Vol. 63 No. 1 (2016)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v63i1

Published: 2016-04-29

Research Article - Ants

Geographic range of Pachycondyla harpax (Fabricius) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

James Kelly Wetterer

623-627
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Ants in Burned and Unburned Areas in Campos Rupestres Ecosystem

Frederico de Siqueira Neves, Tate C. Lana, Marina C. Anjos, Ariel C. Reis, G. Wilson Fernandes

628-636
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Bacterial Communities in the Midgut of Ponerine Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae)

Tássio Brito de Oliveira, Milene Ferro, Maurício Bacci, Danival José de Souza, Renato Fontana, Jacques Hubert Charles Delabie, Aline Silva

637-644
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Daily Foraging Activity of Acromyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Leaf-cutting ants

Mariane Aparecida Nickele, Wilson Reis Filho, Marcio Roberto Pie, Susete do Rocio Chiarello Penteado

645-650
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Taxonomic Revision of the Obligate Plant-Ants of the Genus Crematogaster Lund (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae), Associated with Macaranga Thouars (Euphorbiaceae) on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula

Heike Feldhaar, Ulrich Maschwitz, Brigitte Fiala

651-681
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Does Atta laevigata (Smith, 1858) act as Solanum lycocarpum seed dispersers?

Paulo Roberto de Abreu Tavares, Valter Vieira Alves Junior, Glaucia Almeida de Morais

682-687
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Research Article - Bees

Apitoxin harvest affects population development but not the hygienic behavior of African-derived honey bees

Paula Onari, Rodrigo Zaluski, Thaís de Souza Bovi, Ricardo de Oliveira Orsi

688-692
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Research Article - Wasps

Morphological Differences between Reproductive and Non-reproductive Females in the Social Wasp Mischocyttarus consimilis Zikán (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

Thiago Santos Montagna, William Fernando Antonialli-Junior

693-698
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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?

André Sunao Nishiuchi Murakami, Sheila Tiemi Sakamoto, Sulene Noriko Shima

699-704
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Wasps are better plant-guards than ants in the extrafloral nectaried shrub Ouratea spectabilis (Ochnaceae)

Kleber Del-Claro, Estevão Alves-Silva

705-711
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Task division and Age Polyethism in colonies of Mischocyttarus latior social wasps (Fox) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae).

Daniel Simões Santos Cecílio, Agda Alves Da Rocha, Edilberto Giannotti

712-719
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Short Note

Initial development and production of CO2 in colonies of the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens during the claustral foundation

Roberto da Silva Camargo

720-723
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Opportunistic predation of a colony of Polybia platycephala (Richards) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) by Labidus praedator (Smith) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Tatiane Tagliatti Maciel, Bruno Corrêa Barbosa, Fábio Prezoto

724-727
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Polybia (Myrapetra) scutellaris (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) foraging on flies at carcasses of Rattus norvegicus (Rodentia: Muridae)

Anita Herdina, Gabriela Bitencourt, Rocco Di Mare, Bruno Corrêa Barbosa

728-730
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Opportunistic Occupation of Nests of Microcerotermes spp. Silvestri (Termitidae, Termitinae) by Partamona seridoensis Camargo & Pedro (Apidae, Meliponini) in the Brazilian Tropical Dry Forest

Thiago Felipe Fonseca Nunes de Oliveira, Luiz Luz da Silva, Michael Hrncir

731-734
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