Polybia occidentalis and Polybia fastidiosa venom: a cytogenotoxic approach of effects on human and vegetal cells

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Marcel José Palmieri ◽  
Amanda Ribeiro Barroso ◽  
Larissa Fonseca Andrade-Vieira ◽  
Marta Chagas Monteiro ◽  
Andreimar Martins Soares ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Polybia Occidentalis

Anticoagulant and fibrinogenolytic properties of the venom of Polybia occidentalis social wasp

2010 ◽  
Vol 21 (7) ◽  
pp. 653-659 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula G Czaikoski ◽  
Danilo L Menaldo ◽  
Silvana Marcussi ◽  
Anne LC Baseggio ◽  
André L Fuly ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Wasp ◽  
Polybia Occidentalis

Adult mortality rates in young colonies of a swarm-founding social wasp (Polybia occidentalis)

2006 ◽  
Vol 260 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew M. Bouwma ◽  
Peter E. Bouwma ◽  
Erik V. Nordheim ◽  
Robert L. Jeanne
Keyword(s):  
Social Wasp ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
Adult Mortality ◽  
Polybia Occidentalis

scholarly journals Cue-Mediated Recruitment in a Swarm-Founding Wasp: Successful Foragers Induce Nestmates to Search Off Nest for a Scented Carbohydrate Resource

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa I. Schueller ◽  
Robert L. Jeanne
Keyword(s):  
Social Insect ◽  
Sucrose Solution ◽  
Foraging Efficiency ◽  
Directional Information ◽  
Polybia Occidentalis ◽  
Insect Colonies ◽  
Foraging Rate ◽  
Average Individual

The ability of social insect colonies to recruit nestmates to profitable resources increases colony-wide foraging efficiency by providing individuals with information that narrows their search for resources. Here we ask if for the Neotropical swarm-founding waspPolybia occidentalisnaïve nestmates are able to use food-scent cues from rich carbohydrate resources brought to the nest by successful foragers to orient to off nest resources. Foragers were allowed to freely visit a training dish containing a scented sucrose solution. At a second location, in a different direction from the nest, two sucrose-filled dishes were offered, one with the training scent and one with an alternate scent. Naïve foragers preferentially chose the training scent over the alternate scent, indicating that natural rates of resource inflow to the nest are sufficient to induce nestmates to forage at resources with a specific scent. Naïve foragers did not forage more often at the location at which the active foragers were foraging, an indication that directional information is not communicated in this species. The total number of foraging trips made by a colony's foragers was not determined by the size of the foraging force, but rather by the average individual foraging rate for the colony.

Anticonvulsant and Behavioural Effects of the Denatured Venom of the Social Wasp Polybia occidentalis (Polistinae, Vespidae)

2005 ◽  
Vol 97 (5) ◽  
pp. 289-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcia Renata Mortari ◽  
Alexandra Olimpio Siqueira Cunha ◽  
Luciana de Oliveira ◽  
Eveline Bis Vieira ◽  
Erica Aparecida Gelfuso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Wasp ◽  
Polybia Occidentalis ◽  
Behavioural Effects ◽  
The Social

Variation in Venoms of Polybia Paulista Von Ihering and Polybia Occidentalis Olivier (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), Assessed by the FTIR-PAS Technique

2016 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Mendonça ◽  
M C Paula ◽  
W D Fernandes ◽  
L H C Andrade ◽  
S M Lima ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Polybia Occidentalis ◽  
Polybia Paulista

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

Sociobiology ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 728
Author(s):  
Anita Herdina ◽  
Gabriela Bitencourt ◽  
Rocco Di Mare ◽  
Bruno Corrêa Barbosa
Keyword(s):  
Rattus Norvegicus ◽  
Food Source ◽  
Social Wasp ◽  
Social Wasps ◽  
Polybia Occidentalis ◽  
The Social ◽  
Polybia Paulista

Social wasps stand out due to their role in the trophic balance of the ecosystems. These insects can get nutrients by preying on other insects, such as Lepidoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera and the decomposing remains of vertebrates. Some species, such as Polybia scutellaris, can also use pollen and nectar stored in their nests to produce honey. Some studies lay emphasis on the prey captured by social wasps, showing that predation, in some conditions, is directed to Lepidoptera larvae, such as for Polybia occidentalis, Polybia paulista and Polybia ignobilis. Other species like P. scutellaris focus on flies of the Tabanidae, Syrphidae, Muscidae and Anthomyiidae families. There are few studies with social wasps that feed on animal carcasses; this way, our study aims to report the predation on individuals of the Sarcophagidae family, which use Rattus norvegicus carcasses as a food source, by the social wasp Polybia scutellari

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