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Antennal sensilla in male gall-wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) and insights on the evolution of sexual dimorphism in cynipoid sensory equipment

scientific article published in November 2019

Antennal sensillar equipment in closely related predatory wasp species (Hymenoptera: Philanthinae) hunting for different prey types

scientific article

Ants as prey for the endemic and endangered Spanish tiger beetle Cephalota dulcinea (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

scientific article published on 3 July 2020

Bees and crops in Spain: an update for melon, watermelon and almond

scientific article published on 2 January 2021

Behaviour and activity patterns of the scuttle flyMegaselia oxybelorumSchmitz (Diptera: Phoridae) at nest aggregations of two host digger wasps (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae)

scholarly article by Carlo Polidori et al published 4 December 2006 in Journal of Natural History

Biology of Lasioglossum (L.) majus (Hymenoptera: Halictidae), a largely solitary sweat bee with behavioural adaptations to communality

scholarly article by Roberto Boesi et al published 16 November 2008 in Journal of Ethology

Breaking up the wall: metal-enrichment in Ovipositors, but not in mandibles, co-varies with substrate hardness in gall-wasps and their associates.

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Climate change‐driven body size shrinking in a social wasp

scientific article published on 17 July 2019

Common features and species-specific differences in stridulatory organs and stridulation patterns of velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae)

scholarly article by Carlo Polidori et al published June 2013 in Zoologischer Anzeiger

Comparative flight morphology in queens of invasive and native Patagonian bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Bombus)

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Comparative morphology of the antennal “release and spread structure” associated with sex pheromone-producing glands in male Cynipoidea

scientific article published on 23 May 2020

Complex interactions between components of individual prey specialization affect mechanisms of niche variation in a grasshopper-hunting wasp.

scientific article published on 3 June 2011

Complex-to-predict generational shift between nested and clustered organization of individual prey networks in digger wasps.

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

scientific article published in 2023

Development, preimaginal phases and adult sensillar equipment in Aganaspis parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Figitidae) of fruit flies.

scientific article published on 28 August 2013

Diverse filters to sense: great variability of antennal morphology and sensillar equipment in gall-wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)

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Do Sphecodes cuckoo bees use chemical insignificance to invade the nests of their social Lasioglossum bee hosts?

scientific article published on 17 January 2020

Do digger wasps time their provisioning activity to avoid cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae and Chrysididae)?

scholarly article by Carlo Polidori et al published 24 February 2010 in Acta Ethologica

Does prey mobility affect niche width and individual specialization in hunting wasps? A network-based analysis

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Emergence and dispersal relative to natal nest in the digger wasp Stizus continuus (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae).

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Environmental niche and global potential distribution of the giant resin bee Megachile sculpturalis, a rapidly spreading invasive pollinator

scientific article published in December 2020

Environmental niche unfilling but limited options for range expansion by active dispersion in an alien cavity-nesting wasp

scientific article published on 20 September 2018

Eumelanin and pheomelanin are predominant pigments in bumblebee (Apidae: Bombus) pubescence

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Eusociality as a neglected aspect of wild bee α‐diversity and its potential impact on diversity estimation

scientific article published in 2022

Female–female attraction influences nest establishment in the digger wasp Stizus continuus (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae)

scholarly article by Carlo Polidori et al published May 2008 in Animal Behaviour

Few, small, and male: multiple effects of reduced nest space on the offspring of the solitary wasp, Euodynerus (Pareuodynerus) posticus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae).

scientific article published on 24 December 2010

Flagellar Sensillar Equipment of Two Morphologically Closely Related Aphid Hyperparasitoids (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Alloxysta).

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Food load manipulation ability shapes flight morphology in females of central-place foraging Hymenoptera

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Hidden in taxonomy: Batesian mimicry by a syrphid fly towards a Patagonian bumblebee

article by Carlo Polidori et al published 6 March 2013 in Insect Conservation and Diversity

Host detection and rate of parasitism by Acroricnus seductor (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), a natural enemy of mud-dauber wasps (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)

scholarly article by Matteo Federici et al published 2011 in Animal Biology

Host-trailing satellite flight behaviour is associated with greater investment in peripheral visual sensory system in miltogrammine flies

scientific article published on 17 February 2022

How city traits affect taxonomic and functional diversity of urban wild bee communities: insights from a worldwide analysis

scientific article published in 2022

Interactions between the Social Digger Wasp, Cerceris rubida, and Its Brood Parasitic Flies at a Mediterranean Nest Aggregation

Leucophora Satellite Flies (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) as Nest Parasites of Sweat Bees (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) in the Neotropics.

scientific article published on 5 June 2015

Low Host Specialization in the Cuckoo Wasp, Parnopes grandior, Weakens Chemical Mimicry but Does Not Lead to Local Adaption

scientific article published on 20 February 2020

Melittobia parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in the Iberian Peninsula: new data on distribution, biology and morphology

scientific article published on 2 September 2020

Mg-enriched ovipositors as a possible adaptation to hard-skinned fruit oviposition in Drosophila suzukii and D. subpulchrella

Morphological and molecular insights into the diversity of Leptoconops biting midges from a heavily infested Mediterranean area

scientific article published in 2023

Morphological distance and inter-nest distance account for intra-specific prey overlap in digger wasps (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae)

scholarly article by Carlo Polidori et al published 4 May 2012 in Population Ecology

Nest membership determines the levels of aggression and cooperation between females of a supposedly communal digger wasp.

scientific article published on 31 May 2011

Nest sharing and provisioning activity of females of the digger wasp,Cerceris rubida(Hymenoptera, Crabronidae)

scholarly article by Carlo Polidori et al published March 2006 in Italian Journal of Zoology

Pheomelanin in the secondary sexual characters of male parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae).

scientific article published on 17 May 2016

Philopatry, nest choice, and aggregation temporal–spatial change in the digger wasp Cerceris arenaria (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae)

scholarly article by Carlo Polidori et al published 27 October 2005 in Journal of Ethology

Post-mating shift towards longer-chain cuticular hydrocarbons drastically reduces female attractiveness to males in a digger wasp.

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Predatory habits of the grasshopper-hunting waspStizus continuus(Hymenoptera: Crabronidae): diet preference, predator–prey size relationships and foraging capacity

scholarly article by Carlo Polidori et al published 25 November 2009 in Journal of Natural History

Prey spectrum and predator–prey size relationships of the solitary wasp,Trachypus denticollis, in central Chile (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae)

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Rediscovering the eusocial sweat bee Lasioglossum marginatum (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) in Sicily through DNA barcoding

Satellite flies (Leucophora personata, Diptera: Anthomyiidae) and other dipteran parasites of the communal beeAndrena agilissima(Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) on the island of Elba, Italy

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Scramble competition by males of the velvet ant Nemka viduata (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae)

scholarly article by Amparo Beneitez et al published 2013 in Behaviour

Segregation of temporal and spatial distribution between kleptoparasites and parasitoids of the eusocial sweat bee,Lasioglossum malachurum(Hymenoptera: Halictidae, Mutillidae)

scholarly article by Carlo Polidori et al published June 2009 in Entomological Science

Small sweat bees (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) as potential major pollinators of melon (Cucumis melo) in the Mediterranean

scholarly article by Sara Rodrigo Gómez et al published January 2016 in Entomological Science

Small–scale sympatric digger waspsOxybelus argentatusandOxybelus trispinosussegregate activity, hunt for different prey, and diverge in nesting behaviour

Socially peaceful: foragers of the eusocial bee Lasioglossum malachurum are not aggressive against non-nestmates in circle-tube arenas

scientific article (publication date: 19 June 2011)

Spatial Nest-Settlement Decisions in Digger Wasps: Conspecifics Matter more than Heterospecifics and Previous Experience

Stridulatory organ and distress call in males and females of a small velvet ant (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae)

scholarly article by Carlo Polidori et al published June 2013 in Bioacoustics

Strong phylogenetic constraint on transition metal incorporation in the mandibles of the hyper-diverse Hymenoptera (Insecta)

scientific article published on 4 July 2020

Sunny, hot and humid nesting locations with diverse vegetation benefit Osmia bees nearby almond orchards in a mediterranean area

scientific article published in 2023

Symbiotic streptomycetes in antennal glands of the South American digger wasp genus Trachypus (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae)

scholarly article by Martin Kaltenpoth et al published 3 March 2010 in Physiological Entomology

Temporal asynchrony and spatial co-occurrence with the host: the foraging patterns of Nemka viduata, a parasitoid of digger wasps (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae and Crabronidae)

scholarly article by Carlo Polidori et al published 29 December 2009 in Journal of Ethology

Temporal transition of nesting activities in the digger waspBembecinus tridens(Hymenoptera, Crabronidae)

scholarly article by Carlo Polidori et al published September 2007 in Italian Journal of Zoology

The Mating Behaviour of the Velvet Ant, Nemka viduata (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae)

scholarly article by José Tormos et al published 4 December 2009 in Journal of Insect Behavior

Torymus sinensis Kamijo, a biocontrol agent against the invasive chestnut gall wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu in Spain: its natural dispersal from France and the first data on establishment after experimental releases

scientific article published on 7 June 2019

Urban areas are favouring the spread of an alien mud-dauber wasp into climatically non-optimal latitudes

scientific article published in 2021

Weight, volume and unbalancing: loading constraints of mud dauber wasps carrying mud balls

scientific article published in 2009

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