Vol 60, No 4 (2013)

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v60i4

Table of Contents

Review

"Marimbondos": a review on the neotropical swarm-founding polistines.
Fernando Barbosa Noll
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347-353

Research Article - Ants

Molecular Cloning, Characterization and Expression Analysis of Calreticulin Gene in the Ant Polyrhachis vicina Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Liping Liu, Liang Dang, Gengsi Xi, Fang Wang
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355-361
Insecticidal Activity of the Whole Grass Extract of Typha angustifolia and its Active Component against Solenopsis invicta
Zhixiang Zhang, You Zhou, Xiangning Song, Hanhong Xu, Dongmei Cheng
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362-366
Microhabitat Characteristics That Regulate Ant Richness Patterns: The Importance of Leaf Litter for Epigaeic Ants
Antonio Cesar Medeiros de Queiroz, Carla Rodrigues Ribas, Filipe Machado França
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367-373
Pupae Transplantation to Boost Early Colony Growth in the Weaver Ant Oecophylla longinoda Latreille (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Issa Ouagoussounon, Antonio Sinzogan, Joachim Offenberg, Appolinaire Adandonon, Jean-François Vayssières, Dansou Kossou
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374-379
Notes on biology of Brazilian populations of ants of the Pachycondyla foetida species complex (Formicidae: Ponerinae)
Itanna Oliveira Fernandes, Marcio Luiz De Oliveira, Jacques Hubert Charles Delabie
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380-386
Taxonomic Studies on the Ant Genus Strumigenys Smith, 1860 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) with Report of Two New Species and Five New Records Including a Tramp Species from India
Himender Bharti, Shahid A Akbar
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387-396
Parasitoids of Acromyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Leaf-Cutting Ants in Continuous and Fragmented Atlantic Forest
Luciana Elizalde, Jarbas Marçal de Queiroz
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397-404

Research Article - Bees

Temporal variation in the abundance of Orchid Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in a Neotropical Hygrophilous Forest
Maurício Meirelles do Nascimento Castro, Carlos Alberto Garófalo, José Carlos Serrano, Cláudia Inês Silva
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405-412
Differential Gene Transcription in Honeybee (Apis cerana) Larvae Challenged by Chinese Sacbrood Virus (CSBV)
Yi Zhang, Xiu Huang, ZaiFu Xu, RiChou Han, JingHua Chen
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413-420
Nest entrance types of stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae sensu lato) in a Tropical Dry Forest of mid-Western Brazil
Felipe Varussa de Oliveira Lima, Rogerio Silvestre, José Benedito Perrella Balestieri
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421-428
The Odorant-Binding Protein Gene obp11 Shows Different Spatiotemporal Roles in the Olfactory System of Apis mellifera ligustica and Apis cerana cerana
Hongxia Zhao, Yuexiong Luo, Jianghong Lee, Xuefeng Zhang, qin Liang, Xinnian Zeng
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429-435
Pollen Content in Honey of Apis mellifera Linnaeus (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in an Atlântica Forest Fragment in the Municipality of Piracicaba, São Paulo State, Brazil.
Diogo Feliciano Dias Araujo, Augusta Carolina Carmelo Carmargo Moreti, Talita Antonia da Silveira, Luís Carlos Marchini, Ivani Pozar Otsuk
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436-440

Research Article - Termites

Population Growth Characteristics of Incipient Colonies of the Eastern Subterranean Termite, Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar) (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)
Mark A. Janowiecki, Susan C. Jones, Joshua L. Bryant
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441-445
Neotenic reproductives influence worker caste differentiation in the termite Reticulitermes speratus (Isoptera; Rhinotermitidae)
Yoshinobu Hayashi, Hitoshi Miyata, Osamu Kitade, Nathan Lo
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446-452
Evaluation of formic acid toxicity to subterranean termite, Reticulitermes chinensis Snyder
Yongjian Xie, Qin Du, Qiuying Huang, Chaoliang Lei
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453-458
Multiple male and female reproductive strategies and the presence of a polyandric mating system in the termite Reticulitermes labralis (Isoptera:Rhinotermitidae)
Jia Wu, Xiaohong Su, Xiaohong Kong, Minghua Liu, Lianxi Xing
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459-465

Research Article - Wasps

Effects of Colors and Appearance of the Potential Aggressor on Defensive Behavior of Vespa crabro L. (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) Colonies.
Jerzy Nadolski
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466-470
Selectivity of Old and New Insecticides and Behaviour of Vespidae Predators in Coffee Crop
Flavio Lemes Fernandes, Paulo Roberto da Silva, Jessica Emiliane Rodrigues Gorri, Laís Franchini Pucci, Ítalo Willian da Silva
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471-476
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
Jerzy Nadolski
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477-483

Short Note

Laboratory Rearing and Niche Resources of Pseudacteon spp. Coquillett (Diptera: Phoridae) Parasitoids of Solenopsis saevissima (Smith) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Marcos Antônio Pesquero, Ana Paula de Almeida Vaz, Filipe Viegas de Arruda
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484-486