The aculeate wasps are one of the most diverse and speciose insect taxa; they are
omnipresent across ecosystems and exhibit diverse co‐evolutionary and exploitative …

In environments undergoing constant transformation due to human action, such as
deforestation and urbanization, the emergence of pests has become a challenge for …

Risk assessments of agrochemicals on non-target insects are biased in studies with
surrogate groups, such as pollinators. In social insects, such investigations are generally …

Although the tomato leafminer T. absoluta is a native pest to South America, it invaded many
countries in center and north Europe and North Africa. Moreover, it has become an …

Abstract 1 Natural enemy conservation is known to be affected by ecological processes that
range from local to landscape scales. At the farm scale, there are cropped and noncropped …

Brazil stands out for its coffee plantations for which the 2015 harvest yielded a revenue of
over 600 million dollars. Its production is closely related to biotic and abiotic factors, and …

The forest fragmentation is caused by natural or anthropic actions, which affect negatively
the biota and the environmental services rendered by biological diversity. However, there is …

Crotalaria pallida (Fabaceae) is a pantropical plant with extrafloral nectaries (EFNs) near the
reproductive structures. EFN-visiting ants attack and remove arctiid moth Utetheisa ornatrix …

The evolution of eusociality among the Hymenoptera is related to the development of
colonies with big populations, which in turn presented these social insects with the need for …

The occurrence of Mischocyttarus consimilis Zikán, Mischocyttarus ignotus Zikán,
Mischocyttarus nomurae Richards and Mischocyttarus paraguayensis Zikán for the state of …