BookFabio Prezoto, Fabio Santos Nascimento, Bruno Corrêa Barbosa, Alexandre Somavilla, editors.
Summary: This book provides updated information on this intriguing and exciting group of insects: Neotropical Social Wasps. These insects have a particular biology and their colonies are formed by a few cooperative females living in either small or massive, structured nests where stinging individuals organize their activities and defend their offspring. Topics include evolutionary aspects, biogeography, post-embryonic development, community behavior and ecology, economic importance, and research methods.
Contents:
A Brief Review Of Studies On Social Wasps In Brazil
The Evolution of Swarm Founding in the Wasps: Possible Scenarios
The foraging behaviour of neotropical social wasps
The choice of sexual partner in social wasps
Nesting Habits of Neotropical Social Wasps
Castes and polymorphisms in neotropical social wasps
The biology of swarm-founding epiponine wasp, Polybia paulsita
Causes and consequences of reproductive conflicts in wasp societies
Post-embryonic Development in Brazilian Social Wasps
Evolution and adaptation of the wings and mandibles of neotropical social wasps
Cuticular hydrocarbon studies in Neotropical Social Wasps
Biogeographic hypotheses for the Neotropical Social Wasps
Chromosome diversity and evolution in Neotropical social wasps
Phylogeny and classification of the Neotropical social wasps
List of species of social wasps from Brazil
The Old-World versus New-World social wasps: Similarities, differences and threats
Key to the genera of social wasps (Polistinae) occurring in Brazil
Research techniques used in the study of social wasps
Community ecology of social wasps in Brazil: Forty years of studies
lnteractions between wasps and other animals: associations and natural enemies
Interactions of social wasps with microorganisms
Artificial Environments for Studying Eusocial Wasps
Economic importance of Neotropical Social Wasps.