Vol. 60 No. 1 (2013)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v60i1

Published: 2013-04-23

Review

A Review of the Biology, Ecology and Behavior of Velvety Tree Ants of North America

Rochelle Hoey-Chamberlain, Michael K Rust, John H Klotz

1-10
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Research Article - Ants

Tending-Ants Increase Survivorship and Reproductive Success of Calloconophora pugionata Drietch (Hemiptera, Membracidae), a Trophobiont Herbivore of Myrcia obovata O.Berg (Myrtales, Myrtaceae)

Roberth Fagundes, Sérvio Pontes Ribeiro, Kleber Del-Claro

11-19
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Spatial Distribution and Architecture of Acromyrmex landolti Forel (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Nests in Pastures of Southwestern Bahia, Brazil

Milton Rodrigues da Silva Júnior, Maria Aparecida Castellani, Aldenise Alves Moreira, Michele Silva D'Esquivel, Luiz Carlos Forti, Sébastien Lacau

20-29
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Influence of Camponotus blandus (Formicinae) and flower buds on the occurrence of Parrhasius polibetes (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in Banisteriopsis malifolia (Malpighiaceae)

Estevão Alves-Silva, Alexandra Bächtold, Gudryan J. Barônio, Kleber Del-Claro

30-34
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Fumigant Activity of Eight Plant Essential Oils Against Workers of Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta

Liang Tang, Yong-Yan Sun, Qing-Peng Zhang, You Zhou, Ning Zhang, Zhi-Xiang Zhang

35-40
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Spatial connectivity of aquatic macrophytes and flood cycle influence species richness of an ant community of a Brazilian floodplain

Marlon C. Pereira, Jacques H. C. Delabie, Yzel Rondon Súarez, William Fernando Antonialli-Jr.

41-49
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Exotic spread of Solenopsis invicta Buren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) beyond North America

James Kelly Wetterer

50-55
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Research Article - Bees

The botanical profiles of dried bee pollen loads collected by Apis mellifera (Linnaeus) in Brazil

Alex Freitas, Vanilda Aparecida Soares de Arruda, Ligia Bicudo de Almeida-Muradian, Ortrud Monika Barth

56-64
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Research Article - Termites

The Unusual Neotenic System of the Asian Dry Wood Termite, Neotermes koshunensis (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae)

Yasushi Miyaguni, Koji Sugio, Kazuki Tsuji

65-68
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Utility of Acoustical Detection of Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Weste Osbrink, Mary Cornelius

69-76
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Acoustic Evaluation of Trees for Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) Treated with Imidacloprid and Noviflumuron in Historic Jackson Square, New Orleans, Louisiana

Weste Osbrink, Mary Cornelius

77-95
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Research Article - Wasps

Effect of Habitat Disturbance on Colony Productivity of the Social Wasp Mischocyttarus consimilis Zikán (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

Kamylla Balbuena Michelutti, Thiago Santos Montagna, William Fernando Antonialli-Jr.

96-100
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Checklist of Social (Polistinae) and Solitary (Eumeninae) Wasps from a Fragment of Cerrado “Campo Sujo” in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Yuri Campanholo Grandinete, Fernando Barbosa Noll

101-106
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Temporal Polyethism and Life Expectancy of Workers in the Eusocial Wasp Polistes canadensis canadensis Linnaeus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

Viviana de Oliveira Torres, Edilberto Gianotti, Willian Fernando Antonialli-Jr.

107-113
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Division of labor in stable social hierarchy of the independent-founding wasp Mischocyttarus (Monocyttarus) cassununga, Von Ihering (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

André Sunao Nishiuchi Murakami, Ivan C Desuó, Sulene N Shima

114-122
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Short Note

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?

Eduardo Fernando dos Santos, Fernando Barbosa Noll

123-124
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Karyotype description of Cephalotrigona femorata Smith (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and the C-banding pattern as a specific marker for Cephalotrigona

Rodrigo Vieira Miranda, Anderson Fernandes, Denilce Meneses Lopes

125-127
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