Neotropical Social Wasps: Basic and applied aspects

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. .

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 …