[HTML][HTML] The neuroecology of olfaction in bees

WCG Ramirez, NKT Thomas, IJ Muktar… - Current Opinion in Insect …, 2023 - Elsevier
The focus of bee neuroscience has for a long time been on only a handful of social
honeybee and bumblebee species, out of thousands of bees species that have been …

A sting affair: A global quantitative exploration of bee, wasp and ant hosts of velvet ants

F Ronchetti, C Polidori - PLoS One, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The vast majority of species of velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Aculeata: Mutillidae) are
ectoparasitoids of immature stages of other aculeate Hymenoptera (bees, wasps and ants) …

Effects of genotype and host environment on the cuticular hydrocarbon profiles of Lysiphlebus parasitoids and aggression by aphid-tending ants

C Hertaeg, C Vorburger… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Parasitoids in the genus Lysiphlebus specialize on ant-tended aphids and have previously
been reported to mimic the cuticular hydrocarbon (CHC) profiles of their aphid hosts to avoid …

[HTML][HTML] Inter- and Intrasexual Variation in Cuticular Hydrocarbons in Trichrysis cyanea (Linnaeus, 1758) (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae)

D Fröhlich, L Zangl, G Raspotnig, S Koblmüller - Insects, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The biology of many species of cuckoo wasps (Chrysididae) is largely
unknown, except for, if at all, the host species of these brood parasites. Cuticular …

Green technologies for crop-pest control

D Kumari, L Duhan, R Manoharlal… - Green Chemistry in …, 2023 - api.taylorfrancis.com
The Green revolution or the agricultural revolution started to safeguard food supply to the
expanding world's population. It was achievable by allocating more land for farming and …

Cuticular hydrocarbon profiles in velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) are highly complex and do not chemically mimic their hosts

F Ronchetti, T Schmitt, M Romano, C Polidori - Chemoecology, 2023 - Springer
Although recognition using cuticular chemistry is important for host–parasite interactions
within aculeate Hymenoptera, cuticular hydrocarbon (CHC) profiles of only a few host …

Cuticular Hydrocarbons as Putative Sex Pheromones and Mating Peculiarity of Cuckoo Wasps Chrysis Angustula, Chrysis fulgida and Chrysis Iris (Hymenoptera …

V Būda, S Radžiutė, V Apšegaitė… - Archives of Insect …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Cuckoo wasps, also known as jewel or gold wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae), are
kleptoparasites and parasitoids that impose their offspring on the breeding efforts of other …