Hymenoptera

Author : Canada. Agriculture Canada. Research Branch
Publisher : Agriculture Canada
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Science
ISBN : MINN:31951P00119896M

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Hymenoptera of the World by Canada. Agriculture Canada. Research Branch Pdf

This publication is the result of a course on identification of Hymenoptera given three times since 1985 at the Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research. The considerable interest in these courses indicated the need for a comprehensive identification guide to all extant families of Hymenoptera. The main emphasis is on family identification using the keys, which are complemented by family sketches. The sketches include a taxonomic diagnosis to supplement the keys, a summary of the biology, the size and distribution, and important literature references.

Author : Andrew Austin,Mark Dowton
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Science
ISBN : 0643066101

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Hymenoptera by Andrew Austin,Mark Dowton Pdf

The Hymenoptera is one of the largest orders of terrestrial anthropods and compromises the sawflies, wasps, ants, bees and parasitic wasps. This book examines the current state of all major areas of research for this important group of insects, including systematics, biological control, behaviour and use in education.

Author : Tom Piek
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 583 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781483263700

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Venoms of the Hymenoptera by Tom Piek Pdf

Venoms of the Hymenoptera: Biochemical, Pharmacological, and Behavioral Aspects contains papers that deals with the study of the venoms and toxins produced by insects belonging to the order of the Hymenoptera. The book provides a considerable amount of information in the study of the venoms of the Hymenoptera. There are chapters that focus on the history of the research made on the order of the Hymenoptera; the stinging apparatus; venom collection; physiological effects of venoms produced by particular insects belonging to the order; and the pharmacological uses of the venoms and toxins. Entomologists, physiologists, pharmacologists, biochemists, and researchers developing drugs and pesticides will find this text extremely useful.

Author : Sergei Ivanovich Malyshev
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781468471618

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Genesis of the Hymenoptera and the phases of their evolution by Sergei Ivanovich Malyshev Pdf

The late Professor S. I. Malyshev, who died from a cerebral haemorrhage on 9 May 1967 at the age of 83 in the train while travelling to field work, was one of the foremost European students of the Hymenoptera, in particular of the habits of solitary bees, a subject on which he had published many papers since 1908, mostly in Russian. In 1935 he published an important paper on part of his work, and I helped to edit the publication, which was in English. A few years ago some of my friends in California asked me if I could not persuade him to complete his early paper on solitary bees, offering if necessary to arrange for a translation. When I wrote to Professor Malyshev making this suggestion he no longer had the health to produce a new work, but he sent me a copy of his recent book on the evolution of the Hymenoptera which he thought might be worth trans lating. Sir Boris Uvarov was good enough to translate for me the chapter and section headings, and it seemed to both of us that a lot of new ground was covered in a highly original way. The explanation of the changes in behaviour that must have taken place when the simple, plant-feeding saw flies developed into highly specialized parasites or into industrious, food collecting, social insects such as the ants, bees, and wasps can well be regarded as one of the major challenges to zoologists.

Author : Karl V. Krombein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Science
ISBN : MINN:319510001679592

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Trap-nesting Wasps and Bees: Life Histories, Nests, and Associates by Karl V. Krombein Pdf

Author : Vladimir E. Gokhman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2009-03-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781402098079

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Karyotypes of Parasitic Hymenoptera by Vladimir E. Gokhman Pdf

Not so long ago, karyology was considered a vanguard biological discipline, which could solve nearly all problems of systematics and phylogenetics. We liked to believe in the bright future, in a magician who will appear like a Jack-in-the-box and reveal the truth to us. However, excessive hopes related to the chromosomal study came true only in part. In the meantime, new candidates claimed the place of the magician, i. e. phenetics succeeded by cladistics and now by molecular methods in systematics and phylogeny. Nevertheless, it becomes progressively more ob- ous nowadays that cladistics is just a bright envelope for the fairly primitive and theoretically vulnerable approach that deprives living organisms and their groups of the traces of integrity and reduces them to the plain sum of characters. Modern molecular techniques look more perceptive and may yield more reliable results, although the details are sometimes embarrassing, and comparison with the fossil record does not necessarily reveal their superiority over cladistics. These methods are accessible by research teams with massive funding and good equipment and this strongly decreases the range and diversity of the material studied. However, classi?cations are often created by individual systematists with the restricted access to molecular methods. In this context, karyological techniques are in the preferable position, although they certainly do not provide direct and immaculate markers of taxonomic and p- logenetic relationships: chromosomal study is a morphological method with all its advantages and drawbacks.

Author : Eric Grissell
Publisher : Timber Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780881929881

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Bees, Wasps, and Ants by Eric Grissell Pdf

Explores the biology, importance of, and methods of encouragement of bees, wasps, and ants found in a garden.

Author : Ian David Gauld,Barry Bolton
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015013582229

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The Hymenoptera by Ian David Gauld,Barry Bolton Pdf

Bees, ants, and solitary wasps are all members of the order Hymenoptera, an important group of insects that includes the sawflies, woodwasps, gallwasps, and parasitoids. This book provides the non-specialist and the professional zoologist with an introductory survey of the BritishHymenoptera. Drawing on the resources of the British Museum (Natural History) as well as their own wide experience, the editors present an account of each family: a diagnosis of the taxon; comments on the size and geographical distribution of the family; and a synopsis of the biology of the group. Key works forthe identification of British species are listed, and new keys are provided to the families and superfamilies represented in Britain. Introductory sections cover natural history, biology, evolution, classification, structure, and economic importance. Although the emphasis is on the 6500 recorded British species, the identification keys are relevant to the rest of western Europe and also largely to North America, whose species bear close resemblance to those in Britain at family and subfamily levels. An extensive bibliography is included.

Author : Hassan Ghahari,Gary Gibson,Gennaro Viggiani
Publisher : CABI
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781789248463

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Chalcidoidea of Iran by Hassan Ghahari,Gary Gibson,Gennaro Viggiani Pdf

The superfamily Chalcidoidea (Insecta, Hymenoptera) contains in excess of 26,000 described species worldwide, but with an estimated total diversity of more than 500,000 species the vast majority of species have yet to be discovered and described. Most chalcidoid species are parasitoids of hosts in at least 12 different insect orders, attacking the egg, larval or pupal stages, though phytophagy and other life cycles and hosts are known. Iran is the 18th largest country in the world and has a rich and diverse insect fauna, including Chalcidoidea. It is extremely interesting from a biogeographic point of view, and a paradise for an entomologist. This book summarizes the results of all prior research concerning species diversity of Iranian Chalcidoidea, including host records and distribution records by province in Iran as well as world distribution by country for 1,351 species of Chalcidoidea recorded from Iran through the end of 2019.

Author : Gary A. P. Gibson,John Theodore Huber,James Braden Woolley
Publisher : NRC Research Press
Page : 814 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Science
ISBN : 0660166690

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Annotated Keys to the Genera of Nearctic Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) by Gary A. P. Gibson,John Theodore Huber,James Braden Woolley Pdf

This publication presents illustrated keys to the 19 families and 706 described genera of Chalcidoidea known to occur in the Nearctic region (minimally America north of Mexico, but also including those areas of Mexico generally considered as having a Nearctic insect fauna). The first three chapters provide an introduction to this superfamily of wasps, most of whose members are parasites of other insects; a review of chalcidoid morphology as related to terms used in the keys & diagnoses; and an overview of the superfamily, including a 41 couplet key to families. Each of the remaining 19 chapters reviews one family & includes sections on recognition, systematics & relationships, biology, literature, an annotated key to the Nearctic genera, and for larger families an index to genera based on couplet number. Over 1,800 line drawings & electron micrographs illustrate the keys. Annotations include references to existing keys to species, estimated number of species, and known distribution & host range in the region.

Author : Neveen S. Gadallah,Hassan Ghahari,Scott Richard Shaw
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780323961127

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Braconidae of the Middle East (Hymenoptera) by Neveen S. Gadallah,Hassan Ghahari,Scott Richard Shaw Pdf

Braconidae of the Middle East (Hymenoptera): Taxonomy, Distribution, Biology, and Biocontrol Benefits of Parasitoid Wasps provides the latest and most comprehensive knowledge of parasitoid wasp species. The highest concentration of these species is native to, or found in, the Middle East. This book covers the distribution of these species across the Palearctic region and their widespread global benefits as natural biocontrol agents. Each chapter covers a braconid subfamily, providing introductory information on its biology and phylogeny, total number of species, global distribution, and how they can be used to control pests and invasive insect species. In addition, this book discusses the importance of integrated pest management, specifically how Braconidae can be used for one-time or repeated introduction to natural enemies in suppressing pest populations. Finally, each chapter offers an illustrative key for readers to visualize and identify each species. Offers braconid taxonomy, biology, phylogeny and host-parasitoid relationships Provides illustrated identification keys to visualize and identify each species Includes global distribution of braconids in other regions Discusses braconid benefits as natural biocontrol agents

Author : Chris Alice Kratzer
Publisher : Owlfly Publishing
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-08
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781737892717

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The Social Wasps of North America by Chris Alice Kratzer Pdf

With over 400 pages and 900 full-color illustrations, The Social Wasps of North America is the world's first complete illustrated field guide to all known species of social wasps from the high arctic of Greenland and Alaska to the tropical forests of Panama and Grenada. For beginners, experts, and everyone in-between, The Social Wasps of North America provides new insights about some of the world’s least popular beneficial insects, plus tips and tricks to avoid painful stings. This book includes detailed information about the ecology, evolution, taxonomy, anatomy, nest architecture, and conservation of social wasp species. To purchase this book in softcover format, visit our website at OwlflyLLC.com/publications.

Author : Ke-xin Zhao,Cornelis van Achterberg,Zai-fu Xu
Publisher : PenSoft Publishers LTD
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789546426567

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A revision of the Chinese Gasteruptiidae (Hymenoptera, Evanioidea) by Ke-xin Zhao,Cornelis van Achterberg,Zai-fu Xu Pdf

Gasteruptiidae Ashmead, 1900 (Hymenoptera: Evanioidea) is a worldwide distributed family, including two extant subfamilies Hyptiogastrinae and Gasteruptiinae and one extinct subfamily Kutujellitinae. There are approximately 500 extent species of this family are recorded in the world, with only 16 species in one genus are known from China. An extensive review of previously published literatures and previously unidentified specimens referred to Gasteruptiidae results in taxonomic revision of the family from China. This monograph includes identification of six new species and eight Chinese new record species, establishment of three new synonyms, and designation of three lectotypes. Descriptions and illustrations of the 28 valid Chinese species of the genus Gasteruption are provided and key to all Chinese species are made. The results of this monograph clarify some taxonomic confusion, richen the geographical distributions of Gasteruptiidae in China and provide facilities for further research in Chinese Gasteruptiidae.

Author : Robert E. Snodgrass
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1910
Category : Bees
ISBN : WISC:89098857683

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The Thorax of the Hymenoptera by Robert E. Snodgrass Pdf

Author : Norman F. Johnson
Publisher : PenSoft Publishers LTD
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2009-09-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789546425126

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Advances in the systematics of Hymenoptera. by Norman F. Johnson Pdf

This issue celebrates the 75th birthday ofÿ Dr. Lubom?r Masner, a source of knowledge, enthusiasm, and inspiration for systematic entomologists in all fields, but especially for students of Hymenoptera. His unflagging dedication to the study of the parasitoid wasps of the superfamilies Proctotrupoidea, Platygastroidea, and Ceraphronoidea has completely transformed our understanding of the richness and evolutionaryÿ history of these insects. His zeal and innovation in collecting have not only dramatically enhanced the basis for our understanding of hymenopteran diversity, but also contributed to the development of the Canadian National Collection of Insects into one of the premiere systematic entomology research institutions in the world. Twenty-six authors have contributed to this volume in 17 papers on the systematics of the families Braconidae, Ceraphronidae, Chalcididae, Eucharitidae, Eupelmidae, Eurytomidae, Figitidae, Mymaridae, Platygastridae, Vespidae, and Xiphydriidae. Six new genera and 33 new species are described, encompassing fossil material as well as species from the Neotropical, Afrotropical, Oriental, and Australasian regions. A short biography of Dr. Masner is accompanied by a bibliography of his scientific papers, a list of taxa he has described over 55 years of research, and a list of taxa named in his honor.