List of works - Emilio Balletto

A model for the evolution of parasite–host interactions based on the Maculinea–Myrmica system: Numerical simulations and multiple host behavior

Acoustical mimicry in a predatory social parasite of ants.

scientific article published in December 2009

An annotated Checklist of the Italian Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea, Hesperiioidea)

scientific article (publication date: 20 August 2014)

Ant pupae employ acoustics to communicate social status in their colony's hierarchy.

scientific article published on 7 February 2013

Area effect in south western European green frogs (Amphibia, Ranidae)

article by Emilio Balletto et al published January 1986 in Italian Journal of Zoology

Can the Geranium Bronze, Cacyreus marshalli, become a threat for European biodiversity?

Combining environmental niche models, multi‐grain analyses, and species traits identifies pervasive effects of land use on butterfly biodiversity across Italy

scientific article published in 2023

Contrasting genetic structure of rear edge and continuous range populations of a parasitic butterfly infected by Wolbachia

scientific article

Corruption of ant acoustical signals by mimetic social parasites: Maculinea butterflies achieve elevated status in host societies by mimicking the acoustics of queen ants

scientific article

Distribution, host specificity, and the potential for cryptic speciation in hoverfly Microdon myrmicae (Diptera: Syrphidae), a social parasite of Myrmica ants

scientific article published on 14 February 2011

Gamma-aminobutyric acid synthesis in erythrocytes of Testudo hermanni gmelin ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 1978

Habitat preferences of Maculinea arion and its Myrmica host ants: implications for habitat management in Italian Alps

article

Haying and grazing effects on the butterfly communities of two Mediterranean-area grasslands

article by Biagio D’Aniello et al published 26 April 2011 in Biodiversity and Conservation

Interspecific relationships in co-occurring populations of social parasites and their host ants

Mobility and oviposition site-selection in Zerynthia cassandra (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae): implications for its conservation

article

Multiple oviposition and larval feeding strategies in Euphydryas maturna (Linné, 1758) (Nymphalidae) at two disjoint European sites

Plant defences against ants provide a pathway to social parasitism in butterflies

scientific article published in July 2015

Population extinctions in the Italian diurnal lepidoptera: an analysis of possible causes

article

Queen ants make distinctive sounds that are mimicked by a butterfly social parasite.

scientific article

Temperature-dependent thyroid hormone biosynthesis in Testudo horsfieldi Gray

scientific article published on 01 December 1979

The Pied Piper: A Parasitic Beetle's Melodies Modulate Ant Behaviours

scientific article

Variation in butterfly larval acoustics as a strategy to infiltrate and exploit host ant colony resources

scientific article

When the rule becomes the exception. no evidence of gene flow between two Zerynthia cryptic butterflies suggests the emergence of a new model group

scientific article published in 2013

List of works by Emilio Balletto

A model for the evolution of parasite–host interactions based on the Maculinea–Myrmica system: Numerical simulations and multiple host behavior

Acoustical mimicry in a predatory social parasite of ants.

An annotated Checklist of the Italian Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea, Hesperiioidea)

Ant pupae employ acoustics to communicate social status in their colony's hierarchy.

Area effect in south western European green frogs (Amphibia, Ranidae)

Can the Geranium Bronze, Cacyreus marshalli, become a threat for European biodiversity?

Combining environmental niche models, multi‐grain analyses, and species traits identifies pervasive effects of land use on butterfly biodiversity across Italy

Contrasting genetic structure of rear edge and continuous range populations of a parasitic butterfly infected by Wolbachia

Corruption of ant acoustical signals by mimetic social parasites: Maculinea butterflies achieve elevated status in host societies by mimicking the acoustics of queen ants

Distribution, host specificity, and the potential for cryptic speciation in hoverfly Microdon myrmicae (Diptera: Syrphidae), a social parasite of Myrmica ants

Gamma-aminobutyric acid synthesis in erythrocytes of Testudo hermanni gmelin ⬇️

Habitat preferences of Maculinea arion and its Myrmica host ants: implications for habitat management in Italian Alps

Haying and grazing effects on the butterfly communities of two Mediterranean-area grasslands

Interspecific relationships in co-occurring populations of social parasites and their host ants

Mobility and oviposition site-selection in Zerynthia cassandra (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae): implications for its conservation

Multiple oviposition and larval feeding strategies in Euphydryas maturna (Linné, 1758) (Nymphalidae) at two disjoint European sites

Plant defences against ants provide a pathway to social parasitism in butterflies

Population extinctions in the Italian diurnal lepidoptera: an analysis of possible causes

Queen ants make distinctive sounds that are mimicked by a butterfly social parasite.

Temperature-dependent thyroid hormone biosynthesis in Testudo horsfieldi Gray

The Pied Piper: A Parasitic Beetle's Melodies Modulate Ant Behaviours

Variation in butterfly larval acoustics as a strategy to infiltrate and exploit host ant colony resources

When the rule becomes the exception. no evidence of gene flow between two Zerynthia cryptic butterflies suggests the emergence of a new model group