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Pollination service provided by honey bees to buzz-pollinated crops in the Neotropics by Rocha, Franklin H, Peraza, Daniel N, Medina, Salvador, Quezada-Euán, José Javier G

“…Generalist honey bees grant significant pollination services worldwide. Although honey bees can provide compensatory pollination services, their service to…”
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Cohabitation with aggressive hosts: description of a new microhisterid species in nests of a ponerine ant with ecological notes by Pérez-Lachaud, Gabriela, Degallier, Nicolas, Gomy, Yves, Elías-Gutiérrez, Manuel, Rocha, Franklin H., Lachaud, Jean-Paul

“…A new clown beetle species, Bacanius neoponerae , is described from Mexican nests of the arboreal ponerine ant Neoponera villosa found in the tank bromeliad…”
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First Record of the Elusive Ant Parasitoid Horismenus floridensis (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in Mexico and New Association with an Ant Host by Pérez-Lachaud, Gabriela, Rocha, Franklin H., Lachaud, Jean-Paul

“…Most eulophid wasps are primary parasitoids, mainly of endophytic insect larvae (Diptera, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera, Hemiptera, and Thysanoptera),…”
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Fine-tuned intruder discrimination favors ant parasitoidism by Pérez-Lachaud, Gabriela, Rocha, Franklin H, Valle-Mora, Javier, Hénaut, Yann, Lachaud, Jean-Paul

“…A diversity of arthropods (myrmecophiles) thrives within ant nests, many of them unmolested though some, such as the specialized Eucharitidae parasitoids, may…”
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A new ant-butterfly symbiosis in the forest canopy fills an evolutionary gap by Pérez-Lachaud, Gabriela, Rocha, Franklin H., Pozo, Carmen, Kaminski, Lucas A., Seraphim, Noemy, Lachaud, Jean-Paul

“…Myrmecophilous butterflies can establish complex symbiotic relationships with ants. A caterpillar wandering among the brood of the aggressive ponerine ant…”
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Nest Site Selection during Colony Relocation in Yucatan Peninsula Populations of the Ponerine Ants Neoponera villosa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by Rocha, Franklin H, Lachaud, Jean-Paul, Hénaut, Yann, Pozo, Carmen, Pérez-Lachaud, Gabriela

“…In the Yucatan Peninsula, the ponerine ant nests almost exclusively in tank bromeliads, In this study, we aimed to determine the factors influencing nest site…”
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A Neoponera villosa (Fabricius, 1804) Worker Pupa with too Many Legs (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by Pérez-Lachaud, Gabriela, Rocha, Franklin H., Lachaud, Jean-Paul

“…Several somatic and sexual anomalies such as gynandromorphism and other morphological malformations have been described in ants, but cases of supernumerary…”
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‘Ataulfo’ Mango Flowers Contain a Diversity of Thrips (Thysanoptera) by Rocha, Franklin H, Infante, Francisco, Quilantán, Juan, Goldarazena, Arturo, Funderburk, Joe E

“…‘Ataulfo’ mango (Mangifera indica L.) is the most popular cultivar of mango to have originated in Mexico. Because of its relatively recent discovery, few…”
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Fine Individual Specialization and Elitism among Workers of the Ant Ectatomma tuberculatum for a Highly Specific Task: Intruder Removal by Rocha, Franklin H, Lachaud, Jean‐Paul, Valle‐Mora, Javier, Pérez‐Lachaud, Gabriela, Zeh, D

“…Insect societies are characterized by a relatively sophisticated division of labor; they form tightly knit groups that must effectively exclude non‐members…”
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Natural Enemies of the Frankliniella Complex Species (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in Ataulfo Mango Agroecosystems by Rocha, Franklin H, Infante, Francisco, Castillo, Alfredo, Ibarra-Nuñez, Guillermo, Goldarazena, Arturo, Funderburk, Joe E

“…A field survey was conducted in Ataulfo mango (Mangifera indica L.) orchards in Chiapas, Mexico, with the objective of determining the natural enemies of the…”
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Fine I ndividual S pecialization and E litism among W orkers of the A nt E ctatomma tuberculatum for a H ighly S pecific T ask: I ntruder R emoval by Rocha, Franklin H., Lachaud, Jean‐Paul, Valle‐Mora, Javier, Pérez‐Lachaud, Gabriela

“…Insect societies are characterized by a relatively sophisticated division of labor; they form tightly knit groups that must effectively exclude non‐members…”
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'ATAULFO' MANGO FLOWERS CONTAIN A DIVERSITY OF THRIPS (THYSANOPTERA) by Rocha, Franklin H, Infante, Francisco, Quilantán, Juan, Goldarazena, Arturo, Funderburk, Joe E

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