support from the Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche(IFAB);This study was financed by project BID PICT 2015-1150 provided by the "Agencia Nacional de Promocion Cientifica y Tecno-logica"(Argentina),project PUE 00692018-IFAB and project B215 from the Universidad Nacional del Comahue,Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche.
Decisions made by foraging animals conform a complex process based on the integration of information from multiple external environmental stimuli and internal physiological signals,which in turn are modulated by indiv...
the Universidad Nacional del Comahue(CRUB)and INIBIOMA-CONICET.
The foraging strategy at abundant resources of the social wasp Vespula germanica includes scanning in the direction of the nest while memorizing resource-specific landmarks and contextual cues.In the present study,we ...
Vespa velutina var nigrithorax (Lepelletier, 1835) is an invasive predator of bees accidentally introduced in France in 2004, and it is having a serious impact on apiculture and ecosystems. Studying the reproduction...
Yellow Wasp Polistes flavus venom toxins were isolated and purified on a Sepharose CL-6B 200 column. Purified proteins were investigated for its antibacterial and antifungal activity against 13 infectious microbial pa...
funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31372247, 31000976, 31372265);Chongqing Science and Technology Commission (cstc2013jcyjA 80015);Young Talent Incubation Program of Chongqing Normal University (14CSDG07);the Par-Eu Scholars Program
Eight species and one subspecies in the genus Apodynerus Giordani Soika from China are recognized and reviewed, including two new species: Apodynerus protuberantus sp. nov. and A. flavidus sp. nov. both from Yunnan, ...
Recent studies have focused on the role of behavior in biological invasions. Individuals may differ consistently in time for several behavioral traits (personality) which covary (behavioral syndrome) resulting in ...
Eusocial wasps are excellent models for understanding polyethism and division of labor among castes in social insects. However, little is known about the mechanisms controlling caste determination in eusocial wasps. E...
Since its recent introduction into Europe, the yellow-legged hornet, Vespa velutina, has become a major predator of the domestic honeybee, Apis mellifera, but little is known about its hunting behavior. We studied V. ...
supported jointly by the Foundation for University Key Teachers by the Ministry of Education (2011697505);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31201732);the Foundation of Shaanxi Educational Committee (11JK0614);the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (20116101120001);Insect Fauna of Mt. Qinling (DWSC-13-01);the Opening Foundation of the Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China (Northwest University), Ministry of Education
An aerial nest of Dolichovespula flora Archer, 1987, was discovered at Mt. Shaohua (Shaanxi, China) and all three castes of this species were collected. For the first time the male of Dolichovespulaflora Archer, 198...