Insect species associated with human goods continue to be accidentally introduced into new
locations. A small proportion of these introduced species become invasive, causing a range …

The object of curiosity and admiration of scientists and conservationists, the Brazilian
Atlantic Forest is scientifically explored in this book. Over the 23 chapters written by 149 …

The hypothesis that eusociality originated once in Vespidae has shaped interpretation of
social evolution for decades and has driven the supposition that preimaginal …

The most widely recognized hymenopterans–ants, bees, and wasps or hornets–have long
been part of art, ritual, and folklore worldwide. Both extant and extinct Hymenoptera were …

An updated and extensively revised checklist of the arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican
Republic and Haiti) is presented 11 years after the publication of the original in 2008. It …

Social behavior occurs in some of the smallest animals as well as some the largest, and the
transition from solitary life to sociality is an unsolved evolutionary mystery. In The Evolution …

Chaves em português para a identificação de ordens de insetos são encontradas em Borror
& De Long (1969) e Gallo et al.(1988). Chaves em inglês para superfamílias de …

The phylogeny of the paper wasp genus Polistes is investigated using morphological and
behavioural characters, as well as molecular data from six genes (COI, 12S, 16S, 28S, H3 …

Studies of social insect invasions to date have focused primarily on highly eusocial insects
such as ants and yellowjacket wasps. Yet insect societies without fixed, morphological caste …

The genus Polistes is revised for the West Palaearctic region based on morphology and
DNA barcodes. The revision includes all known West Palaearctic species, raising the …