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On European Honeybee (Apis Mellifera L.) Apiary at Mid-Hill Areas of Lalitpur District, Nepal Sanjaya Bista1,2*, Resham B
Journal of Agriculture and Natural Resources (2020) 3(1): 117-132 ISSN: 2661-6270 (Print), ISSN: 2661-6289 (Online) DOI: https://doi.org/10.3126/janr.v3i1.27105 Research Article Incidence and predation rate of hornet (Vespa spp.) on European honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) apiary at mid-hill areas of Lalitpur district, Nepal Sanjaya Bista1,2*, Resham B. Thapa2, Gopal Bahadur K.C.2, Shree Baba Pradhan1, Yuga Nath Ghimire3 and Sunil Aryal1 1Nepal Agricultural Research Council, Entomology Division, Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal 2Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal 3Socio-Economics and Agricultural Research Policy Division (SARPOD), NARC, Khumaltar, Nepal * Correspondence: [email protected] ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5219-3399 Received: July 08, 2019; Accepted: September 28, 2019; Published: January 7, 2020 © Copyright: Bista et al. (2020). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 International License. ABSTRACT Predatory hornets are considered as one of the major constraints to beekeeping industry. Therefore, its incidence and predation rate was studied throughout the year at two locations rural and forest areas of mid-hill in Laliptur district during 2016/017 to 2017/018. Observation was made on the number of hornet and honeybee captured by hornet in three different times of the day for three continuous minutes every fortnightly on five honeybee colonies. During the study period, major hornet species captured around the honeybee apiary at both locations were, Vespa velutina Lepeletier, Vespa basalis Smith, Vespa tropica (Linnaeus) and Vespa mandarina Smith. The hornet incidence varied significantly between the years and locations along with different observation dates. -
Boletin-AMXSA-41-JUNIO-2020.Pdf
Boletín de la Asociación Mexicana de Sistemática de Artrópodos _0 PRESENTACIÓN CONTENIDO (da clic para ir a la página deseada) Por ALEJANDRO ZALDÍVAR RIVERÓN Presidente de la AMXSA [1] PRESENTACIÓN [email protected] stimados compañeros, [2] OBITUARIOS [2] Dr. Norman I. Platnick (1951– en esta presentación del 2020) por L. PRENDINI E primer número del año 2020 de nuestro Boletín de [4] Farewell to a good old friend! la AMXSA quiero hacerles saber nues- ¡Adiós a un gran viejo amigo! tro deseo por que todos ustedes y sus por O. F. FRANCKE seres queridos se encuentren bien de salud. Han sido meses difíciles por la [7] ARTÍCULOS pandemia del COVID-19 que azota al mundo, en los que nuestras labores y [7] Modificación de una trampa de luz UV para recolectar vida diaria se han visto afectadas. Los una nueva fecha para el segundo con- lepidópteros nocturnos por A. estudiantes de licenciatura y posgrado greso de la AMXSA, así como todas MERCADO-MARTÍNEZ, W. de algunas universidades han podido las situaciones relacionadas con la A. AGUILAR-GOYTIA Y M. M. concluir el semestre en línea, mien- presentación de trabajos y las confer- LUNA-REYES tras que desafortunadamente en otras encias magistrales que se realizarían. instituciones esto no ha sido posible También les comunico que debido a [11] En medio del desierto… Ex- llevar a cabo. Las salidas al campo, las la pandemia no ha sido posible aún pedición aracnológica LATLAX estancias de alumnos tanto nacionales realizar el cambio de mesa directiva, 2019 Baja California: buscando como en el extranjero, así como cual- incluyendo la presidencia. -
Taxonomic Studies of Hornet Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) Vespa Linnaeus of India
Rec. zool. Surv. India: llO(Part-2) : 57-80,2010 TAXONOMIC STUDIES OF HORNET WASPS (HYMENOPTERA: VESPIDAE) VESPA LINNAEUS OF INDIA P. GIRISH KUMAR AND G. SRINIVASAN Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal-700053, India E-mail: [email protected]:[email protected] INTRODUCTION here. Since it is a taxonomic paper, we generally used The members of the genus Vespa Linnaeus are the term 'Female' instead of 'Queen' and 'Worker' and commonly known as Hornet wasps. They are highly mentioned the terms 'Fertile female' and 'Sterile female' evolved social wasps. They built their nest by using wherever it is necessary. wood pulp. They have large colonies consisting of a All specimens studied are properly registered and single female queen, a large number of sterile workers deposited. Most of the specimens are deposited at and males. Hornet wasps are mainly distributed in 'National Zoological Collections' of the Hymenoptera Oriental and Palaearctic Regions of the world. There Section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata (NZSI) and are 23 valid species known from the world so far of the rest of the specimens are deposited at Arunachal which 16 species from Indian subcontinent and 15 Pradesh Field Station, Zoological Survey of India, species from India (Carpenter & Kojima, 1997). Itanagar (APFS/ZSI). Economically, hornet wasps can be both beneficial and Genus Vespa Linnaeus harmful. They are beneficial as predators of agricultural, 1758. Vespa Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10,1 : 343, 572, Genus forest and hygienic pests. The larvae and pupae of (17 species). Vespa are utilized as food by man in some parts of the Type species : "Vespa crabro, Fab." [= Vespa crabro world. -
Far Eastern Entomologist Number 426: 10-18 March 2021
Far Eastern Entomologist ISSN 1026-051X (print edition) Number 426: 10-18 ISSN 2713-2196 (online edition) March 2021 https://doi.org/10.25221/fee.426.2 http://zoobank.org/References/274C1717-CA50-475A-978A-8800FB4463B7 YEARLY AND SEASONAL CHANGES IN SPECIES COMPOSITION OF HORNETS (HYMENOPTERA: VESPIDAE) CAUGHT WITH BAIT TRAPS ON THE SEA OF JAPAN COAST K. Kudô1,*), W. Oyaizu1), R. Kusama1), K. Yamagishi1), Y. Yamaguchi1), S. Koji2) 1) Laboratory of Insect Ecology, Faculty of Education, Niigata University, Niigata 950- 2181, Japan. *Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected] 2) Laboratory of Insect Ecology, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, Niigata 950-2181, Japan. Summary. Hornets belong to the genus of Vespa, and are potentially effective predators of insect pests in forests and other environments. To assess the potential impact of prey foraging by the Vespa species, studies have attempted to understand species composition of hornets caught with bait traps in several regions in Japan. These studies showed that the species composition of hornets was different among the different regions in Japan, possibly due to the differences in the geographical distribution and climates. Additionally, the species composition of hornets has only been examined in the inland regions of Japan. In this study, we studied species composition of hornets caught with bait traps in Niigata city on the coast of the Sea of Japan, for a period of four years. The species composition observed in Niigata city was very similar to the composition seen in other temperate, warmer regions, but diffe- rent from that in subarctic and heavy snowfall regions. -
Interspecific Variation in Competitor Avoidance and Foraging Success in Sap-Attracted Insects
See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270496969 Interspecific variation in competitor avoidance and foraging success in sap- attracted insects Article in European Journal of Entomology · November 2009 DOI: 10.14411/eje.2009.066 CITATIONS READS 0 10 1 author: Jiichiro Yoshimoto University of the Valley of Guatemala 12 PUBLICATIONS 58 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects: Climate change effects on the biodiversity of the seasonally dry tropical forests of Motagua Valley in Guatemala View project All content following this page was uploaded by Jiichiro Yoshimoto on 28 January 2019. The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. Eur. J. Entomol. 106: 529–533, 2009 http://www.eje.cz/scripts/viewabstract.php?abstract=1484 ISSN 1210-5759 (print), 1802-8829 (online) Interspecific variation in competitor avoidance and foraging success in sap-attracted insects JIICHIRO YOSHIMOTO* Laboratory of Insect Ecology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa Oiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan Key words. Aggressive interactions, community, foraging strategy, interference competition, resources, tree sap Abstract. Many insect species attracted to fermenting sap often fight for access to this resource, which results in the establishment of interspecific dominance hierarchies. In one such system, the hornet Vespa mandarinia (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) behaviourally dominates during the daytime and several subordinate species avoid aggressive interactions in various ways. In order to elucidate the interspecific variation in competitor-avoidance behaviour and its subsequent effect on foraging success, the behaviour of species of hornets, beetles and butterflies at patches (exudation spots) in Japan was recorded. -
Analysis of the Secondary Nest of the Yellow-Legged Hornet Found in the Balearic Islands Reveals Its High Adaptability to Mediterranean Isolated Ecosystems
C. Herrera, A. Marqués, V. Colomar and M.M. Leza Herrera, C.; A. Marqués, V. Colomar and M.M. Leza. Analysis of the secondary nest of the yellow-legged hornet found in the Balearic Islands reveals its high adaptability to Mediterranean isolated ecosystems Analysis of the secondary nest of the yellow-legged hornet found in the Balearic Islands reveals its high adaptability to Mediterranean isolated ecosystems C. Herrera1, A. Marqués1, V. Colomar2 and M.M. Leza1 1Laboratory of Zoology, Department of Biology, University of the Balearic Islands, Cra. Valldemossa km 7.5, CP: 07122 Palma, Illes Balears, Spain. <[email protected]>. 2Consortium for the Recovery of the Fauna of the Balearic Islands (COFIB), Crta. Sineu km 15, CP: 07142 Santa Eugènia, Illes Balears, Spain. Abstract The yellow-legged hornet (Vespa velutina) was detected for the fi rst time in the north of Spain in 2010, but was not detected in Majorca, Balearic Islands until 2015 and only one secondary nest, with 10 combs, was found in the northwest of the island. During 2016, nine more nests were found in the same region. To better understand the biology of V. velutina in isolated conditions, the following objectives were proposed: (I) describe the architecture and structure of nests; (II) analyse the shape of combs and develop a new method to confi rm the circular pattern of breeding; (III) determine the colony size and (IV) determine the succession of workers and sexual individuals throughout the season. For these reasons, nests that were removed were frozen for at least 48 days until analysis. -
Hymenoptera: Vespidae)
Russian Entomol. J. 24(2): 133–144 © RUSSIAN ENTOMOLOGICAL JOURNAL, 2015 A first list of vespid wasps from Vietnam (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) Ïåðâûé ñïèñîê ñêëàä÷àòîêðûëûõ îñ (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) Âüåòíàìà Phong Huy Pham1 & Tingjing Li2 Ôîíã Õàé Ïàì1, Òèíäæèíã Ëè2 1 Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Hanoi, Vietnam; e-mail: [email protected] 2 Institute of Entomology & Molecular Biology, College of Life Sciences, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, 401331, P. R. China; e-mail: [email protected] KEY WORDS: Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae, distribution, species list, Vietnam. КЛЮЧЕВЫЕ СЛОВА: Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae, распространение, список видов, Вьетнам. ABSTRACT: A first list of vespid wasps (Hy- area, distributed from India and Sri Lanka to New menoptera: Vespidae) recorded from Vietnam as of Guinea. Five of the seven genera (Eustenogaster van the end of 2013 is presented. A total of 109 species der Vecht, 1969, Liostenogaster van der Vecht, 1969, belonging to 32 genera of four subfamilies, including, Parischnogaster von Schulthess, 1914, Metischnogaster Eumeninae (33 species), Stenogastrinae (10 species), van der Vecht, 1977, and Cochlischnogaster Dong et Polistinae (50 species), and Vespinae (16 species), are Otsuka, 1997) occur in southern Asia, while the remain- treated as valid. 19 new distributional records and the ing two (Stenogaster Guerin, 1831 and Anischnogaster information of the distribution of the species are also van der Vecht, 1972) are found only in New Guinea and provided. its adjacent islands. The Polistinae are cosmopolitan, with two of the four tribes, Polistini and Ropalidiini, РЕЗЮМЕ: Приводится первый список складча- occurring in Old World. -
Nesting Habits of Some Hornet Species (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) in Northern Thailand
Nesting Habits of Some Hornet Species (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) in Northern Thailand Masao Nakamura1 and Saowapa Sonthichai2 ABSTRACT Seven nests of four hornet (Vespa) species collected around Chiang Mai, northern Thailand were described. Species observed were: V. affinis (2 nests), V. mocsaryana (2), V. velutina (2), and V. tropica (1). Three species coexisted on the Campus of Chiang Mai University. First reliable record of the colony composition of V. mocsaryana was presented. All the nests had only one foundress queen in July/August (mid- to late polyethic stage). Key words: Vespa spp, nesting sites, Vespidae INTRODUCTION MATERIALS AND METHODS The vespid genus Vespa (hornets) is Study sites and methods principally Oriental and eastern Palearctic in Chiang Mai is located at ca. 18⁄N and has a distribution, and has the largest number of species tropical monsoon climate, with relatively distinct in hilly and montane regions in tropics and rainy and dry seasons. The material was collected subtropics from eastern Himalaya through in the rainy season. The Campus of Chiang Mai Myanmar and Thailand to southern China (van der University, where most of the nests were located, Vecht, 1957, 1959; Matsuura and Yamane, 1990; was 315 m in altitude, while a Karen village, Mae Carpenter and Kojima, 1997). The highest diversity Wang, where a nest of V. tropica was located, was in the nesting habit of hornets is also anticipated in around 1,000 m in altitude. this region (Nguyen and Carpenter, 2002), but Hornet nests found on trees and buildings information on their biology is quite restricted. and underground were recorded and photographed, Nesting biology of some hornet species then collected using an anesthetic, an insecticide around Chiang Mai, northern Thailand during late sprayer and protective suits after stuffing cotton in July and early August in 2001 were studied. -
The Vespinae of North America (Vespidae, Hymenoptera) 37 Doi: 10.3897/JHR.28.3514 Research Article
JHR 28: 37–65 (2012) The Vespinae of North America (Vespidae, Hymenoptera) 37 doi: 10.3897/JHR.28.3514 RESEARCH ARTICLE www.pensoft.net/journals/jhr The Vespinae of North America (Vespidae, Hymenoptera) Lynn S. Kimsey1, James M. Carpenter2 1 Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, Davis, California 95616 2 American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York 10024 Corresponding author: Lynn S. Kimsey ([email protected]) Academic editor: Wojciech Pulawski | Received 12 June 2012 | Accepted 30 July 2012 | Published 24 August 2012 Citation: Kimsey LS, Carpenter JM (2012) The Vespinae of North America (Vespidae, Hymenoptera). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 28: 37–65. doi: 10.3897/JHR.28.3514 Abstract The species of paper wasps in the tribe Vespini, family Vespidae from America North of Mexico are re- viewed, including a new identification key to the genera and species, complete synonymy, distribution and biology. This fauna includes six species ofDolichovespula Rohwer, three species of Vespa Linnaeus and 13 species of Vespula Thomson. No Holarctic species are recognized, with the result that Dolichovespula arc- tica (Rohwer) and Vespula intermedia (du Buysson) are again recognized as species, while Vespula infernalis (de Saussure) is given new status as a species. Keywords Vespa, Dolichovespula, Vespula Introduction Vespinae, or the yellow jackets and hornets, are among the most recognizable wasps in North America. All of the species are either social or are social parasites of other congeners. They construct their nests out of a mixture of plant fibers and salivary secre- tions, and the nests can range from baseball-sized, with a few thousand cells, to nests with hundreds of thousands of cells. -
Comparative Morphology of the Stinger in Social Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)
insects Article Comparative Morphology of the Stinger in Social Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) Mario Bissessarsingh 1,2 and Christopher K. Starr 1,* 1 Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago; [email protected] 2 San Fernando East Secondary School, Pleasantville, Trinidad and Tobago * Correspondence: [email protected] Simple Summary: Both solitary and social wasps have a fully functional venom apparatus and can deliver painful stings, which they do in self-defense. However, solitary wasps sting in subduing prey, while social wasps do so in defense of the colony. The structure of the stinger is remarkably uniform across the large family that comprises both solitary and social species. The most notable source of variation is in the number and strength of barbs at the tips of the slender sting lancets that penetrate the wound in stinging. These are more numerous and robust in New World social species with very large colonies, so that in stinging human skin they often cannot be withdrawn, leading to sting autotomy, which is fatal to the wasp. This phenomenon is well-known from honey bees. Abstract: The physical features of the stinger are compared in 51 species of vespid wasps: 4 eumenines and zethines, 2 stenogastrines, 16 independent-founding polistines, 13 swarm-founding New World polistines, and 16 vespines. The overall structure of the stinger is remarkably uniform within the family. Although the wasps show a broad range in body size and social habits, the central part of Citation: Bissessarsingh, M.; Starr, the venom-delivery apparatus—the sting shaft—varies only to a modest extent in length relative to C.K. -
Sphecos: a Forum for Aculeate Wasp Researchers
SPHECOS Number 4 - January 1981 A Newsletter for Aculeate Wasp Researchers Arnold S. Menke, editor Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA c/o u. S. National Museum of Natural History washington DC 20560 Notes from the Editor This issue of Sphecos consists mainly of autobiographies and recent literature. A highlight of the latter is a special section on literature of the vespid subfamily Vespinae compiled and submitted by Robin Edwards (seep. 41). A few errors in issue 3 have been brought to my attention. Dr. Mickel was declared to be a "multillid" expert on page l. More seriously, a few typographical errors crept into Steyskal's errata paper on pages 43-46. The correct spellings are listed below: On page 43: p. 41 - Aneusmenus --- p. 108 - Zaschizon:t:x montana and z. Eluricincta On page 45: p. 940 - ----feminine because Greek mastix --- p. 1335 - AmEl:t:oEone --- On page 46: p. 1957 - Lasioglossum citerior My apologies to Dr. Mickel and George Steyskal. I want to thank Helen Proctor for doing such a fine job of typing the copy for Sphecos 3 and 4. Research News Ra:t:mond Wah is, Zoologie generale et Faunistique, Faculte des Sciences agronomiques, 5800 GEMBLOUX, Belgium; home address: 30 rue des Sept Collines 4930 CHAUDFONTAINE, Belgium (POMPILIDAE of the World), is working on a revision of the South American genus Priochilus and is also preparing an annotated key of the members of the Tribe Auplopodini in Australia (AuElOEUS, Pseudagenia, Fabriogenia, Phanagenia, etc.). He spent two weeks in London (British Museum) this summer studying type specimens and found that Turner misinterpreted all the old species and that his key (1910: 310) has no practical value. -
Film Formation and Structural Characterization of Silk of The
Film Formation and Structural Characterization of Silk of the Hornet Vespa simillima xanthoptera Cameron Tsunenori Kamedaa,*, Katsura Kojimaa, Mitsuhiro Miyazawaa, and Seita Fujiwarab,c a National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8634, Japan. Fax: +81-29-838-6213. E-mail: [email protected] b Office of the Society of Japanese Honeybee, 3-10 Wakazono-cho, Morioka, Iwate, 020-0886, Japan c Fujiwara Honey & Ice Cream Inc., 3-10 Wakazono-cho, Morioka, Iwate, 020-0886, Japan *Author for correspondence and reprint requests Z. Naturforsch. 60c, 906Ð914 (2005); received June 3/27 2005 We extracted silk produced by the larva of the hornet Vespa simillima xanthoptera Cam- eron from its nest. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) analysis of the extracted hornet silk showed four major components with molecular weights between 35 and 60 kDa. The main amino acid components of the hornet silk protein were Ala (33.5%), Ser (16.9%), Asp (8.5%) and Glu (8.1%). The hornet silk could be dissolved in hexafluoroisopropyl alcohol (HFIP) at 25 ∞C without incurring molecular degradation. A transparent film of hornet silk was obtained readily by the formation of a cast upon drying of the hornet silk in the HFIP solution. Residual HFIP solvent was removed from the film by extraction with pure water. Solid-state 13C NMR and FT-IR measurements revealed that the secondary structures of hornet silk proteins in the native state consisted of coexisting α- helix and -sheet conformations. The -sheet to α-helix ratio, which was changed by process- ing, was mainly responsible for the silk’s thermostability.