Vol. 60 No. 4 (2013)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v60i4

Published: 2014-01-14

Review

"Marimbondos": a review on the neotropical swarm-founding polistines.

Fernando Barbosa Noll

347-353
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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

355-361
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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

362-366
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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

367-373
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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

374-379
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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

380-386
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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

387-396
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Parasitoids of Acromyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Leaf-Cutting Ants in Continuous and Fragmented Atlantic Forest

Luciana Elizalde, Jarbas Marçal de Queiroz

397-404
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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

405-412
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Differential Gene Transcription in Honeybee (Apis cerana) Larvae Challenged by Chinese Sacbrood Virus (CSBV)

Yi Zhang, Xiu Huang, ZaiFu Xu, RiChou Han, JingHua Chen

413-420
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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

421-428
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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

429-435
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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

436-440
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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

441-445
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Neotenic reproductives influence worker caste differentiation in the termite Reticulitermes speratus (Isoptera; Rhinotermitidae)

Yoshinobu Hayashi, Hitoshi Miyata, Osamu Kitade, Nathan Lo

446-452
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Evaluation of formic acid toxicity to subterranean termite, Reticulitermes chinensis Snyder

Yongjian Xie, Qin Du, Qiuying Huang, Chaoliang Lei

453-458
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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

459-465
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Research Article - Wasps

Effects of Colors and Appearance of the Potential Aggressor on Defensive Behavior of Vespa crabro L. (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) Colonies.

Jerzy Nadolski

466-470
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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

471-476
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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

477-483
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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

484-486
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