: sociobiology-426.pdf plain text: sociobiology-426.txt item: #350 of 769 id: sociobiology-4264 author: García-Martínez, Miguel Angel; Vanoye-Eligio, Venancio; Leyva-Ovalle, Otto Raul; Zetina-Córdoba, Pedro; Aguilar-Méndez, Mario Josué; Mejía, Madai Rosas title: Diversity of Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in a Sub-Montane and Sub-Tropical Cityscape of Northeastern Mexico date: 2019-11-14 words: 5648 flesch: 51 summary: However, it is crucial to contribute toward current knowledge of the real influence of urbanization on ant species diversity at a local and landscape level. The presence of aggressive and dominant species in urban sites or in sites near conserved areas could interfere with the dispersal of arthropods living in the soil and adversely affect the composition of the arthropod community (Lessard & Buddle, 2005). keywords: abundance; ant; ants; areas; assemblages; cityscape; diversity; doi; mexico; richness; sampling; sites; species; sub; tamaulipas cache: sociobiology-4264.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4264.txt item: #351 of 769 id: sociobiology-4266 author: Krishnasamy, Venkateswaran; Sundaraguru, Ramakrishnan; Amala, U. title: Emerging vistas of Remote Sensing Tools in Pollination Studies date: 2019-11-14 words: 4874 flesch: 50 summary: Quantification of wildflowers in a large area using manual counts is a challenging task but is a prerequisite to develop conservation strategies for bee pollinators. Conclusion Land-use changes caused by anthropogenic factors attributing to loss of bee pollinators could be easily assessed using remote sensing tools is an unexplored area of research which would help in expansion of bee habitats. keywords: bees; ecology; ecosystem; et al; foraging; journal; landscape; pollination; pollinators; sensing; species; study; tools cache: sociobiology-4266.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4266.txt item: #352 of 769 id: sociobiology-427 author: Silva, Edypo Jacob; Camargo, Roberto da Silva; Forti, Luiz Carlos title: Flight and Digging Effort in Leaf-cutting Ant Males and Gynes date: 2015-09-30 words: 3964 flesch: 64 summary: Digging Effort This experimental set up was previously performed according to Camargo et al. (2011) and Camargo and Forti (2013 B). The digging effort significantly affects the survival of queens of Atta sexdens rubropilosa. keywords: atta; camargo; carbohydrates; digging; effort; females; flight; males; queens; sexdens cache: sociobiology-427.pdf plain text: sociobiology-427.txt item: #353 of 769 id: sociobiology-4271 author: Ramos, Vânia Maria; Leite, Rafael Gervasoni Ferreira; Almeida, Viviane Tavares de; Camargo, Roberto da Silva; Cruz, João Vitor Souza; Leão, Renato Marcos de; Prado, Matheus Venâncio; Pereira, Mariana Cristina Sousa title: Bioactivity of Asclepias curassavica, Equisetum spp. and Rosmarinus officinalis Extracts Against Leaf-Cutting Ants date: 2019-12-30 words: 6344 flesch: 53 summary: Sociobiology An international journal on social insects VM Ramos, RG Ferreira Leite, VT Almeida, RS Camargo, JV Souza Cruz, RM Leão, MV Prado, MC Sousa Pereira Article History Edited by Evandro N. Silva, UEFS, Brazil Received 26 November 2018 Initial acceptance 26 November 2019 Final acceptance 06 December 2019 Publication date 30 December 2019 Keywords Atta spp., plant extracts, botanical insecticides, alternative control. Denomination and origin of the plants used for preparation of plant extracts. keywords: ants; atta; baits; bueno; colonies; control; curassavica; cutting; equisetum; et al; extracts; fungus; hymenoptera; leaf; officinalis; plant; sexdens cache: sociobiology-4271.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4271.txt item: #354 of 769 id: sociobiology-4277 author: Guarda, Carin; Lutinski, Junir Antonio title: Glandular Secretions of Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): A Review on Extraction, Chemical Characterization and Antibiotic Potential date: 2020-04-18 words: 8555 flesch: 53 summary: Two articles found in the Biblioteca Virtual emSaúde (BVS) and three selected in the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SCIELO) were included because they directly met the criteria determined for analysis, as follows:Attygalle et al. Cammaerts & Cammaerts (1998); Dahbi & Lenoir (1998); Marsaro-Junior et al. (2001) Maceration of the gland and extraction in acetone Behavioral and antimicrobial Lahav et al. (1998); Lahav et al. (1999) Maceration of the gland and extraction in chloroform and methanol Compounds as recognition discriminators. keywords: antimicrobial; ants; articles; atta; billen; chemical; compounds; crematogaster; doi; dufour; ecology; et al; extraction; gland; hymenoptera; journal; maceration; mandibular; metapleural; secretions; species; venom cache: sociobiology-4277.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4277.txt item: #355 of 769 id: sociobiology-428 author: Ruiz, Carlos; May-Itza, William de Jesús; Quezeda-Euán, Guadalupe; De la Rua, Pilar title: Utility of the ITS1 Region for Phylogenetic Analysis in Stingless Bees: a Case Study of the Endangered Melipona yucatanica Camargo, Moure and Roubik (Hymenoptera: Meliponini). date: 2014-12-29 words: 4465 flesch: 55 summary: This species is associated with primary forest, and based on its patched distribution, various authors have suggested a recent fragmentation of M. yucatanica populations due to massive deforestation (Camargo et al. 1988; This result contrasts with the nucleotide diversity and the genetic distances (K2P) values obtained for cox1, where M. yucatanica population had similar values or slightly higher (1.8 to 2.7 times higher) than those obtained for other available species (Table 2). keywords: analysis; bees; cox1; doi; its1; melipona; populations; region; species; stingless; yucatanica cache: sociobiology-428.pdf plain text: sociobiology-428.txt item: #356 of 769 id: sociobiology-43 author: Oliveira, Danilo Elias; Carrijo, Tiago Fernandes; Brandão, Divino title: Species Composition of Termites (Isoptera) in Different Cerrado Vegetation Physiognomies date: 2013-06-17 words: 4920 flesch: 62 summary: The present study aimed to 1) compare the species composition, richness, and abundance of termites in five Cerrado physiognomies including three types of savanna (ranging from shortgrass savanna to woodland), one forest, and one pasture, all situated in the Parque Estadual da Serra de Jaraguá, Goiás, Brazil; and 2) test if there are two different groups of termite species related to the vegetation in the Cerrado biome: one in open areas (grasslands and savannas), and another in forests. In forests, a vertical gradient of termite species occurs and the xylophagous species found on the ground are only a subsample of those on the canopy (Roisin et al., 2006). keywords: brazil; cerrado; composition; encounters; forest; gallery; pasture; physiognomies; species; termites cache: sociobiology-43.pdf plain text: sociobiology-43.txt item: #357 of 769 id: sociobiology-4303 author: da Silva, Rafael Carvalho; da Silva, Amanda Prato; Assis, Diego Santana; Nascimento, Fabio Santos title: Occurrence and nesting behavior of social wasps in an anthropized environment date: 2019-08-20 words: 5051 flesch: 56 summary: Open access journal: http://periodicos.uefs.br/ojs/index.php/sociobiology ISSN: 0361-6525 DOI: 10.13102/sociobiology.v66i2.4303Sociobiology 66(2): 381-388 (June, 2019) Occurrence and nesting behavior of social wasps in an anthropized environment Introduction Urban development can be classified as one of the main reasons for local extinction rates, which, consequently, eliminates a large number of native species (Czech et al., 2000; Marzluff, 2001), or, at least, implies in the decreasing of overall diversity (Faeth et al., 2011). Thus, the present work aimed to survey the occurrence of social wasps in an anthropic area and their relationship with different types of nesting substrates. keywords: areas; brazil; doi; et al; hymenoptera; nesting; sociobiology; species; substrate; vespidae; wasps cache: sociobiology-4303.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4303.txt item: #358 of 769 id: sociobiology-4308 author: Mendonça, Angelica; Bernardi, Rafaella Caroline; Firmino, Ellen Liciane Barbosa; Andrade, Luis Humberto da Cunha; Lima, Sandro Marcio; Fernandes, Wedson Desidério; Antonialli Junior, William Fernando title: Evaluation of Inter and Intraspecific Differences in the Venom Chemical Compositions of Polybia paulista Wasps and Ectatomma brunneum Ants Using FTIR-PAS date: 2019-11-14 words: 5707 flesch: 52 summary: The squared Mahalanobis distances obtained with the infrared experimental data are listed in Table 1, confirming that the P. paulista wasps and E. brunneum ants venom chemical composition are significantly different (p < 0.001). Similar variation in venom chemical composition among species has also been reported for snakes (Daltry et al., 1996). keywords: ants; brunneum; chemical; composition; differences; doi; et al; hymenoptera; infrared; paulista; venom; venom chemical; wasps cache: sociobiology-4308.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4308.txt item: #359 of 769 id: sociobiology-4311 author: Somavilla, Alexandre; Souza, Jorge Luiz de Pereira; da Silva, Aldenira Oliveira; Keppler, Ruth Leila Ferreira title: Occurrence of Hymenoptera on pig carcasses in a tropical rainforest in Central Amazonia, Brazil date: 2019-08-20 words: 3136 flesch: 52 summary: Open access journal: http://periodicos.uefs.br/ojs/index.php/sociobiology ISSN: 0361-6525 DOI: 10.13102/sociobiology.v66i2.4311Sociobiology 66(2): 389-393 (June, 2019) Occurrence of Hymenoptera on pig carcasses in a tropical rainforest in Central Amazonia, Brazil Frequently many Hymenoptera visit carcasses in natural environments, and being potential indicators of postmortem interval (PMI), seasonality, and body movement of carcasses (Moretti et al., 2007). Two species of Formicidae and one of Apidae were reported in the succession of cadaveric entomofauna, using pig carcasses, in Buenos Aires, Argentina (Centeno et al., 2002). keywords: agelaia; apidae; carcasses; formicidae; hymenoptera; pig; stage; vespidae; wasps cache: sociobiology-4311.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4311.txt item: #360 of 769 id: sociobiology-432 author: Cottone, Carrie; Su, Nan-Yao; Scheffrahn, Rudolf; Riegel, Claudia title: Survivorship of the Formosan Subterranean Termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in a Hypoxic Environment date: 2015-04-07 words: 4127 flesch: 58 summary: Termites maintained at 10°C exhibited significantly lower mortality than termites maintained at either 21 or 32°C. Termites maintained at 32°C exhibited significantly higher mortality than termites maintained at either 10 or 21°C. keywords: colonies; flooding; formosanus; groups; mortality; orleans; termites cache: sociobiology-432.pdf plain text: sociobiology-432.txt item: #361 of 769 id: sociobiology-4331 author: Schifani, Enrico title: Exotic Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Invading Mediterranean Europe: a Brief Summary over About 200 Years of Documented Introductions date: 2019-08-20 words: 7266 flesch: 57 summary: A first regional overview is given on the dozens of exotic ant species recorded in Mediterranean Europe since the end of the 19th century. The existing published studies which contain data on exotic ant species in these areas were the main source of data for this study, particularly those which published the first records of certain taxa for a geographic area (Nylander, 1856; Emery, 1869; Korlević, 1886; Mantero, 1908; Forel, 1911; Emery, 1916; Marchal, 1917; Bondroit, 1918; Paoli, 1920; Santschi, 1925; Zimmerman, 1934; Frisque, 1935; Donisthorpe, 1950; Schmitz, 1950; Ceballos, 1956; Bernard, 1968; Espadaler, 1979; Süss, 1979; Acosta & Martinez, 1983; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987; Bolton, 1987; Ortiz & Tinaut, 1987; Kugler, 1988; Poldi et al., 1995; Collingwood & Prince, 1998; Espadaler, 1999; Bračko, 2000; Espadaler & Collingwood, 2000; Seifert, 2000; Espadaler & Espejo, 2002; Seifert, 2003; Reyes & Espadaler, 2005; Aktaç & Kiran, 2006; Galkowski, 2008; Jucker et al., 2008; Reyes-López et al., 2008; Ugelviv et al., 2008; Boieiro et al., 2009; Casevitz- Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009; Legakis, 2011; Borowiec & Salata, 2012; Obregón Romero & Reyes López, 2012; Sanchez-Garcia & Espadaler, 2015; Espadaler & Pradera, 2016; Salata et al., 2017; Blatrix et al., 2018; Espadaler et al., 2018; Schifani & Alicata, 2018). keywords: ant; ants; argentine; doi; espadaler; et al; formicidae; greece; hymenoptera; mediterranean; salata; species cache: sociobiology-4331.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4331.txt item: #362 of 769 id: sociobiology-4333 author: Wetterer, James Kelly title: Geographic Spread of Solenopsis globularia (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) date: 2019-08-20 words: 3882 flesch: 55 summary: I compiled S. globularia specimen records from >700 sites (Fig 1), and documented the earliest known S. globularia records for 59 geographic areas (countries, US states, and major West Indian islands; Tables 1-3), including the following with no published records: Anguilla, Antigua, Aruba, Barbuda, Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, Cabo Verde, Congo, Curaçao, Dominica, Martinique, Montserrat, Nevis, St Kitts, St Martin, San Andrés Island, Senegal, Tobago, and Trinidad (Tables 1-3). I expect that a perusal of unidentified Solenopsis specimens in many museums would yield more S. globularia records. keywords: ants; formicidae; globularia; islands; j.k; records; solenopsis; species; usnm; wetterer cache: sociobiology-4333.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4333.txt item: #363 of 769 id: sociobiology-4338 author: Steiner, Florian M.; Köhler, Günter; Seifert, Bernhard; Arthofer, Wolfgang; Schlick-Steiner, Birgit; Buschinger, Alfred title: A Worker-Like Female of Myrmica sabuleti (Meinert, 1861) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) in a Pitfall Trap with Five Mermithids (Nematoda: Mermithidae) Protruding from the Gaster date: 2019-11-14 words: 5809 flesch: 55 summary: However, additionally to mermithid awareness when analyzing other aspects of Myrmica ants, directed and dedicated efforts in fieldwork, experimental life-history research, and molecular- genetic analyses will be needed to reduce the dependence of mermithid research in Myrmica and ants generally on chance. Myrmica ants and their butterfly parasites with special focus on the acoustic communication. keywords: ant; ants; doi; et al; formicidae; gaster; host; hymenoptera; mermithid; myrmica; parasites; poinar; sabuleti; species cache: sociobiology-4338.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4338.txt item: #364 of 769 id: sociobiology-4345 author: Sajjad, Asif; Akram, Waseem; Ali, Sajjad; Farooqi, Muhammad Aslam; Mujtaba, Ghulam; Ali, Mudssar; Ahmad, Ammad title: Pollination of Grewia asiatica (Malvaceae) by Megachile cephalotes (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): Male vs. Female Pollination date: 2019-11-14 words: 5980 flesch: 57 summary: The maximum average fruit weight was recorded for female M. cephalotes pollinated fruits followed by open and male pollinated fruits. Our results suggest that female M. cephalotes are better pollinators of G. asiatica in terms of its reproductive success and post-harvest parameters than the males. keywords: bees; behavior; cephalotes; doi; female; foraging; frequency; fruits; harvest; males; pollen; pollination; rate; time; visitation cache: sociobiology-4345.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4345.txt item: #365 of 769 id: sociobiology-4354 author: Fernandes, Itanna Oliveira; Delabie, Jacques Hubert Charles title: A New Species of Cryptopone Emery (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae) from Brazil with Observations of this Genus and a Key for New World Species date: 2019-11-14 words: 4182 flesch: 64 summary: Although Cryptopone species are always rare and we have no natural history details about this series of specimens, the Macoupa material suggests that two species (C. guianensis and C. holmgreni) can live in sympatry. Finally, C. gilva can be easily separated from C. pauli sp. nov. keywords: ants; brazil; cryptopone; dorsal; genus; length; margin; new; nov; pauli; schmidt; species; view cache: sociobiology-4354.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4354.txt item: #366 of 769 id: sociobiology-4355 author: Chuttong, Bajaree; Buawangpong, Ninat; Burgett, Michael title: Drone Production by the Giant Honey Bee Apis dorsata F. (Hymenoptera: Apidae) date: 2019-11-14 words: 3329 flesch: 63 summary: From the same study, drone brood from colonies established from primary swarms, was 6.2% of brood production. The amount of drone comb built by an A. mellifera colony is dependent on the size of the worker bee population and the time of year (Free and Williams, 1975). keywords: bee; brood; comb; drone; honey; production; pupae; worker cache: sociobiology-4355.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4355.txt item: #367 of 769 id: sociobiology-4366 author: Neves, Erika Fernandes; Montagna, Thiago Santos; Junior, Luiz Carlos Santos; Michelutti, Kamylla Balbuena; Cardoso, Claudia Andrea Lima; Andrade, Luis Humberto Cunha; Lima, Sandro Marcio; Antonialli-Junior, William Fernando title: Effect of Larval Topical Application of Juvenile Hormone on Cuticular Chemical Composition of Mischocyttarus consimilis (Vespidae: Polistinae) Females date: 2020-09-30 words: 7094 flesch: 51 summary: Analysis of the effect of JH topical application on cuticular chemistry by Fourier Transform Infrared Photoacoustic Spectroscopy The variation in cuticular chemical compounds was accessed by the nondestructive Fourier transform infrared photoacoustic spectroscopy technique (FTIR-PAS). Analysis of the effect of JH topical application on cuticular chemistry by Gas Chromatography coupled to Mass Spectrometry To complement the analysis and evaluate the qualitative and quantitative differences caused by JH application, the same thorax samples evaluated by FTIR-PAS were also analyzed by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GC- MS). keywords: analysis; application; chemical; compounds; control; doi; et al; females; groups; hormone; instar; juvenile; larvae; polistes; wasp cache: sociobiology-4366.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4366.txt item: #368 of 769 id: sociobiology-4374 author: Hosoishi, Shingo; Rahman, Mamunur; Murakami, Takahiro; Park, Sang-Hyun; Kuboki, Yuzuru; Ogata, Kazuo title: Winter Activity of Ants in an Urban Area of Western Japan date: 2019-11-14 words: 4262 flesch: 64 summary: Overall, the bait and survey data revealed low levels of winter foraging activity of the indigenous ants of western Japan (Fig 2). This is the first detailed study on the relationship between temperature and ant activity in Japanese mainland fauna. keywords: activity; ant; ants; foraging; japan; japanese; species; study; temperature; winter cache: sociobiology-4374.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4374.txt item: #369 of 769 id: sociobiology-4376 author: Janowiecki, Mark Allan; Tripodi, Amber D; Vargo, Edward L; Szalanski, Allen L title: Colony Breeding Structure of Reticulitermes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in Northwest Arkansas date: 2019-11-14 words: 4777 flesch: 55 summary: Site R. flavipes R. hageni R. virginicus Total Lake Wedington 10 10 1 21 Lee Creek 9 9 3 21 UARK Farm 9 4 1 14 Totals 28 23 5 56 Table 1. The FIC values for extended family colonies of R. flavipes (0.055) and R. hageni (-0.082) were near zero, indicating that there were relatively high numbers of neotenics mating within the colony (~20; Thorne et al., 1999). keywords: arkansas; colony; families; family; flavipes; reticulitermes; samples; structure; vargo cache: sociobiology-4376.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4376.txt item: #370 of 769 id: sociobiology-4378 author: Bueno, Ederson Tadeu; Souza, Marcos Magalhães de; Clemente, Mateus Aparecido title: The Effect of Forest Fragmentation on Polistinae date: 2019-11-14 words: 4805 flesch: 57 summary: These insects are commonly known in Brazil as marimbondos or cabas, and belong to the Hymenoptera order, Vespidae family, which is comprised of six subfamilies grouping solitary species (Massarinae, Eumeninae, and Euparigiinae) and social species (Stenogastrinae, Vespinae, and Polistinae) (Carpenter & Marques, 2001). Biology and conservation of forest fragments in the Brazilian Atlantic moist forest. keywords: -/00/00; -/00/00 -/00/00; doi; forest; fragment; fragmentation; souza; species; wasps cache: sociobiology-4378.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4378.txt item: #371 of 769 id: sociobiology-4381 author: Zhao, Hongxia; Yang, Sa; Liu, Jiali; Huang, Wenzhong; Ji, Conghui; Ren, Qin; Xia, Xiaoshan; Hou, Chunsheng title: First detection of small hive beetle Aethina tumida Murray (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) infesting eastern honeybee, Apis cerana Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Apidae), in China date: 2020-04-18 words: 1083 flesch: 60 summary: Then, we collected SHB samples from three apiaries with similar symptoms to further confirm SHB infected A. cerana Abstract We report the infestation of small hive beetle, Aethina tumida, in a honeybee, Apis cerana, in South China. Any possible SHB including larvae and adults 1 - Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Guangdong Institute of Applied Biological Resources, Guangdong Academy of Science, Guangzhou, China 2 - Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China 3 - South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China 4 - Chongqing Academy of Animal Science, Chongqing, China First detection of small hive beetle Aethina tumida Murray (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) infesting eastern honeybee, Apis cerana Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Apidae), in China SHORT NOTE Sociobiology 67(1): 126-128 (March, 2020) 127 were collected and brought to our laboratory for taxonomic and molecular identification. keywords: beetle; cerana; china; hive; shb cache: sociobiology-4381.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4381.txt item: #372 of 769 id: sociobiology-4384 author: Soro, Angele Nicodenin; Lapuente, Juan; Kone, Abduoulaye Ngolo; Yeo, Kolo; Konate, Souleymane title: Patterns of Diversity and Distribution of Arboreal Social Bees’ Beehives within Chimpanzees’ Home Range in a Forest-Savanna Mosaic (Comoé National Park, Côte d’Ivoire) date: 2019-11-14 words: 7853 flesch: 58 summary: However, a lack of information was identified on (i) the diversity of bee species exploited by these chimpanzee populations, (ii) the density of beehives within the chimpanzees’ habitats and (iii) the plant species on which these beehives are established. The reference collection of bee species of Central Côte d’Ivoire collected in the Lamto Scientific Reserve was also used during this work. keywords: bee species; beehives; bees; chimpanzees; dbh; ferruginea; forest; gribodoi; habitats; honey; island; meliponula; plant; species; stingless; trees cache: sociobiology-4384.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4384.txt item: #373 of 769 id: sociobiology-4408 author: Yang, Huipeng; Sun, Jia; Tang, Peng; Ma, Changsheng; Luo, Shudong; Wu, Jie title: The Ratio of Sunflower Pollens Foraged by Apis mellifera Is More Than That of Apis cerana Does During Sunflower Blooming date: 2020-06-30 words: 2806 flesch: 59 summary: These results suggest that sunflower pollens are not the prior choice for both honey bee species, while the ratio of sunflower pollens foraged by Apis mellifera is more than that of Apis cerana does. Nevertheless, the ratio of sunflower pollens in A. mellifera was no more than forty percent, and which was no more than twenty percent in A. cerana (Fig 4A). keywords: bees; cerana; foraging; honey; mellifera; pollen; sunflower cache: sociobiology-4408.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4408.txt item: #374 of 769 id: sociobiology-443 author: Pikart, Tiago Georg; Lemes, Pedro Guilherme; Morais, Wagner Calixto de Castro; Zanuncio, José Cola; Della Lucia, Terezinha Maria Castro title: Recognition and Aggression of conspecific and heterospecific worker in Acromyrmex subterraneus subterraneus (Forel) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) date: 2015-04-07 words: 3314 flesch: 43 summary: The social parasite A. ameliae occurs only in nests of A. subterraneus subterraneus and A. subterraneus brunneus in another region of Minas Gerais State, at about 300 km from Viçosa. Workers of other species were placed in contact with those of A. subterraneus subterraneus for three minutes and during this period the behavioral interactions were quantified. keywords: acromyrmex; ants; hymenoptera; recognition; social; subterraneus; subterraneus subterraneus; workers cache: sociobiology-443.pdf plain text: sociobiology-443.txt item: #375 of 769 id: sociobiology-4431 author: Mendonça, Cindy Anne Ferreira; Pesquero, Marcos Antônio; Carvalho, Rosalinda dos Santos Damasceno; Arruda, Filipe Viegas de title: Myrmecophily and Myrmecophagy of Attacobius lavape (Araneae: Corinnidae) on Solenopsis saevissima (Hymenoptera: Myrmicinae) date: 2019-12-30 words: 3952 flesch: 58 summary: Hosting Plasticity From the 11 adult spiders that were introduced in each of the two trays containing S. saevissima colonies (n = 22), 13 were accepted within 30 min of observation and 9 were not accepted (χ2 = 0.73, p = 0.39). Frequency of behaviors exhibited by Attacobius lavape inside fire ant colonies Solenopsis saevissima and Solenopsis invicta in laboratory. keywords: ant; ants; attacobius; colonies; colony; doi; lavape; saevissima; species; spider cache: sociobiology-4431.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4431.txt item: #376 of 769 id: sociobiology-4432 author: Rosa, Felipe Lima; Barbosa, Artur Bruno da Silva; Rodrigues, Tigressa Helena Soares; Zocolo, Guilherme Julião; Freitas, Breno Magalhães title: Chemical Characterisation of the Floral Oil of the Murici (Byrsonima sericea): Discovering the Constituents Used in Reproduction by Oil-Collecting Bees date: 2020-04-18 words: 6340 flesch: 58 summary: As such, awareness of the chemical composition of floral oils, an essential resource for nesting and brood feeding in oil-collecting bees, can allow measures to be taken for conserving bee species of this group by adopting practices that favour the presence of plant species that produces the specific oils they prefer, as well as developing techniques for agricultural pollination which employ the bees. Among the species with potential use for agricultural pollination in the Neotropics, a peculiar small group has specialised in collecting floral oil. keywords: acid; bees; byrsonima; chemical; compounds; doi; et al; floral; freitas; oil; oils; plant; pollination; species cache: sociobiology-4432.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4432.txt item: #377 of 769 id: sociobiology-4437 author: Mora-Rubio, Carlos; Pérez-Bote, José Luis; Muriel, Jaime title: Nest Association between Camponotus fallax (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and Vespa crabro (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in Central Iberian Peninsula date: 2019-11-14 words: 2379 flesch: 58 summary: Poor odors, strength, and persistence give their rewards to Mutillaeuropaea visiting dangerous wasp nests. nests (e.g.Turillazzi & Ugolini, 1979; Rusina, 2011; Kozyra & Baraniak, 2016; Pérez-Bote & Mora-Rubio, 2018). keywords: ants; association; doi; fallax; hornets; hymenoptera; nest cache: sociobiology-4437.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4437.txt item: #378 of 769 id: sociobiology-4438 author: Kafle, Lekhnath; Neupane, Anil Chandra; Wang, Yu-Min; Gangai, Samantha Rose title: Development of New Boric Acid Gel Baits for Use on Invasive Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) date: 2020-04-18 words: 4872 flesch: 65 summary: Boric acid bait Fipronil bait Lab bait F3 Lab bait M3 Control 6 HAT 2.62±1.02a 5.96±2.57a 0±0a 3.33±3.33a 2.50±1.60a 12 HAT 12.82±4.40a 26.94±5.51a 0.81±0.81a 25.61±15.48a 2.50±1.60a 24 HAT Boric acid bait Fipronil bait Lab bait F3 Lab bait M3 Control 6 HAT keywords: acid; ants; baits; chinensis; fipronil; gracilipes; hat; lab; lab bait cache: sociobiology-4438.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4438.txt item: #379 of 769 id: sociobiology-445 author: Souza, Marcos Magalhaes; Pires, Epifânio Porfiro; Silva-Filho, Reinildes; Ladeira, Tassio Emilio title: Community of social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in areas of Semideciduous Seasonal Montane Forest date: 2015-12-31 words: 4079 flesch: 58 summary: In spite of the ecological importance of social wasps, a few species are potentially endangered of extinction, particularly in consequence of the human action by the destruction of the colonies, indiscriminate use of insecticides (Prezoto, 1999; Souza et al., 2012), in addition to the fragmentation and replacement of continuous forest areas, which has brought about the decrease of the nesting sites and food sources (Souza et al., 2010; Souza et al., 2014). The record of new species of the genus Mischocyttarus is due to the sum of factors, such as the tiny size of their nests with few individuals, in addition to the fact forming the largest group of social wasps, with 245 species of nine subgenera, which added to the regions little investigated as areas of forest on the mountain tops in Minas Gerais, increases the chance of unprecedented records (Cooper, 1998; Silveira, 2008; Souza et al., 2012; Souza et al., 2015). keywords: areas; brazil; estadual; et al; forest; gerais; hymenoptera; minas; souza; souza et; species; vespidae; wasps cache: sociobiology-445.pdf plain text: sociobiology-445.txt item: #380 of 769 id: sociobiology-4477 author: Gaem, Paulo Henrique; Farroñay, Francisco; Santos, Talitha Ferreira; Cabello, Nicolli Bruna; Mazine, Fiorella Fernanda; Vicentini, Alberto title: First Record of Myrcia magna D.Legrand (Myrtaceae) as a Myrmecophyte Host for Myrcidris epicharis Ward, 1990 (Formicidae: Pseudomyrmecinae) date: 2019-12-30 words: 2091 flesch: 55 summary: Myrcia magna is distinguished from Myrcia madida by its inflorescences with opposite to alternate branching, flowers with glabrous floral disc and rounded fruits (vs. inflorescence branching exclusively opposite, floral disc distinctively pilose and ellipsoid fruits in Myrcia madida). Myrcia Abstract The association of the ant Myrcidris epicharis with the plant Myrcia magna is reported for the first time. keywords: epicharis; inpa; magna; myrcia; myrcidris; plant cache: sociobiology-4477.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4477.txt item: #381 of 769 id: sociobiology-4478 author: Gomes, Bruno; Lima, Caio Souza; da Silva, Marjorie; Noll, Fernando Barbosa title: High Number of Species of Social Wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae) Attests the Great Biodiversity of Western Amazon: a Survey from Rondônia, Brazil. date: 2020-04-18 words: 5674 flesch: 60 summary: http://periodicos.uefs.br/ojs/index.php/sociobiology ISSN: 0361-6525 Introduction The Neotropical region has a rich fauna of social insects, as well as a great diversity of social wasps (Vespidae, Polistinae) (Richards, 1978; Carpenter & Marques, 2001; Noll, 2013). Abstract 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. keywords: agelaia; amazon; areas; brazil; doi; et al; hymenoptera; number; polistinae; polybia; rondônia; silveira; species; state; vespidae; wasps cache: sociobiology-4478.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4478.txt item: #382 of 769 id: sociobiology-4481 author: Xiao, Chun Xia; Tan, Yu Ting; Wang, Fei Feng; Wu, Qian Hua; Qin, De Qiang; Zhang, Zhi Xiang title: The Fumigating Activity of Litsea cubeba oil and Citral on Solenopsis invicta date: 2020-04-18 words: 4094 flesch: 63 summary: Although chemical insecticides can achieve good control effect in a short time, they also bring a series of problems, such as environmental Abstract This paper studied the fumigating activity of Litsea cubeba oil and citral on Solenopsis invicta, identified and analyzed the chemical constituents and volatile components of L. cubeba oil via solid-phase microextraction which were then identified via gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. According to the experimental results, L. cubeba oil and citral had good fumigating activity on workers, and also had significant inhibition on the walking ability and climbing ability of workers. keywords: ability; china; citral; cubeba; cubeba oil; doi; essential; min; oil; workers cache: sociobiology-4481.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4481.txt item: #383 of 769 id: sociobiology-45 author: Xie, Yongjian; Du, Qin; Huang, Qiuying; Lei, Chaoliang title: Evaluation of formic acid toxicity to subterranean termite, Reticulitermes chinensis Snyder date: 2013-12-30 words: 4389 flesch: 66 summary: Open access journal: http://periodicos.uefs.br/ojs/index.php/sociobiology ISSN: 0361-6525 DOI: 10.13102/sociobiology.v60i4.453-458Sociobiology 60(4): 453-458 (2013) Evaluation of formic acid toxicity to subterranean termite, Reticulitermes chinensis Snyder YJ Xie, Q Du, QY Huang, CL Lei Introduction Formic acid is the simplest organic acid, present in many organisms. In animal, formic acid is the major component of ants from the subfamily Formicinae. keywords: acid; alates; formic; ml-1; termite; toxicity; w w; workers cache: sociobiology-45.pdf plain text: sociobiology-45.txt item: #384 of 769 id: sociobiology-4503 author: Shakeel, Muhammad; Ali, Hussain; Ahmad, Sajjad title: Comparison of Hygienic Behavior of Exotic Honey Bee Apis mellifera L. and Indigenous Honey Bee Apis cerana of Pakistan date: 2020-04-18 words: 3230 flesch: 56 summary: M Shakeel, H Ali, S Ahmad – Comparison of bees hygienic behavior 76 Pin Killed Brood Assays The results in Fig 3 shows the comparison of hygienic behavior level between A. mellifera and A. cerana in spring season by pin kill brood assay method. 2 3 1 4 Fig B. Pin killing of broods in the selected area 1 and 2 Apis mellifera, 3 and 4 Apiscerana M Shakeel, H Ali, S Ahmad – Comparison of bees hygienic behavior 78 Acknowledgments Thanks to the reviewers for their valuable comments on the manuscript. keywords: bees; behavior; brood; cerana; honey; hygienic; mellifera; species cache: sociobiology-4503.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4503.txt item: #385 of 769 id: sociobiology-4504 author: Fernandes, Tae Tanaami; Souza-Campana, Débora Rodrigues; Silva, Nathalia Sampaio; Silva, Otávio Morais; Morini, Maria Santina de Castro title: Occurrence of Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in both Leaf Litter and Twigs in Atlantic Forest date: 2020-06-30 words: 5650 flesch: 55 summary: We used Berlese funnels to collect leaf litter ants and manual collection for twig ants. (2010), the fact that most twigs are not colonized, despite the diversity of leaf litter ants (Silva & Brandão, 2010), is probably not related to the availability of this nesting resource. keywords: ants; colony; doi; forest; leaf; leaf litter; litter; monogyny; polydomy; polygyny; satellite; silva; species; structure; twigs cache: sociobiology-4504.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4504.txt item: #386 of 769 id: sociobiology-4517 author: Zheng, Qun; Yang, Liu-Peng; Lin, Su-Kun; Ma, Qian-Li; Qin, De-Qiang; Zhang, Zhi-Xiang title: Insecticidal Activity of the Leaf and Stem Water Extract of Gelsemium elegans against Solenopsis invicta date: 2020-06-30 words: 4202 flesch: 60 summary: Red imported fire ants are extremely toxic, and when the human body is smashed by red imported fire ants, it has pain like a fire, and then there will be blisters like burns. G. elegans might be a good natural plant resource to control red imported fire ant. Sociobiology An international journal on social insects Q Zheng, LP Yang, SK Lin, QL Ma, DQ Qin, ZX Zhang Article History Edited by Evandro Nascimento Silva, UEFS, Brazil Received 30 May 2019 Initial acceptance 22 January 2020 Final acceptance 22 June 2020 Publication date 30 June 2020 Keywords Gelsemium elegans Benth, koumine, worker ant, bioactivity. keywords: ants; elegans; extract; fire; koumine; leaf; stem; worker; worker ants cache: sociobiology-4517.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4517.txt item: #387 of 769 id: sociobiology-453 author: Báthori, Ferenc; Pfliegler, Walter P; Tartally, András title: First records of the myrmecophilous fungus Laboulbenia camponoti Batra (Ascomycetes: Laboulbeniales) from Austria and Romania date: 2014-09-30 words: 1782 flesch: 55 summary: Finding L. camponoti for a new region may call the attention of myrmecologists and mycologists to check Camponotus specimens more intensively for the presence of this small and understudied fungus. Materials and Methods To reveal the presence of L. camponoti, all the specimens of Camponotus aethiops (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (workers, males, and queens) in the Hymenoptera Collection of the Hun- garian Natural History Museum were examined under an Olym- pus SZX9 stereomicroscope at magnifications of 12.6x-114x. keywords: camponoti; espadaler; fungus; santamaria; species cache: sociobiology-453.pdf plain text: sociobiology-453.txt item: #388 of 769 id: sociobiology-454 author: Pereira-Bomfim, Maria da Graça Cardoso; Antonialli-Junior, William Fernando; Acosta-Avalos, Daniel title: Effect of Magnetic Field on the Foraging Rhythm and Behavior of the Swarm-founding Paper Wasp Polybia paulista Ihering (hymenoptera: vespidae) date: 2015-04-07 words: 4410 flesch: 55 summary: These results show for the first time that Polybia paulista wasps are sensitive to magnetic fields, including it in the list of animal models to study magnetoreception and magnetic sensitivity. Honeybees Apis mellifera are highly sensitive to magnetic fields (Kirschvink et al., 1997; Walker & Bitterman, 1989). keywords: behavior; doi; field; flights; foraging; magnet; nest; polybia; session; wasps cache: sociobiology-454.pdf plain text: sociobiology-454.txt item: #389 of 769 id: sociobiology-4552 author: Oliveira de Menezes, Andressa Silvana; Schmidt, Fernando Augusto title: Mechanisms of species coexistence and functional diversity of ant assemblages in forest and pasture habitats in southwestern Brazilian Amazon date: 2020-04-18 words: 5483 flesch: 51 summary: However, the high number of ant species at the local scale (e.g., 86 species in 0.13 ha in northwestern Australia and 30 species in 1 m2 of leaf litter in Atlantic Forest, Brazil) (Andersen, 1983; Silva & Brandão, 2010) has led ant ecologists to question the role of interspecific competition in ant species coexistence and propose alternative mechanisms for community ant assemblages (Ribas & Schoereder, 2002; Cerdá et al., 2013). Thus, ant species could overcome the negative effects of interspecific competition. keywords: ant; ants; assemblages; coexistence; diversity; doi; et al; forest; habitat; niche; overlap; pasture; relationship; richness; species cache: sociobiology-4552.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4552.txt item: #390 of 769 id: sociobiology-456 author: Queiroz, Jarbas M title: The influence of environmental complexity on the worker morphometry of ant assemblages date: 2015-04-07 words: 2743 flesch: 57 summary: We did not find significant differences in body size and allometry of ant assemblage among vegetation types. Results Head width (HW) explained a significant part of the variation observed in the femur length/head width ratio for both the total set of species (R2 = 0.1027; p = 0.003; Figure 1) and for each of vegetation type separately (shrubby, R2 = 0.102; p Fig 1. keywords: ant; ants; body; size; vegetation cache: sociobiology-456.pdf plain text: sociobiology-456.txt item: #391 of 769 id: sociobiology-4562 author: da Silva, Rafael Carvalho; Assis, Diego Santana; de Souza, André Rodrigues; Nascimento, Fabio Santos; Giannotti, Edilberto title: Notes on Brood Morphology and the Development of the Neotropical Eusocial Wasp Mischocyttarus cerberus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae) date: 2020-06-30 words: 4853 flesch: 56 summary: Aspectos do desenvolvimento e do comportamento de Mischocyttarus (Kappa) atramentarius Zikán, 1949 (Hymenoptera - Vespidae). Biologia de Mischocyttarus (Monocyttarus) extinctus Zikán, 1935 (Polistinae, Vespidae). keywords: cerberus; giannotti; hymenoptera; instar; larvae; mischocyttarus; pupae; stages; vespidae cache: sociobiology-4562.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4562.txt item: #392 of 769 id: sociobiology-4581 author: Schorn de Souza, Marta Helena; Figueiredo, Jessica Dasayane Santos; Cunha, Jaquison Corrêa da; Pains, Sandro de Oliveira; Brito, Mariana Teodoro de; Labaig, Félix Antenor; Garófalo, Carlos Alberto; Anjos-Silva, Evandson José dos title: Range Expansion of the Cleptoparasitic Orchid Bee Aglae caerulea in the Pantanal of Mato Grosso, Brazil date: 2020-12-28 words: 3003 flesch: 65 summary: Sociobiology 67(4): 599-603 (December, 2020) 601 the Cuiabá river and tributaries in the Pantanal of Barão de Melgaço, less than 30 km from the flooded plain, (4) by the presence of its hostess species Eulaema nigrita Lepeletier, 1846, considered abundant when compared to other occurrence data for hostess and their parasites in studied orchid bee assemblages (Williams & Dodson, 1972; Otero & Sandino, 2003; Anjos-Silva et al., 2006; Hentrich et al., 2007; Abrahamczyk et al., 2011; Silva et al., 2013; Santos Junior et al., 2014; Figueiredo et al., 2015; Martins et al., 2016, Anjos-Silva et al., 2019a,b). Reports of this species for the Pantanal, therefore, may be influenced by (1) vegetation types and microclimates similar to Amazon and Atlantic Forests (Oliveira-Filho & Ratter, 1995; Sobral-Souza et al., 2015), (2) the formation of ecological corridors of gallery forests throughout the São Vicente Range region, situated in the same complex of parallel mountain ranges that also reaches the Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Guimarães, the location of the first record of this species for the Cerrado domain (Anjos- Silva et al., 2006), (3) the proximity to the flooded areas by Fig 1. keywords: aglae; anjos; caerulea; doi; et al; forest; pantanal; silva; species cache: sociobiology-4581.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4581.txt item: #393 of 769 id: sociobiology-4594 author: Telles, Daniele Maria; Martineli, Gabriel Moreno; Scaloppi, Maurice Fabian; Luz, Marina Pagliai Ferreira; Kadri, Samir Moura; Orsi, Ricardo de Oliveira title: Natural Products can Efficiently Control the Greater Wax Moth (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), but are Harmless to Honey Bees date: 2020-04-18 words: 3671 flesch: 57 summary: Therefore, the aimsof this research were to evaluate the effects of neem oil, eucalyptus oil, malagueta pepper extract, and tobacco extract on greater wax moths; their toxicity to adult bees; and their effect on colony population growth. The tobacco and pepper extracts efficiently controlled the moth, but did not cause adult bee mortality or interfered with the population growth of the colonies. keywords: bees; concentrations; control; eucalyptus; extract; mortality; moth; neem; oil; products; tobacco; wax cache: sociobiology-4594.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4594.txt item: #394 of 769 id: sociobiology-4596 author: Véle, Adam; Modlinger, Roman title: Body Size of Wood Ant Workers Affects their Work Division date: 2019-12-30 words: 2300 flesch: 61 summary: Measured parts of the bodies of Formica polyctena workers: a) mandible width, b) head and pronotum width, c) femur length, d) eye length. Fig 2. Overview of measured dimensions (head, pronotum and mandible width, femur and eye length) of Formica polyctena workers in dependence on their work division (tuna – workers gathering protein food, honey - workers collecting honeydew, nest – workers at the upper parts of nests). keywords: ant; ants; doi; formica; nest; wood; workers cache: sociobiology-4596.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4596.txt item: #395 of 769 id: sociobiology-4597 author: Souza, Marcos Magalhães de; Teofilo-Guedes, Gabriel Silva; Milani, Lucas Rocha; de Souza, Alex Sandro Barbosa; Gomes, Patrícia Pereira title: Social Wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest date: 2020-04-18 words: 8499 flesch: 63 summary: Abstract This study was developed aiming to compile data concerning the occurrence and distribution of social wasp species from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, as well as recording exclusive and rare species. 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mischocyttarus souzalopesi Zikán, 1949 +/* 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mischocyttarus tomentosus Zikán, 1935 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Mischocyttarus travassosi Zikán, 1949 +/* 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mischocyttarus tricolor Richards, 1945 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mischocyttarus wagneri (Du Buysson, 1908) 0 keywords: atlantic; brazil; doi; et al; forest; gerais; hymenoptera; minas; mischocyttarus; polistes; polybia; richards; rio; souza; species; sul; são; vespidae; wasps; zikán cache: sociobiology-4597.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4597.txt item: #396 of 769 id: sociobiology-4598 author: Schoeninger, Karine; Somavilla, Alexandre; Kohler, Andreas title: Occurrence of social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in farming of organic tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) in south of Brazil date: 2020-04-18 words: 3810 flesch: 52 summary: This information is relevant for the insertion of social wasps with potential agents in the biological control of tobacco pests. According to Prezoto et al. (2008), social wasps capture adult and/or immature insects to feed their offspring. keywords: brazil; cruz; polistes; polybia; santa; species; sul; tobacco; vespidae; wasps cache: sociobiology-4598.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4598.txt item: #397 of 769 id: sociobiology-460 author: Tian, Yong-Qing; Cheng, Dong-Mei; Zhang, Zhi-Xiang title: Bioactivity of Cicuta virosa L. var. latisecta Celak. (Umbelliferae: Cicutal) against Red Imported Fire Ant under Laboratory and Field Conditions date: 2015-09-30 words: 3243 flesch: 56 summary: against red imported fire ants (Solenopsis invicta Buren) under field and laboratory conditions. The activities of other insecticides, such as bifenthrin, chlorfenapyr, and thiamethoxam were also evaluated against red imported fire ants (Wiltz et al., 2010). keywords: ants; control; extract; fire; isoimperatorin; latisecta; methanol; var; virosa cache: sociobiology-460.pdf plain text: sociobiology-460.txt item: #398 of 769 id: sociobiology-4601 author: Somavilla, Alexandre; Andena, Sérgio Ricardo title: A New Species of the Swarming Social Wasp Chartergellus Bequaert, 1938 (Vespidae: Polistinae: Epiponini) from Acre, Brazil date: 2019-12-30 words: 2173 flesch: 52 summary: In C. flavoscutellatus the mandible is little raised not forming a rimas in C. afoveatus C. atectus, C. jeannei, C. nigerrimus, C. trinitatis, and C. zucchii. However, in C. zonatus the clypeus is separated from the eyes vs clypeus touching the eyes in C. flavoscutellatus (Fig 1C), C. afoveatus, C. amazonicus, C. atectus, C. golfitensis, C. punctatior, and C. trinitatis, although, as pointed out by Cooper (1993) and Mateus et al. keywords: chartergellus; new; pubescence; species; yellow cache: sociobiology-4601.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4601.txt item: #399 of 769 id: sociobiology-4610 author: Gonçalves, Rodrigo Barbosa; Faria, Luiz Roberto Ribeiro title: In euglossine we trust as ecological indicators: a reply to Añino et al. (2019) date: 2021-02-22 words: 6468 flesch: 53 summary: All these examples have shown that even with their great potential to exploit resources due high fight capacity (Pokorny et al., 2015), orchid bees species are able to respond to alterations in habitats. Despite agreeing with some points raised by them, we present an alternative view for the use of orchid bees as indicators. keywords: apidae; bees; doi; et al; euglossa; euglossini; forest; group; hymenoptera; indicators; nemésio; orchid; orchid bees; species; use cache: sociobiology-4610.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4610.txt item: #400 of 769 id: sociobiology-4614 author: Santos, Claudia Oliveira; Cardoso Peixoto, Paulo Enrique; Lima Aguiar, Cândida Maria title: Cavity Length Affects the Occupation of Trap-Nests by Centris analis and Tetrapedia diversipes (Hymenoptera: Apidae) date: 2020-06-30 words: 5556 flesch: 58 summary: For T. diversipes only data collected in DHU and for traps nests with 10, 15 and 20 cm were analyzed, given the low trap-nest occupation recorded in DMQ and for nests with 5 cm. This model considered the number of brood cells in each trap-nest as the response variable and trap- nest length as explanatory variable. keywords: analis; cells; nesting; nests; number; site; species; trap cache: sociobiology-4614.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4614.txt item: #401 of 769 id: sociobiology-4617 author: Souza, Rogério Ribeiro de; Pimentel, Alyne Daniele Alves; Nogueira, Lizandra Ludgerio; Abreu, Vanessa Holanda Righetti de; Novais, Jaílson Santos de title: Resources Collected by two Melipona Illiger, 1806 (Apidae: Meliponini) Species Based on Pollen Spectrum of Honeys from the Amazon Basin date: 2020-06-30 words: 6618 flesch: 58 summary: The sharing of pollen types between both bee species revealed a high similarity in preference for certain resources. The amplitude of the trophic niche in the honey samples was calculated using the diversity index (H’) of Shannon-Weaver (1949), which is based on the proportion of pollen types found in the monthly samples, according to the formula H’= − Σ (pi x ln pi), where H’ is the diversity index, pi is the proportion of each pollen type found in the monthly samples, and ln is the natural logarithm. keywords: absy; amazon; bees; honey; interrupta; melipona; pernigra; pollen; pollen types; samples; seminigra; species; types cache: sociobiology-4617.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4617.txt item: #402 of 769 id: sociobiology-463 author: Rech-Cainelli, Vania; Monteiro de Barros, Neiva; Garcia-Gianni, Steffani; Sbeghen-Loss, Ana Carolina; Heinzen, Horacio; Ruiz Díaz, Alejandro; Migues, Ignacio; Specht, Alexandre; Cesio, María Verónica title: Antifeedant and Repellent Effects of Neotropical Solanum Extracts on Drywood Termites, (Cryptotermes brevis Walker, Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) date: 2015-04-07 words: 4227 flesch: 53 summary: Glandular trichomes from S. berthaultii have been used as morphological Abstract Antifeedant and repellent effects of two different extracts from native Solanum species, S. bistellatum and S. sisymbrifolium on Cryptotermes brevis were evaluated. The antifeedant effect of dichloromethane extract from S. sisymbrifolium at the concentration of 25mg/mL reached 100%, while the repellent action of the dichloromethane extracts and the dichloromethane-acetone extract for sugar esters (enriched fraction of sugar esters) at 1mg/mL was greater than 90%. keywords: bistellatum; compounds; dichloromethane; esters; extract; sisymbrifolium; solanum; sugar; termites cache: sociobiology-463.pdf plain text: sociobiology-463.txt item: #403 of 769 id: sociobiology-4675 author: Carneiro, Lazaro; Aguiar, Cândida Maria Lima; Aguiar, Willian Moura; Aniceto, Elon Souza; Nunes, Lorena Andrade; Ferreira, Vinina Silva title: Morphometric Variability among Populations of Euglossa cordata (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) from Different Phytophysiognomies date: 2019-12-30 words: 3914 flesch: 51 summary: The higher dissimilarity of E. cordata wing shape was observed between the populations sampled in caatinga (ARC) and savanna (SAV), although both are phytophysiognomies with open and shrub vegetation. In insects, size variations are related to quality and quantity of resources provided in larval stage (Peruquetti, 2003; Campos et al., 2018). keywords: cordata; doi; et al; euglossa; forest; hymenoptera; populations; sav; shape; size; wing cache: sociobiology-4675.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4675.txt item: #404 of 769 id: sociobiology-4679 author: Frizzi, Filippo; Sudano, Katia; Santini, Giacomo title: Effect of Starvation on the Feeding Activity Toward Sugary Food in the Ant Tapinoma nigerrimum (Nylander, 1856) date: 2019-12-30 words: 5227 flesch: 59 summary: To do this, we performed individual tests with four groups of fed (10 ants per group) and four groups of starved ants (four days of fasting). First, the acceptance rate by starved ants was not as high as we expected, as they did not exceed 0.5 even in long starved ants on the most concentrated solutions. keywords: acceptance; ants; doi; food; starvation cache: sociobiology-4679.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4679.txt item: #405 of 769 id: sociobiology-470 author: Modanesi, Melina Stoian; Kadri, Samir Moura; Ribolla, Paulo Paulo Eduardo Martins; Alonso, Diego; Orsi, Ricardo de Oliveira title: Period and Time of Harvest Affects the Apitoxin Production in Apis mellifera Lineu (Hymenoptera, Apidae) Bees and Expression of Defensin Stress Related Gene date: 2015-04-07 words: 2878 flesch: 52 summary: In control worker bees was observed that treatment using 60 minutes in the afternoon (T4) showed significant difference between others treatments. It can be concluded that the better period and time to apitoxin harvest is in the morning for 60 minutes, associated to minor stress for honeybees. keywords: apitoxin; bees; control; gene; harvest; minutes; morning; production; time; treatment cache: sociobiology-470.pdf plain text: sociobiology-470.txt item: #406 of 769 id: sociobiology-4727 author: Pena, João Carlos de Castro; Luna, Pedro; Aoki-Gonçalves, Felipe; Jacobo, María Fernanda Chávez; PATIÑO, TAMARA MARTÍNEZ; MORALES, KASSANDRA SÁNCHEZ; VÁZQUEZ, MIGUELINA VIVER; GARCÍA-CHÁVEZ, JUAN HECTOR; DÁTTILO, WESLEY title: I Can See You: Temporal Variation in Ant Aggressiveness Towards Herbivores under Continuous Provision of High- or Low-quality Food Sources date: 2020-04-18 words: 5304 flesch: 52 summary: We predicted that, since the abundance of ants and their aggression increases in plants with higher quality nectar (Anjos et al., 2017; Flores-Flores et al., 2018) and during the day ants can visually detect potential herbivores (Yilmaz et al., 2014; Leles et al., 2017), we hypothesised we would observe the highest frequency of attacks on dummy caterpillars in trees with a higher quality food source during the day. However, the high-quality food source contained honeybee nectar (i.e. fructose), rich in carbohydrates and amino acids as well as water, making it a better food resource and increasing its attractiveness to ants and, thus, the aggressiveness of ants against potential invaders (Grover et al., 2007; Anjos et al., 2017; Flores-Flores et al., 2018). keywords: ants; caterpillars; day; doi; dummy; et al; food; herbivores; nectaries; night; plant; potential; quality; source cache: sociobiology-4727.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4727.txt item: #407 of 769 id: sociobiology-4759 author: Gomes, Angela Maria S.; Silva, Cláudia Inês da; Cavalcante, Arianne Moreira; Rocha, Epifânia Emanuela M.; Freitas, Breno Magalhães title: Bionomy and Nesting Behavior of the Bee Epanthidium tigrinum (Schrottky, 1905) (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in Trap-Nests date: 2020-06-30 words: 5988 flesch: 57 summary: Competition with other bee species for nesting sites and the robbery of nesting resources by other bees have been observed as the cause of a small number of nests during this period. The lower ratio of females’ production in comparison with males have also been reported for other bee species such as Megachile (Moureapis) benigna studied by Teixeira et al. (2011) and Megachile (Pseudocentron) gomphrenoides (Torretta et al., 2012). keywords: anthidiini; bees; behavior; cells; doi; epanthidium; hymenoptera; megachilidae; nesting; nests; pollen; resin; species; tigrinum; trap cache: sociobiology-4759.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4759.txt item: #408 of 769 id: sociobiology-4834 author: Silva-Filho, Reinildes; Brügger, Bruno Pandelo; Zanúncio, José Cola; Cassino, Paulo César R. title: Social Wasps in Exotic Forest Planting and Atlantic Rainforest in the Neotropical Region date: 2020-06-30 words: 2631 flesch: 57 summary: Five species of social wasps were found: Agelaia myrmecophila (Ducke), Mischocyttarus punctatus (Ducke), Polistes carnifex (Fabricius), Polybia liliacea (Fabricius), and Polybia striata (Fabricius), with higher numbers in the eucalypt monoculture than in the Atlantic rainforest, suggesting no negative impact of the monoculture on the population of that natural enemies. The collection and identification of social wasps in a given region provide information for studies on the ecology of these organisms and their interactions with the environment (Silveira et al., 2002). keywords: atlantic; brazil; doi; et al; eucalyptus; forest; species; wasps cache: sociobiology-4834.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4834.txt item: #409 of 769 id: sociobiology-4837 author: Montagnana, Paula Carolina; Campos, Maria José de Oliveira title: Ruderal Plants Providing Bees Diversity on Rural Properties date: 2020-09-30 words: 6976 flesch: 56 summary: Species Plants Abundance/ Rural Property Crop Ruderal S1 S2 S3 ANDRENIDAE OXAEINI Oxaea flavescens Klug, 1807 X 1 Oxaea sp X 6 PANURGINAE PROTANDRENINI Anthrenoides meridionalis (Schrottky, 1906) X X 9 1 Anthrenoides jordanensis Urban, 2007 X 1 Cephalurgus anomalus Moure & Lucas de Oliveira, 1962 X 3 Psaenythia bergii Holmberg, 1884 X X 1 1 2 Psaenythia sp X 3 Rophitulus sp X 1 APIDAE APINAE APINI Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758 X X 42 18 10 BOMBINI Bombus (Fervidobombus) brasiliensis Lepeletier, 1836 X 1 1 Bombus (Fervidobombus) morio (Swederus, 1787) X X 40 10 5 Bombus (Fervidobombus) pauloensis Friese, 1913 X X 66 65 30 EMPHORINI Melitoma segmentaria (Fabricius, 1804) X Trigona hyalinata (Lepeletier, 1836) X Trigona spinipes (Fabricius, 1793) X X Kabocha Squash (Cucurbita maxima Duchesne) Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758 X Bombus (Fervidobombus) pauloensis Friese, 1913 X Melissoptila thoracica (Smith, 1854) X Paratetrapedia fervida (Smith, 1879) X Peponapis fervens (Smith, 1875) X X Trigona hyalinata (Lepeletier, 1836) keywords: bee; bee species; bees; bombus; crop; diversity; doi; et al; flowers; food; plants; pollen; pollinator; properties; property; richness; ruderal; species cache: sociobiology-4837.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4837.txt item: #410 of 769 id: sociobiology-484 author: Mateus, Sidnei; Nascimento, Fabio Santos; Aragão, Marcos; Andena, Sergio Ricardo title: A New Species of the Neotropical Social Swarming-Wasp Chartergellus Bequaert (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Epiponini). date: 2015-04-07 words: 2241 flesch: 57 summary: Open access journal: http://periodicos.uefs.br/ojs/index.php/sociobiology ISSN: 0361-6525 DOI: 10.13102/sociobiology.v62i1.105-108Sociobiology 62(1): 105-108 (March, 2015) A New Species of the Neotropical Social Swarming-Wasp Chartergellus Bequaert (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Epiponini) Introduction Chartergellus is a small genus of social wasps with nine species described [C. afoveatus Cooper, C. amazonicus Richards, C. atectus Richards, C. communis Richards, C. golfitensis West-Eberhard, C. nigerrimus Richards, C. punctatior Richards, C. sanctus Richards, and C. zonatus (Spinola)], extending from southeastern Brazil to northern Costa Rica. Differently of C. atectus and C. communis, C. zucchii and C. punctatior have the propodeal valve narrow throughout. keywords: chartergellus; communis; fig; species; zucchii cache: sociobiology-484.pdf plain text: sociobiology-484.txt item: #411 of 769 id: sociobiology-4842 author: Milani, Lucas Rocha; Prezoto, Fabio; Clemente, Mateus Aparecido; Gomes, Patrícia Pereira; Souza, Marcos Magalhães de title: Nesting Behaviour of a Neotropical Social Wasp Mischocyttarus saussurei Zikán, 1949 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) date: 2020-04-18 words: 2656 flesch: 55 summary: Mischocyttarus nests consist in a single comb attached to the substrate through a peduncle, without the presence of a protective envelope (Jeanne, 1972; Wenzel, 1991, 1998). This differs from the general architectural pattern in Mischocyttarus nests. keywords: brazil; colony; mischocyttarus; nests; social; species; vespidae cache: sociobiology-4842.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4842.txt item: #412 of 769 id: sociobiology-4851 author: Torres, Marcos Timóteo; Souza, Jorge Luiz Pereira; Baccaro, Fabricio Beggiato title: Distribution of epigeic and hypogeic ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in ombrophilous forests in the Brazilian Amazon date: 2020-06-30 words: 8369 flesch: 59 summary: Hypogeic ants may also respond to variation in soil properties (Oliveira et al., 2009) or soil-related variables, such as water-table fluctuation (Baccaro et al., 2013). This bait generally mobilizes dominant ants, which exclude other species of subordinate ants, thus limiting a more accurate richness estimation (Baccaro et al., 2012). keywords: amazon; ant; ants; clay; composition; doi; epigeic; et al; forest; hypogeic; pheidole sp; plots; richness; sampling; sites; soil; species; strata; traps cache: sociobiology-4851.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4851.txt item: #413 of 769 id: sociobiology-4855 author: Martins, Herbeson Ovidio de Jesus; Rebouças, Patricia Luiza de Oliveira; Ferreira, Vinina Silva title: Host records and cleptoparasitic behavior of the cuckoo bee Mesonychium asteria (Smith) (Apidae, Ericrocidini) in nests of Centris xanthomelaena Moure & Castro, (Apidae, Centridini) date: 2020-06-30 words: 1846 flesch: 57 summary: Finally, it is probable that M. Asteria has a preference for C. Xanthomelaena nests, since in the same area two other species of Centris (Centris) Fabricius, and one of Centris (Trachina) Klug, are nesting, however no cases of invasion or emergence of M. Asteria from their nests was observed. Further, the records of M. Asteria which indicated association with Epicharis nests, were based on indirect evidence of parasitism in nests of Epicharis nigrita (Friese) and Epicharis icolour Smith, (Gaglianone, 2005; Rocha-Filho et al., 2008), because there were not records of emergence of M. Asteria from these possible host bee brood cells. keywords: asteria; centris; host; nests cache: sociobiology-4855.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4855.txt item: #414 of 769 id: sociobiology-486 author: Nadolski, Jerzy title: Structure of Nests and Colony Sizes of the European Hornet (Vespa crabro) and Saxon wasp (Dolichovespula saxonica) (Hymenoptera: Vespinae) in Urban Conditions date: 2014-08-21 words: 12106 flesch: 61 summary: The author of this study has decided to carry out detailed inventory all of wasps nests in of randomly selected 10 squares, each with an area of 1km2. Furthermore, analysis of the spatial distribution of V. crabro nests showed no clear preference in the selection of Łódź area by this species (Nadolski unpublished). keywords: cells; colonies; colony; combs; crabro; development; dolichovespula; fig; mean; nests; number; places; saxonica; species; structure; values; vespa crabro; wasps; width cache: sociobiology-486.pdf plain text: sociobiology-486.txt item: #415 of 769 id: sociobiology-4865 author: Almeida, Mayra Layra Santos; Carvalho, Gabriel Santos; Novais, Júlia Rodrigues; Storck Tonon, Danielle; Oliveira, Márcio Luiz; Mahlmann, Thiago; Nogueira, David Santos; Pereira, Mônica Josene title: Contribution of the Cerrado as Habitat for Sunflower Pollinating Bees date: 2020-06-30 words: 6859 flesch: 58 summary: In consonance with previous studies (Ricketts et al., 2008; Carvalheiro et al., 2010, 2011) the distance negatively affected the richness and abundance of bees in the Cerrado, but in sunflower crop effect was not negative. Mass flowering crops in a patchy agricultural landscape can reduce bee abundance in adjacent shrublands. keywords: abundance; almeida; bees; cerrado; chapters; crop; doi; et al; fig; habitat; pollination; pollinators; richness; species; sunflower; sunflower crop; traps cache: sociobiology-4865.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4865.txt item: #416 of 769 id: sociobiology-4885 author: Pérez-Bote, José Luis; Mora-Rubio, Carlos title: Nesting Ecology of Polistes Species (hymenoptera, Vespidae) in Urban Areas of South-western Iberian Peninsula date: 2020-09-30 words: 5271 flesch: 63 summary: Materials and Methods From March to August of 2018, Polistes nests were surveyed in three small towns in the Llanos de Olivenza region (SW Spain): Olivenza (OL; 12,008 inhabitants; urban area: 1,358,300 m2; 38° 41´8.03´´N, 7°6´3.24´´W; alt., 265 m a.s.l.), San Francisco (SF; 466 inhabitants; urban area: 112,300 m2; 38°44´47.37´´N, 7°6´18.81´´W; 264 m a.s.l.) and San Benito (SB, 575 inhabitants; urban area: 166,200 m2; 38°37´55.99´´N, 7°9´28.67´´W; 223 m a.s.l.). Sociobiology An international journal on social insects JL Pérez-Bote, C Mora-Rubio Article History Edited by Fabio Nascimento, USP, Brazil Received 19 November 2019 Initial acceptance 28 July 2020 Final acceptance 13 August 2020 Publication date 30 September 2020 Keywords Urbanization, nest abundance, nest substrates, nest orientation. keywords: doi; dominula; gallicus; mean; nesting; nests; polistes; san; species; wasps cache: sociobiology-4885.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4885.txt item: #417 of 769 id: sociobiology-4892 author: Lisboa Paiva, Juliana; Gama, Carolina; Drago, Paula; Barbieri Jr, Celso; Manfrini Morais, Michelle title: A Short Note on an Artisanal Incubator for Fermentation of Apis mellifera Artificial Diets date: 2019-12-30 words: 1556 flesch: 48 summary: Thus, the food preserves its desirable characteristics, being consumed and used by the swarms, strengthening them and improving their productive performance, even in periods of reduced floral resources (Paiva et al., 2016; Paiva et al., 2019). After the process was completed, 4g of feed were offered to 60 cage-confined worker bees, with 7 repetitions, for consumption of the fermented feed, which was well accepted by animals (Paiva et al., 2019). keywords: bees; doi; fermentation; food; paiva cache: sociobiology-4892.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4892.txt item: #418 of 769 id: sociobiology-4895 author: Jiménez-Carmona, Francisco; Carpintero, Soledad; Reyes-López, Joaquín Luís title: Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) as surrogates for epigeic arthropods in Northern Andalusian ‘dehesas’ (Spain) date: 2020-06-30 words: 7769 flesch: 60 summary: iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, 10: 707–714. doi: 10.3832/ifor2321-010 Wang, C., Strazanac, J., & Butler, L. (2001). In Spain the ‘dehesas’ comprise a total of 2,360,700 has (Martin, 1996), principally in the communities of, Extremadura, Castilla La Mancha, Castilla y León and the largest extension in Andalusia with 1,263,143 ha (Costa Pérez et al., 2006). keywords: ants; arthropods; biodiversity; conservation; dehesas; doi; ecosystems; et al; farm; groups; microhabitats; number; sampling; species; study; surrogates; traps; use cache: sociobiology-4895.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4895.txt item: #419 of 769 id: sociobiology-4901 author: Medina, Anderson Matos; Almeida-Neto, Mário title: Grinnelian and Eltonian niche conservatism of the European honeybee (Apis mellifera) in its exotic distribution date: 2020-06-30 words: 4988 flesch: 52 summary: We separated these occurrence data for the analysis of climatic niche on a native set (Africa, Europe, and Middle East) and an exotic set (Americas, Asia, and Oceania) because A. mellifera is native to Africa, Europe, and the Middle East, but has exotic populations in Americas, Asia and Oceania (Han et al., 2012; Moritz et al., 2005). Sociobiology An international journal on social insects AM Medina, M Almeida-Neto Article History Edited by Evandro Nascimento Silva, UEFS, Brazil Received 11 December 2019 Initial acceptance 31 December 2019 Final acceptance 21 January 2020 Publication date 30 June 2020 Keywords Apis mellifera; invasive species; climatic niche; niche breadth; niche overlap; resource use. keywords: climatic; conservatism; distribution; doi; ecology; et al; mellifera; niche; plant; range; species cache: sociobiology-4901.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4901.txt item: #420 of 769 id: sociobiology-4909 author: Antoniazzi, Reuber; Ahuatzin, Diana; Pelayo-Martínez, Jaime; Ortiz-Lozada, Liliana; Leponce, Maurice; Dáttilo, Wesley title: On the Effectiveness of Hand Collection to Complement Baits When Studying Ant Vertical Stratification in Tropical Rainforests date: 2020-06-30 words: 6372 flesch: 60 summary: Venn diagrams of the comparisons of ant sampling methods in the canopy (a) and on the forest floor (b). When Studying Ant Vertical Stratification in Tropical Rainforests R Antoniazzi, D Ahuatzin; J Pelayo-Martínez; L Ortiz-Lozada; M Leponce; W Dáttilo – Comprehensive ant sampling methods 214 Hand collecting is one of the sampling methods that has been recognized as efficient to sample ants, often used to capture arboreal (Adams et al., 2017; Yanoviak & Kaspari, 2000) and ground-dwelling ants (Bestelmeyer et al., 2000; Longino et al., 2002). keywords: ant; ants; baits; canopy; collecting; doi; et al; forest; hand; honey; methods; sampling; sampling methods; species; strata; tuna; vertical cache: sociobiology-4909.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4909.txt item: #421 of 769 id: sociobiology-491 author: Lima, Cândida Beatriz; Nunes, lorena Andrade; Ribeiro, Márcia de Fátima; Carvalho, Carlos Alfredo title: Population Structure of Melipona subnitida Ducke (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) at the Southern Limit of its Distribution Based on Geometric Morphometrics of Forewings date: 2014-12-29 words: 3288 flesch: 52 summary: There was variation in the shape of the forewings among M. subnitida populations, which is reflected in the formation of groups. Conclusion There is a correlation between sampling site and wing shape in M. subnitida populations inhabiting the limit of the species distribution, indicating that the divergence among the sampled populations is due to geographical distance among the sampling sites and, hence, suggesting the formation of characterized groups of populations along the studied zone. keywords: bees; brazil; distance; melipona; populations; shape; subnitida cache: sociobiology-491.pdf plain text: sociobiology-491.txt item: #422 of 769 id: sociobiology-4926 author: Barbosa, Artur Bruno da Silva; Meneses, Hiara Marques; Rosa, Felipe Lima; Freitas, Breno Magalhães title: Flight Activity of the Stingless Bee Plebeia aff. flavocincta in Tropical Conditions as Indicator of the General Health of the Colony date: 2020-12-28 words: 5906 flesch: 57 summary: As for bee flights throughout the day, all activities began with a few workers at 06:00 in the morning and the number of bees gradually increased until reaching their peak between 09:00 and 10:00 am. Thus, all climatic parameters measured in our study were within the amplitude tolerated by Plebeia bees and none of them limited the flight activity of P. aff. keywords: activities; activity; aff; bees; colony; doi; flavocincta; flight; plebeia; pollen; species; stingless cache: sociobiology-4926.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4926.txt item: #423 of 769 id: sociobiology-493 author: Mo, Jianchu; Zhou, Yue; Chen, Keping; Xu, Qinggang title: Isolation and Characterization of P450 Gene from the Formosan Subterranean Termite, Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) date: 2014-08-25 words: 4110 flesch: 59 summary: Many studies showed that CYP9 genes such as CYP9A2,4,5, CYP9M10, CYP9A12,17, CYP9Q, are mainly involved in detoxification of plant allelochemicals and pesticides (Hardstone et al. 2010; Itokawa et al. 2010; Mao et al. 2011; Stevens et al. 2000; Zhou et al. 2010). To date, P450 variants belonging to the CYP9 family have been cloned from many insects such as cockroaches, ants, wasps and other insect species, and the majority of them are closely related to the metabolism of exogenous compounds such as plant toxins and insecticides (Hardstone et al. 2010; Itokawa et al. 2010; Mao et al. 2011; Stevens et al. 2000; Zhou et al. 2010). keywords: 2010; amino; china; cyp9ax1; et al; fig; formosanus; gene; insect; midgut; p450; pcr cache: sociobiology-493.pdf plain text: sociobiology-493.txt item: #424 of 769 id: sociobiology-4938 author: Lopes, Marcos Vinícius Almeida; Santos, Gilberto Marcos de Mendonça title: Do Bottom-up Effects Define The Structuring Of Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Communities In A Restinga Remnant? date: 2020-06-30 words: 5467 flesch: 54 summary: In general, there was a significant difference in the composition of ant species between the areas of continuous vegetation and the different vegetation islands. We conclude that there is a bottom up effect mediating the ant community associated with dune vegetation, where the local richness of ant species responds to vegetation heterogeneity. keywords: ant; ants; communities; diversity; doi; forms; group; life; medium; microhabitats; plant; richness; species; vegetation cache: sociobiology-4938.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4938.txt item: #425 of 769 id: sociobiology-494 author: Li, Zhi-Qiang title: Development and Isolation of 17 polymorphic Microsatellite Loci in Coptoterms formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) date: 2014-08-25 words: 2593 flesch: 66 summary: M ot if, r ep ea t se qu en ce o f th e is ol at ed c lo ne ; T a, a nn ea lin g te m pe ra tu re ; A , t he n um be r o f a lle le s; H o, th e o bs er ve d he te ro zy go si ty ; H e, ex pe ct ed h et er oz yg os it y an d P, as so ci at ed p ro ba bi lit y va lu e o f c on fo rm at io n w ith H ar dy –W ei nb er g eq ui lib ri um (H W E) . Microsatellite DNA loci as polymorphic genetic markers are necessary for elucidating the details of colony organization, population structure, and relationships among introduced and native populations (Ross 1South China Botanical Garden, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China. keywords: c c; c g; c op; c t; g g; t g; t t cache: sociobiology-494.pdf plain text: sociobiology-494.txt item: #426 of 769 id: sociobiology-4950 author: Guimarães-Cestaro, Lubiane; Maia, T. S.; Martins, Renata; Alves, Maria Luísa Teles M. F.; Otsuk, Ivani Pozar; Message, Dejair; Teixeira, Erika Weinstein title: Nosema ceranae (Microsporidia: Nosematidae) Does Not Cause Collapse of Colonies of Africanized Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Tropical Climate date: 2020-09-30 words: 5640 flesch: 59 summary: Infection with this microsporidium has been associated with colony collapse disorder (CCD) in parts of Europe (Higes et al., 2009; Martín-Hernández et al., 2007), but not in central Europe (Gisder et al., 2010), South America (Invernizzi et al., 2009; Pires et al., 2006), and United States (Cox-Foster et al., 2007; Chen et al., 2008; Guzman-Novoa et al., 2016). Similar data were obtained by Chen et al., (2012) in Taiwan, where infection by Nosema spp. keywords: apiary; apis; bees; ceranae; doi; et al; honey; infection; mellifera; nosema; nosema ceranae; spores cache: sociobiology-4950.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4950.txt item: #427 of 769 id: sociobiology-4968 author: Vivallo, Felipe title: The Nominal Species of the Bee Genus Centris Described by Johan Christian Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Apidae) date: 2020-09-30 words: 4005 flesch: 58 summary: Centris tabaniformis Fabricius, 1804 Centris tabaniformis Fabricius, 1804: 358. Centris tabaniformis Fabricius, 1804 (lectotype male). keywords: america; centris; collection; fabricius; label; locality; moure; species; specimens; type cache: sociobiology-4968.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4968.txt item: #428 of 769 id: sociobiology-497 author: Prezoto, Fábio title: Management of Social Wasp Colonies in Eucalyptus Plantations (Hymenoptera:Vespidae) date: 2014-08-26 words: 2515 flesch: 61 summary: According to these dynamics of P. versicolor colony dura- bility in eucalyptus culture, we can make some recommendations related to colony management. We obtained 85% success in colony transference, as determined by the permanence of individuals in the colony after the colony transference. keywords: colonies; colony; eucalyptus; hymenoptera; polistes; social; vespidae; wasps cache: sociobiology-497.pdf plain text: sociobiology-497.txt item: #429 of 769 id: sociobiology-4973 author: Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson; Lana, Tate C.; Ribas, Carla R.; Schoereder, Jose Henrique; Solar, Ricardo; Majer, Johnatan D.; Cordeiro, Eduardo G.; Delabie, Jacques Hubert C.; Vilela, Evaldo Ferreira title: Changes in Epigaeic Ant Assemblage Structure in the Amazon during Successional Processes after Bauxite Mining date: 2021-03-26 words: 7234 flesch: 58 summary: We expected that ant species richness would increase with the amelioration in habitat condition (i.e., environmental surrogates of ecological succession, including litter depth, soil penetrability, the circumference of trees, the distance of trees to adjacent trees, and percentage of ground cover). These trends and comparison with the earlier study indicate that although there are favorable increases in ant species richness, in terms of species composition, rehabilitated areas were far from achieving an ant assemblage composition or environmental status that closely resembles pristine areas. keywords: ant; ants; areas; forest; litter; majer; pitfall; restoration; richness; species; study; traps; winkler cache: sociobiology-4973.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4973.txt item: #430 of 769 id: sociobiology-498 author: Xu, Zheng-Hui title: Four New Species of the Amblyoponine Ant Genus Amblyopone (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Southwestern China with a Key to the Known Asian Species date: 2014-08-26 words: 6381 flesch: 73 summary: The maximum width of the head in full face view, excluding the eyes. In full-face view, anterior clypeal margin with 8 teeth. keywords: amblyopone; body; china; clypeal; face view; figs; head; lateral; margin; profile view; species; view; worker cache: sociobiology-498.pdf plain text: sociobiology-498.txt item: #431 of 769 id: sociobiology-4985 author: Henine-Maouche, Anissa; Tahraoui, Abderrezak; Moulai, Riadh title: Ants’ diversity (Hymenoptera-Formicidae) in the Algeria’s humid forests, case of the Gerrouche forest massif (Taza National Park) date: 2020-06-30 words: 6469 flesch: 63 summary: This list does not claim to represent all the the Guerrouche national forest myrmecofauna because our research was focused exclusively on oak forests. Entomological studies, particularly myrmecological studies, are almost non- existent (the best known being that of Cagniant, (1968) on forest ants in Algeria). keywords: afares; afares oak; algeria; ants; cagniant; cork; cork oak; forest; guerrouche; oak; sampling; species; stations; study cache: sociobiology-4985.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4985.txt item: #432 of 769 id: sociobiology-4987 author: Ramos Andrade, Brunelle; Barros Santos, Eliaber; Andrade Nunes, Lorena; Santos do Nascimento, Andreia; Lopes de Carvalho, Carlos Alfredo title: Fluctuating Asymmetry in Melipona scutellaris (L.) 1811 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Associated to Stress due to Transportation of Colonies date: 2020-09-30 words: 4743 flesch: 54 summary: The larval stage underwent more stress due to colony transportation. (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Associated to Stress due to Transportation of Colonies BR Andrade, EB Santos, LA Nunes, AS Nascimento, CAL de Carvalho – Stress in Melipona scutellaris due to colony transportation 418 keywords: asymmetry; bees; colonies; colony; destination; doi; individuals; stage; stress; transportation; workers cache: sociobiology-4987.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4987.txt item: #433 of 769 id: sociobiology-499 author: Lu, Yongyue; Wang, Lei; Xu, Yijuan; Zeng, Ling; Li, Ningdong title: Correlation of the Nest Density and the Number of Workers in Bait Traps for Fire Ants (Solenopsis invicta) in Southern China date: 2014-08-26 words: 2523 flesch: 74 summary: Key words: fire ants, Solenopsis invicta, nest density, bait traps INTRODUCTION Because of its painful and allergenic stings, fire ants are a serious health threat to some people. keywords: ant; ants; bait; density; fire; traps cache: sociobiology-499.pdf plain text: sociobiology-499.txt item: #434 of 769 id: sociobiology-4992 author: Santos, Daiane Rodrigues; Oliveira, Lenaldo Muniz; Lucchese, Angelica Maria; Espeleta, Alexandre de Freitas; da Cruz, Jucelho Dantas; Lordelo, Maurício Santana title: Insecticidal activity of essential oils of species from the genus Lippia against Nasutitermes corniger (Motschulsky) (Isoptera: Termitidae) date: 2020-06-30 words: 5458 flesch: 52 summary: This study aimed to assess the insecticidal potential of essential oils from the species Lippia thymoides (Martius & Schauer); Lippia lasiocalycina (Schauer) and Lippia insignis (Moldenk) against Nasutitermes corniger (Motschulsky) (Isoptera- Termitidae). Insecticidal activity was evaluated by exposure to a contaminated surface, whereby plastic pots were lined with filter paper and imbibed in 1.5 ml of solution containing essential oils (10 µl/ml), with 10 N. corniger specimens per pot. keywords: activity; corniger; doi; et al; insecticidal; insects; insignis; lasiocalycina; lippia; oils; santos; schauer; species; thymoides cache: sociobiology-4992.pdf plain text: sociobiology-4992.txt item: #435 of 769 id: sociobiology-5 author: Murakami, André Sunao Nishiuchi; Desuó, Ivan C; Shima, Sulene N title: Division of labor in stable social hierarchy of the independent-founding wasp Mischocyttarus (Monocyttarus) cassununga, Von Ihering (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) date: 2013-03-27 words: 5092 flesch: 56 summary: In the genus Polistes, apart from behaviors that are typical of dominant wasps (initiating cells and oviposition), other frequent behaviours like dominance, inspecting cells and oophagy were also performed by the dominant females of the nests (Pardi, 1948; West-Eberhard, 1969; Richards, 1971; Gobbi, 1977; Torres et al., 2009). On the other hand, the females of the G3 group are responsible for foraging for food (Ff), and consequently, also for feeding larvae after partially distribute the food for other wasps (especially for dominant wasps) on the nest (Ta- bles 3 and 5). keywords: analysis; colonies; dominance; females; individuals; post; social; subphase; wasp cache: sociobiology-5.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5.txt item: #436 of 769 id: sociobiology-50 author: Fernandes, Flavio Lemes; Silva, Paulo Roberto da; Gorri, Jessica Emiliane Rodrigues; Pucci, Laís Franchini; Silva, Ítalo Willian da title: Selectivity of Old and New Insecticides and Behaviour of Vespidae Predators in Coffee Crop date: 2014-02-28 words: 4420 flesch: 57 summary: Chlorpyrifos selectivity to predatory wasps We detected a significant effect of the insecticides on the predatory activity of wasp species (F = 40.65, df = 2,58, P<0.001). In spite of the importance of L. coffeella and of the potential of predatory wasps for biological control, there are few works testing the ecological and physiological selectivity of this new insecticide to these natural enimies. keywords: behavior; chlorpyrifos; coffee; insecticide; lecheguana; predatory; selectivity; species; sylveirae; vespidae; wasps cache: sociobiology-50.pdf plain text: sociobiology-50.txt item: #437 of 769 id: sociobiology-500 author: Miyaguni, Yasushi title: Refinement of Methods for Sexing Instars and Caste Members in Neotermes koshunensis (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae) date: 2014-08-26 words: 1455 flesch: 55 summary: Sixth instar females showed considerable individual variation in the degree of sternite develop- ment, ranging from only a slight extension to near complete coverage of the 1219 Miyaguni, Y. et al. — Methods for Sexing in Neotermes koshuensis eighth sternite (Fig. 1). It was less conspicuous in fifth instars (Figs. 1, 2). keywords: instar; koshunensis; sexing; sternite; termites cache: sociobiology-500.pdf plain text: sociobiology-500.txt item: #438 of 769 id: sociobiology-501 author: Li, Zhi-Qiang title: A New Synonymy of Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) date: 2014-08-26 words: 1406 flesch: 71 summary: In this paper, the synonyms of C. formosanus from China are listed, and it is proposed that C. guizhouensis is a new junior synonym of C. formosanus. However, the range of measurements of C. formosanus has been extended, which showed that the measurement of C. guizhouensis fell within the overall range of the measurement characteristics of C. formosanus (Table 1). keywords: china; coptotermes; formosanus cache: sociobiology-501.pdf plain text: sociobiology-501.txt item: #439 of 769 id: sociobiology-5014 author: Wetterer, James title: First North American Records of the Old-World Tramp Ant Syllophopsis sechellensis(Hymenoptera: Formicidae) date: 2020-09-30 words: 1124 flesch: 49 summary: Corresponding author James K. Wetterer Wilkes Honors College Florida Atlantic University 5353 Parkside Drive, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA. E-Mail: wetterer@fau.edu however, that distinguishes S. sechellensis from other members of the genus is that its entire mesopleuron is matte and reticulate punctate, whereas in all other described Syllophopsis species the mesopleuron is glossy and smooth. Syllophopsis sechellensis (Emery), however, has achieved broad distribution in Asia and Australia, and on islands the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic Oceans (Wetterer & Sharaf, 2017). keywords: florida; sechellensis; syllophopsis cache: sociobiology-5014.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5014.txt item: #440 of 769 id: sociobiology-502 author: Huang, Qiuying title: Aggressive Behavior and the Role of Antennal Sensillae in the Termite Reticulitermes chinensis (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) date: 2014-08-26 words: 4421 flesch: 58 summary: 60 workers from Col. A and Col. B were mixed together in a 9.0 cm diameter glass Petri dish with filter paper (9.0 cm diameter) together in ratios of 50:10, 45:15, 30:30, 15:45 and 10:50. The ag- gressive encounters of workers between Col. A and Col. B were recorded in 5 min intervals at 0, 0.5, 1, 1.5 and 24 h after workers were combined. keywords: aggression; antennal; chinensis; col; mortality; soldiers; workers cache: sociobiology-502.pdf plain text: sociobiology-502.txt item: #441 of 769 id: sociobiology-5023 author: Shivalingaswamy, Timalapur Maharudrappa; Udayakumar, Amala; Gupta, Ankita; Anjanappa, Raghavendra title: Non-Apis bee diversity in an experimental pollinator garden in Bengaluru – a Silicon Valley of India date: 2020-12-28 words: 2896 flesch: 50 summary: The plant species were ranked into different categories based on the number of bee species attracted (Table 1, Fig 2) The reward (nectar or pollen) and other nest building materials collected by each species of the bees were recorded. Decline in bee diversity and abundance from 1972-2004 on a flowering leguminous tree, Andira inermis in Costa Rica at the interface of disturbed dry forest and the urban environment. keywords: apidae; apis; bees; conservation; flowers; garden; megachilidae; plant; pollinator; species cache: sociobiology-5023.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5023.txt item: #442 of 769 id: sociobiology-503 author: Brizola-Bonacina, Anna Kátia title: Bee Visitors of Quaresmeira Flowers (Tibouchina granulosa Cogn.) in the Region of Dourados (MS-Brasil) date: 2014-08-26 words: 5619 flesch: 55 summary: The widespread occurrence of anther destruction by Trigona bees in Melastomataceae. The number of bees collected in the flowers of T. granulosa was recorded, and the relative frequencies obtained for each species were calculated, using formula (ni / N) X 100 where, ni = number of collected bees of a certain species and N = total number of collected bees. keywords: bees; flowers; food; foraging; granulosa; mellifera; species; spinipes; visitors; workers cache: sociobiology-503.pdf plain text: sociobiology-503.txt item: #443 of 769 id: sociobiology-504 author: Fernandes, Flavio Lemes title: Ecology of Vespidae (Hymenoptera)Predators in Coffea arabica Plantations date: 2014-08-26 words: 4585 flesch: 60 summary: Therefore the factors that influence Vespidae density should be different from what affects the nutrient contents in the leaves. Therefore, in plants with greater predation by Vespidae greater densities of this insect will occur in these sampling units or vice-versa. keywords: coffee; densities; leaves; phase; plants; predation; sampling; social; vespidae cache: sociobiology-504.pdf plain text: sociobiology-504.txt item: #444 of 769 id: sociobiology-505 author: Gautam, Bal Krishna title: Survival Rate, Food Consumption, and Tunneling of the Formosan Subterranean Termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) Feeding on Bt and non-Bt Maize date: 2014-08-26 words: 5079 flesch: 71 summary: The objectives of this study were to determine if C. formosanus was susceptible to toxins expressed by Bt maize hybrids and to study the consump- tion behavior of C. formosanus feeding on maize materials. Key words: Coptotermes formosanus, GM Bt maize, non-target effect, consumption behavior, tunneling 1Department of Entomolog y, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA 2Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA * Corresponding Author, E-mail: grhenderson@agcenter.lsu.edu 1336 Sociobiolog y Vol. 59, No. 4, 2012 INTRODUCTION Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is a group of gram-positive, spore forming bacteria that have great agricultural importance. keywords: bacillus; consumption; food; formosanus; maize; rate; survival; termites; thuringiensis cache: sociobiology-505.pdf plain text: sociobiology-505.txt item: #445 of 769 id: sociobiology-506 author: Zhao, Jingyang; Dong, Ying; Yu, Baoting; Zhang, Zhen; Mo, Jianchu title: Ivermectin Dust for the Control of Coptotermes formosanus in Residential Areas date: 2014-08-26 words: 2491 flesch: 65 summary: 4. Sketch map of termite monitor device .with termite distribution.distribution. Sketch map of termite monitor device .with termite distribution.distribution. keywords: devices; dust; ivermectin; monitor; termite cache: sociobiology-506.pdf plain text: sociobiology-506.txt item: #446 of 769 id: sociobiology-507 author: Kistner, David H. title: A New Species of Atheta (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from Sri Lanka found with Termites (Isptera: Termitidae) date: 2014-08-26 words: 1324 flesch: 70 summary: 1-5 1565 Kistner, D.H. — New Atheta from sri Lanka vary by species. In the collection of D.H. Kistner to be eventually deposited in the Field Museum of Natural History, chicago. 1569 Kistner, D.H. — New Atheta from sri Lanka Paratypes: 70, ( including 4 partially on slides), same data as the holotype (F.M.N.H., D.K.); 6, (including 3 partially on slides), sri Lanka, Kandy, botanic Garden, 16 August 1960, ex nest t-25, collected by D.H. & A.c. Kistner, No. 655, (F.M.N.H.). keywords: atheta; fig; segment; species; sri cache: sociobiology-507.pdf plain text: sociobiology-507.txt item: #447 of 769 id: sociobiology-508 author: Qureshi, Naveeda Akhtar title: Fumigant Toxicity of Mentha arviensis Leaves Extracts on Coptotermes heimi, Heterotermes indicola and Their Gut fFlagellates date: 2014-08-26 words: 3472 flesch: 56 summary: Thus Mentha arviensis extract can be safely used to control termites and other pests. H. indicola also behave in a same manner as C.heimi on expoure to different concentrations of Mentha arviensis extract and underwent 100% mortality at 25 mg, 50 mg and 100 mg of extract respectively at 3, 2 and 1 hours (P < 0.05). keywords: arviensis; control; extract; flagellates; gut; mentha; soldiers; termites; workers cache: sociobiology-508.pdf plain text: sociobiology-508.txt item: #448 of 769 id: sociobiology-5081 author: Lacerda, Fabrícia Gonçalves; Sousa-Souto, Leandro; Della Lucia, Terezinha Maria Castro; de Souza, Danival José title: Age Polyethism in Atta sexdens (Linnaeus) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) date: 2020-12-28 words: 3319 flesch: 58 summary: Over the weeks, foraging was performed mainly by medium workers. A similar number of workers of both sizes performing this activity is contrasting because one would expect this behavior to be more frequent among small workers. keywords: age; colonies; colony; doi; garden; medium; polyethism; waste; workers cache: sociobiology-5081.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5081.txt item: #449 of 769 id: sociobiology-5083 author: Silva, Priscila Santos; Koch, Elmo Borges de Azevedo; Arnhold, Alexandre; Araujo, Erica dos Santos; Delabie, Jacques Hubert Charles; Mariano, Cléa dos Santos Ferreira title: Diversity of the Ant Genus Neoponera Emery, 1901 (Formicidae: Ponerinae) in the north of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, with new Records of Occurrence date: 2020-09-30 words: 8434 flesch: 61 summary: Pm 52 Lauro de Freitas 12.8642S, 38.2697W VS-AA.D 53 Macarani 15.5303S, 40.3905W VS-AA.D 54 Maraú 14.1503S, 39.1127W SO 55 Mascote 13.7189S, 39.41W VS-AA.D 56 15.5636S, 39.3094W VS-AA.D 15.5772S, 39.41W SO 15.6969S, 39.445W VS-AA.D 15.7344S, 39.3844W VS-AA.D Mucuri 18.0825S, 39.8909W VS-AA.D 57 Mutuípe 13.2288S, 39.5047W VS-AA.D 58 Nazaré 13.0399S, 39.0034W VS-AA.D 59 Nilo Peçanha 13.6494S, 39.2103W VS-AA.D 60 Pau Brasil 15.4897S, 39.6931W VS-AA.D 61 Planalto 14.6991S, 40.4772W VS-AA.C 62 Poções 14.6147S, 40.3411W VS-AA.C 63 Porto Seguro 15.6694S, 38.9942W Pm 64 16.3883S, 39.1814W Db 16.4444S, 39.0984W VS-AA.D Pratas 15.1956S, 39.4453W VS-AA.D 65 Presidente Tancredo Neves 13.3911S, 39.3183W VS-AA.D 66 Salvador 12.9292S, 38.5014W VS-AA.D 67 12.9722S, 38.5014W VS-AA.D Santa Luzia 15.3897S, 39.305W VS-AA.D 68 15.4233S, 39.2791W VS-AA.D Santo Amaro 12.5465S, 38.7111W VS-AA.D 69 São Francisco do Conde 12.6655S, 38.59W VS-AA.D 70 São José da Vitória 15.0517S, 39.3133W VS-AA.D 71 15.0617S, 39.3442W VS-AA.D Simões Filho 12.7701S, 38.4219W VS-AA.D 72 12.7717S, 39.5219W VS-AA.C Teixeira de Freitas 17.54S, 39.7422W VS-AA.D 73 Ubaíra 13.1192S, 39.6594W VS-AA.D 74 Ubaitaba 14.2503S, 39.3214W VS-AA.D 75 14.2503S, 39.3242W VS-AA.D 14.3089S, 39.3226W VS-AA.D 14.4247S, 39.3233W VS-AA.D Ubatã 14.0699S, 39.5278W VS-AA.D 76 14.2256S, 39.4656W VS-AA.D Una 15.0892S, 39.295W VS-AA.D 77 15.177S, 39.1055W VS-AA.D 15.1844S, 39.0546W SO 15.2028S, 39.0531W SO 15.2091S, 39.196W VS-AA.D 15.2336S, 39.1844W VS-AA.D Table 3. Neoponera schultzi and N. venusta, Sociobiology 67(3): 343-357 (September, 2020) 349 State County Coordinate Vegetation type Code Alagoas Quebrângulo 9.3167S, 36.4667W VS-AA.F 1 9.322S, 36.476W VS-AA.F Bahia Arataca 15.2195S, 39.4243W VS-AA.D 2 15.2803S, 39.3919W VS-AA.D Aurelino Leal 14.3311S, 39.3589W VS-AA.D 3 14.3679S, 39.4657W VS-AA.D 14.3828S, 39.4156W VS-AA.D Barra do Choça 14.8081S, 40.5897W VS-AA.D 4 14.8333S, 40.5536W VS-AA.D 14.8659S, 40.5779W VS-AA.D Barra do Rocha 14.2068S, 39.6031W VS-AA.C 5 Barro Preto 14.8097S, 39.4233W VS-AA.D 6 Belmonte 16.0951S, 39.2745W VS-AA.D 7 16.1333S, 39.25W AA.SO 16.1S, 39.2833W AA.SO Boa Nova 14.3656S, 40.2075W AA.SO 8 Buerarema 14.6333S, 39.8833W VS-AA.D 9 14.7583S, 39.2411W VS-AA.C 15.0144S, 39.2999W VS-AA.F Camacan 15.3833S, 39.55W VS-AA.D 10 15.4011S, 39.5664W VS-AA.D 15.4167S, 39.4833W VS-AA.D 15.4201S, 39.4964W VS-AA.D 15.4573S, 39.4516W VS-AA.D 15.5006S, 39.2206W VS-AA.D 15.5036S, 39.5156W VS-AA.D 15.6011S, 39.5211W VS-AA.D Camaçari 12.6972S, 38.3332W VS-AA.D 11 Camamu 13.9443S, 39.1046W VS-AA.D 12 14.0142S, 39.1667W VS-AA.D 14.1369S, 39.2775W VS-AA.D Canavieiras 14.4094S, 39.0337W VS-AA.C 13 15.6752S, 38.9969W VS-AA.D 15.6775S, 39.9783W VS-AA.D Caravelas 17.6794S, 39.6105W Pm 14 Cruz das Almas 12.6736S, 39.1017W VS-AA.F 15 12.6799S, 39.0891W VS-AA.D Ecoporanga 18.3709S, 40.8329W VS-AA.F 16 Esplanada 12.1144S, 37.6969W VS-AA.D 17 Estância 11.2687S, 37.4385W SO 18 Eunápolis 16.372S, 39.5825W VS-AA.F 19 Firmino Alves 14.9247S, 39.9196W VS-AA.D 20 Floresta Azul 14.8761S, 39.6931W VS-AA.C 21 Gongogi 14.2742S, 39.4842W VS-AA.D 22 15.2742S, 39.4842W VS-AA.D Governador Lomanto Junior 14.8158S, 39.4839W VS-AA.D 23 Guaratinga 16.5625S, 39.899W VS-AA.D 24 16.5867S, 39.7753W VS-AA.D 16.5867S, 39.7808W VS-AA.D 16.6286S, 39.7983W VS-AA.D Ibicaraí 14.8583S, 39.5918W VS-AA.D 25 14.9042S, 39.4836W VS-AA.F Ibirapitanga 14.0709S, 39.4243W VS-AA.D 26 Table 3. keywords: aa.c; aa.d; ants; atlantic; atlantic forest; bahia; brazilian; delabie; diversity; doi; forest; formicidae; j.h.c; mackay; neoponera; species; types; vegetation cache: sociobiology-5083.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5083.txt item: #450 of 769 id: sociobiology-5084 author: Schifani, Enrico; Castracani, Cristina; Spotti, Fiorenza Augusta; Giannetti, Daniele; Ghizzoni, Martina; Gobbi, Mauro; Pedrotti, Luca; Grasso, Donato Antonio title: Ergatandromorphism in the Ant Myrmica lobulicornis Nylander, 1857 (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) date: 2020-06-30 words: 2747 flesch: 56 summary: Standardized surveys covering the Italian ant fauna remain very rare (e.g. Castracani et al., 2010; Spotti et al. 2010; 2015; Gibb et al. 2017). Myrmica ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the old world. keywords: ant; ants; doi; formicidae; hymenoptera; journal; myrmica cache: sociobiology-5084.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5084.txt item: #451 of 769 id: sociobiology-5089 author: Souza, Tamires Doroteo; Pereira, Rozimar Campos title: First record of the occurrence and abundance of phorids (Diptera: Phoridae) associated with leaf-cutting ants of the genus Atta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the municipality of Cruz das Almas-BA date: 2020-09-30 words: 3986 flesch: 53 summary: In each of these environments, three colonies of two species of ants Atta sexdens sexdens and Atta laevigata were selected. Results and Discussion A total of 112 specimens of phorids were collected, 71% of the genus Eibesfeldtphora and 29% of the genus Myrmosicarius, associated with Atta sexdens sexdens and Atta laevigata. keywords: ants; atta; bragança; cutting; genus; leaf; parasitoids; phoridae; phorids; sexdens; species cache: sociobiology-5089.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5089.txt item: #452 of 769 id: sociobiology-509 author: Xu, Zheng-Hui title: Vombisidris tibeta, a New Myrmicine Ant Species from Tibet, China with a Key to the Known Species of Vombisidris Bolton of the World (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) date: 2014-08-26 words: 3475 flesch: 71 summary: In profile view, metanotal groove entirely absent .................................... 7 6 - In full face view, occipital margin weakly concave. Head and body in profile view; 2. Head in full face view; 3. Alitrunk, petiole, and postpetiole in dorsal view. keywords: bolton; face; head; profile; species; view cache: sociobiology-509.pdf plain text: sociobiology-509.txt item: #453 of 769 id: sociobiology-510 author: Kudô, Kazuyuki title: Adaptive Nesting Tactics in a Paper Wasp, Polistes riparius, Inhabiting Cold Climatic Regions date: 2014-08-26 words: 4545 flesch: 63 summary: Among the nesting activities of foundresses, whereas the duration of shivering in cold group foundresses was remarkably longer than that of warm group foundresses. This means that cold group foundresses spent more time shivering just before extranidal activities, indicating that activities required a high cost in terms of time spent warming up and energ y consumption in cold conditions. keywords: activities; cells; foundresses; group; nest; polistes; warm cache: sociobiology-510.pdf plain text: sociobiology-510.txt item: #454 of 769 id: sociobiology-511 author: Picanço, Marcelo Coutinho title: Natural Biological Control of Lepidopteran Pests by Ants date: 2014-08-26 words: 3097 flesch: 56 summary: The foraging activity of predatory ants in periods of mild temperatures and low or no light might be related to the fact that these periods is low activity of predators of ants as the birds (NECR 2009, Narendra et al. 2010). Among the practices that enable the preservation of predators ants populations are: the reduction of pesticide applications, the application of products with physiological selectivity and selective use of pesticides. keywords: absoluta; ants; elegantalis; monuste; natural; nitidalis; pupae cache: sociobiology-511.pdf plain text: sociobiology-511.txt item: #455 of 769 id: sociobiology-512 author: Carvalho, Karine Santana; Nascimento, Ivan Cardoso do; Delabie, Jacques Hubert; Zina, Juliana; Souza, Ana Lucia Biggi; Koch, Elmo Borges de Azevedo; Carneiro, Marcos Augusto Ferraz; Santos, Anselmo Souza title: Litter as an Important Resource Determining the Diversity of Epigeic Ants in the South-Central Part of Bahia State, Brazil date: 2014-08-26 words: 3952 flesch: 61 summary: In order to calculate the diversity index, the frequency levels of the species were used instead of the abundance levels, due to differences in the efficiency of recruitment among ant species. When comparing the richness and the similarity between ant species, we considered only the results obtained with the pitfall trap, since this method was implemented in both sites. keywords: 0.0; ants; areas; brazil; caatinga; diversity; litter; richness; site; species cache: sociobiology-512.pdf plain text: sociobiology-512.txt item: #456 of 769 id: sociobiology-513 author: Schoereder, José H. title: Why do Ant Species Occur in the Matrix and Not in the Forests? Invasion from Other Habitats or Expansion from Forest Gaps (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) date: 2014-08-27 words: 4366 flesch: 57 summary: The aim here was to determine whether there were any similarities between the two sets of species, and also to collect informa- tion about the origin of matrix ant species. Ant species sampled in forest gaps were compared to ant species collected from the cerrado. keywords: ant; forest; fragmentation; gaps; matrix; remnants; species cache: sociobiology-513.pdf plain text: sociobiology-513.txt item: #457 of 769 id: sociobiology-514 author: Takematsu, Yoko title: Nestmate Recognition and Cuticular Hydrocarbons of Two Sympatric Species of Reticulitermes in Japan (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) date: 2014-08-27 words: 3658 flesch: 46 summary: 1205 Nestmate Recognition and Cuticular Hydrocarbons of Two Sympatric Species of Reticulitermes in Japan (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) by Yoko Takematsu1* & Kohei Kambara2 ABSTRACT The nestmate recognition of two sympatric species, R. kanmonensis and R. speratus, was investigated in terms of agonistic behavior and trophallactic behavior. These results indicate that R. kanmonensis does not exhibit colony fusion, unlike R. speratus, which is known to exhibit colony fusion. keywords: colony; individuals; kanmonensis; site; species; speratus cache: sociobiology-514.pdf plain text: sociobiology-514.txt item: #458 of 769 id: sociobiology-5141 author: Pozo-Santiago, Cesar Orlando; Pérez-De La Cruz, Manuel; Torres-De la Cruz, Magdiel; De La Cruz-Pérez, Aracely; Capello-García, Silvia; Hernández-Gallegos, Minerva Aurora; Velázquez-Martínez, José Rodolfo title: Survival of Coptotermes testaceus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) to Environmental Conditions (Relative Humidity and Temperature) and Preference to Different Substrates date: 2020-09-30 words: 4992 flesch: 54 summary: At a global level, although studies of this type were conducted on pest species of subterranean termites (Rhinotermitidae), the current study provides preliminary information on optimal experimental and rearing conditions in the laboratory for C. testaceus. C. testaceus survival at different percentages of relative humidity (RH) and temperatures The methodology for this section was proposed by Zukowski and Su (2017), with modifications. keywords: coptotermes; isoptera; rhinotermitidae; substrate; survival; temperature; termites; testaceus cache: sociobiology-5141.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5141.txt item: #459 of 769 id: sociobiology-5143 author: dos Santos, Carlos Alberto; da Silva, Marjorie; Noll, Fernando Barbosa title: On the Production, Mating and Behavior of Males in Synoeca surinama (Vespidae: Polistinae: Epiponini) date: 2020-09-30 words: 3926 flesch: 59 summary: In many species, males mark territory or other points rubbing the abdomen in the substrate to attract or intercept flying females to mate, suggesting that external glands produce pheromones (West-Eberhard, 1982; Post & Jeanne, 1983; Wenzel, 1987; Beani & Turillazzi, 1988; Reed Universidade Estadual Paulista, Departamento de Zoologia e Botânica, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil RESEARCH ARTICLE - WASPS On the Production, Mating and Behavior of Males in Synoeca surinama (Vespidae: Polistinae: Epiponini) Males were identified based on some morphological differences as follows: antennae little longer (13 segments in males and 12 in females) and thinner, the mandibular teeth are smaller; the gena is slightly narrower with its upper ends somewhat less protruding; and the last visible gastral sternite is flattened (Richards, 1978). keywords: aggregation; behavior; colonies; colony; doi; females; males; nest; queens; wasps cache: sociobiology-5143.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5143.txt item: #460 of 769 id: sociobiology-5146 author: Mayorga-Ch., Daniela; Sarmiento, Carlos E title: Parasitoids of Polistes myersi Bequaert, 1934 (Vespidae, Polistinae) date: 2020-09-30 words: 2754 flesch: 54 summary: Biología y diversidad de Hymenoptera. There are many parasitoids of Polistes species, including Lepidoptera (Gelechiidae, Crambidae, Cosmopterigidae, Tineidae, and Pyralidae (Strassmann, 1981; Yamane, 1996)), Strepsiptera (Xenidae), Diptera (Phoridae, Sarcophagidae, and Tachinidae (Somavilla et al., 2015; Zeegers et al., 2014; Benadé et al., 2014)), and Hymenoptera (Pteromalidae, Chalcididae, Eulophidae, Torymidae, Ichneumonidae, Trigonalidae, Mutillidae, and even Vespidae itself (Benadé et al., 2014; Somavilla et al., 2015; Hodges, 2003; Whiteman & Landwer, 2000; Gumovsky 2007; Silva-Filho 2007; Kozyra et al., 2014; Kudo et al., 2014; Madden et al., 2010; de Souza Tavares et al. 2013)). keywords: colombia; colonies; doi; hymenoptera; myersi; parasitoids; polistes; species; vespidae cache: sociobiology-5146.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5146.txt item: #461 of 769 id: sociobiology-5147 author: Silva, Marília Dantas e; Ramalho, Mauro; Rosa, Jaqueline Figuerêdo title: Annual survival rate of tropical stingless bee colonies (Meliponini): variation among habitats at the landscape scale in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest date: 2021-02-22 words: 5770 flesch: 52 summary: Therefore, the compromise between life history and local ecological conditions (Stearns, 1997) must be reflected in spatial variation of key attributes of stingless bee colonies, such as annual survival or longevity, according to habitat heterogeneity or among habitats in a landscape. The premise that the choice of resistant nesting cavities by stingless bee colonies was under selection (such as hollows in live hardwood trees that would be less susceptible to degradation or predator attack) due to potential effects on differential colony survival (Roubik, 1989) was recently refuted by measures of non-selectivity of tree holes in a tropical forest of Brazil (Silva et al., 2014). keywords: bee; bees; colonies; colony; forest; habitat; landscape; nests; rates; silva; species; stingless; survival; variation cache: sociobiology-5147.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5147.txt item: #462 of 769 id: sociobiology-5148 author: Souza, Jorge Luiz Pereira; Araújo, Juliana Souza title: Evaluation of sampling techniques and influence of environmental variables on ants in forest fragments in an oil extraction area in the Amazon date: 2020-09-30 words: 7575 flesch: 58 summary: Some studies have used ecological responses, based on environmental variables that determine the distribution of organisms, to evaluate the decision to reduce the number of sampling techniques (Souza et al., 2012) or the selection of higher-taxon (Souza et al., 2016). We detected a complementary effect on sampling techniques, which collected different ants’ assemblages. keywords: amazon; ants; assemblages; biodiversity; collection; cururu; doi; et al; forest; fragments; manual; sampling; souza; sp.01; species; techniques; winkler cache: sociobiology-5148.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5148.txt item: #463 of 769 id: sociobiology-515 author: Silveira, Talita Antonia title: Botanical Origin of Protein Sources Used by Honeybees (Apis mellifera) in an Atlantic Forest date: 2014-08-27 words: 3531 flesch: 60 summary: X 0.27±10.45 OIP (0.11±0.30)B 0.72±8.53 OIP (0.20±0.24)B X Melastomataceae Miconia sp. X X X 12.39±10.45 Family Species Season Spring Summer Autumn Winter Amaranthaceae Amaranthus sp. X X X 1.46±8.54 OIP (0.36±0.24)A Alternanthera ficoidea 3.70±14.76 SIP (0.27±0.42)AB 59.89±6.61 DP (1.63±0.18)A 4.39±6.08 SIP (0.69±0.17)B X Chamissoa altissima X 16.88±10.61 AP (1.24±0.19)AB X X Anacardiaceae Tapirira sp. X X 2.13±14.78 OIP (0.49±0.42)AB X Araceae type1 2.10±8.53 OIP (0.42±0.24)AB X 1.71±8.53 OIP (0.43±0.24)AB 1.77±8.67 OIP (0.41±0.24)A Philodendron sp. 20.04±6.61 AP (1.01±0.19)AB 5.55±6.69 SIP (0.68±0.19)AB 14.97±8.65 SIP (0.89±0.24)AB 9.85±6.72 SIP (0.72±0.19)A Arecaceae type 1 1.00±10.45 OIP (0.28±0.30)AB X 5.31±8.94 SIP (0.67±0.24)AB 2.34±8.66 OIP (0.47±0.24)A Astrocaryum sp. keywords: apis; bees; eucalyptus; oip; plant; pollen; protein; sip; species; types cache: sociobiology-515.pdf plain text: sociobiology-515.txt item: #464 of 769 id: sociobiology-516 author: Tsujii, Naoki Fujiwara; Tokunaga, Kotone; Akino, Toshiharu; Tsuji, Kazuki; Yamaoka, Ryohei title: Identification of the Tandem Running Pheromone in Diacamma sp. from Japan (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) date: 2014-08-27 words: 4008 flesch: 53 summary: In some ant species, the sources of tandem running pheromone have been reported to exude from exocrine glands (such as the pygidial or poison gland; Möglich 1974; Hölldobler & Traniello 1980b). This study sought to identify the glandular source of tandem running pheromone and its chemical structure in Diacamma sp. from Japan. keywords: ants; fraction; gland; hexane; pheromone; running; tandem; test cache: sociobiology-516.pdf plain text: sociobiology-516.txt item: #465 of 769 id: sociobiology-517 author: Laffont, Enrique R title: Nest Architecture, Colony Composition and Feeding Substrates of Nasutitermes coxipoensis (Isoptera, Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae) in Subtropical Biomes of Northeastern Argentina date: 2014-08-27 words: 4520 flesch: 65 summary: 3. Section of N. coxipoensis nest. In the province of Corrientes, N. coxipoensis nests have only been detected so far in sandy soils. keywords: argentina; coxipoensis; isoptera; laffont; mburucuyá; nasutitermes; nests cache: sociobiology-517.pdf plain text: sociobiology-517.txt item: #466 of 769 id: sociobiology-518 author: Hattori, Mitsuru; Itino, Takao title: Eggs of a Eusial Aphid’s Predator are Protected Against Attacks by Aphid Soldiers date: 2014-08-27 words: 2655 flesch: 54 summary: Convergence of chemical mimicry in a guild of aphid predators. We hypothesized that eggs of Atkinsonia ignipicta, a specialist predator of the eusocial aphid Ceratovacuna japonica, exhibit a defensive trait against aphid soldiers. keywords: aphid; eggs; ignipicta; japonica; predator; prey; soldiers cache: sociobiology-518.pdf plain text: sociobiology-518.txt item: #467 of 769 id: sociobiology-5188 author: Pereira, Márlon César; Pereira-Bomfim, Maria da Graça Cardoso; Guimarães, Ingrid de Carvaho; Rodrigues, Candida Anitta Pereira; Serna, Jilder Peña; Acosta-Avalo, Daniel; Antonialli-Junior, William Fernando title: Magnetosensibility and Magnetic Properties of Ectatomma brunneun Smith, F. 1858 Ants date: 2021-03-31 words: 5955 flesch: 53 summary: The study of Kermarrec (1981) showed that Acromyrmex octospinosus (Reich, 1793) ants are sensitive to strong static MFs provided by magnets (of about 19100 μT and 27300 μT), by avoidance reactions including the repeatable movement 1 - Programa de Pós-graduação em Entomologia e Conservação da Biodiversidade, Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados, Dourados-MS, Brazil 2 - Laboratorio de Ecologia Comportamental, Centro de Estudos em Recursos Naturais, Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso do Sul, Dourados-MS, Brazil 3 - Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas, CBPF, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil RESEARCh ARTICLE - ANTS Magnetosensibility and Magnetic Properties of Ectatomma brunneun Smith, F. 1858 Ants mailto:marloncesarp@yahoo.com.br Marlon César Pereira et al. – Magnetosensibility of E. brunneum ants 2 of brood by workers. Marlon César Pereira et al. – Magnetosensibility of E. brunneum ants 4 Afterward, we separated the heads + antennae (denominated only as head) and abdomens, kept these body parts in the fridge, and preserved them in a solution of 70% alcohol. keywords: aggression; ants; behavior; brunneum; change; coils; doi; encounters; et al; field; fig; nanoparticles; temperature cache: sociobiology-5188.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5188.txt item: #468 of 769 id: sociobiology-519 author: Yao, Izumi title: Seasonal Trends in Honeydew-Foraging Strategies in the Red Wood Ant, Formica yessensis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) date: 2014-08-28 words: 3353 flesch: 57 summary: Keywords Honeydew-foraging , Formica yessensis, generation change, fidelity, body size, gaster IntrOductIOn consistent with many large colonial organisms specialised life histories and social system, Formica yessensis worker ants are sterile. This period of emergence of new ant nest workers coincides with an increase in aphid colony workers in late July. keywords: ants; aphid; body; foraging; honeydew; size; trees; workers; yessensis cache: sociobiology-519.pdf plain text: sociobiology-519.txt item: #469 of 769 id: sociobiology-520 author: Johnson, Todd E. title: Continuation Study of the Response of Subterranean Termites (Coptotermes formosanus )to Organosilane Treated Wood Wafers (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) date: 2014-08-28 words: 1829 flesch: 51 summary: Treatment of wood wafers with the organosilane compound showed increased termite resistance over non- treated wafers, and high termite mortality. Isolation and characterization of enteric bacteria from the hindgut of Formosan termite. keywords: formosanus; marcescens; study; termite; wafers; wood cache: sociobiology-520.pdf plain text: sociobiology-520.txt item: #470 of 769 id: sociobiology-521 author: Marchini, Luis Carlos title: Plants Used by Bees as Pollen Sources in the Brazilian “Cerrado” date: 2014-08-28 words: 3394 flesch: 59 summary: With the data of pollen types from the “cerradão” and “cerrado” sensu stricto), the Similarity Index (SI) of Sorensen was calculated according to Silveira Neto et al. (1976), by the expression: SI = 2j/(a+b), where: j= number of collected pollen types common to both: “cerradão” and “cerrado” sensu stricto. Qualitative analysis – through this analysis the botanical species were determined (or pollen types), considering morphological aspects of the grains comparing them with referential slides. keywords: areas; asteraceae; bees; brazil; cerrado; iip; iop; pollen; types cache: sociobiology-521.pdf plain text: sociobiology-521.txt item: #471 of 769 id: sociobiology-5227 author: Moura-Moraes, Maira Coelho de; Frantine-Silva, Wilson; Gaglianone, Maria Cristina; Campos, Lucio Antonio de Oliveira title: The use of different stingless bee species to pollinate cherry tomatoes under protected cultivation date: 2021-02-22 words: 6196 flesch: 54 summary: These behaviors Under standard greenhouse conditions, the tomato fruits resulting from spontaneous self-pollination are expected to be of lower quality than those from bee pollination. (a) visitation by N. testaceicornis buzzing behaviour; (b) visitation by M. bicolor pollination scraping behavior; (c) necrotic lesions left by N. testaceicornis; (d) necrotic lesions left by M. bicolor visitation. keywords: bee; bees; behavior; bicolor; doi; et al; flowers; greenhouse; pollen; pollination; species; stingless; testaceicornis cache: sociobiology-5227.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5227.txt item: #472 of 769 id: sociobiology-524 author: Queiroz, Ana Carolina Martins; Contrera, Felipe Andrés Leon; Venturieri, Giorgio Cristino title: The effect of toxic nectar and pollen from Spathodea campanulata on the worker survival of Melipona fasciculata Smith and Melipona seminigra Friese, two Amazonian stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) date: 2014-12-29 words: 3390 flesch: 62 summary: They were submitted to the following diet treatments: S. campanulata nectar or 11% sucrose solution (nectar control); 11% sucrose solution and S. campanulata pollen or 11% sucrose solution and the species’ original pollen (pollen control). Workers were submitted to the following diet, according to the treatment: NSc - bees fed on S. campanulata nectar; NeC - bees fed on 11% sucrose solution; PSc - bees fed on an 11% sucrose solution and S. campanulata pollen; PoC - bees fed on 11% sucrose solution (nectar control) and its own pollen (M. fasciculata or M. seminigra pollen; pollen control). keywords: bees; campanulata; fasciculata; nectar; pollen; seminigra; solution; sucrose; survival; workers cache: sociobiology-524.pdf plain text: sociobiology-524.txt item: #473 of 769 id: sociobiology-525 author: Murakami, André Sunao Nishiuchi; Nunes, Túlio Marcos; Desuó, Ivan Cesar; Shima, Sulene Noriko; Mateus, Sidnei title: The Cuticular Hydrocarbons Profiles in the Colonial Recognition of the Neotropical Eusocial Wasp, Mischocyttarus cassununga (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) date: 2015-04-07 words: 4377 flesch: 53 summary: Colony membership is reflected by variations in cuticular hydrocarbon profile in a Neotropical paper wasp, Polistes satan (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). In basal (primitively) eusocial wasps, the role of cuticular hydrocarbons in the colonial recognition has been extensively studied in genus Polistes (Polistinae) and Stenogastrinae. keywords: chemical; colony; compounds; cuticular; doi; et al; hydrocarbons; nestmate; recognition cache: sociobiology-525.pdf plain text: sociobiology-525.txt item: #474 of 769 id: sociobiology-529 author: Macias-Macias, Jose Octavio; Quezada-Euan, Javier; Tapia-Gonzalez, Jose Maria; Conteras-Escareño, Francisca title: Nesting sites, nest density and spatial distribution of Melipona colimana Ayala (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) in two highland zones of western, Mexico date: 2014-12-29 words: 3599 flesch: 65 summary: Nesting and nest trees of stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini) in lowland dipterocarp forest of Sabah, Malaysia, with implications for forest management. It has been found that the anthropogenic activity, directly or indirectly, affects density, diversity and spatial distribution of stingless bee communities (Brown & Albrecht, 2001, Hsiang et al., 2001; Moreno & Cardoso 2002; Samejima et al., 2004), therefore, it would be important to do another study with more replicas to get data that show us in a conclusive way that the forest exploitation of Q. laurina can put in risk the presence of M. colimana nests in its original habitat, which is why it is important to emphasize its protection. keywords: area; bees; colimana; density; nesting; nests; number; oak; stingless; trees; zone cache: sociobiology-529.pdf plain text: sociobiology-529.txt item: #475 of 769 id: sociobiology-53 author: Zhang, Zhixiang; Zhou, You; Song, Xiangning; Xu, Hanhong; Cheng, Dongmei title: Insecticidal Activity of the Whole Grass Extract of Typha angustifolia and its Active Component against Solenopsis invicta date: 2013-12-30 words: 2752 flesch: 61 summary: Dried pollens of T. angustifolia L. are common- ly used as a Chinese medicinal herb (Li et al., 2011; Liu & Zhang, 2009; Yan & Xu, 1996) because these pollens have hemostatic and diuretic effects; T. angustifolia L. pollens can also remove blood stasis. Thus, T. angustifolia L. ethanol extract, petroleum ether fraction, and compound 1 were effective and environmentally friendly agents that could be used to control micrergates of red imported fire ants. keywords: angustifolia; ants; compound; fire; micrergates cache: sociobiology-53.pdf plain text: sociobiology-53.txt item: #476 of 769 id: sociobiology-5305 author: Gonçalves, Priscila Santos; Araújo, Walter Santos de title: Diversity of Eusocial Bees in Natural and Anthropized Areas of a Tropical Dry Forest in the Parque da Sapucaia (Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil) date: 2021-03-26 words: 5196 flesch: 56 summary: We sampled eusocial bee species in 18 plots of 10 x 10 m distributed throughout the park, being nine plots in anthropized areas and nine plots in areas with preserved vegetation. Our findings suggest that both natural (vegetation structure) and anthropogenic (habitat modification) factors are important predictors of the diversity of eusocial bee species in tropical dry forests. keywords: abundance; bee; bees; diversity; doi; dry; et al; forest; richness; species; tree; tropical; vegetation cache: sociobiology-5305.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5305.txt item: #477 of 769 id: sociobiology-532 author: Fernandes, Itanna Oliveira; Souza, Jorge Luiz Pereira; Delabie, Jacques Hubert Charles; Fernández, Fernando title: New Records of the Dorylinae Ant Genus Cheliomyrmex for the Brazilian Amazon Basin date: 2015-04-07 words: 1952 flesch: 61 summary: Fortunately, the males of Dorylinae army ants are often sampled in light traps (see Kempf, 1975; Nascimento et al., 2011). We provided the first records of Cheliomyrmex megalonyx to Brazil in the Amazon Basin. keywords: ants; army; cheliomyrmex; length; megalonyx; view cache: sociobiology-532.pdf plain text: sociobiology-532.txt item: #478 of 769 id: sociobiology-534 author: Iwata, Ryutaro title: Discovery of Two Aleocharine Staphylinid Species (Coleoptera) Associated with Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) from Central Japan, with a Review of the Possible Natural Distribution of C. formosanus in Japan and Surrounding Countries date: 2014-09-04 words: 3857 flesch: 51 summary: there have been no bona fide records of termitophilous staphylinid species from C. formosanus colonies on mainland Japan (excluding Kyushu). Previously, these beetles had only been collected from C. formosanus nests in the Nansei Archipelago, between Kyushu and Taiwan. keywords: coptotermes; formosanus; isoptera; iwata; japan; species; termite cache: sociobiology-534.pdf plain text: sociobiology-534.txt item: #479 of 769 id: sociobiology-535 author: Xi, Gengsi title: Molecular Cloning and Expression Analysis of TH Gene in the Ant Polyrhachis vicina (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) date: 2014-09-04 words: 4519 flesch: 62 summary: A phylogenetic tree was constructed using MEGA based on the neighbor-joining method (tamura et al. 2007; Fig. 6). However, there are two isoforms in monkey (Ichikawa et al. 1990) and four in human (Kaneda et al. 1987). keywords: analysis; cdna; development; drosophila; et al; expression; gene; protein; pvth; sequence; tyrosine; vicina cache: sociobiology-535.pdf plain text: sociobiology-535.txt item: #480 of 769 id: sociobiology-536 author: Yin, Zi-Wei title: Contributions to the Knowledge of the Myrmecophilous Pselaphines (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae) from China. IX. a Redefinition of the Genus Anaclasiger, with a Description of a Second Species Associated with Prenolepis sphingthoraxa (Hymenoptera date: 2014-09-04 words: 1767 flesch: 59 summary: Recently, A. sinuaticollis was redescribed (Nomura et al., 2006) in detail with SEM illustrations, and was reported from Thailand and Japan in the same paper. Pronotum barely wider than long (Nomura et al., 2006: 288, Fig. keywords: anaclasiger; fig; genus; setae; species cache: sociobiology-536.pdf plain text: sociobiology-536.txt item: #481 of 769 id: sociobiology-537 author: Kamble, Shripat T. title: Morphological Characterization and Molecular Mediated Genetic Variation of Thief Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) date: 2014-09-04 words: 4316 flesch: 57 summary: Significance of Research Based on literature reviewed, it was determined that this is the first attempt to correlate morphologic and genetic variation of thief ant species, and also the first submission of cOI sequences from thief ants to GenBank. 617 Morphological Characterization and Molecular Mediated Genetic Variation of Thief Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by Ralph B. Narain1, Shripat T. Kamble1, Thomas O. Powers2 ABSTRAcT The morphological characterization and molecular genetic variation were determined in populations of thief ants, Solenopsis molesta (Say). keywords: ants; dna; fig; molesta; new; solenopsis; species; thief; thief ants cache: sociobiology-537.pdf plain text: sociobiology-537.txt item: #482 of 769 id: sociobiology-538 author: Lu, Yong yue title: Impact of Rainfall on the Nesting Activity of Solenopsis invcta in South China date: 2014-09-04 words: 2519 flesch: 65 summary: Key words: Solenopsis invicta; Nesting behavior; rainfall INtrODuctION rainfall has a great impact on many aspects for fire ants such as foraging, reproduction and spread (Porter & tschinkel 1987; cokendolpher & Francke 1985; Morrison et al. 2004). rainfall can affect the ants’ recruitment by blocking the underground chan- nels and interfering with pheromones (Porter & tscinkel 1987), thereby reducing the competitiveness of fire ants. keywords: ants; fire; mounds; rainfall; volume cache: sociobiology-538.pdf plain text: sociobiology-538.txt item: #483 of 769 id: sociobiology-539 author: Baker, Paul title: Foraging Populations of Tube Building Termites, Gnathamitermes perplexus (Banks), Associated With Termiticide Experiments in Southern Arizona (Isoptera: Termitidae) date: 2014-09-04 words: 4014 flesch: 57 summary: Here we report the measurements of G. perplexus foraging populations collected over 3 years as part of a study on the effects of fipronil (Termidor®) and chlorfenapyr (Phantom®) as termiticides applied to soil. On the other hand, chlorfenapyr seems to slightly favor G. perplexus populations, probably as a result of the elimina- tion of competing termites. keywords: control; fipronil; foraging; perplexus; plots; populations; termite; treatment cache: sociobiology-539.pdf plain text: sociobiology-539.txt item: #484 of 769 id: sociobiology-54 author: Ramos, Vânia Maria; Cunha, Fabiane; Kuhn, Karen Carolina; Leite, Rafael Gervasoni Ferreira; Roma, Wellington Franckievicz title: Alternative Control of the Leaf-Cutting Ant Atta bisphaerica Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Via Homeopathic Baits date: 2013-06-29 words: 3925 flesch: 50 summary: Thirty (30) colonies were chosen and divided into 10 repeti- tions for each of the following treatments: control (without baits), standard (8 g/m2 of loose soil of baits based on sulfluramid 0.3%) and homeopathic (60 g/m2 of loose soil of homeopathic baits parceled into 20g/m2 doses applied on 3 consecutive days). The cause of the low rate of transport for homeopathic baits was not investigated, and thus it could not be affirmed whether it is a function of homeopathic formulation or of some other ran- dom factor such as the unknown quality of citric pulp utilized in the manufacturing of baits. keywords: ants; atta; baits; colonies; control; et al; homeopathic; soil; treatment cache: sociobiology-54.pdf plain text: sociobiology-54.txt item: #485 of 769 id: sociobiology-540 author: Xi, Gengsi title: Molecular Cloning and Expression of an Estrogen Receptor-Related Receptor Gene in Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera:Apidae) date: 2014-09-04 words: 3270 flesch: 52 summary: 655 Xi, G. et al. — Molecular Cloning in Apis mellifera The cDNA templates of different developmental stages and different castes for the real-time quantitative RT-PCR experiments were performed by the same methods described above. Relative expression of AmERR in different developmental stages of worker bees (bars with different letters indicate means are significantly different, t-test for LSD, p<0.05). keywords: amerr; apis; cdna; cloning; estrogen; expression; gene; molecular; receptor cache: sociobiology-540.pdf plain text: sociobiology-540.txt item: #486 of 769 id: sociobiology-541 author: Cornelius, Mary L. title: Aggregation and Feeding Behavior of the Formosan Subterranean Termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) on Wood Decayed by Three Species of Wood Rot Fungi date: 2014-09-04 words: 5462 flesch: 60 summary: Many studies have documented the preference of subterranean termites for wood decayed by the brown rot fungus, Gloeophyllum trabeum (Persoon: Fries) Other researchers have found that the interaction between subterranean termites and G. trabeum is antagonistic because of the competition for cellulose ( Jayasimha & Henderson 2007a, 2007b). keywords: blocks; decay; feeding; fungi; fungus; rot; sawdust; termites; wood cache: sociobiology-541.pdf plain text: sociobiology-541.txt item: #487 of 769 id: sociobiology-542 author: Nagamoto, Nilson S. title: Carrying and Effect of Granulated Baits Formulated with Entomopathogenic Fungi among Atta sexdens rubropilosa Colonies (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) date: 2014-09-04 words: 3019 flesch: 54 summary: In the control treatments, at 6 and 24 hours after application, there were still pellets in the foraging chamber in the majority of colonies, while colonies treated with fungal baits presented carrying near or equal to 100% (Fig. 2). Baits With Entomopathogenic Fungi for A. s. rubropilosa (Paecilomyces lilacinus) and IBOT25 keywords: ants; application; baits; fungi; leaf cache: sociobiology-542.pdf plain text: sociobiology-542.txt item: #488 of 769 id: sociobiology-543 author: Morini, Maria Santina title: Diversity of Epigeal Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Urban Areas of Alto Tietê date: 2014-09-04 words: 5996 flesch: 78 summary: 2universidade Estadual Paulista, Instituto de Biologia, Centro de Estudos de Insetos Sociais. Influence of urbanization on ant distribution in parks of Tokyo and Chiba City, Japan, I. Analysis of ant species richness. keywords: ants; area; city; diversity; forest; species cache: sociobiology-543.pdf plain text: sociobiology-543.txt item: #489 of 769 id: sociobiology-544 author: Mo, Jianchu title: Food Preferences of Workers of Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) date: 2014-09-04 words: 3076 flesch: 59 summary: The consumption rate of treated pine wood blocks treated with different methods by C. formosanus. When adding 30% sugar into water for treatment of pine wood blocks in the SD method, the pine wood blocks attracted more termites to feed compared to other concentrations of sugar in water. keywords: blocks; consumption; feeding; formosanus; pine; termite; wood cache: sociobiology-544.pdf plain text: sociobiology-544.txt item: #490 of 769 id: sociobiology-5443 author: Qin, Jiamin; Liu, Feng; Wu, Jie; He, Shaoyu; Imran, Muhammad; Lou, Wen; Li-Byarlay, Hongmei; Luo, Shudong title: The Molecular Characterization and Gene Expressions of Trehalase in Bumblebee, Bombus lantschouensis (Hymenoptera: Apidae) date: 2021-11-19 words: 9238 flesch: 49 summary: Both BlTre-1 and BlTre-2 may balance trehalose and provide energy when B. lantschouensis is starved. B. lantschouensis (Hymenoptera: Apidae), once mistaken for B. hypocrita, is widely distributed in the North China and is a native bumblebee species used in commercial applications – it is recognized in Chinese agriculture to be an excellent pollinator (An et al., 2014). keywords: bltre-2; doi; et al; expression; gene; impatiens; insect; lantschouensis; mellifera; molecular; tang; terrestris; trehalase; wang cache: sociobiology-5443.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5443.txt item: #491 of 769 id: sociobiology-545 author: Pereira-Bomfim, Maria da Graça Cardoso title: Community Structure of Social Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in Riparian Forest in Batayporã, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil date: 2014-09-05 words: 3656 flesch: 54 summary: Social species occur in the last three subfamilies. The community structure, as represented by species richness, showed a significant negative correlation with the Berger-Parker dominance index, and no sig- nificant correlation with the width of the fragments and with the structural complexity of the vegetation, suggesting that the community, in this case, must be structured by the tolerance of the species and not by the vegetation characteristics, which did not limit the dispersal of the social wasps. keywords: community; forest; hymenoptera; polistes; polybia; santos; social; species; structure; vespidae; wasps cache: sociobiology-545.pdf plain text: sociobiology-545.txt item: #492 of 769 id: sociobiology-5451 author: Sühs, Rafael Barbizan; Somavilla, Alexandre; Giehl, Eduardo Luís Hettwer title: Weather Variables Affecting the Behaviour of Insect Flower Visitors and Main Pollinators of Erythroxylum myrsinites Martius (Erythroxylaceae) date: 2021-02-22 words: 4942 flesch: 54 summary: We investigated the community of flower visitors of Erythroxylum myrsinites to check for potential pollinators and to check the extent of weather influence of visitor behaviour, registered as the number of visitors attending flowers of E. myrsinites. By checking these hypotheses, we tried both to improve basic knowledge of a poorly known plant species and its interacting insect community and to apply community- level modelling techniques to assess environmental drivers of the behaviour of flower visitors. keywords: erythroxylum; flower; individuals; myrsinites; number; pollen; pollination; species; visitors; wasps cache: sociobiology-5451.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5451.txt item: #493 of 769 id: sociobiology-5459 author: Silva, Wagner Pereira; de Andrade, Rogério Rodrigues title: Male Sleeping Aggregation of Melissodes (Ecplectica) nigroaenea (Smith, 1854) (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Eucerini) in Brazilian Cerrado date: 2022-06-24 words: 2578 flesch: 56 summary: The behavior of forming sleeping aggregations on stems of bushes and trees or in the nesting site to sleep at night is characteristic of many species of bees and wasps (Evans & Linsley, 1960; Linsley, 1962; Alves-dos-Santos et al., 2002). Records of these insects forming sleeping aggregations have been made for more than a century, but there is no full understanding of the reasons for this phenomenon (Banks, 1902; Bradley, 1908; Rau & Rau, 1916). keywords: aggregations; blank; males; melissodes; nigroaenea; rau; sleeping; species cache: sociobiology-5459.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5459.txt item: #494 of 769 id: sociobiology-546 author: Neves, Cynthia Maria de Lyra title: Tetrapedia diversipes in Restricted Areas in Bahia, Brazil (Hymenoptera: Apidae) date: 2014-09-05 words: 3953 flesch: 46 summary: 767 Morphometric Characterization of a Population of Tetrapedia diversipes in Restricted Areas in Bahia, Brazil (Hymenoptera: Apidae) by Cynthia Maria de Lyra Neves1; Carlos Alfredo Lopes de Carvalho1; Adriane Vieira Souza1 & Cristovam Alves de Lima Junior1 ABSTRACT Tetrapedia species are solitary bees which collect floral oils, being restricted to tropical regions of the Americas. However, there are few morphometric studies on solitary bees (Bosch 2008), with the exception of a study on the patterns of wing venation and geographical differences between populations of the Centris genus (Ferreira et al. 2011) and one study on the morpholog y of Tetrapedia diversipes applying linear morphometric analysis to length and width of the wings, head width and cephalic and mouth ap- pendages (Smith et al. 2011). keywords: analysis; areas; bees; diversipes; length; radial; tetrapedia cache: sociobiology-546.pdf plain text: sociobiology-546.txt item: #495 of 769 id: sociobiology-547 author: Zhou, Aiming title: Fire Ant- Hemipteran Mutualisms: Comparison of Ant Preference for Honeydew Excreted by an Invasive Mealybug and a Native Aphid date: 2014-09-05 words: 2974 flesch: 60 summary: Previous studies showed that S. invicta colonies grew substantially larger when supplied with insect prey and honeydew produced by the invasive mealybug Antonina graminis (Maskell) (Helms & Vinson 2008). The effects of invasive ants on prospective ant mutualists. keywords: ants; colony; honeydew; invicta; persicae; plants; solenopsis cache: sociobiology-547.pdf plain text: sociobiology-547.txt item: #496 of 769 id: sociobiology-548 author: Bharti, Himender title: Pseudolasius machhediensis, a New Ant Species from Indian Himalaya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) date: 2014-09-05 words: 1637 flesch: 66 summary: In Pseudolasius machhediensis sp. nov. It is different from Pseudolasius familiaris (F. Smith), the only species reported from India and can be easily separated from it, as in Pseudolasius familiaris the teeth are five in number with 4th and 5th combined, but in Pseudolasius machhediensis sp. nov., the teeth are six in number with the 5th and 6th combined, the head is weakly emarginate and the antennae are much longer. keywords: head; machhediensis; pseudolasius; species; worker cache: sociobiology-548.pdf plain text: sociobiology-548.txt item: #497 of 769 id: sociobiology-549 author: Bharti, Himender title: First Record of Prionopelta kraepelini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India, With Description of Male Caste date: 2014-09-09 words: 1092 flesch: 64 summary: Mandibles slender, curved, strap-like, the apex simple and acute; their tips overlap and the entire blades are tucked away under the clypeus in such a way that only Figs. 2-3, Dorsal and lateral views of Prionopelta kraepelini workers. 815 First Record of Prionopelta kraepelini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India, With Description of Male Caste by Himender Bharti1 & Aijaz Ahmad Wachkoo ABSTRACT We present here the first record of Prionopelta kraepelini, from India col- lected in foothills of Northwest Himalaya, the Shivalik. keywords: dorsal; kraepelini; prionopelta cache: sociobiology-549.pdf plain text: sociobiology-549.txt item: #498 of 769 id: sociobiology-55 author: Chen, Zhilin; Zhou, Shan Yi; Ye, DuoDuo; Chen, Yuan; Lu, Chunwen title: Molecular Phylogeny of the Ant Subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from China Based on Mitochondrial Genes date: 2013-06-29 words: 5446 flesch: 64 summary: Camponotus albivillosus Helan Mt, Inner Mongolia NMHL2122 JQ681136 JQ681081 JQ681031 Camponotus lasiselene Jingxi, Guangxi GXJX0012 NMHL0273 JQ681127 JQ681072 JQ681022 Camponotus albosparsus Jingxi, Guangxi GXJX0130 JQ681128 JQ681073 JQ681023 Camponotus vanispinus Jingxi, Guangxi GXJX0007 JQ681129 JQ681074 JQ681024 Camponotus wasmanni Xiangtou Mt, Guangdong GDXT0102 JQ681130 JQ681075 JQ681025 Camponotus dolendus Jingxi, Guangxi GXJX0036 JQ681131 JQ681076 JQ681026 Camponotus jianghuaensis Rong’an, Guangxi GXRA0010 JQ681132 JQ681077 JQ681027 Camponotus mitis Bohai, Yunnan YNBH0111 JQ681133 keywords: ant; ants; bolton; bootstrap; camponotus; formicinae; genera; genus; guangxi; hymenoptera; jingxi; phylogeny; sites; species; study; wheeler cache: sociobiology-55.pdf plain text: sociobiology-55.txt item: #499 of 769 id: sociobiology-551 author: Bailez, Ana Maria Viana title: Load Capacity of Workers of Atta robusta During Foraging (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) date: 2014-09-09 words: 3213 flesch: 63 summary: This study aimed to clarify how distinct classes of Atta robusta workers participate in the transport of resources. 845 Endringer, F.B. et al. — Load Capacity of Atta robusta Workers those of other classes. keywords: ants; atta; class; head; robusta; workers cache: sociobiology-551.pdf plain text: sociobiology-551.txt item: #500 of 769 id: sociobiology-5513 author: Araujo, Vinícius Albano; Serrão, José Eduardo; Antonini, Yasmine; Dias, Lucimar Gomes; Neto, José Lino title: Structural Changes in the Male Reproductive Tract of the Stingless Bee Scaptotrigona xanthotricha Moure 1950 (Meliponini, Apidae) During Sexual Maturation date: 2020-12-28 words: 4850 flesch: 54 summary: Because these glands are absent in stingless bees their function has been suggested to be replaced by secretory cells in other reproductive tract regions, mainly in the vas deferens and seminal vesicle (Dallacqua & Cruz-landim, 2003; Araújo et al., 2005; Brito et al., 2010; Ferreira et al., 2019). In sexually mature males of S. xanthotricha it was observed the storage of secretions in the seminal vesicles (Araújo et al., 2005), but results here obtained show that during sexual maturation, substances are produced and stored by seminal vesicles and the post-vesicular vasa deferentia. keywords: bees; day; deferentia; doi; et al; fig; male; maturation; pupae; stingless; vasa; vesicles; xanthotricha cache: sociobiology-5513.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5513.txt item: #501 of 769 id: sociobiology-552 author: Oliveira, Maria Emilene Correia de title: Impact of Aqueous Plant Extracts on Trigona spinipes date: 2014-09-09 words: 3715 flesch: 57 summary: The effects of plant extracts on insects are studied because of the demand for organic food and their selectivity to natural enemies. The effects of plant extracts on insects are studied because of the demand for organic food and their selectivity to natural enemies ( Junior Jones et al. 1979; Matos Neto et al. 2004). keywords: bees; communis; curcas; extracts; indica; plant; spinipes; survival cache: sociobiology-552.pdf plain text: sociobiology-552.txt item: #502 of 769 id: sociobiology-553 author: Mitra, Aniruddha title: Queens and Workers of the Primitively Eusocial Wasp Ropalidia marginata do not Differ in Their Dufour’s Gland Morphology date: 2014-09-09 words: 3174 flesch: 58 summary: since the queen is the sole reproductive in a colony and she alone produces pheromone from the Dufour’s gland, and also applies it on the nest surface, possibly by rub abdomen behaviour (Gadagkar 2001; bhadra et al. 2007; bhadra et al. 2010), we expected that the activity level of queen glands should be higher than worker glands, which can be reflected in size difference between Dufour’s glands of queens and workers. In R. marginata, since the queen alone produces pheromone from the Dufour’s gland and also applies it on the nest surface, possibly by rub abdo- men behavior, the activity level of queen gland should be higher than that of worker gland, as the gland contents would have to get replenished peri- odically for queens but not for workers. keywords: dufour; gland; marginata; queens; size; workers cache: sociobiology-553.pdf plain text: sociobiology-553.txt item: #503 of 769 id: sociobiology-554 author: Zhou, Shan Yi title: Two New Species of the Genus Leptogenys From Guangxi, China (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) date: 2014-09-09 words: 2259 flesch: 73 summary: nov.. L. laeviterga is close to L. strena Zhou, but mandibles without tooth; anterior margin of clypeus truncate and with a pair of denticles in the middle; meso-propodeal suture deeply depressed. L. rufida is close to L. confucii Forel, but dorsum of head in front of the eyes finely punctuate; anterior margin of clypeus rounded and with a pair of denticles in the middle; body brownish red. keywords: china; guangxi; head; margin; species cache: sociobiology-554.pdf plain text: sociobiology-554.txt item: #504 of 769 id: sociobiology-555 author: Pequeno, Pedro A. C. Lima title: Negative Effects of Azteca Ants on the Distribution of the Termite Neocapritermes braziliensis in Central Amazonia date: 2014-09-10 words: 3430 flesch: 56 summary: Following graphical inspection of the data, we modeled N. braziliensis nest density (Y) as a power function of Azteca nest density (X), assuming a log link (i.e. log(Y) = β 0 .Xβ1) and Poisson distributed errors given the count 896 Sociobiolog y Vol. 59, No. 3, 2012 response. However, termite nests are potential targets for predation because they represent concentrated food resources. keywords: ants; azteca; braziliensis; ecolog; nest; populations; predation; species; termite cache: sociobiology-555.pdf plain text: sociobiology-555.txt item: #505 of 769 id: sociobiology-5558 author: Yode, Christine-Vincent Dakele; Dosso, Kanvaly; Kouakou, Lombart M Maurice; Kolo, Yeo; Dekoninck, Wouter; Konate, Souleymane; Kouassi, Kouassi Philippe title: Evaluating Efficiency of Different Sampling Methods for Arboreal Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in A West African Forest-Savanna Mosaic date: 2020-12-28 words: 4993 flesch: 60 summary: Overall, it aims at establishing a database on arboreal ant species richness in Côte d’Ivoire. In addition, the tree beating method collected the highest number of species (27 species), followed by funnel trap (23 species) and arboreal pitfall trap (20 species). keywords: ant; ants; arboreal; beating; canopy; doi; forest; funnel; funnel trap; method; pitfall; pitfall trap; sampling; species; trap cache: sociobiology-5558.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5558.txt item: #506 of 769 id: sociobiology-556 author: Couto, Alane Ayana Vieira de Oliveira title: Parameters that Influence the Establishment and Volume of Microcerotermes exiguus and Nasutitermes corniger Nests in an Atlantic Forest Fragment in Northeastern Brazil (Isoptera: Termitidae) date: 2014-09-10 words: 2840 flesch: 58 summary: This study aimed to evaluate the parameters that influence the establish- ment and volume of Microcerotermes exiguus and Nasutitermes corniger nests in an Atlantic Forest fragment in northeastern Brazil. and M. exiguus nests is positively correlated with the circumference at breast height of the supporting trees. keywords: corniger; exiguus; forest; nests; volume cache: sociobiology-556.pdf plain text: sociobiology-556.txt item: #507 of 769 id: sociobiology-557 author: Sousa-Souto, Leandro title: Trichome Removal by Hitchhikers in Two Leaf-cutting Ant Species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) date: 2014-09-10 words: 3151 flesch: 59 summary: We hypoth- esized that hitchhikers can act in the removal of leaf trichomes. 937 Kitayama, K. et al. — Trichome Removal by Hitchhikers in Leaf-Cutting Ants For laboratory colonies, a previous study (Kitayama et al. 2010) had shown that foragers of A. sexdens remove leaf trichomes prior to transport of leaf fragments to the colony. keywords: ants; colonies; cutting; foraging; fragments; hitchhikers; leaf; trichomes cache: sociobiology-557.pdf plain text: sociobiology-557.txt item: #508 of 769 id: sociobiology-558 author: Lin, Junfang title: Cloning and Characterization of Phospholipases A2 and Hyaluronidase Genes from the Venom of the Honeybee Apis mellifera carnica (Hymenoptera: Apidae) date: 2014-09-10 words: 3973 flesch: 61 summary: PLA2 (Habermann 1972; Kuchler et al.1989; Shen et al.2002a), and hyaluronidase (Soldatova and Mueller 1998; Gmachl and Kreil 1993; Shen et al. 2002b) in the venom glands of A. mellifera ligustica and A. cerana cerana worker bees have been cloned and their nucleotide sequences have been reported. Bee venom hyaluronidase is homologous to a membrane protein of mammalian sperm. keywords: amino; apis; bee; carnica; cerana; genes; hyaluronidase; mellifera; pla2; sequences; venom cache: sociobiology-558.pdf plain text: sociobiology-558.txt item: #509 of 769 id: sociobiology-559 author: Muller, William Vilalobos title: Ant–Aphid Relations in Costa Rica, Central America (Hymenoptera: Formicidae; Hemiptera: Aphididae) date: 2014-09-10 words: 3603 flesch: 59 summary: The list of aphid species and plants is published in Villalobos et al. (2010). e-mail: Xavier.Espadaler@uab.es 2 departamento de Biodiversidad y Gestión Ambiental, Universidad de León, E-24071, León, Spain. e-mail: nperh@unileon.es 3 Centro de Investigación en Biología Celular y Molecular, Universidad de Costa Rica, 11501-2060, San José (Costa Rica). keywords: ant; ants; aphid; costa; hemiptera; interactions; pheidole; plant; rica; san; species cache: sociobiology-559.pdf plain text: sociobiology-559.txt item: #510 of 769 id: sociobiology-56 author: dos Santos, Thiago Mateus Rocha; Shapiro, Julie Teresa; Shibuya, Patricia S.; Aoki, Camila title: Observation of Trigona recursa Smith (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Feeding on Crotalaria micans Link (Fabaceae: Faboideae) in a Brazilian Savanna Fragment date: 2013-06-29 words: 2317 flesch: 61 summary: Studies have shown that secondary metabolites of plants can be toxic to bee species. Previous studies of Crotalaria retusa have found that few insects visit these plants, which contain toxins throughout all their parts, (Kissmann & Groth, 1999) with two carpenter bee species, Xylocopa grisescens and X. frontalis making up for 90% of visits (Jacobi et al., 2005). keywords: bees; crotalaria; fruits; recursa; species cache: sociobiology-56.pdf plain text: sociobiology-56.txt item: #511 of 769 id: sociobiology-560 author: Campos, Ana Eugenia de Carvalho title: Analysis of Ant Communities Comparing Two Methods for Sampling Ants in an Urban Park in the City of São Paulo, Brazil date: 2014-09-10 words: 5086 flesch: 59 summary: Characteristics of tramp ants species. In order to evaluate ant species as bioindicators, species are grouped into functional groups based on characteristics such as diet, nest location and response to habitat disturbance (Andersen 1995, Delabie et al. 2000, Silvestre & Silva 2001). keywords: ants; campos; leaf; litter; methods; pitfall; sampling; species; traps; urban cache: sociobiology-560.pdf plain text: sociobiology-560.txt item: #512 of 769 id: sociobiology-561 author: Wetterer, James Kelly title: Worldwide Spread of the Moorish sneaking Ant, Cardiocondyla mauritanica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) date: 2014-09-10 words: 4575 flesch: 53 summary: Izhaki et al. (2009) listed C. nuda in a table of ants collected at Mount carmel, Israel, but instead listed C. nuda mauritanica in a figure, no doubt meaning C. mauritanica in both cases. Cardiocondyla mauritanica was sometimes misidentified as C. nuda because C. mauritanica has a relatively indistinct metanotal groove (i.e., a dorsal furrow separating the propodeum from the promesonotum). keywords: ants; cardiocondyla; formicidae; hymenoptera; islands; mauritanica; nuda; records; seifert; species; spread; wetterer; world cache: sociobiology-561.pdf plain text: sociobiology-561.txt item: #513 of 769 id: sociobiology-562 author: Desuó, Ivan Cesar title: Dominance and Subordination Interactions Among Nestmates in Pre and Post-Emergence Phases of the Basal Eusocial Wasp Mischocyttarus (Monogynoecus) montei (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) date: 2014-09-10 words: 4760 flesch: 54 summary: Sociobiolog y Vol. 59, No. 3, 2012 statistically different between the two phases, our data showed that the me- dian frequency (%) of dominance interaction involving physical contact was statistically higher in the post-emergence (Freq PE =13.66%; Freq PO =24.80%; Z=2.02, p=0.04) (Fig. 2). 3. box-plots indicating the median, 25th and 75th percentiles and non-outlier range of the frequency/individuals/hour of dominance interactions in the two phases of colonial development. keywords: colony; dominance; emergence; interactions; mischocyttarus; montei; post; pre cache: sociobiology-562.pdf plain text: sociobiology-562.txt item: #514 of 769 id: sociobiology-5629 author: Peil, Alessandra Carniato; Aranda, Rodrigo title: Potential Niche Modeling Distribution and Wing Geometric Morphometrics of Apis mellifera In The Brazilian Pantanal date: 2021-05-19 words: 6326 flesch: 51 summary: The territory originates in the highlands, with predominance of Cerrado, composed of Brazilian savanna (cerrado stricto sensu), Cerradão, natural fields, floodplains and environments such as freshwater or brackish ponds, rivers and streams (Silva et al., 2000). Alessandra C Peil, Rodrigo Aranda – Apis mellifera niche and morphometrics in Pantanal8 bees (Carneiro et al., 2019; Ribeiro et al., 2019). keywords: aoki; apis; aranda; distribution; doi; et al; mellifera; morphometrics; niche; pantanal; points; species; variation; wing cache: sociobiology-5629.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5629.txt item: #515 of 769 id: sociobiology-563 author: Lu, Yong yue title: Comparison of Foraging Ability Between Solenopsis invicta and Tapinoma melanocephalum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) date: 2014-09-10 words: 3751 flesch: 67 summary: 30 colonies each of T. melanocephalum and S. invicta were tested. T. melanocephalum and S. invicta have similar reactions to the soil surface temperature: with 1017 Yu, Y-L. et al. —comparison of Foraging Ability of two Ant species the increases of soil surface temperature, the percentage of ants appearing and controlling the food was decreased (Zheng et al. 2007). keywords: food; honey; invicta; melanocephalum; s. invicta; sausage; time cache: sociobiology-563.pdf plain text: sociobiology-563.txt item: #516 of 769 id: sociobiology-564 author: Nascimento, Fabio Santos do title: Cuticular Hydrocarbon Variation of Castes and Sex in the Weaver Ant Camponotus textor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) date: 2014-09-10 words: 4420 flesch: 64 summary: a 0.31 ±0.05 a 0.14 ±0.08 c n-C 27 31.359 1.32 ±1.56 d 0.45 ±0.25 c 0.24 ±0.11ac 0.05 ±0.02 b 0.09 ±0.05 ab 13-Me C 27 11-Me C 27 9-Me C 27 32.124 0.15 ±0.15 0.18 5-. 15-diMe C 31 5-. 17-diMe C 31 42.282 - 0.36 ±0.14 0.52 ±0.24 0.58 ±0.20 - 3-Me C 31 42.465 - - 0.39 ±0.41 0.12 ±0.05 - n-C 32 42.843 1.47 ±0.79 a 0.74 ±0.45 a 5.36 ±2.06 c 0.16 ±0.13 b 0.33 ±0.11 b 13-Me C 32 15-Me C 32 17-Me C 32 43.415 13.76 ±3.67 d 12.73 ±2.99 a 7.14 ±3.72 b 15.21 ±1.02 c 15.12 ±2.48 a 9-Me C 32 43.533 1.95 ±0.50 a 0.37 ±0.33 c 2.84 ±1.10 b 2.04 ±0.19 b 2.24 ±0.74 ab 7-Me C 32 43.645 - 2.41 ±0.56 2.02 ±0.71 - - 10-. 14-diMe C 32 keywords: ant; camponotus; compounds; dime; hydrocarbons; profiles; queens; workers cache: sociobiology-564.pdf plain text: sociobiology-564.txt item: #517 of 769 id: sociobiology-565 author: Desuó, Ivan Cesar title: The Importance of Bees for Eggplant Cultivations (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Andrenidae, Halictidae) date: 2014-09-10 words: 5457 flesch: 57 summary: Amoako & Yeboa-Gyan (1991) reported that the pollination of tomatoes, peppers and eggplants by A. mellifera could increase the weight of fruits, if compared to those fruits formed without bee pollination. 1043 Patricio, G.B. et al. — The Importance of Bees for Eggplant Cultivation between the mean weight of formed fruits in the different tests (T2 vs. T3) within each study area and the comparisons between those values for fruits formed in the free insect visitation test (T2) in different studied areas. keywords: area; bees; eggplant; flowers; fruits; pollen; pollination; species; table; visitation; weight cache: sociobiology-565.pdf plain text: sociobiology-565.txt item: #518 of 769 id: sociobiology-5654 author: Pan, Lu-Xia; Cheng, Fu-Ping; Wang, Zi-Long title: Caste-biased Expression of fem and Amdsx Genes in Apis mellifera ligustica (Hymenoptera: Apidae) date: 2021-04-15 words: 3190 flesch: 61 summary: Amdsx (Beye et al., 2003; Cho et al., 2007; Hasselmann et al., 2008; Gempe et al., 2009). The pre-mRNA of Amdsx is sex-specifically spliced in males and females to produce male- and female-specific AmDSX proteins to regulate sex differentiation of honeybees (Cho et al., 2007). keywords: amdsx; caste; expression; fem; larvae; queen; sex cache: sociobiology-5654.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5654.txt item: #519 of 769 id: sociobiology-5658 author: Rabelo, Mariana Azevedo; Angotti, Marina Acero; Silva, Graziele Santiago; Reis, Ariel da Cruz; Ribas, Carla Rodrigues title: Canopy and Litter Cover Do Not Alter Diaspore Removal by Ants in the Cerrado date: 2020-12-28 words: 5136 flesch: 50 summary: Open access journal: http://periodicos.uefs.br/ojs/index.php/sociobiology ISSN: 0361-6525 DOI: 10.13102/sociobiology.v67i4.5658Sociobiology 67(4): 501-507 (December, 2020) Introduction Increased habitat fragmentation and habitat loss, and the consequent decline in species richness, due to anthropogenic activities can have direct and indirect effects on ecological processes, such as diaspore removal by ants (myrmecochory) (Christianini et al., 2007; Bieber et al., 2014). Among the consequences of such changes is variation in habitat attributes, such as changes in conditions and resources and, consequently, decreased diaspore removal or even the loss of this ecological process. keywords: ants; canopy; cerrado; cover; diaspores; doi; et al; habitat; litter; removal; species; variation cache: sociobiology-5658.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5658.txt item: #520 of 769 id: sociobiology-566 author: de Castro Jacques, Gabriel ; de Castro, Ancidériton Antônio ; Souza, Gabriely Koerich ; Silva-Filho, Reinildes; Magalhães de Souza, Marcos; Zanuncio, José Cola title: Diversity of Social Wasps in the Campus of the “Universidade Federal de Viçosa” in Viçosa, Minas Gerais State, Brazil date: 2012-09-10 words: 3483 flesch: 55 summary: The diversity of social wasp species in Brazil was studied in “Campos Rup- estres” (Silva-Pereira & Santos 2006), Brazilian Savanna (Elpino-Campos et al. 2007; Souza & Prezoto 2006), Amazon Rainforest (Silveira 2002; Silveira et al. 2008), Semidecidual Forest (Gomes & Noll 2009), Riparian Vegeta- tion (Souza et al. 2010; Pereira & Antonialli Junior 2011) and Mangrove, Atlantic Forest and Restinga Vegetation (Santos et al. 2007). In addition, combined use of collecting methods provides a greater diversity of wasps captured (Silveira 2002; Souza & Prezoto 2006; Elpino-Campos Table 1. Frequency of social wasp species collected in the campus of the “Universidade Federal de Viçosa” in Viçosa, Minas Gerais State, Brazil through active search (AS) and attractive traps (AT) Species Frequency AS AT Total Agelaia multipicta (Haliday) 48 53 101 Agelaia vicina Saussure 0 keywords: brazil; diversity; et al; hymenoptera; species; vespidae; viçosa; wasps cache: sociobiology-566.pdf plain text: sociobiology-566.txt item: #521 of 769 id: sociobiology-568 author: Sommerlandt, Frank Max Joseph; Huber, Werner; Spaethe, Johannes title: Social Information in the Stingless Bee, Trigona corvina Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Apidae): The Use of Visual and Olfactory Cues at the Food Site date: 2014-12-29 words: 4625 flesch: 59 summary: We found that T. corvina foragers possess local enhance- ment: they are attracted by olfactory and visual cues released by conspecifics but avoid feeders associated with heterospecific individuals of the species Tetragona ziegleri (Friese). T. corvina foragers are known to be attracted to the food source by scent marks deposited by themselves (during previous visits), by nestmates or by conspecific non-nestmates, but no evidence was found for the use of heterospecific odor marks (Boogert et al., 2006). keywords: bees; corvina; cues; feeder; food; foragers; information; marks; stingless cache: sociobiology-568.pdf plain text: sociobiology-568.txt item: #522 of 769 id: sociobiology-57 author: Wu, Jia; Su, Xiaohong; Kong, Xiaohong; Liu, Minghua; Xing, Lianxi title: Multiple male and female reproductive strategies and the presence of a polyandric mating system in the termite Reticulitermes labralis (Isoptera:Rhinotermitidae) date: 2013-12-30 words: 5151 flesch: 58 summary: In general, termite colonies are founded by a single pri- mary king and a single primary queen that pair during nuptial flights, mate and subsequently produce the other colony mem- bers (Thorne et al., 1999). Since the reproductive system of termite is usually monogamous, the fecundity of the colony is Abstract Reproductive systems of termite colonies may involve the number of individuals in the reproductive caste and the copulatory selectivity of reproductive individuals (i.e., poly- andry or polygamy), both of them impacting directly the fertility and genetic diversity of the colony. keywords: colonies; colony; female; labralis; male; neotenics; reproductive; reticulitermes; termite; workers cache: sociobiology-57.pdf plain text: sociobiology-57.txt item: #523 of 769 id: sociobiology-570 author: Silva, Tania Maria Sarmento; De Souza, Silvana Alves; Dias, Thays Lima Matos Freire; Silva, Telma Maria Guedes; Falcão, Rosangela Alves; Moreira, Magna Suzana Alexandre; Silva, Eva Monica Sarmento; Camara, Celso Amorim title: Chemical composition, antinociceptive and free radical-scavenging activities of geopropolis from Melipona subnitida Ducke (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) date: 2014-12-29 words: 4562 flesch: 55 summary: DPPH● radical scavenging assay The free radical-scavenging activity was determined using the DPPH assay, as described previously (Silva et al., 2006) with SA Souza, TLMF Dias, TMG Silva, RA Falcão, MS Alexandre-Moreira, EMS Silva, CA Camara, TMS Silva- Geopropolis from Melipona subnitida562 modifications. The eluate was dried under reduced pressure in a rotatory evaporator at 40 °C to yield 32 to 57 mg of phenolic fraction. keywords: abts; activity; etoh; extracts; fractions; geopropolis; methyl; phenolic; samples; silva cache: sociobiology-570.pdf plain text: sociobiology-570.txt item: #524 of 769 id: sociobiology-571 author: Misiewicz, Tracy; Kraichak, Ekaphan; Rasmussen, Claus title: Distance and habitat drive fine scale stingless bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) community turnover across naturally heterogeneous forests in the western Amazon date: 2014-12-29 words: 5234 flesch: 61 summary: Community analyses for sampling sites pooled across all months demonstrated that location and soil type played a significant role in structuring bee communities and that community turnover may be more strongly influenced by distance in white-sand habi- tats than non-white sand habitats. Our results suggest that distance and habitat play an important role in driving stingless bee community turnover at fine scales and that the interaction between habitat and geographic distance may promote higher stingless bee community turnover in white-sand habitats than non-white sand habitats. keywords: bee; bees; communities; community; distance; doi; forests; habitat; sand; soil; species; stingless; type; white cache: sociobiology-571.pdf plain text: sociobiology-571.txt item: #525 of 769 id: sociobiology-572 author: Silva, Marília Dantas; Ramalho, Mauro title: Tree species used for nesting by stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) in the Atlantic Rain Forest (Brazil): Availability or Selectivity date: 2014-12-29 words: 6133 flesch: 65 summary: However, it is still incipient the knowledge about basic characteristics of forest trees used for nesting. These issues are addressed from the comparison of usage patterns among forest trees in different stages of forest regeneration in the Atlantic Forest (Michelin Reserve in northeastern Brazil). keywords: bees; et al; forest; hardness; hollows; living; meliponini; nesting; nests; regeneration; species; stages; stingless; t.a; trees cache: sociobiology-572.pdf plain text: sociobiology-572.txt item: #526 of 769 id: sociobiology-5741 author: Forti, Luiz Carlos; Rando, Jael Santos; Camargo, Roberto da Silva; Moreira, Aldenise Alves; Castellani, Maria Aparecida; Leite, Suzany Aguiar; Sousa, Kátia Kaelly Andrade; Caldato, Nadia title: Occurrence of Leaf-Cutting and Grass-Cutting Ants of the Genus Atta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Geographic Regions of Brazil date: 2020-12-28 words: 8648 flesch: 65 summary: °84’41” Mato Grosso do Sul IV Coxim -18°50’66” -54°76’00” Mato Grosso do Sul IV Piúva -18°27’33” -54°15’02” Mato Grosso do Sul IV Sonora -17°57’69” -54°75’77” Mato Grosso IV Anhumas -17°23’47” -54°45’27” Mato Grosso IV Pedra Preta -16°62’30” -54°47’38” Mato Grosso IV Jaciara -16°42’13” -54°72’57” Mato Grosso IV Juscimeira -16°05’05” -54°88’44” Mato Grosso IV São Pedro da Cipa -16°00’05” -54°92’13” Mato Grosso IV São Vicente -15°49’20” -55°25’00” Mato Grosso IV Cuiaba -15°23’32” -55°59’11” Mato Grosso IV Jangada -15°23’55” -56°48’91” Mato Grosso IV Rosário Oeste -14°17’25” -55°33’68” Mato Grosso IV Nobres -14°36’10” -55°14’36” Mato Grosso IV Posto Gil -14°26’42” -55°11’36” Mato Grosso IV Nova Mutum -13°37’57” -52°02’04” Mato Grosso IV Piúva -13°18’45” -56°24’21” Mato Grosso IV Lucas do Rio Verde -13°05’02” -55°91’11” Mato Grosso IV Sorriso -12°54’52” -55°71’13” Mato Grosso IV Sinop -11°86’41” -55°50’25” Mato Grosso IV Chapada dos Guimarães -15°26’04” -55°46’49” Mato Grosso IV Campo Verde -15°39’27” -55°12’29” Mato Grosso IV Coronel Ponce -15°18’45” -53°44’07” Mato Grosso IV Primavera do Leste -16°10’21” -56°28’54” Mato Grosso IV Poxoréo -16°10’20” -56°28’54” Mato Grosso IV Presidente Murtinho -15°37’59” -53°57’49” Mato Grosso IV Paredão Grande -15°48’73” -53°22’81” Mato Grosso IV Coronel Meruri -15°44’23” -53°19’67” Mato Grosso IV Alto Araguaia -17°31’47” -53°21’52” Mato Grosso IV Barra do Garças -15°46’36” -52°33’44” Goiás IV Bom Jardim de Goiás -16°19’43” -51°56’35” Goiás IV Piranhas -16°26’52” -51°38’31” Goiás IV Arenópolis -16°38’61” -51°56’02” Goiás IV Iporá -16°44’19” -51°11’77” Goiás IV Israelândia -16°31’77” -50°90’80” Goiás IV Jussara -15°85’05” -50 °86’80” Goiás IV Fazenda Nova -16°04’58” -50°48’11” Goiás IV Santa Fé de Goiás -15°76’91” -51°10’55” Goiás IV Juscelândia -15°40’67” -51°43’58” Goiás IV Aruanã -15°02’40” -51°05’54” Goiás IV Araguapaz -15°09’08” -50°63’22” Goiás IV Faina -15°44’61” -50°36’05” Goiás IV Goiás -15°09’08” -50°63’22” Goiás IV Itaberaí -16°02’02” -49°81’02” Goiás IV Itauçú -16°11’20” -49°36’29” Goiás IV Inhumas -16°18’26” -49°31’30” State Route County Longitude Latitude State Route County Longitude Latitude LC Forti, JS Rando, RS Camargo, AA Moreira, MA Castellani, SA Leite, KKA Sousa, N Caldato – Leaf-cutting in geographic regions of Brazil522 Goiás IV Anápolis -16°32’66’’ -48°95’27” Goiás IV Leopoldo de Bulhões -16°61’91” -48°74’36” Goiás IV Silvania -16°65’88” -48°60’80” Goiás IV Vianópolis -16°74’19” -48°51’63” Goiás IV Ourizona -17°10’23” -48°18’35” Goiás IV Urutaí -17°46’36” -48°20’16” Goiás IV Ipamerí -17°72’19” -48°15’97” Goiás IV Catalão -18°16’58” -47°94’63” Minas Gerais IV Araguari -18°64’72” -48°18’72” Minas Gerais IV Uberlândia -18°43’54” -48°13’22” Minas Gerais IV Tupassiguara -18°53’36” -48°39’41” Minas Gerais IV Monte Alegre de Minas -18°87’05” -48°88’08” Minas Gerais IV Prata -19°23’42” -48°53’49” Minas Gerais IV Frutal -20°02’47” -48°94’05” São Paulo IV Nova Granada -20°53’38” -49°31’41” São Paulo IV São José do Rio Preto -20°81’97” -49°37’94” São Paulo IV Catanduva -21°13’77” -48°97’27” São Paulo IV Santa Adélia -21°24’27” -48°80’41” São Paulo IV Ururaí -21°39’62” -48°29’34” São Paulo IV Matão -21°60’33” -48°36’58” São Paulo IV Boa Esperança do Sul -21°50’38” -49°34’52” São Paulo IV Barra Bonita -22°49’47” -48°55’80” São Paulo IV Espírito Santo do Turvo -22°69’22” -49°43’02” São Paulo IV Avaré -23°89’06” -48°92’58” Mato Grosso do Sul V Aparecida do Taboado -20°08’66” -51°09’36” Mato Grosso do Sul V Raimundo -19°25’22” -51°23’03” Mato Grosso do Sul V Mâncio Lima -07°34’09” -72°49’42” Mato Grosso do Sul V Guajará -07°03’23” -72°34’24” Mato Grosso do Sul V Dourados -22°15’40” -54°69’18” Mato Grosso do Sul V Caarapó -22°63’41” -54°82’22” Mato Grosso do Sul V Amambai -23°04’58” -55°08’41” Mato Grosso do Sul V Sanga Puitã -22°58’35” -55°87’29” Mato Grosso do Sul V Ponta Porã -22°53’61” -55°72’55” Mato Grosso do Sul V Jateí -22°48’19” -54°30’25” Mato Grosso do Sul V Deodápolis -22°31’52” -54°12’30” Mato Grosso do Sul V Ivinhema -22°30’47” -53°81’52” Goiás V Paranaíba -19°47’06” -52°06’54” Goiás V Itajá -19°05’46” -51 keywords: atta; brazil; catarina; cutting; goiás; grosso; leaf; mato; mato grosso; municipalities; occurrence; paraná; paulo; rio; santa; sexdens; species; state; sul; são; são paulo cache: sociobiology-5741.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5741.txt item: #527 of 769 id: sociobiology-576 author: Vossler, Favio Gerardo; Fagúndez, Guillermina Andrea; Blettler, Diego Cesar title: Variability of Food Stores of Tetragonisca fiebrigi (Schwarz) (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) from the Argentine Chaco Based on Pollen Analysis date: 2014-12-29 words: 6465 flesch: 64 summary: Honey and pollen mass samples were dissolved with a glass rod in 200 ml of distilled water at 80-90 ºC and then with a magnetic stirrer for 10- 15 minutes. Dendrogram showing the two groups and six subgroups of honey and pollen mass samples of Tetragonisca fiebrigi. keywords: analysis; fabaceae; forest; griseb; honey; mimosoideae; plant; pollen; principal; samples; tetragonisca; variability cache: sociobiology-576.pdf plain text: sociobiology-576.txt item: #528 of 769 id: sociobiology-5772 author: Khizam, Nur Aizatul Nathasha; Ab Majid, Abdul Hafiz title: Population Genetic Structure and Breeding Pattern of Higher Group Termite Globitermes sulphureus (Haviland) (Blattodea:Termitidae) date: 2021-03-31 words: 9248 flesch: 46 summary: Thus, the colony data and population genetic structure of G. sulphureus within populations can be successfully assessed to extrapolate the number of alleles per loci and population. The successful migration and establishment of G. sulphureus populations in metropolitan environments have created considerable concerns regarding biological invasions. keywords: colonies; colony; differentiation; doi; family; fst; inbreeding; loci; majid; metropolitan; natural; populations; structure; sulphureus; table; termite cache: sociobiology-5772.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5772.txt item: #529 of 769 id: sociobiology-5773 author: Murakami, Takahiro title: Non-Inseminated Queens Have Worker-Like Behaviors in Colonies of Fungus-Growing Ants, Mycetomoellerius turrifex Wheeler (Attini, Hymenoptera) date: 2020-09-30 words: 3954 flesch: 61 summary: Thus, I examined the worker-like behaviors of non-inseminated queens of M. turrifex in Texas. The frequencies of non-inseminated queens, workers, and broods, as well as the depths of nest chambers, were observed in each collecting year. keywords: ants; colonies; colony; doi; fungus; nest; queens; turrifex; workers cache: sociobiology-5773.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5773.txt item: #530 of 769 id: sociobiology-5778 author: Pazmiño-Palomino, Alex; de Oliveira, Marcio Luiz title: First Case of Gynandromorphism in the Orchid-Bee Eulaema meriana (Olivier) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) date: 2021-08-14 words: 3287 flesch: 56 summary: Comparison of characters among orchid bee gynanders recorded until today. Revisión de la morfología genital masculina de Eulaema (Hymenoptera: Apidae). keywords: euglossa; eulaema; hymenoptera; left; mixed; orchid; right cache: sociobiology-5778.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5778.txt item: #531 of 769 id: sociobiology-5783 author: Neves Jr., Carlos Luis; Correa Barros, Harryson; Rodrigues Diniz, Maira; Freire Correia, Bruna Emanuele; Chaves Ferreira, Luciano André; Guimarães Silva, Albeane; Bezerra de Almeida Jr., Eduardo; Correa Rêgo, Márcia Maria title: Bees from an Island in the Delta of the Americas (Maranhão state, Brazil) and their Floristic Interactions date: 2021-08-14 words: 7588 flesch: 63 summary: Families, tribes, and bee species collected in Grande do Paulino Island, using entomological net. Families, tribes, and bee species collected in Grande do Paulino Island, using entomological net. keywords: abundance; albuquerque; apidae; bees; brazil; centris; doi; et al; grande; hymenoptera; interactions; island; maranhão; paulino; plants; species; study; viana cache: sociobiology-5783.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5783.txt item: #532 of 769 id: sociobiology-5785 author: Shibata, Luci; Santoni, Mariana Marchi; Silva, Vinicius de Oliveira; Del Lama, Marco Antonio title: Nesting Biology, Sexual Dimorphism, and Populational Morphometric Variation in Podium denticulatum F. Smith, 1856 (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) date: 2020-12-28 words: 7747 flesch: 58 summary: Number of P. denticulatum nests (Nn) from Araras (ARR), Rifaina (RFA) and São Carlos (SCA), and number (%) of nests with deep plug (DP), deep cell (DC), closure plug (CP) and vestibular cell (VC). P. denticulatum nest. keywords: analysis; araras; camillo; carlos; denticulatum; females; fig; hymenoptera; nests; size; species; são; trap; variation; wing cache: sociobiology-5785.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5785.txt item: #533 of 769 id: sociobiology-5789 author: Somavilla, Alexandre; de Morais Junior, Raimundo Nonato; Barroso, Paulo Cézar Salgado; Oliveira, Marcio Luiz; Rafael, José Albertino title: Biodiversity of Insecta in Amazonia: Updating the geographic records of social wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae) in Acre and Rondônia States, Brazil date: 2020-12-28 words: 5594 flesch: 65 summary: AC AC AC RO AC, RO AC: SEG; RO: IDO, PVH Table 1. AC AC: BUJ Brachygastra albula Richard, 1978 RO AC RO RO A Somavilla, RNM de Morais Junior, PCS Barroso, ML Oliveira, JA Rafael – Social wasps in Acre and Rondônia States588 Brachygastra augusti (de Saussure, 1854) AC AC RO AC RO: PVH Brachygastra bilineolata Spinola, 1841 1 keywords: ac ac; acre; buj; et al; ido; polybia; pvh; richards; ro ac; ro ro; rondônia; seg; somavilla; species; wasps cache: sociobiology-5789.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5789.txt item: #534 of 769 id: sociobiology-579 author: Pereira, Thalles Platiny Lavinscky; Bravo, Freddy; Araújo, Maíra Xavier; Cordeiro, Danilo; Chagas, Cinthia; Delabie, Jacques Hubert Charles title: Moth flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) collected in colonies of the fire ant Solenopsis virulens (Smith) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with description of two new species date: 2015-05-04 words: 2866 flesch: 60 summary: Discussion This is the first study about myrmecophilous interactions with fire ant Solenopsis virulens. Sur la position générique et tribal de deux espèces de Diptères Psychodidae, Psychodinae. keywords: ant; bahia; brazil; diptera; fig; fire; male; new; psychodidae; species cache: sociobiology-579.pdf plain text: sociobiology-579.txt item: #535 of 769 id: sociobiology-5792 author: Uemura, Natalia; Gobatto, André Luiz; Pina, Welber da Costa; Ono, Rafael Hideki; Sofia, Silvia Helena title: Nest Structure, Seasonality and Female Behavior of Epicharis (Anepicharis) dejeanii Lepeletier (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Centridini) in a Restinga Ecosystem, in Southern Brazil date: 2021-03-03 words: 8401 flesch: 60 summary: (a) General view of Epicharis dejeanii nest aggregation in the study area. Despite the activity of parasites and predators of bee nests is more intense during the day (Kelber et al., 2005), the behavior of females in spending the night inside the nest could be related to a more effective strategy in protecting their nests. keywords: bee; behavior; dejeanii; epicharis; females; foraging; nest; nesting; number; study; trips cache: sociobiology-5792.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5792.txt item: #536 of 769 id: sociobiology-5813 author: Shelomi, Matan; Qiu, Bo-Jun; Huang, Lin-Ting title: Cucumber vs Ants: a Case Against the Myth of the Uses of Plant Extracts in Insect Pest Management date: 2021-04-15 words: 3359 flesch: 51 summary: Worker ants were collected into a 50 mL centrifuge tube just before use. Fresh cucumber as recommended by the Internet would likely be even less effective: the bulk of the cucumber is not particularly aromatic but is rich in nutrients that worker ants would eagerly take back to their colonies. keywords: ants; control; cucumber; doi; effect; extracts; melon; repellent cache: sociobiology-5813.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5813.txt item: #537 of 769 id: sociobiology-583 author: Munoz, Anderson title: Ant (Formicidae) Assemblages Associated with Piper spp. (Piperaceae) in the Undergrowth of an Atlantic Rainforest Remnant in Southeastern Bahia, Brazil date: 2014-09-22 words: 4296 flesch: 64 summary: 1 Solenopsis sp.2 0 0 1 0 Solenopsis sp.3 0 1 0 0 Solenopsis sp.4 1 0 0 0 Solenopsis sp.5 1 0 0 0 Solenopsis sp.6 0 0 1 0 Solenopsis sp.7 1 0 0 0 Wasmannia auropunctata 3 19 5 1 Observed ant species / host plant 27 25 23 18 Observed species compared with the whole study (%) 48.2 44.6 41.1 32.1 H’ 3.0 2.9 2.4 2.3 Exclusive species 12 9 6 6 Exclusive/Observed species (%) 21.4 16.1 10.7 10.7 Expected ant species (Chao 1 )/ host plant 41 187* 95* 47 Sampling exhaustivity (%) 66.0 13.4 26.3 38.3 748 Sociobiolog y Vol. 59, No. 3, 2012 In Brazilian forests, the genus Piper (L.) includes 265 species (Silva et al. 2009). keywords: ants; brazil; diversity; forest; pheidole; piper; plants; species cache: sociobiology-583.pdf plain text: sociobiology-583.txt item: #538 of 769 id: sociobiology-5830 author: Moreira, Iloran do Rosário Corrêa; Barros, Daniel Cavalcante Brambila de; Lunardi, Juliana Sartori; Orsi, Ricardo de Oliveira title: Effect of Protein Supplementation in the Bee Apis mellifera L. Exposed to the Agrochemical Fipronil date: 2021-08-14 words: 4374 flesch: 51 summary: Open access journal: http://periodicos.uefs.br/ojs/index.php/sociobiology ISSN: 0361-6525 DOI: 10.13102/sociobiology.v68i3.5830Sociobiology 68(3): e5830 (September, 2021) Introduction Despite the importance of Apis bees, there has been a worldwide decline in the populations of these insects in recent years. Xenobiotic detoxification pathways in honey bees. keywords: apis; bees; doi; fipronil; hemolymph; honey; mellifera; protein; supplementation; true&cauthor_uid=25586099 cache: sociobiology-5830.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5830.txt item: #539 of 769 id: sociobiology-5833 author: Teixeira, Gisele Amaro; Barros, Luísa Antônia Campos; Lopes, Denilce Meneses; Aguiar, Hilton Jeferson Alves Cardoso de title: Karyotypic data of five ant taxa from the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest date: 2020-12-28 words: 2851 flesch: 48 summary: However, inversions, translocations, and Robertsonian fusions have also been important in the origin of numerical and structural chromosomal polymorphisms and chromosome evolution in ant species (reviewed by Lorite & Palomeque, 2010; Mariano et al., 2019; Teixeira et al., 2020; Micolino et al., 2020). Female karyotypes of ant species from the Atlantic rainforest: (A) Pheidole germaini (2n=22), (B) Pheidole sp. (flavens group) (2n=20), (C) Brachymyrmex admotus (2n=18), (D) Camponotus atriceps (2n=40), and (E) Odontomachus haematodus (2n=44). keywords: ant; atlantic; brazil; doi; karyotype; pheidole; species cache: sociobiology-5833.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5833.txt item: #540 of 769 id: sociobiology-584 author: Gold, Roger E title: Performance of Altriset™ (Chlorantraniliprole) Termiticide Against Formosan Subterranean Termites, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, in Laboratory Feeding Cessation and Collateral Transfer Trials, and Field Applications date: 2014-09-22 words: 5667 flesch: 58 summary: Laboratory and field trials were conducted to quantify mor- tality of Formosan subterranean termites (FST), Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki resulting from chlorantraniliprole treated soil, the degree to which the termites curtail feeding intensity post-exposure to chlorantraniliprole treated soil, collateral transfer of chlorantraniliprole among nest mates, and the effectiveness of chlorantraniliprole as a remedial treatment against structural infestations of FST. At and beyond 3 d post exposure, the mean % mortality of all treatment cohorts that were exposed to chlorantraniliprole treated soil (regardless of exposure time) was significantly greater (F = 9.64; df = 8,89; P < 0.01) than the TC and FC (Fig. 3). keywords: chlorantraniliprole; control; feeding; field; fst; mean; mortality; post; soil; structures; termites; treatment cache: sociobiology-584.pdf plain text: sociobiology-584.txt item: #541 of 769 id: sociobiology-5841 author: Santos, Claudia Oliveira dos; Aguiar, Cândida Maria Lima; Martins, Celso Feitosa; Santana, Edson Braz; França, Flávio; Melo, Efigênia; Santos, Gilberto Marcos M. title: Food niche of solitary and social bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) in a Neotropical Savanna date: 2020-12-28 words: 6826 flesch: 62 summary: Plant species exploited by bee species in a cerrado area in the Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Plant species exploited by bee species in a cerrado area in the Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. keywords: aguiar; bee; bee species; bees; brazil; byrsonima; centris; doi; food; interactions; niche; number; oil; overlap; plant; plant species; resources; santos; sericea; serjania; sp.1; species cache: sociobiology-5841.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5841.txt item: #542 of 769 id: sociobiology-585 author: Gold, Roger E title: Habitat Associations of Red Imported Fire Ants (Solenopsis invicta) and Introduced Populations of Pseudacteon spp. Phorid Flies date: 2014-09-22 words: 4503 flesch: 56 summary: These aspects of RIFA / phorid associations and habitat partitioning of each species suggest that phorid population densities are not solely dependent upon RIFA population densities. Sampling sites were established by selecting four grids of nine contiguous cells within each habitat type (9 cells per habitat types). keywords: ants; fire; flies; habitat; pastures; phorid; pseudacteon; rifa; species cache: sociobiology-585.pdf plain text: sociobiology-585.txt item: #543 of 769 id: sociobiology-5851 author: Hristov, Peter; Shumkova, Rositsa; Palova, Nadezhda; Neov, Boyko title: Honey bee colony losses: Why are honey bees disappearing? date: 2021-02-22 words: 10330 flesch: 58 summary: Stress of long-distance transportation of honey bee colonies for crop pollination The stress of migratory beekeeping is also a risk factor for the health of bee colonies. In the last ten years, some regions of the world have suffered from a significant reduction of honey bee colonies. keywords: apis; bee; bee colonies; bee colony; bees; ceranae; colonies; colony; destructor; doi; et al; honey bee; journal; losses; mellifera; nosema; research; varroa; viruses cache: sociobiology-5851.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5851.txt item: #544 of 769 id: sociobiology-586 author: Lu, Yong yue title: Types of Antennal Sensilla of Three Pseudacteon Species (Diptera: Phoridae) Females That Parasitize Red Imported Fire Ants (Solenopsis invicta) ( Hymenoptera: Formicidae) date: 2014-09-22 words: 3497 flesch: 60 summary: Since a variety of Pseudacteon species are important natural enemies of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren (. invicta), to elucidate the types of Pseudacteon sensilla will promote the study and understanding of the selection behavior of Pseudacteon in parasitizing . The surface of Pseudacteon basiconic sensilla is porous. keywords: fire; flagellum; pseudacteon; sensilla; sensillum; species cache: sociobiology-586.pdf plain text: sociobiology-586.txt item: #545 of 769 id: sociobiology-5860 author: Sharif, Muhammad Zahid; Wario, Fernando; Di, Nayan; Xue, Renjie; Liu, Fanglin title: Soundscape Indices: New Features for Classifying Beehive Audio Samples date: 2020-12-28 words: 3904 flesch: 58 summary: Therefore, we recommend that researchers should use soundscape features as a valuable tool for evaluating the health of colonies in future studies. Here we propose using soundscape indices, developed initially to delineate acoustic diversity in ecosystems, as an alternative to now used features. keywords: acoustic; air; audio; beehive; classification; features; indices; signal; soundscape; trichloromethane cache: sociobiology-5860.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5860.txt item: #546 of 769 id: sociobiology-5863 author: Guimarães Silva, Albeane; Carvalho, Gracy Chrisley Alencar; de Miranda, Ana Catarina; Contrera, Felipe Andrés León; Rêgo, Márcia Maria Corrêa title: Temporal Memory in Foraging of the Stingless Bee Melipona subnitida (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) date: 2021-05-31 words: 5996 flesch: 53 summary: Diminishing returns: the influence of experience and environment on time-memory extinction in honey bee foragers. The foraging pattern of Melipona bees is characterized by peak pollen collection in the early morning, and nectar collection in the late morning/early afternoon (Bruijn & Sommeijer, 1997; Pierrot & Schlindwein, 2003; Correia et al., 2017). keywords: bees; day; doi; feeder; food; foragers; foraging; memory; resource; subnitida; time; visits cache: sociobiology-5863.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5863.txt item: #547 of 769 id: sociobiology-5865 author: Gobatto, André Luiz; Guimarães Franciscon, Amanda; Uemura, Natalia; Mendes Miranda, Susanna; Gabriely Cesar, Giovanna; Oliveira-Silva, Ana Carolina; Kotelok-Diniz, Thais; Sofia, Silvia title: Nests of Eufriesea aff. auriceps (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Euglossini) in remnants of Atlantic Forest and reforested areas date: 2021-09-02 words: 5244 flesch: 65 summary: Utilization of trap nests by euglossini species (Hymenoptera: Apidae). The Brazilian solitary bee species caught in trap nest. keywords: bamboo; bees; cells; et al; forest; garófalo; nests; species; study cache: sociobiology-5865.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5865.txt item: #548 of 769 id: sociobiology-587 author: Keefer, Chris title: Performance of Termidor® HE High-Efficiency Termiticide Co-pack with Termidor® HE Technology Against Eastern Subterranean Termites Reticulitermes flavipes and Formosan Subterranean Termite Coptotermes formosanus in Laboratory Trials and Field Applications date: 2014-09-22 words: 4117 flesch: 62 summary: Equal volumes of Termidor® HE and the HE technolog y additive were thoroughly mixed and diluted at a rate equivalent to 5.75 mL (0.06%) solution and 11.75 mL (0.12%) solution in 1549 Keefer, C. et al. — Performance of Termidor® HE High-Efficiency Termiticide Fig. The objective of this work was to determine collateral transfer effects, if any, of Termidor® HE 0.125% keywords: flavipes; formosanus; mortality; termidor; termites; treatments cache: sociobiology-587.pdf plain text: sociobiology-587.txt item: #549 of 769 id: sociobiology-5873 author: Silva, Evandro do Nascimento; DeSouza, Og; Del-Claro, Kleber; Santos, Gilberto Marcos M. title: Bringing Innovations to Set Up a Better Scientific Journal for Publication of Your Research date: 2020-09-30 words: 839 flesch: 38 summary: A range of journal metrics that inform authors about the interest of the scientific community on the published content will be made available in the months to come. This taxonomy was created aiming to recognize individual author contributions, reduce authorship conflicts, and facilitate collaboration. keywords: authors; editors; journal cache: sociobiology-5873.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5873.txt item: #550 of 769 id: sociobiology-588 author: Oda, Fabrício Hiroiuki; de Oliveira, Andressa Figueiredo; Aoki, Camila title: Oxytrigona tataira (Smith) (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) as a collector of honeydew from Erechtia carinata (Funkhouser) (Hemiptera: Membracidae) on Caryocar brasiliense Cambessèdes (Malpighiales: Caryocaraceae) in the Brazilian Savanna date: 2014-12-29 words: 2383 flesch: 57 summary: Mutualistic interactions have been reported involving the aetalionid treehopper Aetalion reticulatum (Linnaeus) with wasps or ants (Letourneau & Choe, 1987; Ramoni-Perazzi et al., 2006), and even Trigona Jurine, a stingless bee, which take advantage of treehoppers sugary excretions, the honeydew (Castro, 1975; Vieira et al., 2007; Oda et al., 2009; Barônio et al., 2012). The behavior of E. carinata stimulation by O. tataira resembles that observed in species of Trigona in association with A. reticulatum: the bees touch their antennas to the head of the treehoppers, and then the first two pairs of legs on the back of the abdomen, after that touching the antennas on the distal part of the abdomen and quickly sucking the honeydew droplet released after stimulation (Vieira et al., 2007; Oda et al., 2009; Barônio et al., 2012). keywords: ants; bees; et al; honeydew; tataira cache: sociobiology-588.pdf plain text: sociobiology-588.txt item: #551 of 769 id: sociobiology-589 author: Allen, Hamilton; Miller, Dini Michele title: Field Evaluations of Broadcast and Individual Mound Treatment for Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren, (Hymenoptera; Formicidae) Control in Virginia, USA date: 2015-04-07 words: 6131 flesch: 62 summary: Fire ant control in the quarantined counties/cities is now the responsibility of homeowners, nurseryman, and pest management Abstract Field evaluations were conducted to determine efficacy, residual activity, and knockdown potential for fire ant control products. Contrast comparison tests between the mean number of foraging fire ants collected from treatment plots and control plots indicated that the mean number of foragers collected from HR Allen & DM Miller - Field evaluation of Red Imported Fire ant control products 14 D ay A ft er T re at m en t ( D A T ) Tr ea tm en t D A T- 0 D A T- 3 D A T- 90 D A T- 12 0 D A T- 24 0 D A T- 27 0 D A T- 30 0 D A T- 33 0 D A T- 36 0 To p C ho ic e L S M ea n (± S E ) Pe rc en t C ha ng e 10 64 .3 - 99 4. 0a (± 5 1. 1) (6 .6 ) 38 .2 b (± 1 08 .7 ) (9 6. 4) -3 .3 b (± 5 6. 7) (1 00 .0 ) 28 .5 c (± 5 2. 6) (9 7. 3) 8. keywords: advion; ant; ants; choice; control; fire; foraging; mean; number; plots; products; treatment cache: sociobiology-589.pdf plain text: sociobiology-589.txt item: #552 of 769 id: sociobiology-5898 author: Terayama, Mamoru; Sunamura, Eiriki; Fujimaki, Ryota; Ono, Takashi; Eguchi, Katsuyuki title: A Surprisingly Non-attractiveness of Commercial Poison Baits to Newly Established Population of White-Footed Ant, Technomyrmex brunneus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), in a Remote Island of Japan date: 2021-03-26 words: 4972 flesch: 55 summary: Of the six ant species, T. brunneus is extremely dominant in all locations, while the number of T. brunneus individuals varied widely depending on the locations and time windows; the standard deviation was large for each bait (Table 5). However, around 2001, the southern Kagoshima 1 - Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan 2 - Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Ibaraki, Japan 3 - Hachijo Town Hall, Tokyo, Japan RESEARCH ARTICLE - ANTS A Surprisingly Non-attractiveness of Commercial Poison Baits to Newly Established Population of White-Footed Ant, Technomyrmex brunneus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), in a Remote Island of Japan Mamoru Terayama, Eiriki Sunamura, Ryota Fujimaki, Takashi Ono, Katsuyuki Eguchi – Non-attractiveness of poison baits to Technomyrmex brunneus2 population suddenly began to expand northward, and as of 2007, T. brunneus was established in the lowlands of northwestern Kagoshima Prefecture (Shimana & Yamane, 2007). keywords: ant; ants; baits; brunneus; japan; poison; technomyrmex; trial cache: sociobiology-5898.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5898.txt item: #553 of 769 id: sociobiology-5905 author: Çil, Elif; Ertürk, Ömer; Işik, Kamil title: Identification of Mesophylic Bacterial Flora in Deceased Worker Adults of Apis mellifera caucasia (Pollmann, 1889) date: 2021-03-31 words: 9143 flesch: 57 summary: DE009 also showed different test results opposite to S. edaphicus that pyrrolidonyl arylamidase, Tween 80 tests were negative and not resistance to bacitracin (0.2 IU). Aesculin (-) and Trehalose (+) test results are the same as A. urinaeequi. keywords: 16s; agar; bacillus; bacterial; bees; doi; honey; isolates; journal; mellifera; microbiology; positive; results; species; strains; test; type cache: sociobiology-5905.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5905.txt item: #554 of 769 id: sociobiology-5906 author: Gimenes, Miriam; Araujo, Laene Silva; Medina, Anderson Matos title: The light intensity mediates the pollination efficacy of a Caatinga morning glory Ipomoea bahiensis (Convolvulaceae) date: 2021-11-19 words: 5819 flesch: 54 summary: The light intensity mediates the pollination efficacy of a caatinga morning glory Ipomoea bahiensis (convolvulaceae) mailto:mgimenes@uefs.br Miriam Gimenes, Laene S Araujo, Anderson M Medina – Light intensity mediates the pollination efficacy2 of these factors by reporting several examples of how climatic variation (especially light and temperature) can have different outcomes of flower opening and closing for many plant species. To determine which climatic predictor was the best explanation for the events of flower opening and closing, we constructed two sets of generalized linear mixed models with Poisson distribution (Zuur et al., 2009). keywords: bahiensis; bees; et al; flowers; gimenes; intensity; light; opening; pollination; temperature; time; visitors cache: sociobiology-5906.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5906.txt item: #555 of 769 id: sociobiology-5907 author: Majeed, Waqar; Koch, Elmo Borges A.; Rana, Naureen; Naseem, Rimsha title: First Record of Cardiocondyla obscurior Wheeler, 1929 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) for Pakistan date: 2021-08-14 words: 2134 flesch: 52 summary: Stealthy invaders: the biology of Cardiocondyla tramp ants. In the present work, we added C. obscurior as a new record for Pakistan’s ant fauna. keywords: ants; cardiocondyla; formicidae; genus; hymenoptera; obscurior; pakistan; seifert; species cache: sociobiology-5907.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5907.txt item: #556 of 769 id: sociobiology-5910 author: Ruiz, Carlos; Cejas, Diego; Muñoz, Irene; De la Rua, Pilar title: Characterizing the Mitogenome of the Endemic Bumblebee Subspecies from the Canary Islands for Conservation Purposes date: 2021-08-14 words: 2712 flesch: 47 summary: The taxonomy of B. terrestris subspecies has deep implications also in the establishment of appropriate conservation plans (Lecocq et al., 2016). Abstract The taxonomic status of Bombus terrestris subspecies is complex and has deep implications in the management of commercial bumblebees for crop pollination as well as in the establishment of appropriate conservation plans. keywords: bombus; canariensis; doi; subspecies; terrestris cache: sociobiology-5910.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5910.txt item: #557 of 769 id: sociobiology-5911 author: Hussin, Nurul Akmar; Ab Majid, Abdul Hafiz title: Genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationship of higher termite Globitermes sulphureus (Haviland)(Blattodea:Termitidae) date: 2021-06-11 words: 4528 flesch: 56 summary: Most of the studies mentioned above use COII gene sequences as molecular markers in the genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationship. The composition of different nucleotides in COII gene sequences from the colonies is calculated. keywords: analysis; coii; diversity; doi; et al; haplotype; majid; phylogenetic; sequences; sulphureus; termite cache: sociobiology-5911.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5911.txt item: #558 of 769 id: sociobiology-592 author: Bartelli, Bruno Ferreira; Nogueira-Ferreira, Fernanda Helena title: Pollination Services Provided by Melipona quadrifasciata Lepeletier (Hymenoptera: Meliponini) in Greenhouses with Solanum lycopersicum L. (Solanaceae) date: 2014-12-29 words: 5037 flesch: 54 summary: These results suggest that using M. quadrifasciata for tomato pollination shows to be promising, since their use as pollinators entails positive effects on fruit quality. Different results have been found in various studies that used stingless bees for tomato pollination in greenhouses (Cauich et al., 2004; Del Sarto et al., 2005; Palma et al., 2008; Bispo dos Santos et al., 2009; Hikawa & Miyanaga, 2009). keywords: bees; et al; flowers; greenhouses; number; pollination; quadrifasciata; tomato; tomatoes cache: sociobiology-592.pdf plain text: sociobiology-592.txt item: #559 of 769 id: sociobiology-5922 author: Mota Filho, Tarcísio Marcos Macedo; Sousa, Kátia Kaelly Andrade; Camargo, Roberto Silva; Oliveira, João Victor Lemos Cavalcante; Caldato, Nadia; Zeppelini, Douglas; Forti, Luiz Carlos title: First record of Cyphoderus innominatus Mills, 1938 (Collembola: Paronellidae) in Early Colonies of the Leaf-cutting Ant Atta sexdens date: 2021-05-20 words: 2388 flesch: 52 summary: Cyphoderus innominatus Mills, 1938 (Collembola: Paronellidae) was the species of springtails found living in association with early colonies of A. sexdens (Fig 1). Number of individuals of Cyphoderus innominatus Mills, 1938 (Collembola: Paronellidae) found in early colonies of Atta sexdens (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). keywords: ants; colonies; cyphoderus; fungus; innominatus; sexdens; springtails cache: sociobiology-5922.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5922.txt item: #560 of 769 id: sociobiology-5928 author: Martinez, José Maria; Tarazona, Rubilma; Lohr, Bernhard Leo; Narvaez, Consuelo Alexandra title: Measuring the effect of long-term pitfall trapping on the prevalence of epigeal arthropods: A case study in the Pacific Coast of Colombia date: 2021-06-11 words: 5701 flesch: 57 summary: For example, mean and median captures were (577; 489.5), (363.9; 274), and (213.1; 195) for all captures, non-ant captures, and ant captures, respectively. Using a dataset from a study in Southwestern Colombia, we circumvent the likelihood of such confounding effects to provide an unbiased and precise measure of pitfall trapping effects, specifically for Ectatomma ruidum. keywords: ants; arthropods; captures; data; ectatomma; effect; pitfall; plot; poisson; regression; ruidum; trapping cache: sociobiology-5928.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5928.txt item: #561 of 769 id: sociobiology-593 author: Bharti, Himender; Gul, Irfan; Sharma, Yash Paul title: Two New Species of Stenamma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Indian Himalaya With a Revised Key to the Palaearctic and Oriental Species date: 2014-09-24 words: 3576 flesch: 66 summary: In profile view, petiolar node distinctly longer than anterior peduncle .. 328 Sociobiolog y Vol. 59, No. 2, 2012 .............................................................................................................................. 19 - In profile view, petiolar node about as long as anterior peduncle ........... 21 19. In profile view, propodeal dorsum nearly horizontal .............................. 27 - In profile view, propodeal dorsum slope down backward ....................... keywords: dorsum; figs; profile; profile view; propodeal; stenamma; view cache: sociobiology-593.pdf plain text: sociobiology-593.txt item: #562 of 769 id: sociobiology-5935 author: He, Xu Jiang; Wei, Hao; Jiang, Wu Jun; Liu, Yi Bo; Wu, Xiao Bo; Zeng, Zhijiang title: Honeybee (Apis mellifera) Maternal Effect Causes Alternation of DNA Methylation Regulating Queen Development date: 2021-03-30 words: 5310 flesch: 59 summary: A recent study clearly showed that honeybee queens have an ability to alter egg size in response to both genetic and environmental factors (Amiri et al., 2020). Our results showed that maternal effect caused DNA methylation alternation in honeybee queens. keywords: cell; development; dmgs; dna; doi; eggs; et al; fig; honeybee; methylation; queen; worker cache: sociobiology-5935.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5935.txt item: #563 of 769 id: sociobiology-5938 author: de Castro, Lourivaldo Amancio; Andena, Sergio Ricardo; Anjos e Silva, Evandson José title: Assemblages of Social Wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae) in the Veredas of Central Brazil date: 2021-11-19 words: 5887 flesch: 62 summary: Although the exact role of social wasps as predators and pollinators 1 - Departamento de Biologia da Faculdade de Cièncias Agrárias e sociais, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Campus de Nova Xavantina, Mato Grosso, Brazil 2 - Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Museu de Zoologia, Divisão Entomologia, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil 3 - Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Biológicas, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Campus Cárceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil RESEARCh ARTICLE - WASPS Assemblages of Social Wasps (hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae) in the Veredas of Central Brazil mailto:louricastro@unemat.br Lourivaldo A Castro, Sergio R Andena, Evandson JA Silva – Social wasps in the Veredas of Central Brazil2 is still poorly understood. Diversity of social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in Lourivaldo A Castro, Sergio R Andena, Evandson JA Silva – Social wasps in the Veredas of Central Brazil8 Cerrado fragments of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais State, Brazil: Neotropical Entomology, 36: 685-692. keywords: brazil; cerrado; et al; grosso; hymenoptera; mato; polistinae; species; state; stream; study; veredas; vespidae; wasps cache: sociobiology-5938.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5938.txt item: #564 of 769 id: sociobiology-594 author: Xu, Zheng-Hui title: Gaoligongidris planodorsa, a New Genus and Species of the Ant Subfamily Myrmicinae from China with a Key to the Genera of Stenammini of the World (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) date: 2014-09-24 words: 3286 flesch: 68 summary: The new genus, Gaoligongidris gen. nov., is close to Lasiomyrma Terayama & Yamane, but with anterior clypeal margin not angled, metanotal groove deeply impressed, propodeal spiracles large, propodeal spines long and slender, and petiolar peduncle longer than the node. Anterior clypeal margin with a row of long setae, but lacking an isolated median seta. keywords: apex; china; genus; head; margin; new; propodeal; species; view cache: sociobiology-594.pdf plain text: sociobiology-594.txt item: #565 of 769 id: sociobiology-5942 author: Eloi, Igor; Pires-Silva, Carlos M.; Zilberman, Bruno title: Taxonomic Partition Suggests a High Degree of Coevolution Between Termites and Their Termitophiles date: 2021-11-24 words: 1888 flesch: 48 summary: Then, we fitted a log-log linear model with the number of genera (G) per host species as a response to the number of species (S) per host species and used the regression to compute the scaling coefficient (slope). But 21.7% of the data is made of host species that house congeners. keywords: beetles; corotocini; doi; host; species; termites cache: sociobiology-5942.pdf plain text: sociobiology-5942.txt item: #566 of 769 id: sociobiology-595 author: Takagi, Etsuro; Ogai, Takahiro title: New Distribution Record of Reticulitermes speratus Kolbe (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in the Coldest Highland in Central Japan date: 2015-09-30 words: 1420 flesch: 54 summary: We found R. speratus in an empty lot in June 2013. Moreover, R. speratus were not found in the forest. keywords: japanese; logs; speratus cache: sociobiology-595.pdf plain text: sociobiology-595.txt item: #567 of 769 id: sociobiology-598 author: Sorvari, Jouni; Haatanen, Marja-Katariina title: Aspartame-based Sweetener as a Strong Ant Poison: Falsifying an Urban Legend? date: 2014-09-25 words: 2677 flesch: 61 summary: Therefore, a careful reliable experiment is needed to assess the toxicity of aspartame based sweetener on ants. Our results strongly oppose the rumors that aspartame sweeteners are effective as an ant poison, at least with a typical dose of household aspartame products. keywords: ants; aspartame; colonies; control; experiment; mortality; sweetener cache: sociobiology-598.pdf plain text: sociobiology-598.txt item: #568 of 769 id: sociobiology-599 author: Dáttilo, Wesley; Izzo, Thiago Junqueira title: Temperature Influence on Species Co-Occurrence Patterns in Treefall Gap and Dense Forest Ant Communities in a Terra- Firme Forest of Central Amazon, Brazil date: 2014-09-25 words: 5480 flesch: 62 summary: In addition, the structuring of ant community in tropical rain forests may actually be stochastic or neutral within each environment. Thus, competition has been identified as an important factor in the structure of ant communities (Andersen 1992, Adams 1994, Acosta et al. 1995, Punttila et al. 1996). keywords: ant; ants; communities; community; competition; ecol; environments; forests; gaps; occurrence; pheidole; species; temperature; treefall cache: sociobiology-599.pdf plain text: sociobiology-599.txt item: #569 of 769 id: sociobiology-601 author: Mattos, Igor Médici; Chaud-Neto, José title: Analysis of Mortality in Africanized Honey Bee Colonies with High Levels of Infestation by Varroa destructor date: 2014-09-26 words: 4088 flesch: 65 summary: African honeybees and their hybrids (Africanized Honey Bees - AHB) have greater tolerance to Varroa destructor infestations, with few reports of major damage (De Jong et al. 1984, Montiel & Piola 1976, Gusman-Novoa et al. 1999). Varroa mites and honey bee health: can Varroa explain part of the colony losses? keywords: bee; bees; colonies; colony; infestation; jacobsoni; mite; varroa cache: sociobiology-601.pdf plain text: sociobiology-601.txt item: #570 of 769 id: sociobiology-602 author: Modro, Anna Frida Hatsue; Marchini, Luis Carlos; Moreti, Augusta Carolina de Camargo Carmello; Maia, Emanuel title: Influence of Pollen on the Development of Africanized Bee Colonies (Hymenoptera: Apidae) date: 2014-09-26 words: 4155 flesch: 61 summary: It was concluded that the development of the colony, mainly considering the area occupied by brood, is more successful with increased quantity, wealth, and evenness of collected pollen. Considering the factors discussed above, this study aimed to assess the relevance of pollen quality for the development of Africanized bee (Apis mellifera) colonies in an area of Atlantic forest in the city of Piracicaba, SP. MATERIALS AND METHODS keywords: apis; area; bee; bees; brood; development; hive; honey; journal; mellifera; pollen cache: sociobiology-602.pdf plain text: sociobiology-602.txt item: #571 of 769 id: sociobiology-6021 author: Pereira, Sérgio Nogueira; Alves, Luis Henrique Soares; Costa, Renata Falcão Rabello da; Prezoto, Fábio; Teixeira, Erica Weinstein title: Occurrence of the small hive beetle (Aethina tumida) in Melipona rufiventris colonies in Brazil date: 2021-03-03 words: 2142 flesch: 55 summary: Similar hive semio chemicals simulate the host potential of African meliponine bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) to small hive beetle Aethina tumida Murray (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) infestations. Juíz de Fora-MG, Brazil 4 - Laboratório Especializado de Sanidade Apícola (LASA)/Instituto Biológico/APTA/SAA-SP, Pindamonhangaba-SP, Brazil SHoRT NoTE occurrence of the small hive beetle (Aethina tumida) in Melipona rufiventris colonies in Brazil ID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2141-0650 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2141-0650 SN Pereira, LHS Alves, RFR Costa, F Prezoto, EW Teixeira – Aethina tumida in stingless bees colonies in Brazil2 damage when parasitized by SHB (Neumann & Elzen 2004), suggesting a potential threat to other susceptible social bees. keywords: bees; brazil; colonies; hive; shb; stingless; tumida cache: sociobiology-6021.pdf plain text: sociobiology-6021.txt item: #572 of 769 id: sociobiology-6022 author: Santos Junior, Luiz Carlos; Silva, Emerson Pereira; Antonialli-Junior, William Fernando title: Do Odontomachus brunneus nestmates request for help and are taken care of when caught? date: 2021-08-14 words: 5587 flesch: 56 summary: Average latency times of rescue ants present in the capture chamber positioned at different distances. Average numbers of rescue ants present in the trapping chambers when an ant was trapped on one side of the connector tube. keywords: ants; behavior; chamber; doi; help; nestmate; nowbahari; rescue; rescuers; workers cache: sociobiology-6022.pdf plain text: sociobiology-6022.txt item: #573 of 769 id: sociobiology-603 author: Baronio, Gudryan; Pires, Ana Carolina Vieira; Aoki, Camila title: Trigona branneri (Hymenoptera: Apidae) as a Collector of Honeydew from Aethalion reticulatum (Hemiptera: Aethalionidae) on Bauhinia forficata (Fabaceae: Caesalpinoideae) in a Brazilian Savanna date: 2012-06-26 words: 2373 flesch: 58 summary: Note the number of Trigona bees on the colony of A. reticulatum (B). 407 Trigona branneri (Hymenoptera: Apidae) as a Collector of Honeydew from Aethalion reticulatum (Hemiptera: Aethalionidae) on Bauhinia forficata (Fabaceae: Caesalpinoideae) in a Brazilian Savanna by Gudryan Jackson Barônio1, Ana Carolina Vieira Pires² & Camila Aoki³ ABSTRACT The presence of aggregates of A. reticulatum on Bauhinia has been reported, but the insects were mainly attended by ants of the genus Camponotus, and stingless bees were not regularly recorded in aggregations. keywords: aethalion; ants; bees; branneri; interactions; reticulatum; species; trigona cache: sociobiology-603.pdf plain text: sociobiology-603.txt item: #574 of 769 id: sociobiology-6030 author: Curbani, Flávio; Zocca, Cássio; Ferreira, Rodrigo B.; Waichert, Cecilia; Sobrinho, Tathiana Guerra; Srbek-Araujo, Ana Carolina title: Litter Surface Temperature: A Driving Factor Affecting Foraging Activity in Dinoponera lucida (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) date: 2021-03-17 words: 6132 flesch: 58 summary: (2010), but far from describing a continuous and homogeneous distribution of D. lucida nests in the forest. m plot to locate D. lucida workers (19º 09’ 14.5” S, 40º 04’ 14.0” W) from September 29 to October 2, 2017. keywords: activity; dinoponera; doi; et al; food; foraging; litter; lucida; nest; temperature; time; workers cache: sociobiology-6030.pdf plain text: sociobiology-6030.txt item: #575 of 769 id: sociobiology-604 author: Bain, Anthony; Chantarasuwan, Bhanumas; Shou, Lieng-Siang; McKey, Martine Hossaert; Schatz, Bertrand; Kjellberg, Finn title: A New Case of Ants Nesting within Branches of a Fig Tree: the Case of Ficus subpisocarpa in Taiwan date: 2014-09-26 words: 7252 flesch: 63 summary: After an analysis of occurrence of branch cavities in dioecious and monoecious fig species, we will examine how this trait may favor myrmecophytism, in conjunction with the different food sources exploited by ants on different Ficus species. Non-pollinating fig wasps with cut ovipositors discovered in F. subpisocarpa cavities suggests that Crematogaster ants capture them while they are ovipositing with their ovipositor inserted through the fig wall, as observed on dioecious figs (Schatz et al. 2006, 2008). keywords: ants; branches; cavities; cavity; crematogaster; et al; ficus; fig; presence; schatz; species; subpisocarpa; trees; wasps cache: sociobiology-604.pdf plain text: sociobiology-604.txt item: #576 of 769 id: sociobiology-605 author: Ribeiro, Márcia de Fátima; Santos Filho, Pérsio de Souza title: Size variation in eggs laid by normal-sized and miniature queens of Plebeia remota (Holmberg) (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) date: 2014-12-29 words: 5553 flesch: 72 summary: In this context, this study aimed (i) to investigate the size of eggs laid by queens of P. remota; (ii) to check for the relationship between the variation in egg size and queen body size, and (iii) the verify influence of the environment (colony) RESEARCH ARTICLE - BEES 1 - Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil 2 - Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA), Petrolina, PE, Brazil M. F. Ribeiro, P. S. Santos Filho - Plebeia remota queens: Body size and egg size variation 484 on egg size variation. However, no significant correlations were found between queen size and egg size. keywords: col; eggs; queens; size cache: sociobiology-605.pdf plain text: sociobiology-605.txt item: #577 of 769 id: sociobiology-607 author: Handa, Chihiro title: How Do Scale Insects Settle into the Nests of Plant-Ants on Macaranga Myrmecophytes? Dispersal by Wind and Selection by Plant-Ants date: 2014-09-26 words: 4277 flesch: 60 summary: More than 16 species of Macaranga plants, including at least 10 species of myrmecophytes that can reach 20 m in height (Davies et al. 1998; Davies 2001), are found around the study site (Itioka 2005). We collected symbiotic coccid nymphs in the canopy dispersing by wind to host plant seedlings, where plant-ants develop new colonies. keywords: ants; insects; macaranga; nests; nymphs; plant; scale; species; symbiotic cache: sociobiology-607.pdf plain text: sociobiology-607.txt item: #578 of 769 id: sociobiology-6071 author: Santos, Roberta de Jesus; Dodonov, Pavel; Delabie, Jacques Hubert C. title: Effects of Habitat Conversion on Ant Functional Groups: A Global Review date: 2021-06-28 words: 12619 flesch: 50 summary: The classification into FGs has been widely used in recent studies of biotic communities, including ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (Andersen, 1995; King et al., 1998; Delabie et al., 2000; Ottonetti et al., 2006; Underwood & Fisher 2006; Crist, 2009, Leal et al., 2012; Lawes et al., 2017; Assis et al., 2018). One of the best known functional schemes developed from ant communities of Australian savannas classifies the groups according to the ants’ relationship with climate, soil, vegetation, and disturbances, and the main FGs are: (i) Dominant Dolichoderinae; (ii) Subordinate Camponotini; (iii) Generalized Myrmicinae; (iv) Opportunists; (v) Climate Specialists; (vi) Cryptic species and (vii) Specialist Predators (see Table 1) (Andersen, 1995, 1997, 2000; King et al., 1998; Hoffmann & Andersen, 2003; Andersen & Majer, 2004; Andersen et al., 2007). keywords: al l; andersen; ants; biodiversity; climate; conservation; conversion; delabie; doi; ecology; effects; environments; et al; fgs; forest; fungus; groups; habitat; habitat conversion; journal; land; predators; response; specialists; species; studies; study; temperate; use; vegetation cache: sociobiology-6071.pdf plain text: sociobiology-6071.txt item: #579 of 769 id: sociobiology-608 author: Pinto, Fábio de Assis title: Nutritional and Temporal Effects on Hypopharyngeal Glands of Africanized Honeybees (Hymenoptera – Apidae) date: 2014-09-26 words: 3285 flesch: 56 summary: Consumption rate of some proteinic diets affecting hypopharyngeal glands development in honeybee workers. Proteomic analysis of honeybee worker (Apis mellifera) hypopharyngeal gland development. keywords: acini; development; glands; honey; honeybees; pollen cache: sociobiology-608.pdf plain text: sociobiology-608.txt item: #580 of 769 id: sociobiology-609 author: Zanuncio, José Cola; Serrão, J E title: Nidification of Polybia platycephala and Polistes versicolor (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) on Plants of Musa spp. In Minas Gerais State, Brazil date: 2014-09-26 words: 1545 flesch: 52 summary: The presence of P. platycephala (Fig. 1) on banana plants should be moni- tored, because this wasp may spread bacterial disease of banana and heliconia caused by Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al. race 2, reported in Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Venezuela (America), Ethiopia, Libya, Malawi, Nigeria, Senegal (Africa), India, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam (Asia) (Zoccoli et al. 2009). Picanço et al. 2010), mainly of Lepidopteran caterpillars (Richter 2000; Prezoto et al. 2006). keywords: brazil; polistes; polybia; prezoto; wasps cache: sociobiology-609.pdf plain text: sociobiology-609.txt item: #581 of 769 id: sociobiology-610 author: Aidar, Isabel Farias; Bartelli, Bruno Ferreira; Nogueira-Ferreira, Fernanda Helena title: Network of Bee-plant Interactions and Recognition of Key Species in Semideciduous Forest date: 2015-12-30 words: 5577 flesch: 53 summary: It is likely that M. macrocalyx is a key species in this network since this plant attracted the highest number of bee species and showed the highest centrality, contributing to network cohesion. Only the composition of bee species was sampled. keywords: bee; bees; doi; et al; forest; interactions; network; plant; species; study cache: sociobiology-610.pdf plain text: sociobiology-610.txt item: #582 of 769 id: sociobiology-611 author: Antonialli-Junior, William Fernando; Guimarães, Ingrid title: Aggregation Behavior in Spiderlings: a Strategy for Increasing Life Expectancy in Latrodectus geometricus (Araneae: Theridiidae) date: 2014-09-26 words: 3978 flesch: 58 summary: Etholog y Ecolog y & Evolution 5:187-191. Brown, K.S., J.S. Necaise & J. Goddard. 2008. Cannibalism Ecolog y and Evolution Among Diverse Taxa. keywords: behavior; cannibalism; days; egg; expectancy; life; light; longevity; spiderlings cache: sociobiology-611.pdf plain text: sociobiology-611.txt item: #583 of 769 id: sociobiology-612 author: Xu, Zheng-Hui title: Furcotanilla, a New Genus of the Ant Subfamily Leptanillinae from China with Descriptions of Two New Species of Protanilla and P. rafflesi Taylor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) date: 2014-09-26 words: 4406 flesch: 70 summary: In full face view, anterior margin of clypeus strongly concave. 2 - In full face view, anterior margin of clypeus straight to weakly concave. keywords: convex; dorsal; face; head; margin; node; view cache: sociobiology-612.pdf plain text: sociobiology-612.txt item: #584 of 769 id: sociobiology-613 author: Cardenas, Ana M; Moyano, Lourdes; Gallardo, Patricia; Hidalgo, Juan M. title: Field Activity of Reticulitermes grassei (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in Oak Forests of the Southern Iberian Peninsula date: 2014-09-26 words: 4518 flesch: 63 summary: Accurate information on peak termite activity periods would enable products to be applied in most favorable timing, thus optimizing the results of treatment. Subterranean termites: numerous in many parts of the world, living and reproducing in soil and feeding mainly on wood. keywords: activity; area; field; grassei; iberian; peninsula; sampling; study; termites; trees cache: sociobiology-613.pdf plain text: sociobiology-613.txt item: #585 of 769 id: sociobiology-614 author: Silva, Marcílio de Souza title: Trajectory of Water- and Fat-Soluble Dyes in the Grass-Cutting ant Atta capiguara (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): Evaluation of Infrabuccal Cavity, Post-Pharyngeal Glands and Gaster date: 2014-09-26 words: 3583 flesch: 60 summary: The total data on stained workers demonstrate that not all individuals came into contact with the dye, or that only a percentage of them were contami- nated. According to Vinson et al. (1980), the destination of lipid compounds in the digestive system is the PPG lumen, thus explaining the low presence of Sudan III dye in workers gaster. keywords: baits; cutting; dye; gaster; glands; ppg; soluble; workers cache: sociobiology-614.pdf plain text: sociobiology-614.txt item: #586 of 769 id: sociobiology-615 author: Xu, Yi-Juan title: Effect of Soil Water Content on Toxicity of Fipronil Against Solenopsis invicta date: 2014-09-26 words: 3017 flesch: 63 summary: comparison of different formulations of broadcast fipronil for the control of red imported fire ants. Microencapsulated bait: does it work with red imported fire ants, Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)? keywords: content; effect; fire; powder; soil; water; workers cache: sociobiology-615.pdf plain text: sociobiology-615.txt item: #587 of 769 id: sociobiology-6159 author: Nozaki, Tomonari; Hojo, Masaru; Yashiro, Toshihisa; Matsuura, Kenji title: First Record of the Soil-feeding Higher Termites (Isoptera: Termitidae) from Okinawa Island, the Central Ryukyus, Japan date: 2021-05-31 words: 3135 flesch: 52 summary: We found the soil feeding higher termite P. nitobei in the Motobu Peninsula in the Central Ryukyus in 2017 and 2019, and observed egg piles, indicating the establishment of a population. April 2021 Publication date 31 May 2021 Keywords Biological invasions, invasive termites, Pericapritermes nitobei, social insects, the Ryukyu Archipelago. keywords: doi; island; motobu; nitobei; okinawa; peninsula; soil; termites cache: sociobiology-6159.pdf plain text: sociobiology-6159.txt item: #588 of 769 id: sociobiology-6166 author: Zocca, Cássio; Curbani, Flávio; Ferreira, Rodrigo B.; Weichert, Cecília; Sobrinho, Tathiana Guerra; Srbek-Araujo, Ana Carolina title: A Day in the Life of the Giant Ant Dinoponera lucida Emery, 1901 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): Records of Activities and Intraspecific Interactions date: 2021-06-14 words: 2296 flesch: 52 summary: We observed D. lucida workers in foraging activity for 48 hours (cumulative sampling), continuously from 6 AM to 6 PM for four days, from three distinct nests in a 30 m x 30 m plot in a lowland coastal forest (19º 09’ 14.5” S, 40º 04’ 14.0” W). Forest ants, as D. lucida workers in foraging activity can have highly stereotyped routes between the nest and the feeding locations (Niven, 2007). keywords: dinoponera; foraging; interactions; lucida; nests; workers cache: sociobiology-6166.pdf plain text: sociobiology-6166.txt item: #589 of 769 id: sociobiology-617 author: Dáttilo, Wesley title: Influence of Cave Size and Presence of Bat Guano on Ant Visitation date: 2014-09-26 words: 3818 flesch: 68 summary: This is the first study which evaluated the influence of cave size and pres- ence of bat guano in ant visitation in Brazilian caves. A possible troglobitic species of Laos, with a discussion on cave ants. keywords: ants; brazil; cave; fauna; guano; species cache: sociobiology-617.pdf plain text: sociobiology-617.txt item: #590 of 769 id: sociobiology-6173 author: Bisui, Sourabh; Layek, Ujjwal; Karmakar, Prakash title: Determination of Nectar Resources through Body Surface Pollen Analysis: A Study with the Stingless Bee Tetragonula iridipennis Smith (Apidae: Meliponini) in West Bengal, India date: 2021-08-14 words: 7154 flesch: 47 summary: Then, pollen types were identify using the reference slides prepared from the local flora and with the help of published articles (Pal & Karmakar, 2013; Layek & Karmakar, 2016, 2018b; Bisui et al., 2019; Layek et al., 2020b) and an unpublished Ph.D. thesis (Ghosh, 2018). To calculate the occurrence of pollen types, we attributed a value of 1 for a particular pollen type per homogenous (containing one kind of pollen type) sample. keywords: analysis; areas; bee; bees; body; eucalyptus; garhbeta; grandis; karmakar; layek; midnapore; nectar; plants; pollen; pollen types; species; stingless; surface; tereticornis cache: sociobiology-6173.pdf plain text: sociobiology-6173.txt item: #591 of 769 id: sociobiology-618 author: Picanço, Marcelo Coutinho title: Natural Biological Control of Diaphania spp. (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) by Social Wasps date: 2014-09-26 words: 3190 flesch: 57 summary: The colonies of social Vespidae are arranged in nests that have few or hundreds of individuals. Thus, this work aimed to study the natural biological control in the caterpillars of D. hyalinata and D. nitidalis by social Vespidae. MATERIAL AND METHODS keywords: caterpillars; control; diaphania; hyalinata; picanço; social; vespidae; wasps cache: sociobiology-618.pdf plain text: sociobiology-618.txt item: #592 of 769 id: sociobiology-619 author: Lu, Yong yue title: The Effects of Temperature on the Foraging Activity of Red Imported Fire Ant Workers (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in South China date: 2014-09-26 words: 4635 flesch: 68 summary: On the eradication of imported fire ants: A theoretical appraisal. bulletin of Entomolog y society American, 18:17-20. biological control of imported fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). keywords: ants; fire; temperature cache: sociobiology-619.pdf plain text: sociobiology-619.txt item: #593 of 769 id: sociobiology-6204 author: dos Santos, Liegy Resende; Moura, Renan title: Local and Temporal Effects on Ant Richness, Recruitment and Resource Dominance in Two Cerrado Areas date: 2021-05-14 words: 6378 flesch: 53 summary: Both areas promote the coexistence of ant species by shaping their interactions. In this study, our goal was to assess the species richness, recruitment, and resource dominance of ant species within two cerrado areas (phytophysiognomies) by offering food baits during three periods of the day. keywords: ant; ants; areas; baits; camponotus; cerrado; doi; observation; period; pheidole; recruitment; resource; sensu; species; stricto cache: sociobiology-6204.pdf plain text: sociobiology-6204.txt item: #594 of 769 id: sociobiology-6232 author: Sid-Ali, Sadou; Ali-Ahmed Djamila, Sadoudi; Ali-Ahmed Fatiha, Metna; Ouiza, Ourrad; Said, Slimani title: Diversity of Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Two Forest Sites from Kabylia of Djurdjura, Northern Algeria date: 2021-09-13 words: 5801 flesch: 63 summary: Rank-abundance curve for the relative abundance (Log10ni/N) of ant species collected in Azeffoun. Rank-abundance curve for the relative abundance (Log10ni/N) of ant species collected in Assi-youcef. keywords: ali; ants; assi; azeffoun; camponotus; crematogaster; site; species; study; youcef cache: sociobiology-6232.pdf plain text: sociobiology-6232.txt item: #595 of 769 id: sociobiology-6235 author: Santos Junior, Luiz Carlos; Michelutti, Kamylla Balbuena; Bernardi, Rafaella Caroline; Silva, Emerson Pereira; Cardoso, Claudia Andrea Lima; Antonialli - Junior, William Fernando title: You smell different! Temperature interferes with intracolonial recognition in Odontomachus brunneus date: 2022-02-08 words: 7132 flesch: 47 summary: The formation of a colonial chemical signature arises from a complex range of cuticular chemical compounds that are homogenized among individuals by behaviors such as allogrooming, where the postpharyngeal gland (PPG) acts as a mixing organ (Boulay et al., 2000a; Lenoir et al., 2001; Soroker et al., 1994, 1998; Soroker et al., 2003). Therefore, since one of the functions of CHCs is to create a barrier against desiccation, it may be expected that the variation of physical factors, such as temperature and relative humidity, is likely to affect their composition (Gibbs et al., 1997; Boulay et al., 2017; Menzel et al., 2017; Michelutti et al., 2018). keywords: alkanes; ants; chemical; compounds; doi; encounters; et al; fig; group; linear; recognition; temperature; workers cache: sociobiology-6235.pdf plain text: sociobiology-6235.txt item: #596 of 769 id: sociobiology-6246 author: Moleiro, Hugo Ribeiro; da Silva-Melo, Adolfo; Giannotti, Edilberto title: Nest Architecture and Animals Associated with Neoponera verenae (Forel) (Formicidae, Ponerinae) date: 2021-08-14 words: 6631 flesch: 63 summary: This study aimed to describe some architectural characteristics of N. verenae nests, such as the number of chambers, their dimensions, shapes and spatial arrangement, depth, number and diameter of the entrance holes, in addition to cataloging the visitors and prey species found in them. Results The depth of N. verenae nests ranged between 6 cm and 42 cm ( = 25.125 cm, SD = 12.845 cm; n = 8). keywords: ants; architecture; chamber; doi; ectatomma; entrance; et al; formicidae; giannotti; journal; neoponera; nests; prey; species; verenae cache: sociobiology-6246.pdf plain text: sociobiology-6246.txt item: #597 of 769 id: sociobiology-6247 author: Barabag, Zakaria; Jaitrong, Weeyawat title: A New Species of the Ant Genus Dolichoderus Lund, 1831 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Thailand date: 2022-02-08 words: 2711 flesch: 55 summary: Checklist of Dolichoderus species. Among these species, D. taprobanae was described based on the queen and we must recognize the worker of this species. keywords: dolichoderus; dorsal; head; species; taprobanae; thailand; thoracicus; view cache: sociobiology-6247.pdf plain text: sociobiology-6247.txt item: #598 of 769 id: sociobiology-625 author: Santos, Wellington Emanuel dos; Carneiro, Liedson Tavares; Alves, Ana Claudia Firmino; Creão-Duarte, Antonio José; Martins, Celso Feitosa title: Stingless Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) Attracted to Animal Carcasses in the Brazilian Dry Forest and Implications for Forensic Entomology date: 2014-12-29 words: 2737 flesch: 62 summary: Stingless bees comprise over 500 species (Michener, 2013), mainly generalist pollen and Abstract The association of stingless bees with pig carcasses exposed in a Brazilian Dry Forest area were examined. Several entomological surveys with baited traps and animal carcasses conducted across the Andes (Baumgartner & Roubik, 1989; Wolff et al., 2001), Lowland tropical forests (Cornaby, 1974; Roubik, RESEARCH ARTICLE - BEES Sociobiology 61(4): 490-493 (2014) 491 1982), Amazon forest (Silveira et al., 2005), Atlantic forest (Farias, 2012) and urban areas in the southeastern Brazil (Gomes et al., 2007), recorded many bee species foraging on these ephemeral sources. keywords: bees; brazil; carcasses; doi; dry; roubik; species cache: sociobiology-625.pdf plain text: sociobiology-625.txt item: #599 of 769 id: sociobiology-628 author: Meneses, Hiara Marques; Koffler, Sheina; Freitas, Breno Magalhaes; Imperatriz-Fonseca, Vera Lucia; Jaffé, Rodolfo title: Assessing Sperm Quality in Stingless Bees date: 2014-12-29 words: 3262 flesch: 60 summary: Sperm counts, sperm morphology and sperm viability (the relative proportion of live to dead sperm), are key parameters assessing semen quality and potential fertilization success. Here we fill this gap by presenting appropriate protocols for assessing sperm counts, sperm morphology and sperm viability in stingless bees. keywords: bees; cells; fig; males; semen; sperm; stingless; viability cache: sociobiology-628.pdf plain text: sociobiology-628.txt item: #600 of 769 id: sociobiology-629 author: Costa, Luciano; Franco, Rafael; Guimarães, Leandro; Vollet Neto, Ayrton; Silva, Filipi; Cordeiro, Guaraci Duran title: Rescue of Stingless bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) nests: an important form of mitigating impacts caused by deforestation date: 2014-12-29 words: 3959 flesch: 54 summary: The rescue of bee colonies is essential, not only in the conservation of pollinators, but also in the use of these colonies in meliponiculture and biological research. The aim of this work was to describe the procedures used in the rescue of stingless bee colonies at the time of deforestation, prior to initiating construction of a large dam in the Madeira River (Amazon Basin, Brazil). keywords: bees; branch; colonies; deforestation; meliponini; nests; rescue; species; stingless; trigona; trunk; use cache: sociobiology-629.pdf plain text: sociobiology-629.txt item: #601 of 769 id: sociobiology-635 author: Rodrigues, Francimária; Ribeiro, Márcia de Fátima title: How far can Melipona mandacaia (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini) foragers fly in a caatinga area of NE Brazil? date: 2014-12-29 words: 4314 flesch: 63 summary: Comparison between the number of bees released and re- turning success of the bees (as well the percentage of success) for the two groups of Melipona mandacaia bees (“mixed group” and “experienced group”), and statistical analysis (χc2 and P values, Chi- square test), for the different distances. F Rodrigues, MF Ribeiro – Homing ability of Melipona mandacaia526 When the two groups of bees (“mixed group” and “experienced group”) were compared, most the results were higher when experienced bees were used (Table 1). keywords: ability; bees; distance; experience; flight; group; homing; melipona; success cache: sociobiology-635.pdf plain text: sociobiology-635.txt item: #602 of 769 id: sociobiology-636 author: Oliveira-Abreu, Carina; Hilário, Sérgio Dias; Luz, Cynthia Fernandes Pinto; Alves dos Santos, Isabel title: Pollen and nectar foraging by Melipona quadrifasciata anthidioides Lepeletier (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) in natural habitat date: 2014-12-29 words: 4791 flesch: 59 summary: X X X X X X X X X Euterpe/Syagrus (+) X X Hibiscus (+) X X Inga (+) X Machaerium (+) X X X Maranthaceae (+) X Melastomataceae (*) (+) X X X X X X X X X Mimosa caesalpiniaefolia (+) X X X Mimosa scabrella (*) X Monocot (+) X X Myrcia (*) (+) X X X X X X X X X Schefflera (+) X Serjania (+) X X X X Solanaceae (*) (+) X X X X X X X X Sorocea (+) X Struthanthus (+) X Stylosanthes (+) X Triumfetta (+) X Vernonia (*) (+) X X X Not identified (+) X Sociobiology 61(4): 441-448 (December, 2014) 445 Fig 5. As it was expected for Melipona bees the foraging activities are concentrated early in the morning and tend to decrease after midday. keywords: apidae; bees; doi; foraging; melipona; nectar; pollen; quadrifasciata; species; temperature cache: sociobiology-636.pdf plain text: sociobiology-636.txt item: #603 of 769 id: sociobiology-637 author: Pinto, Rafael Sousa; Albuquerque, Patricia Maia Correia; Rêgo, Márcia Maria Corrêa title: Pollen Analysis of Food Pots Stored by Melipona subnitida Ducke (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in a Restinga area date: 2014-12-29 words: 5723 flesch: 64 summary: icaco M M M M M M M M I Ochnaceae Ouratea racemiformis M M M M Passifloraceae Passiflora sp. M Turnera ulmifolia M M M M M M Poaceae Poaceae type M M M M M M M Polygonaceae Coccoloba sp. keywords: bees; doi; food; honey; m m; melipona; myrtaceae; plants; pollen; pots; samples; silva; species; subnitida; types cache: sociobiology-637.pdf plain text: sociobiology-637.txt item: #604 of 769 id: sociobiology-638 author: Silva, Albeane Guimarães; Pinto, Rafael Sousa; Contrera, Felipe Andres Leon; Albuquerque, Patricia Maia Correia; Rêgo, Márcia Maria Corrêa title: Foraging distance of Melipona subnitida Ducke (Hymenoptera: Apidae) date: 2014-12-29 words: 5743 flesch: 61 summary: Artificial feeder method – Foraging distance The experiments were performed in two different months: March 2013 and August 2013. An artificial feeder consisting of a flat acrylic disc with grooves from the center to the edge was used to evaluate foraging distances. keywords: bees; colony; distance; feeder; food; foragers; foraging; maximum; nest; number; workers cache: sociobiology-638.pdf plain text: sociobiology-638.txt item: #605 of 769 id: sociobiology-64 author: Del-Claro, Kleber; Guillermo-Ferreira, Rhainer; Zardini, Helena; Almeida, Elizângela Machado; Torezan-Silingardi, Helena Maura title: Ants Visiting the Post-Floral Secretions of Pericarpial Nectaries in Palicourea rigida (Rubiaceae) Provide Protection Against Leaf Herbivores But Not Against Seed Parasites date: 2013-11-06 words: 3181 flesch: 62 summary: However, the majority of published data refer to plant species that bear EFNs on their vegeta- K Del-Claro, R Guillermo-Ferreira, EM Almeida, H Zardini, HM Torezan-Silingardi - Ant-plant mutualism in Palicourea rigida220 tive parts (see Rico-Gray & Oliveira, 2007 for review). If so, ants visiting these nectaries should reduce plant herbivory (leaf-area loss) and parasitic-wasp at- tacks on the fruits. keywords: ants; claro; del; efns; fruits; herbivores; nectaries; plant; rigida; seed; wasps cache: sociobiology-64.pdf plain text: sociobiology-64.txt item: #606 of 769 id: sociobiology-640 author: Pioker-Hara, Fabiana Curtopassi; Drummond, Murilo Sergio; Kleinert, Astrid de Matos Peixoto title: The Influence of the Loss of Brazilian Savanna Vegetation on the Occurrence of Nests of Stingless Bees (Apidae: Meliponini) date: 2014-12-29 words: 6120 flesch: 57 summary: To evaluate the influence of the loss of cerrado vegetation on the occurrence of stingless bees nests, we surveyed bee nests in two areas of cerrado in the state of São Paulo and 23 areas of cerrado in the state of Maranhão and evaluated the degree of anthropogenic change in the landscape, analysing the data together with those from other nest surveys in the cerrado. Among stingless bees species, those of Melipona genus have been considered particularly sensitive to habitat loss. keywords: areas; bees; cerrado; cluster; loss; melipona; nests; occurrence; species; stingless; surveys; vegetation; work cache: sociobiology-640.pdf plain text: sociobiology-640.txt item: #607 of 769 id: sociobiology-641 author: dos Santos, Charles Fernando; Nunes-Silva, Patrícia; Halinski, Rosana; Blochtein, Betina title: Diapause in Stingless Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) date: 2014-12-29 words: 7134 flesch: 66 summary: One of the more conspicuous signs that a given colony of Plebeia spp. is preparing for reproductive diapause is the pro- gressive construction of a multi-layered involucrum covering the brood comb area, as observed in P. droryana and P. emerina (Drumond et al., 1996) and in P. remota (Ribeiro et al., 2003) (Figs 1 and 2). During reproductive diapause, queens of P. remota may lose weight, as evidenced by their reduced physogastry (Ribeiro et al., 2003). keywords: apidae; bees; blochtein; brood; diapause; doi; entomol; et al; hymenoptera; insect; nunes; plebeia; reproductive; ribeiro; silva; species; stingless; tauber cache: sociobiology-641.pdf plain text: sociobiology-641.txt item: #608 of 769 id: sociobiology-642 author: Nunes, Túlio Marcos; von Zuben, Lucas Garcia; Costa, Luciano; Venturieri, Giorgio Cristino title: Defensive repertoire of the stingless bee Melipona flavolineata Friese (Hymenoptera: Apidae) date: 2014-12-29 words: 3830 flesch: 56 summary: Mandibular gland secretions of meliponine worker bees: further evidence for their role in interspecific and intraspecific defence and aggression and against their role in food source signalling. The results described here demonstrate the repellent effect of M. flavolineata workers in the presence of cephalic secretions of L. limao. keywords: bees; extract; flavolineata; gland; mandibular; nest; species; stingless; workers cache: sociobiology-642.pdf plain text: sociobiology-642.txt item: #609 of 769 id: sociobiology-643 author: Medina-Medina, Luis A.; Hart, Adam G.; Ratnieks, Francis L.W. title: Waste Management in the Stingless Bee Melipona beecheii Bennett (Hymenoptera: Apidae) date: 2014-12-29 words: 4561 flesch: 65 summary: (1989) who classified all bees performing activities at the dumps as waste workers). They also enabled us to determine whether division of labor into waste workers and non-waste workers was occurring. keywords: days; dump; hart; management; nest; partitioning; pellets; ratnieks; task; waste; workers cache: sociobiology-643.pdf plain text: sociobiology-643.txt item: #610 of 769 id: sociobiology-644 author: von Zuben, Lucas Garcia; Nunes, Túlio Marcos title: A scientific note on the presence of functional tibia for pollen transportation in the robber bee Lestrimelitta limao Smith (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) date: 2014-12-29 words: 1376 flesch: 55 summary: This observation is of interest since it shows that even though the tibia of robber bees workers are highly modified and lack the corbicula, the ability to transport pollen using this structure is maintained. During one raid to a F. varia colony it was possible to observe numerous robber bee workers carrying the pollen from the host nest in their hind tibia (Fig 1c). keywords: bees; pollen; robber; stingless; workers cache: sociobiology-644.pdf plain text: sociobiology-644.txt item: #611 of 769 id: sociobiology-645 author: Bomfim, Isac Gabriel Abrahão; Bezerra, Antonio Diego de Melo; Nunes, Alexandre Campos; de Aragão, Fernando Antonio Souza; Freitas, Breno Magalhães title: Adaptive and Foraging Behavior of Two Stingless Bee Species in Greenhouse Mini Watermelon Pollination date: 2015-01-16 words: 5662 flesch: 55 summary: Foraging behavior in mini watermelon flowers The general foraging behavior of individuals belonging to both bee species were observed to determine the kind of resources collected from mini watermelon flowers, and if they touched the anthers (in staminate flowers) or the stigma (in the case of pistillate flowers) during visitation. Although the foragers of Scaptotrigona sp. nov. during the first day in the protected environment showed a similar behavior to M. subnitida foragers, including high mortality by incessant collisions against the covering structures of the greenhouse, they began foraging in mini watermelon flowers in the second day after their introduction. keywords: bees; colonies; flowers; foragers; greenhouse; mini; nov; pollination; scaptotrigona; stingless; watermelon cache: sociobiology-645.pdf plain text: sociobiology-645.txt item: #612 of 769 id: sociobiology-646 author: Billen, Johan; Plancken, Lore Vander title: Exocrine glands in the legs of the stingless bee Frieseomelitta varia (Lepeletier) (Apidae: Meliponini) date: 2014-12-29 words: 4692 flesch: 66 summary: The latter study presented data on leg glands in the three castes of 13 meliponine species belonging to 7 genera. The right column ‘CL’ indicates whether or not the occurrence of a gland was reported in the 1998 review article on leg glands in Meliponini bees by Cruz-Landim et al. and the same author’s book chapter update in 2002. keywords: billen; cruz; distal; epithelial; fig; gland; landim; leg cache: sociobiology-646.pdf plain text: sociobiology-646.txt item: #613 of 769 id: sociobiology-649 author: Maia-Silva, Camila; Imperatriz-Fonseca, Vera Lucia; Silva, Cláudia Inês; Hrncir, Michael title: Environmental windows for foraging activity in stingless bees, Melipona subnitida Ducke and Melipona quadrifasciata Lepeletier (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) date: 2014-12-29 words: 6305 flesch: 55 summary: Analysis of pollen foraging activity To evaluate the foraging activity of the investigated bee species, we calculated for each month the following parameters of foraging activity: FON, average time of foraging onset, FEND, average end of pollen foraging activity, and FMAX, average maximum number of foraging bees. During peak activity (usually, between 5:45 am and 10:00 am), the number of pollen foragers was registered for 5 minutes every 15 C Maia-Silva, VL Imperatriz-Fonseca, CI Silva, M Hrncir - Environmental foraging window of stingless bees380 minutes. keywords: activity; bees; colonies; foraging; pollen; species; study; subnitida; temperature cache: sociobiology-649.pdf plain text: sociobiology-649.txt item: #614 of 769 id: sociobiology-65 author: Nadolski, Jerzy title: Phenology of European Hornet, Vespa crabro L. and Saxon Wasps, Dolichovespula saxonica Fabr. (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) and the Influence of the Weather on the Reproductive Success of Wasps Societies in Urban Conditions date: 2013-12-30 words: 4816 flesch: 60 summary: Date of initiation of nests by queens and time of appearing of reproductive castes for Vespa crabro nests in two habitats in Łódź, in 2000-2009. Means values of ranks of nest initiation dates, between two studied areas (parkland and woodland) were analyzed. keywords: colonies; conditions; crabro; initiation; nests; saxonica; urban; vespa; wasps; weather cache: sociobiology-65.pdf plain text: sociobiology-65.txt item: #615 of 769 id: sociobiology-650 author: Nene, Wilson Angelo; Rwegasira, Gratian Mutashoberwa; Offenberg, Joachim; Mwatawala, Maulid; Nielsen, Mogens title: Mating Behavior of the African Weaver Ant, Oecophylla longinoda(Latreille) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) date: 2015-09-30 words: 3569 flesch: 62 summary: Results Fertility status and survival of collected queens All collected queens produced eggs, regardless of stage of collection. Findings from the current study suggest that mating of O. longinoda queens take place during a nuptial flight and does not take place within the nest, as previously suggested. keywords: ant; days; dispersal; eggs; flights; longinoda; mating; oecophylla; queens cache: sociobiology-650.pdf plain text: sociobiology-650.txt item: #616 of 769 id: sociobiology-653 author: Souza, Roberth Fagundes; Anjos, Diego V; Carvalho, Raquel; Del-Claro, Kleber title: Availability of food and nesting-sites as regulatory mechanisms for the recovery of ant diversity after fire disturbance date: 2015-04-07 words: 6761 flesch: 60 summary: Sociobiology An international journal on social insects R Fagundes1,2, DV Anjos2; R Carvalho3, K Del-Claro1 Article History Edited by Gilberto M. M. Santos, UEFS, Brazil Received 09 October 2014 Initial acceptance 29 November 2014 Final acceptance 07 February 2015 Keywords limiting resources, ant nest, competition, Cerrado, environmental disturbance. Thus, fire reduced the potential cavities to ant nests by simplification of vegetation structure. keywords: ant; ants; area; claro; del; et al; fire; nesting; nests; philpott; sites; species cache: sociobiology-653.pdf plain text: sociobiology-653.txt item: #617 of 769 id: sociobiology-655 author: Komatsu, Takashi; Maruyama, Munetoshi; Itino, Takao title: Two Cleptoparasitic Ant Crickets (Orthoptera: Myrmecophilidae) That Share Similar Host Ant Species Differentiate Their Habitat Use in Areas of Sympatry in Japan date: 2015-09-30 words: 8921 flesch: 75 summary: We focused on two of these species, M. kinomurai and M. kubotai, and compared their host and habitat use. Here, on the basis of exhaustive sampling across Japan, we confirmed that M. kinomurai and M. kubotai do not differ in their host ant preferences: both prefer formicine ants as hosts. keywords: habitat; k om; kinomurai; o o; om ur; species; su m; su t cache: sociobiology-655.pdf plain text: sociobiology-655.txt item: #618 of 769 id: sociobiology-662 author: Pimid, Marcela; Hassan, Abu; Tahir, Nurita Abu; Thevan, Kumara title: Colony Structure of the Weaver Ant, Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) date: 2014-10-20 words: 3288 flesch: 73 summary: The images of each specimen of O. smaragdina were 3 Marcela, P. et al. — Colony Structure of Oecophylla smaragdina captured and s measurements were deter- mined using a stereomicroscope (Olympus SZX9) which was connected to Image analyser Cell A (Dell Inc. computer). (2009) who reported that direct genotyping of the sperm carried by 77 Queensland queens and worker genotypic arrays of 7 Marcela, P. et al. — Colony Structure of Oecophylla smaragdina established colonies of O. smaragdina showed that less than half of the queens mate only once, while some mate up to five times, which suggested that more males were involved during mating than the females. keywords: ants; colony; fig; nests; smaragdina; workers cache: sociobiology-662.pdf plain text: sociobiology-662.txt item: #619 of 769 id: sociobiology-663 author: Disney, R. Henry L. title: The Males of Rhynchomicropteron (Diptera: Phoridae) date: 2014-10-20 words: 1338 flesch: 64 summary: Rhynchomicropteron nudiventer male, costal section 1. Fig. Rhynchomicropteron nudiventer male, costal section 1, with a few costal cilia at base. keywords: male; rhynchomicropteron; species cache: sociobiology-663.pdf plain text: sociobiology-663.txt item: #620 of 769 id: sociobiology-664 author: Xu, Zheng-Hui title: A Newly Recorded Genus and Species, Harpagoxenus sublaevis, from China with a Key to the Known Species of Harpagoxenus of the World (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) date: 2014-10-20 words: 2017 flesch: 66 summary: The maximum width of the head in full face view, excluding the eyes. In full face view, anterior margin of clypeus narrowly deeply concave in the middle. keywords: genus; harpagoxenus; margin; species; sublaevis; view cache: sociobiology-664.pdf plain text: sociobiology-664.txt item: #621 of 769 id: sociobiology-665 author: Lee, Albert H.; Hooper-Bui, Linda title: The Origin and In Situ Identification of Uncultured Gut Bacteria in Fourth-Instar Larvae of the Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) date: 2014-10-20 words: 7147 flesch: 57 summary: results from the study demonstrated that ants in captivity completely change their gut bacterial diversity strongly supports the conclusion that fire ant gut bacteria are environmental in origin. Key words: bacteria, symbiosis, Solenopsis invicta Louisiana state University Agricultural center 404 Life science Building, LsU. Baton rouge, La 70808 1Leeahy@gmail.com 2LHooper@agcenter.lsu.edu 28 sociobiolog y Vol. 59, No. 1, 2012 INtrODUctION Lee et al. (2008) recently described culture-independent identification of gut bacteria in fourth-instar larvae of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren. keywords: ants; bacteria; colony; et al; fig; fire; guts; instar; invicta; larvae; lee; mortality; species cache: sociobiology-665.pdf plain text: sociobiology-665.txt item: #622 of 769 id: sociobiology-666 author: Ríos-Casanova, Leticia; Godínez-Álvarez, Héctor; Morales, Gabriala Martínez title: Remoción de Semillas en Hábitats Transformados: Pogonomyrmex barbatus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) y Cinco Especies de Cactáceas del Centro de México date: 2014-10-21 words: 6185 flesch: 52 summary: Se esperaba que las tasas de remoción de semillas por la hormiga P. barbatus fueran bajas en los sitios que como consecuencia de la realización intensa de actividades humanas tienen vegetación poco estructurada, mientras que los sitios que han recibido menos impacto por las actividades humanas y que tienen una vegetación más estructurada deberían tener tasas de remoción de semillas mayores debido a la mayor disponibilidad de recursos y a que las condiciones ambientales permiten a las hormigas periodos de actividad más amplios. Lo anterior podría estar disminuyendo los periodos de actividad de las hormigas en este sitio y por lo tanto sus tasas de remoción de semillas. keywords: actividades; barbatus; cactáceas; casanova; cca; como; con; de las; de remoción; de semillas; del; especies; este; hormigas; humanas; las; las semillas; los; más; méxico; para; por; que; remoción; removal; seed; semillas; sitios; suelo; tasas; una cache: sociobiology-666.pdf plain text: sociobiology-666.txt item: #623 of 769 id: sociobiology-667 author: Pech, Pavel title: Hyenism in Ants: Non-Target Ants Profit From Polyergus rufescens Raids (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) date: 2014-10-21 words: 1034 flesch: 65 summary: I dug up and searched all the nests in the site: the attacked F. fusca nest, M. sabuleti nest and L. alienus nests. It seems that M. sabuleti benefited substantially: The weight of F. fusca carcasses in M. sabuleti nest was approximately half of the weight of all the M. sabuleti workers. keywords: fusca; sabuleti cache: sociobiology-667.pdf plain text: sociobiology-667.txt item: #624 of 769 id: sociobiology-668 author: Xu, Yi-Juan; Liang, Guang Wen title: Effects of Honeydew of Phenacoccus solenopsis on Foliar Foraging by Solenopsis invcta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) date: 2014-10-21 words: 2261 flesch: 61 summary: 71 Effects of Honeydew of Phenacoccus solenopsis on Foliar Foraging by Solenopsis invcta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by Ai-Ming Zhou, Yong-Yue Lu, Ling Zeng, Yi-Juan Xu* & Guang-Wen Liang* AbstrAct The olfactory response of fire ants to plant leaves, mealybugs and the honeydew excreted by mealybugs was tested with a Y-tube olfactometer. The foraging activities of fire ants on three plants were also measured. keywords: ants; control; fire; foraging; honeydew; plant cache: sociobiology-668.pdf plain text: sociobiology-668.txt item: #625 of 769 id: sociobiology-669 author: Tarver, Matthew R; Mattison, Christopher; Florane, Christopher B; Hinchliffe, Doug J; Zhang, Dunhua; Lax, Alan R title: Screening of Multiple Potential Control Genes for use in Caste and Body Region Comparisons Using RT-qPCR in Coptotermes formosanus date: 2014-10-21 words: 4498 flesch: 52 summary: One of the first steps in analyzing gene expression is the normalization to constant reference genes. One established method for measuring gene expression is through reverse transcription quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR). keywords: 18s; actin; control; expression; formosanus; genes; reference; rna; termite cache: sociobiology-669.pdf plain text: sociobiology-669.txt item: #626 of 769 id: sociobiology-670 author: Lima Júnior, Cristovam Alves; Carvalho, Carlos Alfredo Lopes; Nunes, Lorena Andrade; Francoy, Tiago Maurício title: Population Divergence of Melipona scutellaris (Hymenoptera: Meliponina) in Two Restricted Areas in Bahia, Brazil date: 2014-10-21 words: 5504 flesch: 60 summary: In this context, the use of morphometric techniques have been used as a tool for morphological, taxonomic, phenotypic and geographic studies among and within bee populations, as in the works carried out by Crewe et al. (1994), Diniz-Filho & Malaspina (1996 ), Araujo et al. (2004), Mendes et al. (2007) and Francoy et al. (2011). Identification of Africanized honey bees through wing morphometrics: two fast and efficient procedures. keywords: aff; analysis; bees; colonies; forest; fragment; scutellaris; sff; size; wings cache: sociobiology-670.pdf plain text: sociobiology-670.txt item: #627 of 769 id: sociobiology-671 author: Stuchi, Ana Lúcia Paz Barateiro; Toledo, Vagner de A. Arnaut de; Lopes, Denise Alves; Cantagalli, Liriana Belizário; Ruvolo-Takasusuki, Maria Claudia Colla title: Molecular Marker to Identify Two Stingless Bee Species: Tetragonisca angustula and Tetragonisca fiebrigi (Hymenoptera, Meliponinae) date: 2014-10-21 words: 4035 flesch: 53 summary: T. angustula angustula presents a black mese- pisterna, while T. angustula fiebrigi presents a yellow one. The geographical distribution for T. angustula fiebrigi was firstly described by Schwarz (1938) and Nogueira-Neto (1970). keywords: angustula; bees; esterase; fiebrigi; species; tetragonisca cache: sociobiology-671.pdf plain text: sociobiology-671.txt item: #628 of 769 id: sociobiology-672 author: Locher, Gabriela de Almeida; Silva, Eliani Rodrigues; Togni, Olga Coutinho; Giannotti, Edilberto title: Distribution of Resources Collected Among Individuals From Colonies of Mischocyttarus drewseni (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) date: 2014-10-21 words: 4385 flesch: 54 summary: RESULTS Food distribution among small, medium and large larvae According to Fig. 1, the mean values show that large larvae received more nectar (Fig. 1A) (average of 2.25 times for each trip) and prey (Fig. 1B) (mean 2.13 times for each trip) than the others The medium larvae received nectar 1.76 times for each trip, and the small larvae 1.03 times; while, the small lar- vae received prey more often (average of 1.68 times) than the medium larvae 139 da Silva, E.R. et al. — Distribution of Resources by M. drewseni Fig. Food distribution among immature (larvae) and adult females (dominant and subordinate) keywords: distribution; drewseni; food; foragers; hymenoptera; larvae; nectar; prey; vespidae; wasp cache: sociobiology-672.pdf plain text: sociobiology-672.txt item: #629 of 769 id: sociobiology-6725 author: Wetterer, James Kelly title: Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of St. Vincent, West Indies date: 2021-06-17 words: 3324 flesch: 59 summary: The present study indicates that, compared with Grenada and Barbados, St. Vincent has more Neotropical ant species and fewer Old-World ant species records (Table 1). Results I collected eleven ant species on the island of St. Vincent not found by earlier researchers, bringing the total number to of ant species known from the island to 87. keywords: ant; ants; formicidae; hymenoptera; island; jul-06; pheidole; sites; species; vincent; west; wetterer cache: sociobiology-6725.pdf plain text: sociobiology-6725.txt item: #630 of 769 id: sociobiology-673 author: Fujimoto, Izumi; Enoki, Akio; Itakura, Shuji; Tanaka, Hiromi title: Comparison of the Efficacy of Eleven Soil Termiticides on the Formosan Subterranean Termite (Coptotermes formosanus) date: 2014-10-22 words: 5009 flesch: 63 summary: Test chemicals All the chemicals tested were of technical grade: permethrin, bifenthrin, etofenprox, silafluofen, dinotefuran, clothianidin, imidacloprid, thiame- thoxam, fipronil, chlorfenapyr and chlorantraniliprole. It has been established that examination 151 Fujimoto, I. et al. — Efficacy of Termiticides on C. formosanus of the boring activity of subterranean termites in treated soil is essential for evaluation of the termiticidal efficacy of a soil treatment chemical (Tamashiro et al.1987; Su et al.1997). keywords: days; ppm; soil; termites; test; worker cache: sociobiology-673.pdf plain text: sociobiology-673.txt item: #631 of 769 id: sociobiology-674 author: Murase, Kaori; Fukita, Masaharu title: Biodiversity Management Under Limiting Conditions: Estimating Effective Population Size Using the Molecular Mark and Recapture (MMR) Method date: 2014-10-22 words: 5989 flesch: 57 summary: In conclusion, with this study we proposed a simple method (we named this method the MMR method) which combined the above six properties for estimating effective population size. Even though studies that concentrate their efforts on one species have invested 169 Murase, K. & M. Fukita — Simulation of the Molecular Mark and Recapture Method substantial amounts of money (for example, studies of deer), and there are many samples in museums or research institutes for ten years or more, the samples have not been used to estimate population dynamics effectively in the past. keywords: generation; method; mmr; number; population; population size; samples; size cache: sociobiology-674.pdf plain text: sociobiology-674.txt item: #632 of 769 id: sociobiology-675 author: Albuquerque, Auristela C.; Matias, Gicela R. R. S.; Oliveira, Marco A. P.; Couto, Alane Ayana Vieira de Oliveira; Vasconcellos, Alexandre title: Urban Termites of Recife, Northeast Brazil (Isoptera) date: 2014-10-22 words: 1977 flesch: 63 summary: Prefeitura da cidade de Recife. 2011. Considerações sobre “cupins” na cidade de Recife. keywords: brazil; damage; fontes; recife; species; urban cache: sociobiology-675.pdf plain text: sociobiology-675.txt item: #633 of 769 id: sociobiology-676 author: Hapukotuwa, Nirmala K.; Grace, J. Kenneth title: Do Tunnel Patterns of Coptotermes formosanus and Coptotermes gestroi (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae) Reflect Different Foraging Strategies? date: 2014-10-22 words: 4062 flesch: 62 summary: Total daily tunnel length was relatively longer with C. formosanus and average time to discover food at either end was longer for C. gestroi. Although replication was limited in this study, these observations lend support to the hypothesis that C. formosanus is able to locate distant resources more efficiently than C. gestroi. 1College of Tropical Agriculture & Human Resources, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 3050 Maile Way, Gilmore 202, Honolulu HI 96822, USA *Corresponding author. keywords: arena; coptotermes; formosanus; gestroi; grace; tunnel; wood cache: sociobiology-676.pdf plain text: sociobiology-676.txt item: #634 of 769 id: sociobiology-677 author: Hapukotuwa, Nirmala K; Grace, J. Kenneth title: Comparison of Coptotermes formosanus and Coptotermes gestroi (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae) Field Sites and Seasonal Foraging Activity in Hawaii date: 2014-10-22 words: 2931 flesch: 61 summary: Also the foraging area of C. formosanus colonies appears to be larger than that of C. gestroi in Hawaii (Uchima & Grace 2003a) and C. gestroi colonies may be behaviorally constrained by the presence of C. formosanus in the immediate area (Uchima & Grace 2009). Tsai, C. C. & C. S. Chen. 2003. keywords: coptotermes; field; formosanus; gestroi; grace; hawaii; site cache: sociobiology-677.pdf plain text: sociobiology-677.txt item: #635 of 769 id: sociobiology-678 author: Solis, Daniel Russ; Bueno, Odair Correa title: Thermal Tolerances of Three Tramp Ant Species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) date: 2014-10-22 words: 3393 flesch: 50 summary: Temperatures from which worker mortality in three tramp ant species was significant when exposed to different experimental temperatures, according with Dunnett’s test (p < 0.01) employing 25ºC as control temperature. For instance, ant species living in deserts and other dry habitats can adapt by building their nests deeper into the soil, and diurnal species will usually forage in the morning and at nightfall (Hölldobler & Wilson 1990). keywords: ant; ants; exposure; monomorium; species; temperature; workers cache: sociobiology-678.pdf plain text: sociobiology-678.txt item: #636 of 769 id: sociobiology-679 author: Ozdil, Fulya; İIlhan, Fatma title: Genetic Divergence of Turkish Apis mellifera Subspecies Based on Sequencing of ND5 Mitochondrial Segment date: 2014-10-22 words: 3478 flesch: 64 summary: From morphometric and molecular studies, the 29 subspecies of the honey bee, Apis mellifera L., are grouped into five evolutionary lineages: M from northern and western Europe and northern Africa, A from southern and central Africa, C from the northern Mediter- ranean region and eastern Europe, O from the eastern Mediterranean and the Near and Middle East region, and Y from the east African country of Ethiopia (Ruttner 1988; Genetic structure and distinctness of Apis mellifera L. populations from the Canary Islands. keywords: apis; dna; honey; mellifera; nd5 cache: sociobiology-679.pdf plain text: sociobiology-679.txt item: #637 of 769 id: sociobiology-680 author: Scobie, Andrea A.; Starr, Christopher K title: Nest Structure of the Neotropical Social Wasp Mischocyttarus baconi (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) date: 2014-10-22 words: 1534 flesch: 66 summary: As expected, those attached to vertical substrates (wall nests) showed greater excentricity than those attached to horizontal substrates (ceiling nests). Before removal, we marked the tops of wall nests. Fig. keywords: baconi; excentricity; nests; petiole cache: sociobiology-680.pdf plain text: sociobiology-680.txt item: #638 of 769 id: sociobiology-681 author: Man, Lai-Sum; Lee, Chow-Yang title: Structure-Invading Pest Ants in Healthcare Facilities in Singapore date: 2014-10-22 words: 3359 flesch: 72 summary: The resulting data can be used to assist in the management efforts against pest ants in these facilities. Guide to urban pest ants of Singapore. keywords: ants; facilities; hfs; lee; monomorium; pest; singapore; species cache: sociobiology-681.pdf plain text: sociobiology-681.txt item: #639 of 769 id: sociobiology-682 author: Ruvolo-Takasusuki, Maria Claudia Colla; Toledo, Vagner Alencar; Lopes, Denise Alves title: Relationship Between Hygienic Behavior and Varroa destructor Mites in Colonies Producing Honey or Royal Jelly date: 2014-10-22 words: 6214 flesch: 52 summary: The above antagonism, namely, the selection of Africanized honeybees for hygienic behavior, decreases Varroa destructor mite total reproduction rate. The genetic correlation of -0.48 for hygienic behavior with total reproduction rate of Varroa destructor shows that hygienic behavior may be the most interesting trait for selection. keywords: bee; behavior; colonies; correlation; destructor; honey; hygienic; infestation; invasion; mite; rate; reproduction; reproduction rate; total; varroa cache: sociobiology-682.pdf plain text: sociobiology-682.txt item: #640 of 769 id: sociobiology-683 author: Lu, Yong Yue; Wu, Bi-qiu; Xu, Yi-Juan; Zeng, Ling title: Effects of Red Imported Fire Ants (Solenopsis invicta) on the Species Structure of Ant Communities in South China date: 2014-10-22 words: 4139 flesch: 61 summary: subfamily species Lichee orchard Pasture Lawn S. invicta present S. invicta absent S. invicta present S. invicta absent S. invicta present S. invicta absent Ponerinae Diacamma rugosum √ √ Odontoponera transversa √ √ √ √ Leptogenys chinensis √ √ √ √ √ Hypoponera confinis √ √ Pachycondyla luteipes √ Dorylinae Dorylus orientalis √ Myrmicinae Pheidole pieli √ √ √ √ √ Pheidole yeensis √ √ √ √ √ Crematogaster biroi √ Tetramorium smithi √ √ √ √ Tetramorium bicarinatum √ Pheidologeton diversus √ √ √ √ √ Solenopsis invicta √ √ √ Monomorium concolor √ √ √ √ √ Monomorium orientale √ √ √ √ Monomorium pharaonis √ √ Meranoplus bicolor √ Dolichoderinae Tapinoma melanocephalum √ √ √ √ √ Iridomyrmex anceps √ Formicinae Plagiolepis rothneyi √ √ √ Paratrechina flavipes √ √ √ √ Paratrechina longicornis √ √ √ √ √ Paratrechina bourbonica √ √ Camponotus dolendus √ *A √ designates the species as present. 280 sociobiolog y Vol. 59, No. 1, 2012 two habitats. Our results indicated that red imported fire ants became one of several dominant species or the only dominant species in all three habitats in south china. keywords: ant; ants; china; fire; habitats; invicta; solenopsis; species; √ √ cache: sociobiology-683.pdf plain text: sociobiology-683.txt item: #641 of 769 id: sociobiology-684 author: Gazal, Vinicius; Bailez, Omar; Viana-Bailez, Ana Maria; Menezes, Elen de Lima Aguiar; Menezes, Euripedes Barsanulfo title: Decayed Wood Affecting the Attraction of the Pest Arboretum Termite Nasutitermes corniger (Isoptera: Termitidae) to Resource Foods date: 2014-10-22 words: 3160 flesch: 60 summary: Decayed wood has therefore been demonstrated to be more attractive to N. corniger than undecayed wood. However, the proportion of 291 Gazal, V. et al. —Attraction of Termites massive recruitment of termites to decayed wood was always greater than to undecayed wood. keywords: corniger; months; recruitment; species; termites; tests; wood cache: sociobiology-684.pdf plain text: sociobiology-684.txt item: #642 of 769 id: sociobiology-685 author: Baptistella, Ana Rita; Souza, Camila C. M.; Santana, Weyder Cristiano; Soares, Ademilson Espencer Egea title: Techniques for the In Vitro Production of Queens in Stingless Bees (Apidae, Meliponini) date: 2014-10-22 words: 4534 flesch: 59 summary: Quantifying the amount of larval food in the brood cells of Frieseomelitta varia We observed seasonal environmental variations with significant effect on the amount of food deposited in the brood cells (Table 1, Fig. 3, ANOVA test p<0.001), during the months of larval food collection in Frieseomelitta varia. Our methodolog y consisted of determining the amount of larval food needed for the development of the queens, collect- ing and storing the larval food, and feeding the food to the larvae in acrylic plates. keywords: bees; brood; cells; food; frieseomelitta; larval; production; queens; stingless; varia cache: sociobiology-685.pdf plain text: sociobiology-685.txt item: #643 of 769 id: sociobiology-689 author: Almeida, Eduardo A. B.; Porto, Diego Sasso title: Investigating Eusociality in Bees while Trusting the Uncertainty date: 2014-12-29 words: 10090 flesch: 59 summary: Open access journal: http://periodicos.uefs.br/ojs/index.php/sociobiology ISSN: 0361-6525 DOI: 10.13102/sociobiology.v61i4.355-368Sociobiology 61(4): 355-368 (December 2014) Investigating Eusociality in Bees while Trusting the Uncertainty Introduction During the last century, research on bee behavior and morphology has largely become increasingly comparative, incorporating the diversity of traits found in the variety of species of these insects (e.g., Michener, 1944, 1974, 2007; Engel, 2011; Danforth et al. 2013). One important distinction between eusocial bees refers to the morphological polymorphism between females of reproductive and non-reproductive castes, and the capacity of gynes (i.e., potential or actual reproductive individual: queen) of surviving alone (Michener, 1974). keywords: apidae; bees; behavior; cameron; cardinal; danforth; doi; et al; euglossini; eusociality; evolution; fig; hymenoptera; hypotheses; meliponini; michener; phylogeny; social; species; stingless cache: sociobiology-689.pdf plain text: sociobiology-689.txt item: #644 of 769 id: sociobiology-694 author: Baroni Urbani, Cesare title: Ant Castes from Intercastes: Much Ado about Nothing date: 2015-06-30 words: 1445 flesch: 58 summary: (l.c.: 336) go so far as to summarily reject both recent, documented contributions to the origin of ant soldiers by Baroni Urbani and Passera (1996) and by Ward (1997) since they “have been compromised by semantic problems in distinguishing soldiers and major workers”. DOI: 10.13102/sociobiology.v62i2.328-330Sociobiology 62(2): 328-330 (June, 2015) Open access journal: http://periodicos.uefs.br/ojs/index.php/sociobiology ISSN: 0361-6525 Ant Castes from Intercastes: Much Ado about Nothing Introduction The first explanation on the origin of ant soldiers is due to Emery (1894) and it was further developed and supported by Wilson (1954). keywords: ant; ants; baroni; soldiers; urbani cache: sociobiology-694.pdf plain text: sociobiology-694.txt item: #645 of 769 id: sociobiology-699 author: Pedro, Silvia R. M. title: The Stingless Bee Fauna In Brazil (Hymenoptera: Apidae) date: 2014-12-29 words: 4926 flesch: 70 summary: Total occurring in Brazil Aparatrigona 2 1 impunctata (Ducke, 1916) (AC, AP AM, MT, PA, RO, RR) Camargoia 3 3 camargoi Moure, 1989 (AP, AM) nordestina Camargo, 1996 $ (BA, CE, PI, TO) pilicornis (Ducke, 1910) $ (MA, PA) Celetrigona 4 4 euclydiana Camargo & Pedro, 2009 (AC) hirsuticornis Camargo & Pedro, 2009 $ (AC, AM, MT, RO) longicornis (Friese, 1903) (AM, GO, MA, MT, PA, RO) manauara Camargo & Pedro, 2009 (AP, AM, PA) Material and Methods The survey of species that occur in the Brazilian territory was based mainly on the material housed in the Camargo Collection – RPSP, Department of Biology, Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, with reliable determinations made by J.M.F. Camargo, J.S. Moure or by the author, in addition to material studied by the author more recently. keywords: bees; camargo; friese; moure; pedro; stingless cache: sociobiology-699.pdf plain text: sociobiology-699.txt item: #646 of 769 id: sociobiology-7 author: Santos, Eduardo Fernando dos; Noll, Fernando Barbosa title: Biological Notes on the Parasitism of Apoica flavissima Van der Vecht (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) by Seminota marginata (Westwood) (Hymenoptera: Trigonalidae): Are Social Paper Wasps Primary or Secundary Hosts of Trigonalidae? date: 2013-03-27 words: 1387 flesch: 58 summary: Al- though primary hosts are not known for social wasps, it is assumed that trigonalid larvae infect their larvae after inges- tion of tissues of the primary host (usually caterpillars) by trophallaxis, or they may penetrate directly through the cu- ticle of the secondary host to gain access to the haemolymph (Weinstein & Austin, 1991). Similarly to other primary hosts, the mechanical action of the mandible and digestive secretions, present in the adult oral cavity, would lead to egg hatch, and consequently larval emergence. keywords: apoica; host; larvae; wasps cache: sociobiology-7.pdf plain text: sociobiology-7.txt item: #647 of 769 id: sociobiology-708 author: Souza, Marcos Magalhães; Perillo, Lucas Neves; Barbosa, Bruno Corrêa; Prezoto, Fábio title: Use of flight interception traps of Malaise type and Attractive Traps for social wasps record (Vespidae: Polistinae) date: 2015-09-30 words: 4368 flesch: 62 summary: In this respect, the aim of this study was to evaluate the best use of Malaise traps and Attractive trap in biodiversity work of social wasps, and generate a collection protocol for the use of these traps. The goal of this work was to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using Malaise traps and Attractive Traps in studies of biodiversity of social wasps, as well as to generate a sampling protocol for the use of such traps. keywords: brazil; doi; gerais; hymenoptera; malaise; minas; species; study; traps; vespidae; wasps cache: sociobiology-708.pdf plain text: sociobiology-708.txt item: #648 of 769 id: sociobiology-709 author: Lacau, Lucimeire S. Ramos; Silva, Paulo Sávio Damásio; Delabie, Jacques Hubert Charles; Lacau, Sébastien; Bueno, Odair Correa title: Nest Biology and Demography of the Fungus-Growing Ant Cyphomyrmex lectus Forel (Myrmicinae; Attini) at a Disturbed Area Located in Rio Claro, SP, Brazil date: 2015-09-30 words: 3361 flesch: 59 summary: In June 2005, immediately after a bushfire, Cyphomyrmex colonies were located and two workers per colony were collected to confirm the identification of the species. According to Leal et al. (2011), the fungus garden in Cyphomyrmex colonies was usually characterized by yeast nodules scattered among the superficial soil and leaf litter, in Brazilian savanna (Cerrado). keywords: ant; chamber; colonies; colony; cyphomyrmex; lectus; nest cache: sociobiology-709.pdf plain text: sociobiology-709.txt item: #649 of 769 id: sociobiology-7104 author: Laviski, Bianca Ferreira da Silva; Mayhé-Nunes, Antonio José; Nunes-Freitas, André Felippe title: Structure of ant-diaspore networks and their functional outcomes in a Brazilian Atlantic Forest date: 2021-08-14 words: 10199 flesch: 60 summary: We used GLMM with the Poisson family to test for differences in the number of removals between diaspore species. We used GLMM with the Binomial family to test for differences in destination between diaspore species. keywords: ant; ants; cleaning; diaspore; dispersal; distance; doi; ecology; et al; forest; fruit; interactions; networks; number; oliveira; pheidole; plant; removal; seed; species cache: sociobiology-7104.pdf plain text: sociobiology-7104.txt item: #650 of 769 id: sociobiology-712 author: Lattke, John E.; Aguirre, Nikolay title: Two New Strumigenys F. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) from Montane Forests of Ecuador date: 2015-06-30 words: 3967 flesch: 56 summary: Please see the discussion for S. lojanensis for information on the type locality of S. madrigalae. In his scheme both S. enopla and S. lojanensis fit in the gundlachi cluster, where they are the only cloud forest specialists, though widely distributed species such as S. denticulata (Mayr), and S. gundlachi (Roger) also have broad altitudinal ranges that include cloud forests but none approaching 2000 m (Bolton, 2000; Lattke & Goitia, 1997). keywords: bolton; dorsum; ecuador; gundlachi; hairs; lamella; lojanensis; margin; species; strumigenys cache: sociobiology-712.pdf plain text: sociobiology-712.txt item: #651 of 769 id: sociobiology-7123 author: Martins, Herbeson Ovidio de Jesus; Amorim Junior, Gilson Paiva; Sabino, William Oliveira; Ferreira, Vinina Silva title: Nesting Biology of the Solitary Ground-Nesting Bee Diadasina riparia (Apidae: Emphorini) date: 2021-11-24 words: 4129 flesch: 58 summary: Leiopodus trochantericus was the most frequent natural enemy in D. riparia nests. Pathogens and parasites can significantly reduce the survival of bees while nesting (Linsley & McSwain, 1942), affecting more than 50% of nest cells in some species (Linsley, 1958). keywords: bees; biology; diadasina; females; fig; martins; nesting; nests; riparia; species cache: sociobiology-7123.pdf plain text: sociobiology-7123.txt item: #652 of 769 id: sociobiology-714 author: Travaglini, Raphael; Forti, Luiz C.; Camargo, Roberto da Silva title: Foraging behavior of leaf cutting ants: How do workers search for their food? date: 2015-09-30 words: 2721 flesch: 60 summary: Foraging behavior of leaf cutting ants: How do workers search for their food? Once the scout worker has found a food source, the loaded forager returns to the nest, communicating the location and quality of the discovery to the nest mates (Therien, 1988; Abstract Foraging behavior of leaf cutting ants: How do workers search for their food? keywords: ants; cutting; food; foraging; leaf; nest; return; roces; workers cache: sociobiology-714.pdf plain text: sociobiology-714.txt item: #653 of 769 id: sociobiology-718 author: Borowiec, Lech; Salata, Sebastian title: Pheidole symbiotica Wasmann, 1909, an enigmatic supposed social parasite, is a nematode-infested form of Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1849) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) date: 2015-06-30 words: 3851 flesch: 55 summary: Below we present a detailed redescription of “symbiotica” form with high-quality photographs and propose synonymization of Pheidole symbiotica Wasmann with Pheidole pallidula (Nylander). That allows us to conclude that Pheidole symbiotica is only a teratological form of Pheidole pallidula. keywords: ants; form; head; length; nylander; pallidula; pheidole; pheidole pallidula; species; symbiotica; var; wasmann cache: sociobiology-718.pdf plain text: sociobiology-718.txt item: #654 of 769 id: sociobiology-7194 author: Toyama, Yoshiyuki; Kuroki, Izuru; Nakamura, Keiji title: Dispersal of Phraortes illepidus (Phasmida: Phasmatidae) Eggs by Workers of the Queenless Ant, Pristomyrmex punctatus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) date: 2021-12-03 words: 4921 flesch: 69 summary: Capitula are attached to the opercula of P. illepidus eggs (Fig 1). For this study, we conducted rearing experiments in the laboratory to examine 1) whether or not P. punctatus are attracted by P. illepidus eggs, and 2) where and how deep stick-insect eggs are transferred by ants. keywords: ants; capitula; doi; eggs; illepidus; punctatus; stick cache: sociobiology-7194.pdf plain text: sociobiology-7194.txt item: #655 of 769 id: sociobiology-7202 author: Udayakumar, Amala; Shivalingaswamy, Timalapur M title: Leafcutter Bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) as Pollinators of Pigeon Pea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp., Fabaceae): Artificial Trap Nests as a strategy for their conservation date: 2022-04-22 words: 6437 flesch: 60 summary: Amala Udayakumar, Timalapur M Shivalingaswamy – Farm conservation of solitary bees using trap nests in pigeon pea8 A higher richness index was recorded during the flowering stage, which indicated an increased number of different species of trap nesting bees compared to the vegetative stage. An additional study conducted by Junqueira et al. (2012) reported that erecting bee shelters Indian Council of Agricultural Research – National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bengaluru, India RESEARCH ARTIClE - BEES leafcutter Bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) as Pollinators of Pigeon Pea (Cajanus cajan (l.) Millsp., Fabaceae): Artificial Trap Nests as a strategy for their conservation mailto:amala.uday@gmail.com Amala Udayakumar, Timalapur M Shivalingaswamy – Farm conservation of solitary bees using trap nests in pigeon pea2 with suitably sized bamboo stalks can enhance the population of nesting carpenter bees by >200% over 23 months with the active emergence of new broods. keywords: bees; crop; doi; flowering; leafcutter; megachile; nests; number; pea; pigeon; stage; trap; trap nests; vegetative cache: sociobiology-7202.pdf plain text: sociobiology-7202.txt item: #656 of 769 id: sociobiology-7204 author: Sangma, Jonata Savio A; Prasad, Surya Bali title: Population and Nesting Behaviour of Weaver Ants, Oecophylla smaragdina from Meghalaya, India date: 2021-12-23 words: 5870 flesch: 64 summary: O. smaragdina nests were located in the study area and examined for the type and height of trees, the nests from the ground, and the nests’ distance from the central trunk (Santos & Del-Claro, 2009). Demographic details of O. smaragdina nests on needlewood trees in Ri-Bhoi district of Meghalaya. keywords: ants; fig; leaves; nest; number; oecophylla; population; smaragdina; weaver; worker cache: sociobiology-7204.pdf plain text: sociobiology-7204.txt item: #657 of 769 id: sociobiology-7208 author: Yang, Shunhua; Zhi, Dandan; Gong, Xueyang; Liu, Yiqiu; Zhao, Wenzheng; Dong, Kun title: Seasonal Variations in the Organization and Structure of Apis cerana cerana Swarm Queen Cells date: 2021-11-19 words: 5872 flesch: 63 summary: Comparison of length between mouth and bottom of swarm cell The average length of swarm cells was 17.38 mm ± 0.14 mm (n = 144), ranging from 13.58 mm to 23.91 mm. Accordingly, we propose the following hypotheses: Hypothesis 1: In Kunming, Yunnan Province, the natural swarming phenomena of Chinese honey bee colonies occur in spring, summer, and autumn; Hypothesis 2: The position of swarm queen cells show a seasonal difference; Hypothesis 3: There is a seasonal difference in the structure of swarm queen cells. keywords: bee; cell; cerana; diameter; maximum; queen; summer; swarm; swarm cells cache: sociobiology-7208.pdf plain text: sociobiology-7208.txt item: #658 of 769 id: sociobiology-722 author: Cuezzo, Fabiana del Carmen; Fernández, Fernando title: A Remarkable New Dimorphic Species of Solenopsis from Argentina date: 2015-06-30 words: 3007 flesch: 61 summary: The major workers of S. longicephala sp. n. are similar to those of S. wasmannii, but Solenopsis longicephala sp. n. can be recognized by the extremely elongated head, whereas the head of S. wasmannii is only slightly longer than broad. South American species with minor workers similar to those of S. longicephala sp. n. include S. leptanilloides and S. tetracantha, both also found in Argentina. keywords: ants; longicephala; new; solenopsis; species; view; workers cache: sociobiology-722.pdf plain text: sociobiology-722.txt item: #659 of 769 id: sociobiology-7220 author: Udayakumar, Amala; Shylesha, Arakalagud Nanjundaiah; Shivalingaswamy, Timalapur M title: Coconut shell traps: easiest and economic way to attract stingless bees (Tetragonula iridipennis) Smith date: 2021-12-17 words: 3766 flesch: 62 summary: Enhanced production of parthenocarpic cucumbers pollinated with stingless bees and africanized honey bees in greenhouses. Nectar selection by Melipona and Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and the ecology of nectar intake by bee colonies in a tropical forest. keywords: acceptance; bees; coconut; colony; days; nest; pots; shell; stingless; traps cache: sociobiology-7220.pdf plain text: sociobiology-7220.txt item: #660 of 769 id: sociobiology-724 author: Hanisch, Priscila Elena; Calcaterra, Luis; Leponce, Maurice; Achury, Rafael; Suarez, Andrew; Silva, Rogerio; Paris, Carolina title: Check list of ground-dwelling ant diversity (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Iguazú National Park with a comparison at regional scale. date: 2015-06-30 words: 9663 flesch: 57 summary: HC AVS Mycocepurus smithii (Forel) Kusnezov 1978 P, W MACNA W MACNA Odontomachus chelifer (Latreille) Kempf 1972 P, HC, B AVS; IMML; LC, MACNA; RBINS Odontomachus meinerti Forel * Leponce et al. 2004 P, W, SB MACNA; RBINS Neoponera agilis (Forel) Kusnezov 1969 IMML Neoponera crenata (Roger) Kempf 1972 W, HC AVS; IMML; RBINS Neoponera marginata (Roger) Cuezzo 1998 HC MACNA Neoponera moesta Mayr MacKay & MacKay 2010 HC AVS; MACNA Neoponera villosa (Fabricius) Kempf 1972 HC IMML; AVS Pachycondyla constricticeps MacKay & MacKay MacKay & MacKay 2010 P IMML; MACNA; Pachycondyla harpax (Fabricius) Kusnezov 1978; MacKay & MacKay 2010 P, W MACNA Pachycondyla striata Smith Kempf 1972 P, W, HC, B, S AVS; IMML; LC; MACNA; RBINS Rasopone lunaris (Emery) ** W MACNA Thaumatomyrmex mutilatus Mayr ** W RBINS Proceratiinae Discothyrea neotropica Bruch Kempf 1972 W AVS; RBINS Pseudomyrmecinae Pseudomyrmex gracilis (Fabricius) Kempf 1972 HC AVS; MACNA; Pseudomyrmex kuenckeli (Emery)* keywords: ant; ants; argentina; avs; collection; conservation; emery; et al; fig; forel; forest; iguazú; imml; inp; kempf; kusnezov; macna; mayr; paraná; pheidole; rbins; serra; sites; species cache: sociobiology-724.pdf plain text: sociobiology-724.txt item: #661 of 769 id: sociobiology-725 author: Costa, Fernanda Vieira; Mello, Rayana; Lana, Tate Corrêa; Neves, Frederico de Siqueira title: Ant Fauna in Megadiverse Mountains: a Checklist for the Rocky Grasslands date: 2015-06-30 words: 13227 flesch: 66 summary: Although we are aware of this taxonomic limitation, in face of the difficulty of assigning names to several Neotropical ant species (e.g., Camponotus and Pheidole) and the lack of current taxonomic revisions for many species-rich genera (e.g., Brachymyrmex, Cyphomyrmex, and Solenopsis) (Lach et al., 2010), this is the most parsimonious option for a study that aimed at estimating ant species diversity on a broad scale. This large number of ant species recorded for the rocky grasslands surpasses those found in other studies conducted in several different places. keywords: e m; ex s; le s; m ex; p2 x; ra x; s m; s p1; s p2; s w; sc sc; sp x; tu s; x le; x m; x n; x pa; x ph; yr m cache: sociobiology-725.pdf plain text: sociobiology-725.txt item: #662 of 769 id: sociobiology-7259 author: Nogueira, Rodrigo R; Santos, Danilo Ferreira Borges; Calixto, Eduardo S; Torezan-Silingardi, Helena Maura ; Del-Claro, Kleber title: Negative effects of ant-plant interaction on pollination: costs of a mutualism date: 2021-12-17 words: 7284 flesch: 57 summary: For instance, when foraging on or close to reproductive plant parts ants might attack pollinators or inhibit their visits. In another study, Santos and Leal (2019) also found no negative impact of visiting ants of Turnera subulataem on pollination rates or on plant reproductive success, suggesting that the ecological costs of the presence of ants may depend on the characteristics of the pollination system of the plant, being higher in plants that depend on pollinators more sensitive to ants (that demonstrate more hesitation behavior). keywords: ants; behavior; claro; del; doi; et al; fig; flowers; fruit; number; plant; pollination; pollinators; presence; time; treatments; visits cache: sociobiology-7259.pdf plain text: sociobiology-7259.txt item: #663 of 769 id: sociobiology-726 author: Anjos, Diego Vinícius; Campos, Renata Bernardes Faria; Ribeiro, Servio Pontes title: Temporal Turnover of Species Maintains Ant Diversity but Transforms Species Assemblage Recovering from Fire Disturbance date: 2015-09-30 words: 4915 flesch: 59 summary: Ants may be important species in the beginning of the ecological succession after fire, because many species are generalists and tolerant to intense fluctuations of abiotic conditions (Andersen & Muller, 2000; Campos et al., 2007; Costa et al., 2010). In fact, many studies did not detect decrease in ant diversity after fire (Parr et al., 2004; Andersen et al., 2006; Arnan et al., 2006), and the fire effects may disappear after two years of recovering (Vasconcelos et al., 2009). keywords: andersen; ant; ants; area; diversity; doi; et al; fire; richness; species; turnover; vegetation cache: sociobiology-726.pdf plain text: sociobiology-726.txt item: #664 of 769 id: sociobiology-7276 author: Schifani, Enrico; Castracani, Cristina; Spotti, Fiorenza Augusta; Giannetti, Daniele; Ghizzoni, Martina; Gobbi, Mauro; Lencioni, Valeria; Pedrotti, Luca; Grasso, Donato Antonio; Mori, Alessandra title: Social Parasite Ants in the Alps: a New Site of the Vulnerable Myrmica myrmicoxena and New Uppermost Altitudinal Limit for M. microrubra date: 2021-11-24 words: 3543 flesch: 55 summary: Ecological data on M. microrubra are relatively few and scattered; however, to the best of our knowledge, our record significantly extends its altitudinal limit upwards by about 600 m. On the other hand, ecological data over M. myrmicoxena mostly come from only two sites (Glaser et al., 2011), as very little information is contained in its original description (Forel, 1896). On the other hand, M. microrubra Seifert, 1993, widely distributed in Europe, is either considered as an incipient species or as an intraspecific parasitic form of M. rubra (Linnaeus, 1758) (Pearson, 1980; 1981; Seifert, 1994; 2018; Seppä & Pamilo, 1995; Steiner et al., 2006; Schär & Nasch, 2014; Leppänen et al., 2011; 2015; 2016). keywords: ants; doi; formicidae; glaser; microrubra; myrmica; myrmicoxena; seifert; species cache: sociobiology-7276.pdf plain text: sociobiology-7276.txt item: #665 of 769 id: sociobiology-728 author: Sánchez, Andrés Fernando; Medina, Claudia Alejandra; Prescott, Graham W title: First Record of the Genus Mycetarotes (Emery, 1913) (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) from Colombia date: 2015-06-30 words: 1865 flesch: 58 summary: Unlike other Mycetarotes species M. parallelus commonly lives in open habitats, gallery forest, secondary forest, and disturbed habitats (Solomon et al., 2004). Revisionary notes on the fungus-growing ant genus Mycetarotes Emery (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). keywords: ants; colombia; formicidae; genus; mayhé; mycetarotes; nunes cache: sociobiology-728.pdf plain text: sociobiology-728.txt item: #666 of 769 id: sociobiology-7286 author: Véle, Adam; Dobrosavljević, Jovan title: Formica rufa ants have a limited effect on the abundance of the parasitic fly Ernestia rudis in Scots pine plantations date: 2021-12-23 words: 2153 flesch: 64 summary: Wood ants are wood ants: deforestation causes population declines in the polydomous wood ant Formica aquilonia. The occurrence of Formica rufa ants therefore had no significant effect on the beneficial E. rudis population in plantation forests, where ants populations are low. keywords: ants; distance; doi; formica; rudis; rufa; wood cache: sociobiology-7286.pdf plain text: sociobiology-7286.txt item: #667 of 769 id: sociobiology-7296 author: Silva, Ramona Soares; da Rocha, Agda Alves; Giannotti, Edilberto title: Trip durations of daily and seasonal foraging activities in Mischocyttarus nomurae (Richards) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) date: 2022-07-05 words: 5416 flesch: 54 summary: 1 - Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Campus Anísio Teixeira, Vitória da Conquista-BA , Brazil 2 - Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP), Rio Claro-SP, Brazil RESEARCh ARTICLE - WASPS Trip durations of daily and seasonal foraging activities in Mischocyttarus nomurae (Richards) (hymenoptera, Vespidae) mailto:ramonasoaress@yahoo.com.br Ramona S da Silva, Agda A Rocha, Edilberto Giannotti – Foraging activities in Mischocyttarus nomurae (Richards) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)2 Various studies have been undertaken focusing on the life hystory of social wasps and diverse aspects of their foraging behaviors, as well as analyzing the influences of environmental variations on them, as seen in the publications of Giannotti et al. (1995), Silva and Noda (2000), Andrade and Prezoto (2001), Resende et al. Comparing Figures 1 and 2, it can be seen that foraging activities occurred more uniformly in the rainy period than in the dry period. keywords: foraging; giannotti; hymenoptera; mischocyttarus; nomurae; period; resources; trips; wasps cache: sociobiology-7296.pdf plain text: sociobiology-7296.txt item: #668 of 769 id: sociobiology-7300 author: Akram, Waseem; Sajjad, Asif title: Pollination of Brassica campestris (Cruciferae) by Andrena savignyi (Andrenidae: Hymenoptera): Female vs. Male Pollination date: 2022-02-08 words: 5744 flesch: 58 summary: Female bees are sometimes ineffective pollinators of some plant species as they harvest more but deposit less pollen grains on the stigma. In the present study, female bees produced higher pod weight, pod length, number of seeds per pod, seed weight per pod and germination percentage than the males. keywords: bees; behavior; doi; et al; female; foraging; males; pod; pollen; pollination; savignyi; visitation cache: sociobiology-7300.pdf plain text: sociobiology-7300.txt item: #669 of 769 id: sociobiology-732 author: Dugal, Farkhanda Manzoor; Latif, Muhammad Umair title: Comparative Study of Resistance and Feeding Preference of 24 Wood Species to Attack by Heterotermes indicola (Wasmann) and Coptotermes heimi (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae, Termitidae) in Pakistan. date: 2015-09-30 words: 7347 flesch: 71 summary: Most important factors are wood species, hardness, presence of toxic substances, feeding inhibitors or deterrents, presence or absence of fungi, degree of fungal decay, moisture content of wood and soil (Carter & Smythe, 1974; Nagnan and Clement, 1990). Keeping in view the significance of the above mentioned studies, the purpose of present study was to test the feeding preference of different wood species against two subterranean termite species in laboratory and field. keywords: attack; feeding; heimi; ifi; indica; laboratory; mass; mean; preference; species; termites; wood cache: sociobiology-732.pdf plain text: sociobiology-732.txt item: #670 of 769 id: sociobiology-7322 author: Ribeiro, Maisa Fernandes; da Silva, Roberta Zani; Domingos, Rosilene Naves title: Quality of Honey Produced by Four Species Of Stingless Bees in the Central Region of the State of Tocantins date: 2022-07-05 words: 6902 flesch: 57 summary: The study evaluated the biological parameters of the colony, honey production, and physicochemical analysis. The correlation between biological parameters and honey production of the four species was performed through Maisa F Ribeiro, Roberta Z da Silva, Rosilene N Domingos – Analyzing honey quality of four stingless bee species4 the construction of graphs that provided this interaction. keywords: angustula; bees; doi; fasciculata; honey; melipona; miracema; palmas; parameters; pots; production; rufiventris; species; stingless; tubiba cache: sociobiology-7322.pdf plain text: sociobiology-7322.txt item: #671 of 769 id: sociobiology-733 author: Meurer, Eliandra; Battirola, Leandro Denis; Marques, Marinêz Isaac; Delabie, Jacques Hubert Charles title: New records and distribution for the Neotropical ant genus Ochetomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) date: 2015-06-30 words: 2172 flesch: 64 summary: Finally, the habitat quality of the pristine, terra firma forest was mostly marked by the diversity of the genus Pheidole, and the occurrence of other species such as O. semipolitus (Delabie et al., 2009). Porto Alegre BR 174, 20.vi.1996, H.L. Vasconcelos; Rio Jaú, #F-40i, 01057’S 61049’W, 17.vii.1996, H.L. Vasconcelos & J.M. Vilhena; Bahia, Arataca, Mata A47, 15016’49”S 39023’31”W, 25.v.1999, J.R.M. dos Santos; Arataca, Mata A48, 15015’54”S 39016’00.6”W, 23.v.1999, J.R.M. dos Santos; Boa Nova, João-Mata, 13.viii.2003, J.R.M. dos Santos & J.C. do Carmo; Canavieiras, 15039’S 38058’ W, 07.xi.1997, J.R.M. dos Santos; Ibicaraí, Km 41, 14053’75”S 39029’01”W, 21.xi.1998, J.R.M. dos Santos; Igrapiúna, Reserva da Michelin, #5704, v-ix.2012, S.L.S. Varjão; Itambé, Leôncio-Mata, 14038’87”S 40020’23”W, 08.viii.2003, J.R.M. dos Santos; Itororó, C área, 14057’31”S 40002’33”W, 08.viii.2000, J.R.M. dos Santos; Pará: Goianésia, Faz. keywords: brazil; delabie; dos; formicidae; grosso; mato; ochetomyrmex; pantanal; santos cache: sociobiology-733.pdf plain text: sociobiology-733.txt item: #672 of 769 id: sociobiology-7340 author: Pinto, Fábio A.; Teixeira, Erica W.; Cestaro, Lubiane Guimarães; Martins, Marta F.; Alves, Maria Luisa T. M. F. ; Message, Dejair title: Varroa destructor in Africanized honey bees in Brazil: genetic and reproductive profile date: 2022-04-22 words: 6227 flesch: 57 summary: Genotypic variability and relationships between mite infestation levels, mite damage, grooming intensity, and removal of Varroa destructor mites in selected strains of worker honey bees (Apis mellifera L.). The reproductive potential showed wide variation (0 to 1.5), indicating that even with the massive presence of K haplotype, environmental and biotic factors related to Africanized honeybees may be responsible for maintaining the mite under low levels in Brazil. keywords: apis; bee; bra; brazil; brood; colonies; destructor; doi; et al; haplotype; infestation; mite; varroa cache: sociobiology-7340.pdf plain text: sociobiology-7340.txt item: #673 of 769 id: sociobiology-7343 author: Wetterer, James Kelly title: New-World Spread of the Old-World Robust Crazy Ant, Nylanderia bourbonica (Forel) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) date: 2022-06-17 words: 3974 flesch: 57 summary: In the New World, however, N. bourbonica is easy to distinguish from all other species (see Deyrup, 2016), and published N. bourbonica specimen records appear to be correctly identified (J.S. LaPolla, pers. Forel (1886) described Prenolepis nodifera bourbonica (= N. bourbonica) from Réunion, an island in the Indian Ocean. keywords: ants; bourbonica; florida; formicidae; j.k; new; nylanderia; records; species; wetterer; world cache: sociobiology-7343.pdf plain text: sociobiology-7343.txt item: #674 of 769 id: sociobiology-736 author: Maciel, Tatiane Tagliatti; Castro, Mariana Monteiro; Barbosa, Bruno Corrêa; Fernandes, Elisa Furtado; Santos-Prezoto, Helba Helena; Prezoto, Fábio title: Foraging behavior of fire ant Solenopsis saevissima (Smith) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Felis catus Linnaeus (Carnivora, Felidae) carcass date: 2015-12-31 words: 1668 flesch: 51 summary: The authors thank Mateus F. de Freitas Salviato Detoni, of Laboratório de Ecologia Comportamental e Bioacústica at Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora for its contribution to this study. The Fernández (2003) dichotomous key was used for identification, as well as comparisons with reference individuals properly identified by specialists and deposited in the entomological collection of the Laboratório de Ecologia Comportamental e Bioacústica (LABEC) of Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora. keywords: ants; carcass; corpse; decomposition; necrophagous; solenopsis cache: sociobiology-736.pdf plain text: sociobiology-736.txt item: #675 of 769 id: sociobiology-738 author: Jacques, Gabriel de Castro; Souza, Marcos Magalhães; Coelho, Heslander Júnio; Vicente, Lucas Oliveira; Silveira, Luis Claudio Paterno title: Diversity of Social Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae) in an Agricultural Environment in Bambuí, Minas Gerais, Brazil date: 2015-09-30 words: 4529 flesch: 57 summary: This research confirms that a well diversified environment, even if anthropized, is rich in social wasp species. Richness, diversity and dominance of social wasp species collected at the Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Minas Gerais (IFMG), Campus Bambuí, Minas Gerais, Brazil. keywords: brazil; diversity; et al; hymenoptera; minas; prezoto; santos; souza; species; vespidae; wasps cache: sociobiology-738.pdf plain text: sociobiology-738.txt item: #676 of 769 id: sociobiology-739 author: Onari, Paula; Zaluski, Rodrigo; Bovi, Thaís de Souza; Orsi, Ricardo de Oliveira title: Apitoxin harvest affects population development but not the hygienic behavior of African-derived honey bees date: 2016-04-29 words: 3112 flesch: 56 summary: In treatment colonies, after apitoxin harvest, a frame with capped brood areas of each colony was selected, and two different areas containing approximately 100 cells (area A and B) were marked. On the basis of our results, future studies must consider the effects of apitoxin harvest at different time intervals, in order to develop further sustainable methods of apitoxin harvest that may be carried out throughout the year without affecting the development of hives and to avoid abandonment of colonies. keywords: apitoxin; area; bees; behavior; brood; colonies; control; harvest cache: sociobiology-739.pdf plain text: sociobiology-739.txt item: #677 of 769 id: sociobiology-740 author: Henriksen, Signe; Axelsen, Jorgen Aagaard; Lemming, K. H.; Mwatawala, Maulid; Offenberg, Jocahim title: The search rate of the African weaver ant in cashew date: 2015-12-30 words: 6080 flesch: 61 summary: An ecosystem model of the interactions between an O. longinoda colony and its potential prey is under construction by the team behind this article, and it is unknown which functional response equations are useful for eusocial insect colonies. These factors may for instance include the amount of available sugar, which is crucial as fuel for ant colonies (Holldöbler & Wilson, 1990), and the colony search effort for insect prey may depend on the colony´s access to sugar. keywords: ant; ants; cashew; colony; equation; longinoda; oecophylla; prey; rate; response; search; tree; weaver cache: sociobiology-740.pdf plain text: sociobiology-740.txt item: #678 of 769 id: sociobiology-741 author: Jacquemin, Justine; Sonet, Gontran; Bourguignon, Thomas; Evans, Theodore A; Delsinne, Thibaut title: Second Record and DNA Barcode of the Ant Tyrannomyrmex rex Fernández (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) date: 2015-06-22 words: 2662 flesch: 57 summary: It was found in a selectively logged primary forest not exploited for decades, comprising primary forest species at an intermediate stage of regeneration. It is worth mentioning that Tyrannomyrmex rex seems to be rare at the scale of the country. keywords: ant; doi; fig; forest; genus; rex; singapore; species; tyrannomyrmex cache: sociobiology-741.pdf plain text: sociobiology-741.txt item: #679 of 769 id: sociobiology-742 author: Camacho, Gabriela Procópio; Vasconcelos, Heraldo Luis title: Ants of the Panga Ecological Station, a Cerrado Reserve in Central Brazil date: 2015-06-30 words: 7145 flesch: 60 summary: However, as is also the case for many other invertebrate groups, one of the difficulties in generating a list of ant species from a given locality or region is the taxonomic identification. Number of ant species recorded in different tropical savannas areas of the world. keywords: ant; ants; brazil; camponotus; cerrado; doi; ecological; emery; forel; panga; pheidole; pheidole sp; savanna; species; total; vasconcelos; vegetation cache: sociobiology-742.pdf plain text: sociobiology-742.txt item: #680 of 769 id: sociobiology-7422 author: Santos, Josieia Teixeira; da Silva Brito, Emanuelle Luiz; de Mendonça Santos, Gilberto Marcos title: The role of vegetation structure and abiotic factors affecting the temporal dynamics of ant foraging date: 2022-07-05 words: 6532 flesch: 52 summary: Matrices of occurrence of ant species at each hour of the day in the studied phytophysiognomy: (A) Grassland; (B) Shrub Caatinga; (C) Arboreal Caatinga. Vegetation gradients promoting different levels of complexity of habitat and environments with greater plant diversity imply a higher carrying capacity, due to increase the variety of resources, nesting sites, shading, and shelter against predators (Hampton, 2004; Santos et al., 2007; Tadu et al., 2014). keywords: ant; ants; caatinga; communities; complexity; day; diversity; doi; ecology; environments; et al; foraging; patterns; species; temperature cache: sociobiology-7422.pdf plain text: sociobiology-7422.txt item: #681 of 769 id: sociobiology-7430 author: Wilson Fernandes, Geraldo ; Siqueira de Castro, Flávio ; Camarota, Flávio; Cunha Blum, Jéssica; Maia, Renata title: Ant Rafting in an Extreme Ecosystem date: 2021-11-19 words: 2253 flesch: 58 summary: Perhaps, the most extreme cases involve ant species inhabiting mangroves (Nielsen, 1997; Robson, 2010). Another interesting adaptation is related to ant species associated with pitcher plants and other epiphytes, such as Camponotus schmitzi ants that live in symbiosis with the pitcher plant Nepenthes bicalcarata, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Departamento de Genética, Ecologia e Evolução, Belo Horizonte, Brazil SHORt NOtE Ant Rafting in an Extreme Ecosystem Geraldo W. Fernandes, Flávio S. de Castro, Flávio Camarota, Jessica C Blum, Renata Maia – Ant rafting in an extreme ecosystem2 in Bornean rain forests (Clarke & Kitching, 1995; Merbach et al., 2007). keywords: ant; ants; doi; rafting; species; water cache: sociobiology-7430.pdf plain text: sociobiology-7430.txt item: #682 of 769 id: sociobiology-744 author: Salazar, Fernanda; Reyes-Bueno, Fabian; Sanmartin, Daniel; Donoso, David A title: Mapping continental Ecuadorian ant species date: 2015-06-30 words: 13268 flesch: 61 summary: Orellana [119] Crematogaster JTL-022 Longino Morphospecies Orellana [119] Crematogaster JTL-026 Longino Morphospecies Orellana [119] Crematogaster JTL-034 Longino Morphospecies Orellana [119] Crematogaster levior Longino 2003 Orellana [52], [54], [70] Prionopelta Prionopelta amabilis Borgmeier 1949 Orellana, Pichincha, S.Domingo keywords: ant; ants; brown; camponotus; continental; donoso; ecuador; emery; forel; formicidae; genus; gnamptogenys; guayas; hymenoptera; kempf; lattke; list; longino; los; m.santiago; mackay; mayr; napo; neoponera; new; orellana; pastaza; pheidole; pichincha; provinces; pseudomyrmex; records; roger; ríos; s.domingo; smith; species; strumigenys; sucumbios; table; wheeler; wilson cache: sociobiology-744.pdf plain text: sociobiology-744.txt item: #683 of 769 id: sociobiology-746 author: Del-Claro, Kleber; Pacheco, Paulo S.M. title: Nestmate Recognition in the Amazonian Myrmecophyte Ant Pseudomyrmex concolor Smith (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) date: 2015-09-30 words: 5472 flesch: 47 summary: However, more studies (eg: chemical analysis) are required to confirm that nestmate recognition behavior is directly related to the chemical compounds present on the surface of the body of P. concolor. Behavioral pattern identified in Pseudomyrmex concolor (Pseudomyrmecinae) ants observed during nestmates recognition experiments conducted in the Amazon forest host plant Tachigali myrmecophila (Fabaceae). keywords: ant; ants; concolor; host; insects; nestmates; non; plant; pseudomyrmex; recognition; resident; workers cache: sociobiology-746.pdf plain text: sociobiology-746.txt item: #684 of 769 id: sociobiology-750 author: Aguiar, Cândida Maria Lima; Alves, Denise Araujo; Wenseleers, Tom; Imperatriz-Fonseca, Vera Lucia title: Special Issue on Stingless bees: Integrating basic biology and conservation date: 2014-12-29 words: 562 flesch: 42 summary: Sociobiology 61(4): December (2014) Open access journal: http://periodicos.uefs.br/ojs/index.php/sociobiology ISSN: 0361-6525 Editorial Special Issue on Stingless bees: Integrating basic biology and conservation It is easy to see why stingless bees (Meliponini) were chosen for this special issue, entitled Stingless bees: Integrating basic biology and conservation. Stingless bees are promising alternatives in commercial pollination, produce honey, propolis and wax. keywords: bees; issue cache: sociobiology-750.pdf plain text: sociobiology-750.txt item: #685 of 769 id: sociobiology-7522 author: Scaloppi, Maurice Fabian; Kadri, Samir Moura; Mendes, Daniel Diego; Ribolla, Paulo Eduardo Martins; Orsi, Ricardo de Oliveira title: Colony Transport Affects the Expression of Some Genes Related to the Apis mellifera L. Immune System date: 2022-12-28 words: 4669 flesch: 51 summary: Final acceptance 03 December 2022 Publication date 28 December 2022 Keywords Beekeeping, Colony transportation, Stress, Transportation Management, Welfare. Corresponding author Ricardo de Oliveira Orsi Departamento de Produção Animal e Medicina Veterinária Preventiva Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia da UNESP, Campus de Botucatu Rua Prof. Dr. Walter Maurício Correa, s/nº CEP: 18618-681 - Botucatu, São Paulo, Brasil. E-Mail: ricardo.orsi@unesp.br However, colony transportation in beekeeping can be a stressor for the colonies, along with other factors such as pests, diseases, poor diet, and pesticide exposure (Even et al., 2012; Goulson et al., 2015). keywords: bee; bees; colonies; colony; control; doi; expression; gene; honey; hours; immune; transport; transportation cache: sociobiology-7522.pdf plain text: sociobiology-7522.txt item: #686 of 769 id: sociobiology-753 author: Ramírez-Flores, Vania A.; Villanueva-Gutiérrez, Rogel; Roubik, David W.; Vergara, Carlos H.; Lara-Rodríguez, Nubia; Dáttilo, Wesley; Bonet Ferrer, Marta E.; Rico-Gray, Victor title: Topological structure of plant-bee networks in four Mexican environments date: 2015-04-07 words: 7007 flesch: 54 summary: Also, plant species are more generalized (i.e. have more interactions) at higher latitude and in lowland habitats. We calculated the (C) connectance, defined as the fraction of registered interactions with respect to the total number of possible interactions: C= I (B x P) where, I is the total number of interactions observed, B is the number of bees species, and P is the number of plant species (Jordano, 1987). keywords: bascompte; bee; bees; cuicatlan; et al; interactions; jordano; mancha; mexico; networks; number; olesen; plant; plant species; quintana; roo; sites; species; tehuacan cache: sociobiology-753.pdf plain text: sociobiology-753.txt item: #687 of 769 id: sociobiology-754 author: Sotelo, Guillermo; Ortiz Giraldo, Diana Sofía; Rodríguez, Jonathan; Montoya Lerma, James title: Adoption of a surrogate artificial queen in a colony of Atta cephalotes (L.) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Colombia date: 2015-12-31 words: 1087 flesch: 58 summary: The results show that the artificial colony of A. cephalotes, after a period of orphanhood, accepts surrogate queen and remains stable and active. It is noteworthy that orphaned workers, upon detecting the surrogate queen, tried to remove her from the symbiotic fungus (field colony) and from the donor workers. keywords: cephalotes; colony; queen; workers cache: sociobiology-754.pdf plain text: sociobiology-754.txt item: #688 of 769 id: sociobiology-757 author: Feitosa, Rodrigo M.; Drose, William; Podgaiski, Luciana Regina; Mendonça Jr., Milton title: First Record of the Dolichoderine Ant Genus Gracilidris Wild & Cuezzo (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Southern Brazil date: 2015-06-30 words: 2304 flesch: 50 summary: Gracilidris pombero worker (Aceguá, RS, Brazil). Distribution map of Gracilidris pombero in the Neotropics. keywords: brazil; genus; gracilidris; grande; pombero; rio; south; sul cache: sociobiology-757.pdf plain text: sociobiology-757.txt item: #689 of 769 id: sociobiology-760 author: Liu, Hao; Wang, Zi-Long; Zhou, Lin-Bin; Zeng, Zhijiang title: Quantitative analysis of the genes affecting development of the hypopharyngeal gland in honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) date: 2015-09-30 words: 3270 flesch: 53 summary: Validation of reference genes for gene expression studies in the honey bee, Apis mellifera, by quantitative real-time RT-PCR. Our results indicated that the relative expression levels of SV2C, eIF-4E, IMP, CGNP and TGF-βR1 were decreased at forager stage relative to nurse stage, while were reversed at reversed nurse stage compared to forager stage. keywords: apis; expression; genes; hgs; nurse; pcr; pdk1; stage; tgf cache: sociobiology-760.pdf plain text: sociobiology-760.txt item: #690 of 769 id: sociobiology-762 author: Cheng, Dong-Mei; Huang, Cong-Ling; Li, Wei-Sheng; Tian, Yong-Qing; Mao, Run-Qian; Zhang, Zhi-Xiang title: Toxicities comparison of rotenone and acetone extract of Tephrosiavogelii and Derris trifoliate against Solenopsis invicta date: 2015-12-28 words: 4411 flesch: 62 summary: Raw material can also be obtained from T. vogelii leaf extract and D. trifoliata root extract, which are cheaper. The LC50 of D. trifoliata roots extract and T. vogelii leaf extract were respectively 19.28 and 31.91 keywords: acetone; bait; control; extract; leaves; material; rifa; roots; rotenone; trifoliata; vogelii cache: sociobiology-762.pdf plain text: sociobiology-762.txt item: #691 of 769 id: sociobiology-7620 author: Prato, Amanda; Carvalho da Silva, Rafael; Mateus, Sidnei ; Santos do Nascimento, Fabio title: A Technique for Transferring Nests of Polybia (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Epiponini) Wasps in Anthropized Environment date: 2022-06-17 words: 2936 flesch: 61 summary: Polybia nests are sessile or suspended, constructed with mud or vegetable fiber with a brown or gray envelope. Polybia nests are built directly in the substrate (only the top part of the nest is in contact with the nesting place), differently from other Epiponini species, in which all the nest is attached to the structure, such as in the genera Metapolybia and Synoeca (Wenzel, 1998; Noll et all., 2021; Kudô, 2021). keywords: et al; nests; new; polybia; prezoto; social; wasps cache: sociobiology-7620.pdf plain text: sociobiology-7620.txt item: #692 of 769 id: sociobiology-764 author: Wetterer, James Kelly title: Geographic range of Pachycondyla harpax (Fabricius) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) date: 2016-04-29 words: 2953 flesch: 58 summary: I received unpublished collection information of P. harpax records from C. Alatorre- Bracamontes (Mexico) and E. Mendoza (El Salvador). Fabricius (1804) described Formica harpax (= P. harpax) from South America. keywords: america; ants; forest; harpax; islands; pachycondyla; range; records; species; wheeler cache: sociobiology-764.pdf plain text: sociobiology-764.txt item: #693 of 769 id: sociobiology-766 author: Cypret, Jacob A.; Judd, Timothy M. title: The Role of Salivary Enzymes in the Detection of Polysaccharides in the Termite Reticulitermes flavipes Kollar (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) date: 2015-12-31 words: 4041 flesch: 57 summary: Thus, the termites showed no preference for glucose or starch enriched food sources. If the termites are determining density of polysaccharides in the food by breaking them down, then 1) they should prefer xylose over xylan but should not prefer glucose to starch, and 2) the amylase inhibitor should reduce the termites’ feeding rate on starch enriched foods. keywords: amylase; experiment; feeding; food; glucose; judd; reticulitermes; starch; termites cache: sociobiology-766.pdf plain text: sociobiology-766.txt item: #694 of 769 id: sociobiology-7667 author: Henine-Maouche, Anissa; Guergouz, Wissem; Moudache, Thiziri title: Ant community diversity in two agrosystems in Bejaia wilaya (Northern Algeria) date: 2022-09-07 words: 6064 flesch: 58 summary: For Amizour, the highest number of ant species were collected by manual capture (75 ℅ of the total number of species sampled); bait and pitfall traps were relatively effective (50 and 58.33% of the species’ total number, respectively). Indeed, we found that at INRAA, certain species have higher abundance because it is favorable to their installation, contrary to Amizour where the land is continuously worked, which disturbs the establishment of ant species. keywords: amizour; ants; des; diversity; formicidae; individuals; inraa; orchard; sampling; species; station; study; tapinoma cache: sociobiology-7667.pdf plain text: sociobiology-7667.txt item: #695 of 769 id: sociobiology-7678 author: Jacques, Gabriel Castro; Francisco, Sheliane C. C.; Silveira, Luis Cláudio P. title: First record of Elasmus polistis (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), parasitoid of Polistes versicolor (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), in Minas Gerais, Brazil date: 2022-04-22 words: 2782 flesch: 57 summary: Polistes wasps (Hym.: Vespidae) as control agents for lepidopterous cabbage pests. Some factors influencing the predation of Polistes wasps on the tobacco hornworm. keywords: hymenoptera; nests; parasitoids; polistes; versicolor; vespidae; wasps cache: sociobiology-7678.pdf plain text: sociobiology-7678.txt item: #696 of 769 id: sociobiology-768 author: Poderoso, Julio Cesar Melo; Oliveira, Maria Emilene Correia de; Silva e Souza, Tácito Moreira da; Paz, Luan Carlos da; Ribeiro, Genésio Tâmara title: Botanical Preferences of Africanized Bees (Apis mellifera) on the Coast and in the Atlantic Forest of Sergipe, Brazil date: 2015-02-18 words: 2492 flesch: 54 summary: The dependences of crop production within the European Union on pollination by honey bees. One way to identify species visited by bees is through palynolog y, as the pol- len spectrum obtained through this analysis shows the distribution of pollen sources and honey plants where the apiary is installed (Durkee 1971). keywords: bees; families; grains; honey; plants; pollen; samples cache: sociobiology-768.pdf plain text: sociobiology-768.txt item: #697 of 769 id: sociobiology-7691 author: Aparecida Moura, Paola; de Castro Jacques, Gabriel; Silva Teofilo-Guedes, Gabriel; Magalhães de Souza, Marcos title: Polistes versicolor (Olivier, 1791) nesting in deciduous forest, Northern Minas Gerais State, Brazil (Vespidae, Polistinae) date: 2022-06-24 words: 2711 flesch: 56 summary: Social wasps are insects that adopt different substrates for nesting (Da Cruz et al., 2006; Alvarenga et al., 2010; Souza et al., 2014), including native vegetal species with varied habits such as herbaceous and arboreal (Francisco et al., 2018), exotic as eucalyptus (De Souza et al., 2012) and coffee (Milani et al., 2020), besides human buildings (Oliveira et al., 2017). Different biotic and abiotic factors influence the social wasps nesting, such as the ecosystem conservation degree (Souza et al., 2010), fragmentation (Bueno et al., 2019), preying (Henrique & Palma, 1998), food availability (Santos et al., 2007) and the necessity for camouflage (Souza et al., 2020a; Milani et al., 2021). keywords: brazil; doi; et al; forest; hymenoptera; nesting; souza; versicolor; vespidae; wasps cache: sociobiology-7691.pdf plain text: sociobiology-7691.txt item: #698 of 769 id: sociobiology-770 author: Costa - Milanez, Cinthia Borges; Ribeiro, Fernanda Fonseca; Castro, Paulo de Tarso Amorim; Majer, Jonathan D; Ribeiro, Sérvio Pontes title: Effect of Fire on Ant Assemblages in Brazilian Cerrado in Areas containing Vereda Wetlands date: 2015-12-28 words: 6680 flesch: 61 summary: http://periodicos.uefs.br/ojs/index.php/sociobiology ISSN: 0361-6525 Effect of Fire on Ant Assemblages in Brazilian Cerrado in Areas containing Vereda Wetlands Introduction The Brazilian Cerrado is a mosaic of vegetation types, with interspersed savanna formations, woodlands, grasslands, gallery forests and wetland vegetation, whose composition is mainly determined by edaphic conditions, although heavily influenced by fire (Eiten, 1972; Vasconcelos et al., 2009). Fire in Cerrado is an ancient phenomenon, evidenced by the presence of charcoal samples dated between 27,100 to 41,700 years b.p. keywords: ant; ants; camponotus; cerrado; composition; control; effect; fire; forel; habitat; pheidole; site; smith; soil; sp.1; species; vegetation; vereda; wetland cache: sociobiology-770.pdf plain text: sociobiology-770.txt item: #699 of 769 id: sociobiology-7715 author: Jeanne, Robert L. title: My Life as a Curious Naturalist date: 2022-04-22 words: 17620 flesch: 63 summary: Organization and regulation of nest construction behavior in Metapolybia wasps. Individuals make the switch from nest work to foraging suddenly and with little overlap between old and new tasks (Jeanne et al., 1988, Jeanne, 1991). keywords: ants; behavior; brood; colonies; colony; construction; food; founding; hymenoptera; jeanne; journal; nest; new; occidentalis; polistes; polybia; pulp; r.l; size; species; swarm; system; time; wasps; water; work; workers cache: sociobiology-7715.pdf plain text: sociobiology-7715.txt item: #700 of 769 id: sociobiology-772 author: Camargo, Roberto da Silva; Silva, Lais Cristina; Forti, Luiz Carlos; Oliveira de Matos, Carlos Alberto; Travaglini, Raphael Vacchi title: Do Atta sexdens rubropilosa workers prepare leaves and bait pellets in similar ways to their symbiotic fungus? date: 2015-12-28 words: 6556 flesch: 55 summary: DOI: 10.13102/sociobiology.v62i4.772Sociobiology 62(4): 484-493 (December, 2015) Open access journal: http://periodicos.uefs.br/ojs/index.php/sociobiology ISSN: 0361-6525 Do Atta sexdens rubropilosa workers prepare leaves and bait pellets in similar ways to their symbiotic fungus? Mean number and standard deviation of the frequency of behaviors executed by Atta sexdens rubropilosa workers during culture of the symbiotic fungus on bait pellets (gray bars) and leaf disks (white bars). keywords: ants; atta; bait; behavior; cutting; fungus; garden; incorporation; leaf; leaves; pellets; substrate; workers cache: sociobiology-772.pdf plain text: sociobiology-772.txt item: #701 of 769 id: sociobiology-7729 author: Fonte Carballo, Leydi; Rodríguez de la Cruz, David ; Sánchez Sánchez, José ; Sánchez Reyes, Estefanía ; Lóriga Peña, Walberto ; Demedio Lorenzo, Jorge ; Díaz Solares, Maykelis ; Morales Querol, Dariel title: Cuban stingless bee livestock exhibit specialized floral resource use: a palynological study on honey samples from Matanzas and Mayabeque provinces date: 2022-09-07 words: 5994 flesch: 59 summary: muricata L. Tree Frequent Annonaceae Annona squamosa L. Tree Little Frequent Arecaceae Cocos nucifera L. Tree Frequent Arecaceae Roystonea regia (Kunth) O.F. Cook Tree Little Frequent Arecaceae Adonidia merrillii (Becc.) Shrub Abundant Rosaceae Prunus domestica L. Tree Frequent Rosaceae Pyrus communis L. Tree Little Frequent Rubiaceae Coffea arabica L. Shrub Little Frequent Rutaceae Citrus x aurantium L. Tree Frequent Rutaceae Citrus x limon (L.) keywords: abundant; bee; bees; fabaceae; frequent; guajava; honey; matanzas; mayabeque; melipona; mimosa; pollen; psidium; pudica; samples; species; stingless; tree cache: sociobiology-7729.pdf plain text: sociobiology-7729.txt item: #702 of 769 id: sociobiology-7746 author: Eisawi, Khalid; Subedi, Indra Prasad ; Yodé, Christine Dakélé ; He, Hong title: Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) increase predation of Belenois solilucis (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) eggs in organic agriculture production systems: a multiple-site field study at Rashad, Sudan date: 2022-06-24 words: 7035 flesch: 53 summary: For example, ants are excellent egg predators, as seen here. Ants increase pest egg predation in Sudanese organic agricultural systems2 such as pollination (Nicholls & Altieri, 2007), biological control (Mori et al., 2013), and this increases the dependence of these systems on human intervention. keywords: ants; belenois; biological; control; doi; eggs; et al; fig; increase; june; landscape; number; pest; predation; predators; rates; species; stakes cache: sociobiology-7746.pdf plain text: sociobiology-7746.txt item: #703 of 769 id: sociobiology-7757 author: Iqbal, Shahid; Ali, Mudssar; Khan, Fawad Zafar Ahmad; Iqbal, Naeem; Nawaz, Fahim title: Linking bird resistant and susceptible sunflower traits with pollinator’s fauna and seed production date: 2022-07-05 words: 5637 flesch: 55 summary: Diversity of sunflower insect pollinators and their foraging behavior under field conditions. Diversity of sunflower insect pollinators and their foraging behavior under field conditions. keywords: bird; diversity; et al; head; insect; plant; pollination; pollinators; seed; species; sunflower cache: sociobiology-7757.pdf plain text: sociobiology-7757.txt item: #704 of 769 id: sociobiology-776 author: Nakano, Márcia Akemi; da Silva, Rogério Rosa; de Miranda, Vitor Fernandes Oliveira; Feitosa, Rodrigo M.; Morini, Maria Santina title: Morphological differentiation between species of Myrmelachista Roger (Formicidae: Formicinae) in Atlantic Forest areas of the Alto Tietê (São Paulo) date: 2015-06-30 words: 4392 flesch: 53 summary: M. arthuri workers have been observed in the field preying on soldiers and minor workers of Atta sexdens Linnaeus, 1758, as well as on small beetles from different species (see image in Suguituru et al., 2015; GHP Castro personal communication), although this type of behavior is not usually reported for Myrmelachista species. Myrmelachista species have antennae with nine or ten segments; most species have nine-segmented antennae and Abstract Myrmelachista is an exclusively Neotropical ant genus. keywords: ants; component; formicidae; length; myrmelachista; nakano; species; variables; workers cache: sociobiology-776.pdf plain text: sociobiology-776.txt item: #705 of 769 id: sociobiology-7763 author: Syama P. S.; Kumar C. V., Sreeranjit title: Evidence of diet supplementation with vitamin C protecting honeybees from Imidacloprid induced peroxidative damage: a study with Apis cerana indica date: 2022-09-07 words: 7078 flesch: 51 summary: Worker bees are prone to various stress factors during foraging and are susceptible to Imidacloprid due to the reduction in the number of genes encoding for the major enzyme families responsible for the detoxification of toxins. Worker bees from both groups were randomly collected and exposed to 0.001 mg/mL IMD. keywords: activity; antioxidant; bees; control; doi; enzyme; glutathione; hemolymph; honeybees; imd; midgut; tissues; vitamin; worker cache: sociobiology-7763.pdf plain text: sociobiology-7763.txt item: #706 of 769 id: sociobiology-7775 author: Silva, Priscila Santos; Koch, Elmo Borges de Azevedo; Arnhold, Alexandre; Delabie, Jacques Hubert Charles title: A Review of Distribution Modeling in Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Biogeographic Studies date: 2022-12-28 words: 14405 flesch: 53 summary: A range of taxonomic studies by biogeographical regions (Ladino & Feitosa, 2020), new occurrences, and records (Dias & Lattke, 2019; Fernandes & Delabie, 2019; Franco, et al., 2019), invasive species (Chen & Adams, 2018), and diversity (Koch et al., 2020; Silva et al., 2020) can also be found. Using Generalized Linear Models (GLM) (Guisan et al., 2002), initial local models generated from 160 field samples were extrapolated to the country scale through a Geographic Information System (GIS). keywords: ant; ants; approach; areas; change; climate; climatic; conservation; data; delabie; distribution; distribution modeling; doi; ecology; et al; formicidae; hymenoptera; invasion; mechanistic; modeling; models; new; niche; occurrence; peterson; peterson et; potential; roura; species; species distribution; studies; variables cache: sociobiology-7775.pdf plain text: sociobiology-7775.txt item: #707 of 769 id: sociobiology-778 author: Vieira, Karine Munck; Netto, Paula; Amaral, Danielle L.A.S.; Mendes, Sarah Silva; Castro, Lívia Cabral; Prezoto, Fábio title: Nesting stingless bees in urban areas: a reevaluation after eight years date: 2016-10-25 words: 4092 flesch: 60 summary: N. testaceicornis and T. angustula nests were the most abundant in the former and current surveys (Table 3), and artificial substrate was used more commonly in both studies. This may explain the low density of tree nests found. keywords: artificial; bee; campus; nesting; nests; species; stingless cache: sociobiology-778.pdf plain text: sociobiology-778.txt item: #708 of 769 id: sociobiology-779 author: Neves, Frederico de Siqueira; Lana, Tate C.; Anjos, Marina C.; Reis, Ariel C.; Fernandes, G. Wilson title: Ants in Burned and Unburned Areas in Campos Rupestres Ecosystem date: 2016-04-29 words: 5923 flesch: 63 summary: Nevertheless, human induced impact on the campos rupestres is increasing at fast rates (Fernandes et al., 2014). Moreover, ten months later no difference between the richness of ant species in burned and unburned plots was found at 1300 m, even though the plots showed distinct species composition. keywords: ant; ants; campos; et al; fire; plots; richness; rupestres; sites; species cache: sociobiology-779.pdf plain text: sociobiology-779.txt item: #709 of 769 id: sociobiology-7843 author: Lopes, Laís L.; Mariano, Cléa S. F.; Delabie, Jacques H. C.; Silva, Janisete G. title: First Cytogenetic Study Through Conventional Staining of The Ant Genus Blepharidatta Wheeler, 1915 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Attini) date: 2022-11-28 words: 3418 flesch: 54 summary: Out of the four valid species in this genus, Blepharidatta brasiliensis (Wheeler 1915), Blepharidatta conops (Kempf 1967), Blepharidatta delabiei (Brandão et al., 2015), and Blepharidatta fernandezi (Brandão et al., 2015), so far there is published data on the biology of only B. conops (Diniz et al., 1998; Brandão et al., 2008; Pereira et al., 2014). As males are haploid, there is no meiosis to produce gametes (Palomeque et al., 1990), which leads to the possibility that in Formicidae as in the entire order Hymenoptera, chromosomal alterations are much more tolerated than in other groups of organisms (Gokhman, 2009). keywords: ants; blepharidatta; doi; et al; formicidae; karyotype; species cache: sociobiology-7843.pdf plain text: sociobiology-7843.txt item: #710 of 769 id: sociobiology-786 author: Castellani, Maria Aparecida; Rodrigues Júnior, Milton Silva; Moreira, Aldenise Alves; D'Esquivel, Michele Silva; Ribeiro, Edenilson Batista; Forti, Luiz Carlos; Lacau, Sebastién title: Natural Parasitism in Acromyrmex landolti Forel (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Pastures of Bahia, Brazil date: 2015-12-31 words: 1803 flesch: 58 summary: Parasitism rate, average and standard deviation of Mimopria sp. in larvae and nests of Acromyrmex landolti. A. landolti nests were located, marked with stakes and georeferenced with a GPS (Global Position System), four groups consisting of five nests each were established, named as nuclei, totaling twenty plots, selected at random. keywords: acromyrmex; hymenoptera; landolti; larvae; mimopria; nests; parasitism cache: sociobiology-786.pdf plain text: sociobiology-786.txt item: #711 of 769 id: sociobiology-7878 author: Queiroz, Antonio Cesar Medeiros de; Prado, Livia Pires do; Cesarino, Rafael Almeida; Santiago, Graziele S.; Oliveira, Cynthia Valéria; Rabelo, Mariana A.; Ribas, Carla R. title: Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of APA Pandeiros: A Perspective from a Decade of Research in an Environmental Protection Area in the Cerrado-Caatinga Transition date: 2022-09-12 words: 8119 flesch: 54 summary: Since knowledge about the diversity of ants in the Caatinga is incipient, it is expected that the same occurs with ant-plant interactions, which are present in this biome (Câmara et al., 2018; Leal et al., 2018; Oliveira et al., 2019). Protected areas are essential to limit the loss of biodiversity, as they prevent the increase in deforestation and maintain high levels of biodiversity and endemism (Oliveira et al., 2017). keywords: ant; ants; apa; areas; biodiversity; brazil; caatinga; camponotus; cerrado; conservation; css; doi; et al; forel; forest; habitats; mayr; morphospecies; pandeiros; pheidole; queiroz; rif; smith; species; studies; tdf cache: sociobiology-7878.pdf plain text: sociobiology-7878.txt item: #712 of 769 id: sociobiology-7881 author: McDonald, Janet; Fitzgerald, Christopher; Hassan, Babar; Morrell, Jeffrey title: Non-destructive Detection of an Invasive Drywood Termite, Cryptotermes brevis (Blattodea: Kalotermitidae), in Timber date: 2022-12-28 words: 4802 flesch: 56 summary: Unlike many subterranean termite species that attack wood above the ground by carrying moisture upwards into the timber, drywood termites have evolved to thrive at the low wood moisture contents typical of these environments (Evans, 2010). Discussion Effective control of drywood termites in structures is highly dependent on accurate inspection results since these species nest exclusively in wood and can be in any part of a structure (Lewis & Lemaster, 1991). keywords: ability; boards; brevis; density; detection; device; drywood; termites; wood cache: sociobiology-7881.pdf plain text: sociobiology-7881.txt item: #713 of 769 id: sociobiology-7883 author: Magalhães de Souza, Marcos; Augusta Junqueira, Lidiane; Jacques, Gabriel Castro; Teófilo-Guedes, Gabriel Silva; Cola Zanuncio, José title: Camponotus renggeri (Formicidae) predated Agelaia vicina (Vespidae) nest and occupied Parachartergus pseudapicalis (Vespidae) nest date: 2022-06-30 words: 2032 flesch: 53 summary: This is the first record of C. renggeri preying on and occupying social wasp nests. This is the first record of C. renggeri preying on and occupying social wasp nests. keywords: ants; camponotus; hymenoptera; nest; renggeri; wasps cache: sociobiology-7883.pdf plain text: sociobiology-7883.txt item: #714 of 769 id: sociobiology-7894 author: Menezes, Mariana R.; Laviski, Bianca F. S.; dos Santos, Adriano P. L.; de França, Eder C. B.; Moreira, Mariane S.; Conceição-Neto, Ricardino ; Queiroz, Jarbas M. title: Flower Visitation by Bees, Wasps and Ants: Revealing How a Community of Flower-Visitors Establish Interaction Networks in a Botanical Garden date: 2022-12-28 words: 12155 flesch: 56 summary: Hymenoptera Flower-Visitors in a Botanical Garden10 in this work, such as rainfall, wind speed and solar radiation (Simões et al., 1985; Loyola & Martins, 2006; Oliveira et al., 2012; Kovac et al., 2015; Marinho & Vivallo, 2020). Angiopolybia is one of the genera of Polistinae and presents native representatives from Brazil; this genus is abundant in Atlantic forest areas and, despite adaptations to the necrophagic habit, consumes other resources (Lima et al., 2010; Togni et al., 2014), as observed in this study. keywords: afternoon; air; ants; bees; botanical; community; core; day; december; doi; dáttilo; et al; flower; formicidae; garden; hymenoptera; interactions; morning; networks; number; plant; plant species; rio; specialization; species; temperature; visitors; visits; wasps cache: sociobiology-7894.pdf plain text: sociobiology-7894.txt item: #715 of 769 id: sociobiology-792 author: Costa, Leticia Mariano da; Grella, Tatiane Caroline; Barbosa, Rodrigo Avelaira; Malaspina, Osmar; Nocelli, Roberta Cornélio Ferreira title: Determination of acute lethal doses (LD50 and LC50) of imidacloprid for the native bee Melipona scutellaris Latreille, 1811 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) date: 2015-12-30 words: 3120 flesch: 60 summary: The fact that M. scutellaris bee is more sensitive than A. mellifera bee was also proved by Lourenço et al. (2012a, 2012b) who did a toxicity study of fipronil with native bee species and verified that the pesticide is highly toxic, showing a topical LD50 (48 hours) of 0.41 ng a.i./bee and oral LC50 (48 hours) of 0.011 ng a.i./ μL diet. In Brazil, stingless bees are responsible for 40% to 90% of tree species pollination, depending on the considered ecosystem. keywords: bee; bees; hours; imidacloprid; ld50; mellifera; scutellaris; toxicity cache: sociobiology-792.pdf plain text: sociobiology-792.txt item: #716 of 769 id: sociobiology-793 author: Scheffrahn, Rudolf H title: Global elevational, latitudinal, and climatic limits for termites and the redescription of Rugitermes laticollis Snyder (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) from the Andean Highlands date: 2015-09-30 words: 10862 flesch: 70 summary: This remarkably cool and humid desert coastline is the endemic habitat of Cryptotermes brevis (Scheffrahn et al., 2009) and Neotermes chilensis, the latter occurring in both dead wood and inside living trees (Scheffrahn pers. schultzei collected in the Bismarck Range at 1650 m (Bourguignon et al., 2008). keywords: al te; da e; e m; e n; e te; el ev; et al; ic al; iti da; m al; rm es; rm iti; te rm; termites cache: sociobiology-793.pdf plain text: sociobiology-793.txt item: #717 of 769 id: sociobiology-795 author: Andrade-Silva, Joudellys; Pereira, Eunice Kethure Coelho; Silva, Orleans; Delabie, Jacques Hubert Charles; Rebelo, José Manuel M. title: Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Associated with Pig Carcasses in an Urban Area date: 2015-12-30 words: 4514 flesch: 63 summary: Even though few studies exist on the subject in Brazil, Hymenoptera seem to influence vertebrate carcass decomposition. The prevalence of S. saevissima on our carcasses may have inhibited the proliferation of other ant species. keywords: ants; brazil; carcasses; decomposition; doi; entomology; forensic; goff; hymenoptera; insects; maranhão; pig; species; stages; study cache: sociobiology-795.pdf plain text: sociobiology-795.txt item: #718 of 769 id: sociobiology-8 author: Janowiecki, Mark A.; Jones, Susan C.; Bryant, Joshua L. title: Population Growth Characteristics of Incipient Colonies of the Eastern Subterranean Termite, Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar) (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) date: 2013-12-30 words: 3318 flesch: 62 summary: Our detailed baseline information on R. flavipes colony growth is expected to allow for more refined hypotheses and growth model development in future studies of this economically important termite. Abstract We investigated growth of inbred monogamous Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar) colonies monthly during their first year, thereby assessing colony growth at a much finer temporal scale than previous studies. keywords: biomass; colonies; colony; flavipes; growth cache: sociobiology-8.pdf plain text: sociobiology-8.txt item: #719 of 769 id: sociobiology-805 author: Okita, Ichiro; Terayama, Mamoru; Tsuchida, Koji title: Cryptic Lineages in the Cardiocondyla sl. kagutsuchi Terayama (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Discovered by Phylogenetic and Morphological Approaches date: 2015-09-30 words: 7441 flesch: 59 summary: The former clade was further divided into two subclades; one subclade included lineages A and B, and the other included lineage C. the second function discriminated lineage C. Using the first and second functions, the discriminant scores of all individual workers are plotted in Fig 5. keywords: c. sl; cardiocondyla; colonies; ergatoid; et al; japan; kagutsuchi; lineage; male; species; workers cache: sociobiology-805.pdf plain text: sociobiology-805.txt item: #720 of 769 id: sociobiology-807 author: Sales, Tatiane Archanjo; Hastenreiter, Isabel Neto; Almeida, Nilhian Gonçalves de; Lopes, Juliane Floriano Santos title: Fast Food Delivery: Is There a Way for Foraging Success in Leaf-Cutting Ants? date: 2015-12-28 words: 3714 flesch: 62 summary: Therefore, there are 144 replicates for physical trails and 144 for non-physical trails. The average length of physical trails was 21m (maximum value = 24.3m, minimum value = 16.2m) and for non-physical trails was 8m (maximum value = 10.4m, minimum value = 5.4m). keywords: ants; delivery; foraging; leaf; rate; trails; workers cache: sociobiology-807.pdf plain text: sociobiology-807.txt item: #721 of 769 id: sociobiology-8099 author: Soares Ribeiro, Vanessa Soares Ribeiro; Navarro Paolucci, Lucas; Schoereder, José Henrique; Ribeiro de Castro Solar, Ricardo title: Divergence of Ant Communities Over Time in a Fragmented Atlantic Rain Forest Landscape date: 2022-09-07 words: 6199 flesch: 50 summary: Subfamily / species 1995 1996 2010 Sociobiology 69(3): e8099 (September, 2022) 11 Myrmicinae Crematogaster distans G X Crematogaster nigropilosa G X Crematogaster ocuta G X Crematogaster sp.1 G X Crematogaster sp.5 G X Eurhopalothrix sp.1 FS X Hylomyrma balzani FS X X X Hylomyrma reitteri FS X X X Hylomyrma sp.1 X X X Megalomyrmex drifti FS X Megalomyrmex gnomus FS X Megalomyrmex goeldii FS X X X Megalomyrmex iheringi FS X X X Megalomyrmex incisus FS X X Megalomyrmex modestus FS X X Megalomyrmex pusillus FS X X Megalomyrmex sp.2 X Octostruma rugifera FS X X X Oxyepoecus plaumanni FS X Oxyepoecus reticulatus FS X X Procryptocerus convergens FS X Procryptocerus marginatus FS X X X Procryptocerus sp.2 X Rogeria ciliosa FS X Rogeria sp.1 X X X Rogeria sp.2 X Strumigenys apreciatta FS X X Trachymyrmex aspersus G X X Trachymyrmex oetkeri FS X Trachymyrmex sp.1 X X X Trachymyrmex sp.2 X X X Trachymyrmex sp.4 X Trachymyrmex sp.5 X Trachymyrmex sp.6 X Trachymyrmex sp.7 X Trachymyrmex sp.8 X Ponerinae Hypoponera foreli G X Hypoponera sp.1 X X X Hypoponera sp.2 X X X Hypoponera sp.3 X X Hypoponera sp.4 X Hypoponera sp.6 X X Leptogenys sp.1 FS X X X Neoponera lenis FS X X X Neoponera magnifica FS X X X Neoponera metanotalis FS X X X Neoponera venusta FS X Neoponera sp.4 X X Neoponera sp.6 X Neoponera sp.7 OH X Ectatomma sp.3 X X X Ectatomma sp.4 X Ectatomma sp.5 X Gnamptogenys acuminata FS X Gnamptogenys horni FS X X X Gnamptogenys mina FS X X X Gnamptogenys regularis FS X Gnamptogenys striatula G X X X Gnamptogenys sp.3 X X Gnamptogenys sp.4 X X Gnamptogenys sp.8 X Gnamptogenys sp.9 X Formicinae Brachymyrmex depilis G X X Brachymyrmex sp.1 G X Brachymyrmex sp.2 G X Brachymyrmex sp.4 G X Brachymyrmex sp.5 G X Brachymyrmex sp.6 G X Brachymyrmex sp.8 G X Formicinae Camponotus atriceps G X X X Camponotus crassus OH X X Camponotus genatus G X X X Camponotus melanoticus G X X X Camponotus novogranadensis G X X Camponotus rufipes G X X X Camponotus sp.2 X X Camponotus sp.7 X X X Camponotus sp.10 X X X Nylanderia fulva G X X X Nylanderia sp.1 X X X Nylanderia sp.2 X Heteroponerinae Heteroponera dentinodis G X Heteroponera dolo FS X X X Myrmicinae Acanthognathus rudis G X X Acromyrmex niger G X X X Acromyrmex rugosus G X Acromyrmex subterraneus G X X X Acromyrmex sp.2 G X Acromyrmex sp.3 G X Acromyrmex sp.4 G X Acromyrmex sp.5 G X Acromyrmex sp.7 G X Acromyrmex sp.10 G X X Acromyrmex sp.15 G X Acromyrmex sp.21 G X Apterostigma jubatum FS X X X Apterostigma sp.3 FS X X X Apterostigma sp.4 FS X X X Apterostigma sp.7 FS X Atta sexdens OH X X X Basiceros disciger FS X Basiceros sp.1 FS X X X Cardiocondyla emeryi OH X X Cephalotes atratus FS X X X Cephalotes ustus X Table S3. keywords: ant; biotic; communities; doi; et al; forest; fragments; fs x; g x; habitat; heterogenization; richness; species; x x; years cache: sociobiology-8099.pdf plain text: sociobiology-8099.txt item: #722 of 769 id: sociobiology-8151 author: Ben Khedher, Hassib; Braham, Mohamed; Chaieb, Ikbal title: The State of the Art of the Tunisian Apidae Fauna (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) date: 2022-09-07 words: 13105 flesch: 52 summary: Hlk107905632 _Hlk107905645 _Hlk107905658 _Hlk107905679 _Hlk107905781 _Hlk107905798 _Hlk107905814 _Hlk107905833 _Hlk107905849 _Hlk107905864 _Hlk107905878 _Hlk107905894 _Hlk107905915 _Hlk101248271 _Hlk107905932 _Hlk107905960 _Hlk107905975 _Hlk107906010 _Hlk107906025 _Hlk108720885 _Hlk95990957 _Hlk108686907 _Hlk108685604 Also, Dusmet & Alonso (1932) reported Nomada species from Tunisia (Nomada discrepans Schmiedeknecht, 1882 var. keywords: algeria; anthophora; apidae; ascher; bulgaria; distribution; eucera; france; germany; greece; hungary; iran; israel; italy; lepeletier; libya; locality; m.r; morocco; nomada; pickering; portugal; pérez; romania; russia; schulthess; schwarz; slovakia; spain; species; tunisia; turkey; ukraine cache: sociobiology-8151.pdf plain text: sociobiology-8151.txt item: #723 of 769 id: sociobiology-818 author: Kamitani, Shin-ya; Asakura, Kazunori; Nakamura, Keiji title: Effects of environmental factors on life cycle regulation in Lasius japonicus Santschi (Formicidae) date: 2015-12-28 words: 4845 flesch: 61 summary: In L. niger from Russia, colony development is known to be suppressed by low temperatures. Ants inhabiting higher latitudes often enter diapause after a certain period of reproduction and development, regardless of environmental stimuli, and even Abstract This study investigated environmental factors that regulate oviposition by queens and colony development in Lasius japonicus Santschi. keywords: day; diapause; number; pupae; queens; temperature cache: sociobiology-818.pdf plain text: sociobiology-818.txt item: #724 of 769 id: sociobiology-824 author: Yamazaki, Lúcia; Dambroz, Juliana; Meurer, Eliandra; Vindica, Vanessa França; Delabie, Jacques Hubert Charles; Marques, Marinêz Isaac; Batirolla, Leandro Denis title: Ant community (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) associated with Callisthene fasciculata (Spr.) Mart. (Vochysiaceae) canopies in the Pantanal of Poconé, Mato Grosso, Brazil date: 2016-07-20 words: 7096 flesch: 61 summary: In this way, tree canopies are characterized as a diverse environment and of considerable importance due to nutrient cycling processes and the ecological interactions among the species that live in them (Adis, 1997; Adis et al., 2010). Studies carried out in the Pantanal have demonstrated that ants are an important component of the arthropods communities, participating in ecological processes, developing different survival strategies and social behaviors in these areas (Adis et al., 2001; Battirola et al., 2005; Castilho et al., 2007; Santos et al., 2008; Marques et al., 2010, 2011; Soares et al., 2013). keywords: adis; ants; battirola; canopies; community; et al; fasciculata; grosso; ind./m2; mato; pantanal; periods; season; species; water cache: sociobiology-824.pdf plain text: sociobiology-824.txt item: #725 of 769 id: sociobiology-8251 author: Vit, Patricia; Chuttong, Bajaree; Zawawi, Norhasnida; Diaz, Maria; van der Meulen, Jane; Ahmad, Hajar F.; Tomas-Barberan, Francisco A.; Meccia, Gina; Danmek, Khanchai; Moreno, Jorge Enrique; Roubik, David W.; Barth, Ortrud Monika; Lachenmeier, Dirk W.; Engel, Michael S. title: A Novel Integrative Methodology for Research on Pot-honey Variations During Post-harvest date: 2022-11-28 words: 18975 flesch: 54 summary: Stingless bees process and store their honey in cerumen pots rather than in the hexagonal prismatic waxen cells of honey bees (Michener, 1974), and the differences in honeys are not merely those of the architectural form of the storage media. Generally, the alteration of the gut microbiota of honey bees is reportedly due to seasonal changes (Kešnerová et al., 2020) and also influenced by geography (Liu et al., 2021). keywords: acid; activity; amino; analysis; aroma; bacteria; bees; botanical; chemical; data; doi; et al; fig; food; germany; glucose; grains; group; honey; honey bees; identification; intensity; journal; methods; microbiome; nmr; odor; pollen; pot; ppm; research; review; roubik; sample; solution; species; standard; stingless; sugar; total; vit; water; writing cache: sociobiology-8251.pdf plain text: sociobiology-8251.txt item: #726 of 769 id: sociobiology-8261 author: Miranda, Patrícia Nakayama; Ribeiro, José Eduardo Lahoz da Silva ; Corro, Erick J.; Brasil, Izaias ; Delabie, Jacques Hubert Charles ; Dáttilo, Wesley title: Structural Stability of Ant-plant Mutualistic Networks Mediated by Extrafloral Nectaries: Looking at the Effects of Forest Fragmentation in the Brazilian Amazon date: 2022-09-29 words: 14327 flesch: 61 summary: Network size was calculated by multiplying the number of plant species by the number of ant species. The generalist core of ant species in the ant-plant networks tends to be more constant than the generalist core of plant species, between forest fragments. keywords: acre; ant; ants; core; cover; diversity; doi; dáttilo; ecology; effects; efns; et al; forest; fragmentation; fragments; fridericia; generalist; habitat; inga; interactions; landscape; model; networks; number; plant; plant networks; plant species; rainforest; sp.1; species; structure cache: sociobiology-8261.pdf plain text: sociobiology-8261.txt item: #727 of 769 id: sociobiology-8265 author: Furtado, Lucas Bezerra; Somavilla, Alexandre; Krolow, Tiago Kütter title: A checklist of social wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae) from Tocantins state, Brazil date: 2022-09-12 words: 4256 flesch: 56 summary: Despite the effort to identify all social wasps, a few specimens, subjected to a thorough characterization and examination by a specialist, could not be determined with certainty, probably representing new species (Mischocyttarus sp.1 and Mischocyttarus sp.2). New species of Pararhagadochir Davis, 1940 (Insecta: Embioptera: Scelembiidae) from Brazil. keywords: brazil; krolow; new; polistinae; somavilla; species; state; tocantins; vespidae; wasps cache: sociobiology-8265.pdf plain text: sociobiology-8265.txt item: #728 of 769 id: sociobiology-8268 author: Janei, Vanelize; Costa-Leonardo, Ana Maria title: Occurrence of Gregarines (Protozoa: Apicomplexa) in the Neotropical Soldierless Ruptitermes spp. (Isoptera, Termitidae, Apicotermitinae) date: 2022-12-28 words: 2545 flesch: 54 summary: Previous records of termite gregarine infections were reported in the families Hodotermitidae (Uttangi & Desai, 1962), Rhinotermitidae (Uttangi & Desai, 1962; Huger & Lenz, 1976; Kalavati & Narasimhamurti, 1978; Hall & Hostettler, 1993; Costa-Leonardo et al., 2008), Archotermopsidae (Grassé, 1986) and Termitidae (Kalavati & Narasimhamurti, 1978; Kalavati & Narasimhamurti, 1980; Zhang et al., 2021). Free gamonts, gamonts in syzygy and gametocysts were observed only in the worker caste of the termitid Macrotermes barneyi, being absent in soldiers and reproductives (Zhang et al., 2021). keywords: doi; gamonts; gregarines; midgut; pitan; ruptitermes; species; termite; trophozoites cache: sociobiology-8268.pdf plain text: sociobiology-8268.txt item: #729 of 769 id: sociobiology-8308 author: Wilker, Icaro; Rabelo, Mariana A.; Angotti, Marina A.; Ribas, Carla R. title: Ant species that remove diaspores alone are more efficient removers date: 2022-09-12 words: 7678 flesch: 56 summary: The circles and the line indicate group removal ants, and the triangles and dashed line indicate solitary remover ants. The circles and the line indicate group removal ants, and the triangles and dashed line indicate solitary remover ants. keywords: ants; diaspore removal; diaspores; doi; ectatomma; edentatum; et al; foraging; group; nest; removal; seed; size; solitary; species; time cache: sociobiology-8308.pdf plain text: sociobiology-8308.txt item: #730 of 769 id: sociobiology-8317 author: Souza, Marcos Magalhães de; Barbado, Norma; Almeida, José Adolfo Mota de; Teófilo-Guedes, Gabriel; Zanuncio, José Cola title: Nest camouflage in Metapolybia cingulata and nesting and colony defensive behavior in Metapolybia docilis (Vespidae: Polistinae) in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest date: 2022-12-28 words: 2642 flesch: 48 summary: Field observations were made on January 4th and 5th, 2022 at the State Park of Iguaçu, state of Paraná, Brazil, on M. cingulata and M. docilis nests and information on nesting of these wasps obtained in 2014 at the Pandeiros River Wildlife Refuge (REVIS), and in 2012 at the Rio Doce State Park, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The color of Metapolybia nests, similar to the substrate, seems to be related to homochromy camouflage, since in all the records made, there is a similarity between the color of the nest and the substrate (Fig 1), whether in a natural environment, using plant substrates, such as tree trunks or palm tree stems, and in anthropic environments, nesting on walls and wooden structures of houses, as already reported and suggested for species of the genera Mischocyttarus and Parachartergus (Souza et al., 2020), Metapolybia cingulata (Souza et al., 2020) and Chartergellus communis Richards, 1978 (Silva et al., 2022), which suggests that it constitutes a defense mechanism against visual predators, such as birds. keywords: docilis; hymenoptera; metapolybia; nest; vespidae; wasps cache: sociobiology-8317.pdf plain text: sociobiology-8317.txt item: #731 of 769 id: sociobiology-845 author: Joma, Abdulmeneem; Mackay, William P. title: Revision of the African Ants of the Bothroponera pumicosa Species Complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae) date: 2015-12-31 words: 16042 flesch: 60 summary: The Western Province, KwaZulu-Natal Province and Eastern Province include several other species that belong to the B. pumicosa species complex: B. montivaga, B. aspera and B. laevissima found in the Western Cape Province, B. umgodikulula, B. cariosa, B. granosa, B. cavernosa, B. berthoudi and B. pumicosa found in Eastern Cape Province. The anterior medial margin of the clypeus is “v” shaped in B. umgodikulula similar to that of B. granosa, B. cavernosa, B. montivaga and B. aspera, conversely, the anterior medial margin of the clypeus is “u” shaped in B. cariosa, B. strigulosa, B. pumicosa, B. laevissima and B. berthoudi. keywords: africa; area; b. aspera; b. berthoudi; b. cariosa; b. cavernosa; b. granosa; b. laevissima; b. montivaga; b. pumicosa; b. strigulosa; b. umgodikulula; bothroponera; cape; clypeus; hairs; head; length; province; south; species; worker cache: sociobiology-845.pdf plain text: sociobiology-845.txt item: #732 of 769 id: sociobiology-848 author: Tudor, Anesty E.; Starr, Christopher K; Mohammed, Kristen title: Trophic Ecology of the Ant Pachycondyla crassinoda (Formicidae: Ponerinae) in a Lowland Neotropical Forest date: 2016-07-20 words: 2587 flesch: 62 summary: It is known that P. crassinoda workers distinguish nestmates from other conspecifics (Silveira-Costa & Moutinho, 1993), so that the lack of antagonism between non-nestmates at large, valuable baits is notable. We provided laboratory colonies with a variety of live arthropods (grasshoppers, cockroaches, termites, beetles, large ants) similar to those found on the forest floor and whole or fragmented earthworms. keywords: ants; colonies; crassinoda; food; foraging; study; workers cache: sociobiology-848.pdf plain text: sociobiology-848.txt item: #733 of 769 id: sociobiology-8536 author: Demetriou, Jakovos; Georgiadis, Christos; Roy, Helen; Martinou, Angeliki; Borowiec, Lech; Salata, Sebastian title: One of the World’s Worst Invasive Alien Species Wasmannia auropunctata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Detected in Cyprus date: 2022-12-28 words: 3380 flesch: 49 summary: Herein we report on the first record of W. auropunctata in Cyprus. Further research is necessary to determine the distribution and assess possible negative impacts of W. auropunctata to native biodiversity, society, the economy and human health in Cyprus. keywords: alien; ant; auropunctata; cyprus; doi; formicidae; species; wasmannia cache: sociobiology-8536.pdf plain text: sociobiology-8536.txt item: #734 of 769 id: sociobiology-854 author: Montagna, Thiago Santos; Antonialli-Junior, William Fernando title: Morphological Differences between Reproductive and Non-reproductive Females in the Social Wasp Mischocyttarus consimilis Zikán (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) date: 2016-04-29 words: 4148 flesch: 49 summary: Colony size, social complexity and reproductive conflict in social insects. Nevertheless, evidence suggests that the morphological attributes, such as body size and ovarian state, can play an important role in establishment of the reproductive division of labor in independent-founding (IF) polistine wasps (Tibbetts & Dale, 2004; Tibbetts, 2006; Cervo et al., 2008). keywords: body; colony; development; doi; females; foundresses; ovarian; size; wasp cache: sociobiology-854.pdf plain text: sociobiology-854.txt item: #735 of 769 id: sociobiology-862 author: Feitosa, Rodrigo M.; Lattke, John E.; Schultz, Ted R. title: Special Issue on Taxonomy, morphology, and phylogeny of ants date: 2015-06-30 words: 584 flesch: 34 summary: Several ant species are major agricultural pests, causing billions of dollars in losses annually. Other contributions examine in detail ant morphology, including exocrine glands and the effect of nematode infestation in ant phenotypes. keywords: ant; species cache: sociobiology-862.pdf plain text: sociobiology-862.txt item: #736 of 769 id: sociobiology-866 author: Oliveira, Muriel Lima; Mariano , Cléa Santos Ferreira; Costa , Marco Antonio; Delabie , Jacques Hubert Charles; Lacau, Sébastien title: Pheidole protaxi sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), new species from tabuleiro forests of the Atlantic Forest biome date: 2015-12-30 words: 3138 flesch: 56 summary: (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), new species from tabuleiro forests of the Atlantic Forest biome Introduction With more than 1,000 valid species in the world, and many others awaiting description, Pheidole Westwood, 1839 (Formicidae: Pheidole protaxi Oliveira and Lacau, new species (Figs 1-3) http://zoobank.org/NomenclaturalActs/72A06898- 0CAF-4211-8228-39E918B888CA Fig 3. keywords: brazil; dorsal; face; head; hymenoptera; length; maximum; pheidole; species; view; worker cache: sociobiology-866.pdf plain text: sociobiology-866.txt item: #737 of 769 id: sociobiology-868 author: Camargo, Roberto da Silva title: Initial development and production of CO2 in colonies of the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens during the claustral foundation date: 2016-04-29 words: 2874 flesch: 60 summary: Observations about temperature and moisture in Atta nests. Thus, we have studied the development of 50 initial colonies of Atta sexdens, and production of expelled carbon dioxide under laboratory conditions. keywords: ants; atta; co2; colonies; days; foundation; larvae; production; pupae; sexdens cache: sociobiology-868.pdf plain text: sociobiology-868.txt item: #738 of 769 id: sociobiology-879 author: Murakami, André Sunao Nishiuchi; Sakamoto, Sheila Tiemi; Shima, Sulene Noriko title: The Disappearance of Eggs and Larvae from the Nests of the Mischocyttarus (Monogynoecus) montei Zikán (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), Especially in Autumn and Winter: Can it Mean an Adaptive Cannibalism to Ensure the Survival of Colonies? date: 2016-04-29 words: 3993 flesch: 50 summary: In social wasps, studies have suggested that cannibalism on larvae is caused when food is scarce (Kudô & Shirai, 2012). Larval cannibalism of brood can be induced by poor nutrition of adult individuals in social wasps (Hunt, 1991). keywords: cannibalism; disappearance; eggs; frequency; hymenoptera; larvae; social; vespidae cache: sociobiology-879.pdf plain text: sociobiology-879.txt item: #739 of 769 id: sociobiology-880 author: Puckett, Robert T.; Keefer, Chris; Gold, Roger E title: Performance of Altriset (TM) (Chlorantraniliprole) Termiticide Against Formosan Subterranean Termites, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, in Laboratory Feeding Cessation and Collateral Transfer Trials, and Field Applications date: 2015-08-04 words: 5965 flesch: 58 summary: Laboratory and field trials were conducted to quantify mortality of Formosan subterranean termites (FST), Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki resulting from chlorantraniliprole treated soil, the degree to which the termites curtail feeding intensity post-exposure to chlorantraniliprole treated soil, col- lateral transfer of chlorantraniliprole among nest mates, and the effectiveness of chlorantraniliprole as a remedial treatment against structural infestations of FST. Termites which were exposed to chlorantraniliprole treated soil consumed significantly less paper than unexposed FST. keywords: chlorantraniliprole; control; exterior; feeding; fst; mean; mortality; post; soil; structures; termites; treatment; trials cache: sociobiology-880.pdf plain text: sociobiology-880.txt item: #740 of 769 id: sociobiology-882 author: Oliveira, Tássio Brito de; Ferro, Milene; Bacci, Maurício; Souza, Danival José de; Fontana, Renato; Delabie, Jacques Hubert Charles; Silva, Aline title: Bacterial Communities in the Midgut of Ponerine Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae) date: 2016-04-29 words: 5869 flesch: 49 summary: Among the symbionts of these species, bacteria have received the most attention because they determine the ecological success of the insect host, influencing insect development and the immune response (Shoemaker et al., 2000), reproduction (Giorgini et al., 2010), behavior (Dillon et al., 2002) and particularly Abstract Symbiotic microorganisms are directly related to the ecological success of host insects, influencing many aspects of their biology. This bacterium has been used as a model in studies addressing the biological control of insects due to its low to moderate pathogenicity and its ability to infect a wide variety of insects (Connick et al., 2001; Dillon et al., 2005). keywords: ants; bacteria; bauri; curvinodis; diversity; doi; et al; microbiology; sequences; species; spiroplasma; wolbachia cache: sociobiology-882.pdf plain text: sociobiology-882.txt item: #741 of 769 id: sociobiology-883 author: Wiltz, Beverly title: Effect of Temperature and Humidity on Survival of Coptotermes formosanus and Reticulitermes flavipes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) date: 2015-08-04 words: 3874 flesch: 58 summary: The importance of humidity to C. formosanus survival was most dramatically observed at 30° and 35°C. Subterranean termites are extremely susceptible to desiccation (Nakayama et al. 2004). keywords: formosanus; humidity; survival; temperature; termite cache: sociobiology-883.pdf plain text: sociobiology-883.txt item: #742 of 769 id: sociobiology-885 author: Souza, Henrique Jesus de; Delabie, Jacques Hubert Charles title: Contrasting “Carrasco” and Forest Ant Communities in the Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil date: 2015-08-05 words: 7355 flesch: 59 summary: Furthermore, considering the fact that ant species in local communities may differ markedly in their preferences with regard to food and nesting and foraging substrates (Yanoviak & Kaspari 2000), it is expected that differences in ecological properties of the vertical strata between the carrasco and forest range constrain the types of ants and guilds that may occur in them. The presence/absence data of ant species in the vertical strata of each site were submitted to analysis of Non-metric Multidimensional Scaling (nMDS) using the bray-Curtis index as a measure of association to order the ant assemblages of habitat types in a two-dimensional space. keywords: ant; ants; bahia; brazil; carrasco; communities; delabie; forest; ground; habitat; pheidole; species; strata; vegetation; vertical cache: sociobiology-885.pdf plain text: sociobiology-885.txt item: #743 of 769 id: sociobiology-886 author: Xiao, Wei-Liang title: Cellulase Activity in Higher and Lower Wood-Feeding Termites date: 2015-08-05 words: 3486 flesch: 53 summary: The results suggest that characters of cellulase activity could reflect the phylogeny of wood-feeding termites to a certain extent. The related in- vestigation of cellulase activity in termites is an important research field. keywords: activity; cellulase; et al; filter; formosanus; paper; sichuanensis; termites; tokuda cache: sociobiology-886.pdf plain text: sociobiology-886.txt item: #744 of 769 id: sociobiology-887 author: Pires, Evaldo Martins title: Daily Rhythm of Pollen Production by Apis mellifera L(Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Sorriso, Mato Grosso State, Brazil date: 2015-08-05 words: 3100 flesch: 60 summary: Age-induced diminuition os free radical scavenging capacity in bee pollens and the contribution of constituent flavonoids. The period with higher pollen production was between 10:00 AM until 01:00 PM and this period can be characterized by higher sunlight and temperature with lower relative humidity periods. keywords: bee; brazil; grains; grosso; humidity; mato; mellifera; pollen cache: sociobiology-887.pdf plain text: sociobiology-887.txt item: #745 of 769 id: sociobiology-888 author: Takahashi, Satobu; Itino, Takao title: Larger Seeds are Dispersed Farther: the Long-Distance Seed Disperser ant Aphaenogaster famelica Prefers Larger Seeds date: 2015-08-06 words: 3846 flesch: 63 summary: Although it is known that larger ants transport seeds farther, previous studies conflicted whether larger seeds are preferred by large ants. These results suggest that large seeds are advantageous to attract large ants and to be farther dispersed as far as ant-mediated dispersal is concerned. keywords: ants; dispersal; distance; rate; seeds; size cache: sociobiology-888.pdf plain text: sociobiology-888.txt item: #746 of 769 id: sociobiology-894 author: Rasib, Khalid; Ashraf, Hina title: Combinatorial Potential of bait matrix against subterranean termites under lab and field conditions date: 2016-07-20 words: 6884 flesch: 54 summary: The results of the present study showed that changes in the presentation of materials in the bait station can efficiently effects on bait matrix consumption. The purpose of this formulation was to increase bait consumption by subterranean termites in order to enhance assimilation of active ingredients within colonies, consequently reducing the time required by treated termites to attain lethal doses (Morales-Ramos & Rojas, 2003b; Rojas, 2002a,b; Rojas & Morales-Ramos, 2003). keywords: bait; consumption; control; euramericana; feeding; field; isoptera; matrix; populus; rhinotermitidae; subterranean; termites; treatments; weeks; wood cache: sociobiology-894.pdf plain text: sociobiology-894.txt item: #747 of 769 id: sociobiology-899 author: Takahashi, Yumi; Yamada, Ayano; Mateus, Sidnei; Zucchi, Ronaldo; Nascimento, Fabio; Kudô, Kazuyuki title: Polymorphic Microsatellite Loci in the Independent-founding Wasp Polists versicolor (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) date: 2016-07-20 words: 1653 flesch: 59 summary: Polistes versicolor Olivier is an independent-founding wasp that builds nests formed by a single, uncovered comb attached to the substratum by a single petiole (Richards, 1978). Application of microsatellite primers for the social wasp Polistes to another social wasp genus, Parapolybia, to estimate genetic relationships among nestmates. keywords: loci; microsatellite; polistes; versicolor cache: sociobiology-899.pdf plain text: sociobiology-899.txt item: #748 of 769 id: sociobiology-900 author: de Jesus, Raí Martins; Paes Junior, Ramon; do Carmo, Gleicy; Mota, Danilo; Gontijo, Lessando Moreira; Oliveira, Marco Antonio title: Whiteflies Provide Honeydew to Camponotus ants Without Receiving Reciprocal Favor date: 2016-07-20 words: 5273 flesch: 53 summary: Whiteflies Provide Honeydew to Camponotus ants Without Receiving Reciprocal Favor Introduction The mutualism between tending ants and honeydew- producing hemipterans has been widely recognized (Way, 1963; Völkl et al., 1999; Flatt & Weisser, 2000; Queiroz & Oliveira, 2001; Oliveira & Freitas, 2004; Del-Claro et al., 2006, Muller et al., 2016). We investigated the impact of Camponotus ants on the biological control of woolly whitefly in the field by excluding or allowing the access of ants to whitefly nymph colonies in different tangerine trees. keywords: ants; camponotus; control; doi; experiment; honeydew; leaves; nymphs; time; treatment; whitefly; woolly cache: sociobiology-900.pdf plain text: sociobiology-900.txt item: #749 of 769 id: sociobiology-901 author: Báthori, Ferenc; Pfliegler, Walter P; Tartally, András title: First Records Of The Recently Described Ectoparasitic Rickia lenoirii Santam. (Ascomycota: Laboulbeniales) In The Carpathian Basin date: 2015-12-31 words: 1807 flesch: 54 summary: According to our findings, the northernmost (47°31’33.01”N) known occurrence of R. lenoirii is Ferenc-hegy (Ferenc Hill) in Budapest. November, 2015 Final acceptance 23 December, 2015 Keywords Formicidae, harvester ant, Hungary, Messor structor, Romania Corresponding author András Tartally Department of Evolutionary Zoology and Human Biology, University of Debrecen Egyetem tér 1, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary E-mail: tartally.andras@science.unideb.hu especially as R. lenoirii is a recently described and extremely small species (Santamaria & Espadaler, 2015) that could easily escape notice. keywords: carpathian; laboulbeniales; lenoirii; rickia; species cache: sociobiology-901.pdf plain text: sociobiology-901.txt item: #750 of 769 id: sociobiology-902 author: Nickele, Mariane Aparecida; Reis Filho, Wilson; Pie, Marcio Roberto; Penteado, Susete do Rocio Chiarello title: Daily Foraging Activity of Acromyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Leaf-cutting ants date: 2016-04-29 words: 3821 flesch: 59 summary: Results Foraging activity of A. crassispinus started at 4:00h and stopped at 14:00h, on summer. In this case, there was significant correlation in foraging activity and both climatic parameters (temperature and humidity). keywords: acromyrmex; activity; ants; atta; crassispinus; foraging; leaf; subterraneus; workers cache: sociobiology-902.pdf plain text: sociobiology-902.txt item: #751 of 769 id: sociobiology-904 author: Maciel, Tatiane Tagliatti; Barbosa, Bruno Corrêa; Prezoto, Fábio title: Opportunistic predation of a colony of Polybia platycephala (Richards) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) by Labidus praedator (Smith) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) date: 2016-04-29 words: 2125 flesch: 57 summary: Early warning cues for social wasps attacked by army ants. March 2016 Publication date 29 April 2016 Keywords Army ants, Ecitoninae, foraging, social wasp. keywords: ants; army; colony; doi; jeanne; nest; platycephala; wasps cache: sociobiology-904.pdf plain text: sociobiology-904.txt item: #752 of 769 id: sociobiology-908 author: Del-Claro, Kleber; Alves-Silva, Estevão title: Wasps are better plant-guards than ants in the extrafloral nectaried shrub Ouratea spectabilis (Ochnaceae) date: 2016-04-29 words: 5454 flesch: 56 summary: Plants visited by both B. lecheguana and P. gracilis had a substantial reduction in weevil larvae compared to plants visited by B. lecheguana only. Plants that were visited by both B. lecheguana and P. gracilis (n = 6 plants) had a substantial reduction of weevil larvae compared to plants visited by B. lecheguana only (n = 14 plants) (t18= 2.9686; P< 0.01) (Fig 3A). keywords: ants; buds; claro; del; doi; flower; larvae; plant; spectabilis; wasps; weevil cache: sociobiology-908.pdf plain text: sociobiology-908.txt item: #753 of 769 id: sociobiology-909 author: Sousa-Souto, Leandro; Figueiredo, Priscilla; Ambrogi, Bianca; Oliveira, Anny; Ribeiro, Genésio Tamara; Neves, Frederico title: Composition and Richness of Arboreal ants in Fragments of Brazilian Caatinga: Effects of Secondary Succession date: 2016-07-20 words: 5532 flesch: 53 summary: Thus, ant species richness was treated as fixed effects, while plots and seasons were the random effects. In addition, we tested the response of ant species richness to richness and abundance of trees using generalized linear models (GLM’s). keywords: ants; caatinga; composition; doi; et al; forest; richness; season; species; species richness; stages; structure; succession; tree cache: sociobiology-909.pdf plain text: sociobiology-909.txt item: #754 of 769 id: sociobiology-910 author: Stalling, Thomas; Espadaler, Xavier; Ortiz de Zugasti Carrón, Nilo title: First record of the ant-loving cricket Myrmecophilus fuscus Stalling, 2013 (Orthoptera: Myrmecophilidae) in mainland Spain date: 2015-12-27 words: 1580 flesch: 59 summary: Six ant species are known hosts for M. fuscus in mainland Spain: Camponotus lateralis (Olivier, 1792), Crematogaster scutellaris (Olivier, 1792) and Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798, as well as three ant species of the genus Lasius, two native and one exotic: L. grandis Forel, 1909, L. cinereus Seifert, 1992, and the invasive L. neglectus Van Loon, Boomsma & Andrásfalvy, 1990. Camponotus lateralis, Crematogaster scutellaris and Formica cunicularia, as well as three Lasius species, two native and one exotic, are known hosts for M. fuscus in mainland Spain. keywords: fuscus; myrmecophilus; nest; spain; stalling cache: sociobiology-910.pdf plain text: sociobiology-910.txt item: #755 of 769 id: sociobiology-920 author: Vicente, Ricardo Eduardo; Prado, Lívia Pires; Santos, Rogério C. L. title: Expanding the Distribution of the Remarkable Ant Gnamptogenys vriesi Brandão & Lattke (Formicidae, Ectatomminae): First Record From Brazil date: 2015-12-31 words: 2433 flesch: 58 summary: First Record From Brazil The ant genus Gnamptogenys Roger, 1863 is distributed worldwide, with about 140 valid species (Bolton, 2014; Feitosa, 2015) found from southern United States to northern Argentina and from Southeast Asia to northern Australia (Lattke, 2003; 2004; Lattke et al., 2007). They have relatively small colonies and can nest on the ground, in fallen rotten logs, or even in trees (Lattke, 1994; Lattke et al., 2008), and associated with epiphytes (Gobin et al., 1998; Delabie et al., 2010). keywords: ant; brandão; brazil; gnamptogenys; lattke; species; vriesi cache: sociobiology-920.pdf plain text: sociobiology-920.txt item: #756 of 769 id: sociobiology-936 author: Gomes, Mariana de Carvalho Aguiar Ribas; Paula, Vanderlúcia Fonseca de; Moreira, Aldenise Alves; Castellani, Maria Aparecida; Macedo, Guadalupe Edilma Licona de title: Toxicity of plant extracts from Bahia, Brazil, to Atta sexdens sexdens workers (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) date: 2016-07-20 words: 4384 flesch: 61 summary: Family, species, plant parts (Plant), abbreviation (Abbr.), mass of dry material (Mat.), mass of extract (Ext.) and yield of plant species and extracts used in bioassays with Atta sexdens sexdens (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) workers. Mortality (%) of Atta sexdens sexdens (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) workers (mean and standard deviation) treated with plant extracts at concentration of 1 mg.mL-1 through topical application. keywords: ants; atta; bark; branch; cutting; extracts; formicidae; hymenoptera; ingestion; leaf; plant; sexdens; toxicity cache: sociobiology-936.pdf plain text: sociobiology-936.txt item: #757 of 769 id: sociobiology-937 author: Herdina, Anita; Bitencourt, Gabriela; Di Mare, Rocco; Barbosa, Bruno Corrêa title: Polybia (Myrapetra) scutellaris (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) foraging on flies at carcasses of Rattus norvegicus (Rodentia: Muridae) date: 2016-04-29 words: 1521 flesch: 52 summary: DOI: 10.13102/sociobiology.v63i1.937Sociobiology 63(1): 728-730 (March, 2016) Open access journal: http://periodicos.uefs.br/ojs/index.php/sociobiology ISSN: 0361-6525 Polybia (Myrapetra) scutellaris (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) foraging on flies at carcasses of Rattus norvegicus (Rodentia: Muridae) Social wasps stand out due to their role in the trophic balance of ecosystems. Social wasps can obtain these substances through predation of other insects, such as Lepidoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera and from decomposing remains of vertebrates (O’Donnell, 1995; Lima & Prezoto, 2003). keywords: hymenoptera; polybia; prezoto; scutellaris; wasps cache: sociobiology-937.pdf plain text: sociobiology-937.txt item: #758 of 769 id: sociobiology-944 author: Cecílio, Daniel Simões Santos; Da Rocha, Agda Alves; Giannotti, Edilberto title: Task division and Age Polyethism in colonies of Mischocyttarus latior social wasps (Fox) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). date: 2016-04-29 words: 6678 flesch: 63 summary: As studied by Jeanne (1972) and Turillazzi and Ugolini (1979), wasps rub the gaster against the nest pedicel, particularly in the pre-emergence stage, dispersing a secretion that has repellent properties to ants (predators of wasps nests). Only the foraging of pulp to build new nest cells was not observed in males. keywords: adult; behavior; cells; foraging; g.l; males; nest; queens; social; workers cache: sociobiology-944.pdf plain text: sociobiology-944.txt item: #759 of 769 id: sociobiology-946 author: Araújo, Edilson D; Oliveira, Rosane Gomes; Calazans, Higor Cesar Meneses; França, Carina Caroline Silva; SANTOS, Valdson; Jain, Sona Arun; Batista, Marcus Vinícius Aragão; Nunes, Lorena Andrade; Ribeiro, Genésio Tamara title: Risk of local extinction and genetic diversity of Melipona quadrifasciata (Apidae: Meliponini) in a possible Northeastern limit of its distribution in Brazil date: 2016-07-20 words: 5869 flesch: 52 summary: In the genus Melipona, the species are very sensitive to the reduction in genetic variation which may increase the probability of the loss of colonies by the loss the of alleles at the Xo locus consequently producing diploid males (Carvalho et al., 1995; Araújo et al., 2000). Cutting and burning of the heavily infested coconut trees is usually recommend by the area supervisors in order to reduce the spread of the beetle (Araújo et al., 2015). keywords: analysis; bees; coconut; colonies; et al; francisco; melipona; mouth; population; quadrifasciata; quadrifasciata quadrifasciata; region; river; species; são cache: sociobiology-946.pdf plain text: sociobiology-946.txt item: #760 of 769 id: sociobiology-948 author: Aguiar, Hilton Jeferson Alves Cardoso de; Barros, Luísa Antônia Campos; Soares, Fernanda Aparecida Ferrari; Carvalho, Carlos Roberto de; Pompolo, Silvia das Graças title: Estimation of Nuclear Genome Size of Three Species of Camponotus (Mayr, 1861) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) and Their Cytogenetic Relationship date: 2016-07-20 words: 4303 flesch: 55 summary: The chromosome configuration of Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) crassus (Mayr, 1862) is in contrast with that of the species of Camponotus species inserted in the Myrmothrix subgenus (Mariano et al., 2001). Discussion The three ant species C. rufipes, C. renggeri and C. crassus presented the same genome size and values that fell within the already known range for Camponotus species (Table 1) (Tsutsui et al., 2008; Ardila-Garcia et al., 2010). keywords: camponotus; chromosome; dna; et al; genome; number; size; species cache: sociobiology-948.pdf plain text: sociobiology-948.txt item: #761 of 769 id: sociobiology-972 author: Zhang, Zhi-Xiang; Huang, Ri-lin; Li, Zi-hao; Wang, Shi-ying; Fu, Jian-tao; Cheng, Dong-mei title: Insecticidal effect of volatile compounds from plant materials of Murraya exotica against Red Imported Fire Ant Workers date: 2016-07-20 words: 4734 flesch: 63 summary: The volatile compounds from different mashed leaves (fresh, fallen, and dried leaves) of M. exotica were collected by solid- phase microextraction and identified by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. Results indicate that mashed leaves of M. exotica have potential for controlling RIFA. keywords: exotica; fresh; leaves; m. exotica; major; minor; rate; workers cache: sociobiology-972.pdf plain text: sociobiology-972.txt item: #762 of 769 id: sociobiology-975 author: de Oliveira, Thiago Felipe Fonseca Nunes; da Silva, Luiz Luz; Hrncir, Michael title: Opportunistic Occupation of Nests of Microcerotermes spp. Silvestri (Termitidae, Termitinae) by Partamona seridoensis Camargo & Pedro (Apidae, Meliponini) in the Brazilian Tropical Dry Forest date: 2016-04-29 words: 2564 flesch: 52 summary: Despite the presence of N. corniger in the study area, the absence of P. seridoensis nests associated with this termite species suggests that some feature other than availability of arboreal termite nests affects the choice of the nesting substrate by the bees. Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido, Mossoró, RN, Brazil TFFN Oliveira, LL Silva, M Hrncir – Opportunistic occupation of termite nests by meliponine bees2 M S 97 5 - P R O O F (Zanella, 2000). keywords: area; bees; doi; microcerotermes; nests; seridoensis; species; termite cache: sociobiology-975.pdf plain text: sociobiology-975.txt item: #763 of 769 id: sociobiology-976 author: Camargo, Roberto; Forti, Luiz Carlos; Matos, Carlos Alberto Oliveira; Caldato, Nadia; Fonseca, Otavio Silvaston title: Is the initial nest depth adapted to favorable conditions for the incipient colony in leaf-cutting ants? date: 2016-07-20 words: 4970 flesch: 57 summary: For example, Atta sexdens queens dug around 11 to 30 cm in the soil to build their chamber (Camargo & Forti, 2013) to a depth for suitable temperature for fungus garden and brood. In this perspective, it is reasonable that nest exposed in grassland should have deeper fungus chamber than nest under shade of trees or inside the woods, given that soil temperature is negatively correlated with soil depth (Rosenberg et al., 1983). keywords: ants; atta; brood; depth; leaf; nest; p≥0.05; queens; soil; temperature cache: sociobiology-976.pdf plain text: sociobiology-976.txt item: #764 of 769 id: sociobiology-981 author: Sharaf, Mostafa R.; Salman, Shehzad; Al Dhafer, Hathal M.; Al_Yousef, Albandari F.; Aldawood, Abdulrahman S. title: First occurrence of the ant genus Brachymyrmex Mayr, 1868 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia date: 2016-07-20 words: 2068 flesch: 58 summary: References Blaimer, B. B.; Brady, S. G.; Schultz, T. R.; Lloyd, M. W.; Fisher, B. L.; Ward, P. S. (2015). Other ant species collected with B. cordemoyi included: Solenopsis saudiensis Sharaf & Aldawood 2011, Nylanderia jaegerskioeldi (Mayr, 1904), Tapinoma simrothi Krausse, 1911, and Cardiocondyla mauritanica Forel, 1890. keywords: ant; arabia; brachymyrmex; cordemoyi; forel; genus; mayr; saudi; species cache: sociobiology-981.pdf plain text: sociobiology-981.txt item: #765 of 769 id: sociobiology-982 author: Diniz, Mary Ellen Reis; Buschini, Maria Luisa Tunes title: Diversity of flower visiting bees of Eugenia uniflora L. (Myrtaceae) in fragments of Atlantic Forest in South Brazil date: 2016-10-25 words: 5260 flesch: 55 summary: Dial pattern of the number of flower visiting bees captured on Eugenia uniflora L.,in fragments of mixed ombrophilous forest. Dial pattern of the number of flower visiting bees captured on Eugenia uniflora L.,in fragments of mixed ombrophilous forest. keywords: augochlorini; augochloropsis; bees; brazil; dialictus; eugenia; flowers; forest; halictini; moure; myrtaceae; rare; species; uniflora; vachal cache: sociobiology-982.pdf plain text: sociobiology-982.txt item: #766 of 769 id: sociobiology-987 author: Yi, Yao; Li, You; Zeng, Zhijiang title: Age components of queen retinue workers in honeybee colony (Apis mellifera) date: 2016-07-20 words: 1441 flesch: 65 summary: DOI: 10.13102/sociobiology.v63i2.987Sociobiology 63(2): 848-850 (June, 2016) Open access journal: http://periodicos.uefs.br/ojs/index.php/sociobiology ISSN: 0361-6525 Age components of queen retinue workers in honeybee colony (Apis mellifera) Within the hive, it can be easily observed that there is a circle consisting of queen retinue workers, however, little is known about them as few studies have been performed on them. keywords: age; queen; retinue; workers cache: sociobiology-987.pdf plain text: sociobiology-987.txt item: #767 of 769 id: sociobiology-988 author: Rocha, Agda Alves; Giannotti, Edilberto title: External Morphology of Immatures of Mischocyttarus nomurae Richards (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) during the Post-embryonic Development date: 2016-10-25 words: 3742 flesch: 58 summary: Aspectos do desenvolvimento e do comportamento de Mischocyttarus (Kappa) atramentarius AA Rocha, E Giannotti – External Morphology of immatures of Mischocyttarus nomurae1004 Zikan, 1949 (Hymenoptera - Vespidae) (PhD Thesis). Corresponding author Agda Alves da Rocha, Universidade Federal da Bahia Campus Anísio Teixeira Rua Rio de Contas, Quadra 17, Lote 58, Bairro Candeias, CEP: 45.029-094 Vitória da Conquista - BA, Brasil E-Mail: rocha.agda@gmail.com Richards (1978) characterized the larvae of Mischocyttarus de Saussure representatives as having the first abdominal sternite with one, two or three lobes strongly projected, first thoracic spiracle twice as long as the others, and mandibles with only a single elongated tooth. keywords: fig; giannotti; hymenoptera; instar; larvae; mischocyttarus; pupae; vespidae cache: sociobiology-988.pdf plain text: sociobiology-988.txt item: #768 of 769 id: sociobiology-989 author: Gallardo, Patricia; Cardenas, Ana M; Murillo, Raquel title: Suitability of Substrate for Laboratory Studies with the Subterranean Termite Reticulitermes grassei (Clément) (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) date: 2016-07-20 words: 1929 flesch: 50 summary: In a current research addressed to investigate the feeding response of R. grassei to different oak woods, the question of selecting the most suitable substrate for laboratory studies with this species prompted a prior essay to elucidate which of the two most frequently substrates on laboratory rearing Abstract Two substrates, sand and vermiculite, were tested in rearing laboratory experiments with Reticulitermes grassei at different culture periods (2, 4 and 6 weeks). Research done on this subject (Haverty, 1979; Fougerousse, 1973; Lenz, 2005; Gaju et al., 2010) suggests that both vermiculite (laminar aluminium-iron-magnesium silicate) and sand, are suitable substrates for experimenting with Reticulitermes species, but none of these surveys deals with R. grassei. keywords: grassei; laboratory; reticulitermes; species; substrate; survival cache: sociobiology-989.pdf plain text: sociobiology-989.txt item: #769 of 769 id: sociobiology-995 author: Ali, Mudssar; Sajjad, Asif; Saeed, Shafqat title: Yearlong association of Apis dorsata and Apis florea with flowering plants: planted forest vs. agricultural landscape date: 2017-05-30 words: 5507 flesch: 55 summary: Frequency distribution test was applied to identify various classes of plant species based on abundance of Apis bees. The peak abundance of bees and floral resources (i.e. number of plant species in flowering and abundance of floral units) was recorded during early March to late May followed by a gradual decline until December. keywords: abundance; apis; apr; bees; doi; dorsata; floral; florea; flowering; honey; journal; mar; pakistan; plant; plant species; pollination; resources; species; yellow cache: sociobiology-995.pdf plain text: sociobiology-995.txt