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SOMAVILLA, ALEXANDRE, MARCOS ARAGÃO, PAULO CÉZAR SALGADO BARROSO, RODOLPHO SANTOS TELLES MENEZES, and JAMES M. CARPENTER. "Taxonomic notes on the genus Charterginus Fox, 1898 (Vespidae: Polistinae: Epiponini) with images of the type specimens and new occurrence records." Zootaxa 5353, no. 2 (2023): 143–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5353.2.4.

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Charterginus Fox, 1898 is a neotropical genus of swarm-founding social wasps consisting of six species. Despite its ecological significance, there are limited studies on various aspects of these wasps. To address this, this study aims to provide a comprehensive comparative diagnosis for all Charterginus species, accompanied by high-quality images of the type material. Moreover, a distribution map incorporating both previous and newly recorded occurrences is presented, shedding light on the geographical range of these species. Through these efforts, we aim to enhance the knowledge and facilitat

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da Silva, Rafael Carvalho, Amanda Prato, Ivelize Tannure-Nascimento, Cintia Akemi Oi, Tom Wenseleers, and Fabio Nascimento. "Cuticular hydrocarbons as caste-linked cues in Neotropical swarm-founding wasps." PeerJ 10 (June 7, 2022): e13571. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13571.

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Wasps (Vespidae) are important organisms to understand the evolution of social behaviour. Wasps show different levels of sociality, which includes solitary to highly eusocial organisms. In social insect species, queens and workers differ in physiology and morphology. The Neotropical swarm-founding wasps (Epiponini) show a variety of caste syndromes. In this clade, the caste-flexibility is a unique characteristic, in which workers can become queens and swarm to start a new nest. The investigation of the caste system comparing several Epiponini species show a clear-cut morphological distinction

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Barbosa, Bruno Corrêa, Newton José de Jesus Silva, José Cola Zanuncio, and Fábio Prezoto. "Occurrence of Social Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in a Sugarcane Culture." Sociobiology 65, no. 2 (2018): 320. http://dx.doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v65i2.2151.

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Predation of Lepidoptera caterpillars - including agricultural pest species - is one of the main ways through which social wasps gather proteinaceous resources. The presence of social wasps was sampled through active search and bait traps through a sugarcane culture cycle, totaling 12 months. Our aim was to record the presence of these insects during the sugarcane development cycle in order to obtain data to support alternative pest control strategies. A total of 1091 individuals in seven genera and 20 species of social wasps were collected, including the swarm-founding Agelaia vicina and Poly

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Menezes, Rodolpho S. T., Michael W. Lloyd, and Seán G. Brady. "Phylogenomics indicates Amazonia as the major source of Neotropical swarm-founding social wasp diversity." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 287, no. 1928 (2020): 20200480. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.0480.

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The Neotropical realm harbours unparalleled species richness and hence has challenged biologists to explain the cause of its high biotic diversity. Empirical studies to shed light on the processes underlying biological diversification in the Neotropics are focused mainly on vertebrates and plants, with little attention to the hyperdiverse insect fauna. Here, we use phylogenomic data from ultraconserved element (UCE) loci to reconstruct for the first time the evolutionary history of Neotropical swarm-founding social wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Epiponini). Using maximum likelihood, Bayesian, a

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Bissessarsingh, Mario, and Christopher K. Starr. "Comparative Morphology of the Stinger in Social Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)." Insects 12, no. 8 (2021): 729. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects12080729.

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The physical features of the stinger are compared in 51 species of vespid wasps: 4 eumenines and zethines, 2 stenogastrines, 16 independent-founding polistines, 13 swarm-founding New World polistines, and 16 vespines. The overall structure of the stinger is remarkably uniform within the family. Although the wasps show a broad range in body size and social habits, the central part of the venom-delivery apparatus—the sting shaft—varies only to a modest extent in length relative to overall body size. What variation there is shows no apparent correlation with social habits. This is consistent with

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Taylor, Benjamin J., Erik V. Nordheim, Teresa I. Schueller, and Robert L. Jeanne. "Recruitment in Swarm-Founding Wasps:Polybia occidentalisDoes not Actively Scent-Mark Carbohydrate Food Sources." Psyche: A Journal of Entomology 2011 (2011): 1–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/378576.

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Scent marking food resources is expected to enhance foraging efficiency reducing search time. Many social bees exhibit this behavior, but scent-marking is absent in social wasps, except forVespa mandarinia. We tested for scent marking in the swarm-founding wasp,Polybia occidentalis. This wasp has moderately large colonies and utilizes resources that are concentrated in time and space, making scent marking profitable. Also, this wasp uses chemical markings to lead nestmates to a new nest site during swarm emigration, making it possible that it could use the same behavior to recruit nestmates to

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Menezes, R. S. T., A. F. Carvalho, J. P. S. O. Correia, T. S. Silva, A. Somavilla, and M. A. Costa. "Evolutionary trends in the chromosome numbers of swarm-founding social wasps." Insectes Sociaux 61, no. 4 (2014): 385–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00040-014-0365-3.

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Somavilla, Alexandre, Paulo C. S. Barroso, Marcos Aragão, Sidnei Mateus, and Rodolpho S. T. Menezes. "An integrative taxonomic and phylogenetic approach reveals a new Neotropical swarm-founding social wasp, Pseudopolybia cryptica sp. n. (Vespidae: Polistinae: Epiponini)." Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 79 (April 16, 2021): 25–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/asp.79.e64304.

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Phenotypic characters are traditionally the main information for species discrimination in taxonomic studies of invertebrates. However, the presence of inter- and intraspecific polymorphism makes it difficult to identify species in many groups such as Neotropical social wasps. Herein, we examined different sources of biological information such as adult morphology, male genitalia, nest architecture, and genetic data applying an integrative taxonomic approach to study pinned museum specimens belonging to the social wasp genus Pseudopolybia de Saussure, 1863. Based on multiple independent lines

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Somavilla, Alexandre, Paulo C. S. Barroso, Marcos Aragão, Sidnei Mateus, and Rodolpho S. T. Menezes. "An integrative taxonomic and phylogenetic approach reveals a new Neotropical swarm-founding social wasp, Pseudopolybia cryptica sp. n. (Vespidae: Polistinae: Epiponini)." Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 79 (April 16, 2021): 25–35. https://doi.org/10.3897/asp.79.e64304.

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Phenotypic characters are traditionally the main information for species discrimination in taxonomic studies of invertebrates. However, the presence of inter- and intraspecific polymorphism makes it difficult to identify species in many groups such as Neotropical social wasps. Herein, we examined different sources of biological information such as adult morphology, male genitalia, nest architecture, and genetic data applying an integrative taxonomic approach to study pinned museum specimens belonging to the social wasp genus Pseudopolybia de Saussure, 1863. Based on multiple independent lines

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ANDENA, SERGIO R., FERNANDO B. NOLL, and JAMES M. CARPENTER. "Phylogenetic analysis of the Neotropical social wasps of the genus Angiopolybia Araujo, 1946 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Epiponini)." Zootaxa 1427, no. 1 (2007): 57–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1427.1.4.

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A morphological cladistic analysis of the Neotropical swarm-founding genus Angiopolybia Araujo is presented. A single cladogram resulted from the analysis, with the following ingroup topology: (A. pallens + A. zischkai) + (A. paraensis + A. obidensis). The monophyly of the genus is supported by four synapomorphies. A new identification key is presented for the genus.

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STRASSMANN, J. E., C. R. SOLIS, K. BAREFIELD, and D. C. QUELLER. "Trinucleotide microsatellite loci in a swarm-founding neotropical wasp,Parachartergus colobopterusand their usefulness in other social wasps." Molecular Ecology 5, no. 3 (1996): 459–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-294x.1996.00079.x.

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STRASSMANN, J. E., C. R. SOLIS, K. BAREFIELD, and D. C. QUELLER. "Trinucleotide microsatellite loci in a swarm-founding neotropical wasp, Parachartergus colobopterus and their usefulness in other social wasps." Molecular Ecology 5, no. 3 (1996): 459–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294x.1996.tb00338.x.

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Mendonça, Angelica, Kamylla Balbuena Michelutti, Claudia Andrea Lima Carsoso, and William Fernando Antonialli Junior. "Variation in Chemical Composition of Cuticular and Nonpolar Compounds of Venom of Apoica pallens and Polistes versicolor." Sociobiology 66, no. 2 (2019): 367. http://dx.doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v66i2.3503.

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Although cuticular hydrocarbons and venom are important to the evolutionary success of social behavior, studies that investigated these compounds in tropical social wasps are rare. Thus, the aim of this study was to compare the cuticular chemical composition and the nonpolar portion of venom of Apoica pallens, a swarm-founding wasp and Polistes versicolor an independent-founding wasp. Gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GC/MS) technique was used. In the samples of A. pallens, 66 compounds were identified on the cuticle and 87 in venom, 13 are unique of the cuticle and 26 of venom.

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Hrncir, Michael, Sidnei Mateus, and Fábio S. Nascimento. "Exploitation of carbohydrate food sources in Polybia occidentalis: social cues influence foraging decisions in swarm-founding wasps." Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 61, no. 6 (2007): 975–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-006-0326-6.

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Chavarria, Pizarro Laura, and Fernando Noll. "Males of Neotropical social wasps (Vespidae, Polistinae, Epiponini) recognize colonies with virgin females." Journal of Hymenoptera Research 38 (June 12, 2014): 135–39. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.38.7763.

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Male behavior of Neotropical swarm-founding wasps has rarely been observed. The few published observations about male activities only describe their behavior during the short period they spend inside nests. In consequence, virtually nothing is known about what they do outside the colonies, and even less is known about mating behavior. This paper provides the first report of Epiponini males arriving at a colony with virgin females. The behavior of males and workers after queen removal was observed in one colony of <i>Chartergellus communis</i> located at a farm in Pedregulho, São Paulo, Brazil.

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Barroso, Paulo Cézar Salgado, Rodolpho Santos Telles Menezes, Oliveira Marcio Luiz de, and Alexandre Somavilla. "A systematic review of the Neotropical social wasp genus Angiopolybia Araujo, 1946 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae): species delimitation, morphological diagnosis, and geographical distribution." Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 80 (March 2, 2022): 75–97. https://doi.org/10.3897/asp.80.e71492.

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For the Neotropical genus Angiopolybia Araujo 1946, several phenotypic forms were previously described, however, they have not been studied within an integrative taxonomic framework. Here, we used molecular data (variation of two mitochondrial genetic markers with molecular species delimitation methods) and morphology (adult morphology, male genitalia, and scanning electron microscopy images) to test the number of species within Angiopolybia. Specifically, we investigated the taxonomic validity of the morphological variants A. pallens dark morph, A. paraensis morph paraensis, A. paraensis morp

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Strassmann, J. E., Carlos R. Solís, C. R. Hughes, Keith F. Goodnight, and David C. Queller. "Colony life history and demography of a swarm-founding social wasp." Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 40, no. 2 (1997): 71–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002650050317.

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Hunt, James H., Robert L. Jeanne, Irene Baker, and Donald E. Grogan. "Nutrient Dynamics of a Swarm-founding Social Wasp Species, Polybia occidentalis (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)." Ethology 75, no. 4 (2010): 291–305. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1987.tb00661.x.

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Bouwma, Andrew M., Peter E. Bouwma, Erik V. Nordheim, and Robert L. Jeanne. "Adult mortality rates in young colonies of a swarm-founding social wasp (Polybia occidentalis)." Journal of Zoology 260, no. 1 (2006): 11–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0952836903003492.

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LOPES, ROGÉRIO B., and RODOLPHO S. T. MENEZES. "Synoeca ilheensis sp. nov., a new social wasp (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae) from Brazilian lowland Atlantic Forest." Zootaxa 4300, no. 3 (2017): 445. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4300.3.8.

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Synoeca de Saussure, 1852 is a small genus belonging to the Neotropical swarm-founding wasp tribe Epiponini Lucas, 1867. The nests of these insects can become large, with combs directly attached to the substrate and with an envelope resembling the back of an armadillo (Dasypodidae) (Wenzel 1998). Hence, the common name of “armadillo wasp” is given to some of its representatives. This group is comprised of five described species: S. surinama (Linnaeus, 1767), S. cyanea (Fabricius, 1775), S. chalibea de Saussure, 1852, S. virginea (Fabricius, 1804) and S. septentrionalis Richards, 1978. Phylogen

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Menezes, Rodolpho Santos Telles, Seán Gary Brady, Antônio Freire Carvalho, Marco Antonio Del Lama, and Marco Antônio Costa. "Molecular Phylogeny and Historical Biogeography of the Neotropical Swarm-Founding Social Wasp Genus Synoeca (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)." PLOS ONE 10, no. 3 (2015): e0119151. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119151.

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Schueller, Teresa I., Erik V. Nordheim, Benjamin J. Taylor, and Robert L. Jeanne. "The cues have it; nest-based, cue-mediated recruitment to carbohydrate resources in a swarm-founding social wasp." Naturwissenschaften 97, no. 11 (2010): 1017–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-010-0712-9.

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Schueller, Teresa I., and Robert L. Jeanne. "Cue-Mediated Recruitment in a Swarm-Founding Wasp: Successful Foragers Induce Nestmates to Search Off Nest for a Scented Carbohydrate Resource." Psyche: A Journal of Entomology 2012 (2012): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/585014.

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The ability of social insect colonies to recruit nestmates to profitable resources increases colony-wide foraging efficiency by providing individuals with information that narrows their search for resources. Here we ask if for the Neotropical swarm-founding waspPolybia occidentalisnaïve nestmates are able to use food-scent cues from rich carbohydrate resources brought to the nest by successful foragers to orient to off nest resources. Foragers were allowed to freely visit a training dish containing a scented sucrose solution. At a second location, in a different direction from the nest, two su

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Noll, Fernando B., Marjorie da Silva, Raduan A. Soleman, et al. "Marimbondos: systematics, biogeography, and evolution of social behaviour of neotropical swarm‐founding wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Epiponini)." Cladistics, December 19, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cla.12446.

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Kud�, K., S� Yamane, S. Mateus, et al. "Parasitism affects worker size in the Neotropical swarm-founding social wasp, Polybia paulista (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)." Insectes Sociaux 51, no. 3 (2004). http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00040-003-0726-9.

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Prato, Amanda, Rafael C. da Silva, Diego S. Assis, Sidnei Mateus, Klaus Hartfelder, and Fabio S. do Nascimento. "Juvenile hormone affects age polyethism, ovarian status, and cuticular hydrocarbon profile in workers of a Polybia occidentalis wasp." Journal of Experimental Biology, June 10, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.240200.

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Division of labor is one of the most striking features in the evolution of eusociality. Juvenile hormone (JH) mediates reproductive status and aggression among nestmates in primitively eusocial Hymenoptera (species without morphologically distinct castes). In highly social species it has apparently lost its gonadotropic role and primarily regulates the division of labor in the worker caste. Polybia occidentalis, a Neotropical swarm-founding wasp, is an ideal model to understand how JH levels mirror social context and reproductive opportunities because of the absence of a clear morphological ca

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