Publications

Fernández-Marín H., Zimmerman J.K. and Wcislo W.T. 2003. Nest-founding in Acromyrmex octospinosus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Attini): demography and prophylactic behaviors. Insectes Sociaux 50: 304-308.

Falin Z.H., Arneson L.C. and Wcislo W.T. 2001. Night-flying sweat bees Megalopta genalis and Me. Acuadoria (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) as host of the Parasitoid beetle Macrosiagon gracilis (Coleoptera: Rhipiphoridae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 73(3): 183-185.

Wcislo W.T. 2000. Male territoriality and nesting behavior of Calliopsis hondurasicus Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 72(1): 91-98.

Wcislo W.T. 2000. Environmental hierarchy, behavioral contexts, and social evolution in insects, pp. 49-84. In Martins R.P., Lewinsohn T.M. and Barbeitos M.S. (Eds.). Ecologia e Comportamento de Insetos. Oecologia Brasiliensis (Suppl.) vol. 8. Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Danforth B.N. and Wcislo W.T. 1999. Two new and highly apomorphic species of the Lasioglossum subgenus Evylaeus (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) from Central America. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 92(5): 624-630.

Schatz B. and Wcislo W.T. 1999. Ambush predation by the ponerine ant Ectatomma ruidum Roger (Formicidae) on a sweat bee, Lasioglossum umbripenne (Halictidae), in Panama. Journal of Insect Behavior 12: 641-663.

Wcislo W.T. 1999. Transvestism hypothesis: a cross-sex source of morphological variation for the evolution of parasitism among sweat bees (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)? Annals of the Entomological Society of America 92: 239-242.

Wcislo W.T. 1998. Sexual dimorphism of wasp antennal structure in relation to parasitic and non-parasitic behavior (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 7(2): 178-181.

Wcislo W.T. and Danforth B.N. 1998. Reply from Wcislo W.T. and Danforth [correspondence]. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 13(5): 199.

Mueller U.G. and Wcislo W.T. 1998. Nesting biology of the fungus-growing ant Cyphomyrmex longiscapus Weber (Attini, Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux 45: 181-189.

Grajales G.G. and Wcislo W.T. 1998. Nest architecture of group-living wasps Microstigmus (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae): role of the pedicel as a defense against ants. Revista de Biología Tropical 46: 1141-1143.

Bermingham E., Coates A., Cruz G., Emmons L., Foster R.B., Leschen R., Seutin G., Thorn S., Wcislo W.T. and Werfel B. 1998. Geology and terrestrial flora and fauna of Cayos Cochinos, Honduras. Revista de Biología Tropical 6 (Suppl.): 15-37.

Wcislo W.T. and Danforth B.N. 1997. Secondary solitary: the evolutionary loss of social behavior. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 12(12): 468-474.

Wcislo W.T. 1997. Social terminology: what are words worth? [Correspondence]. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 12(4): 161.

Wcislo W.T. 1997. Invasion of nests of Lasioglossum imitatum by a social parasite, Paralictus asteris (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Ethology 103: 1-11.

Wcislo W.T. 1997. Social interactions and behavioral context in a largely solitary bee, Lasioglossum (Dialictus) figueresi (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Insectes Sociaux 44: 199-208.

Wcislo W.T. and Engel M.S. 1996. Social behavior and nest architecture of Nomiine bees (Hymenoptera: Halictide; Nomiinae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 69(4)Suppl.: 158-167.

Wcislo W.T. 1996. Parasitism rates in relation to nest site in bees and wasps (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Journal of Insect Behavior 9(4): 643-656.

Wcislo W.T. and Cane J.H. 1996. Floral resource utilization by solitary bee (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) and exploitation of their stored foods by natural enemies. Annual Review of Entomology 41: 257-286.

Wcislo W.T. 1996. Commentary: Solitary behavior in social bees. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 38: 235-236.

Wcislo W.T. and Buchmann S.L. 1995. Mating behaviour in the bees, Dieunomia heteropoda and Nomia tetrazonata, with a review of courtship in Nomiinae (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) Journal of Natural History 29: 1015-1027.

Wcislo W.T. 1995. Sensilla numbers and antennal morphology of parasitic and non-parasitic bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Internationl Journal of Insect Morphology and Embriology 24(1): 63-81.

Wcislo W.T. 1995. Queen number and sociality in insects by L. Keller. [Book Review]. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 88: 105.

Wcislo W.T. 1995. The ant and the peacock by H. Cronin. [Book Review]. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 88: 104.

Wcislo W.T. 1995. A false antithesis and evolutionary psychology. [Letter to the Editor]. Ethology and Sociobiology 16:343-344.

Wcislo W.T. and West-Eberhard M.J. 1995. Nourishment and Evolution in Insect Societies edited by J.H. Hunt and C.A. Nalepa. [Book review]. Quarterly Review of Biology 70: 226.

Wcislo W.T., Minckley R.L., Leschen R. A.B. and Reyes S. 1994. Rates of parasitism by natural enemies of a solitary bee, Dieunomia triangulifera (Hymenoptera, Coleoptera ans Diptera) in relation to phenologies. Sociobiology 23(3): 265-273.

Wcislo W.T. 1994. Why bother with behavior?. Host-plant selection by phytophagus insects. By Bernays E.A. and Chapman R.F. [Book Review]. Journal of Insect Behavior 7(6): 891-893.

Wcislo W.T., Danforth B.N. and Mueller U.G. 1994. In memoriam George Campbell Eickwort (1949-1994). Insectes Sociaux 41: 461-463.

Minckley R.L., Wcislo W.T., Yanega D. and Buchmann S.L. 1994. Behavior and phenology of a specialist bee (Dieunomia) and sunflower (Helianthus) pollen availability. Ecology 75: 1406-1419.

Bernays E.A. and Wcislo W.T. 1994. Sensory capabilities, information processing, and resource specialization. The Quarterly Review of Biology 69: 187-204.

Wcislo W.T. 1993. Reproductive behavior of insects: individuals and populations. By Bailey W.J. and Ridsdill-Smith J. (eds.) [Book Review]. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 86(2): 215-216.

Wcislo W.T., Wille A. and Orozco E. 1993. Nesting biology of tropical solitary and social sweat bees, Lasioglossum (Dialictus) figueresi Wcislo and Lasioglossum (D.) aeneiventre (Friese). Insectes Sociaux 40: 21-40.

Wcislo W.T. 1993. Communal nesting in a north american pearly-banded bee, Nomia tetrazonata, with notes on nesting behavior of Dieunomia heteropoda (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Nomiinae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 86(6): 813-821.

Wcislo W.T. 1992. Nest localization and recognition in a solitary bee, Lasioglossum (Dialictus) figueresi Wcislo (Hymenoptera: Halictidae), in relation to sociality. Ethology 92: 108-123.

Low B.S. and Wcislo W.T. 1992. Male foretibial plates and mating in Crabro cribrellifer (Packard)(Hymenoptera: Sphecidae), with a survey of expanded male forelegs in apoidea. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 85(2): 219-223.

Wcislo W.T., Minckley R.L. and Spanger H.C. 1992. Pre-copulatory courtship behavior in a solitary bee Nomia triangulifera Vachal (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Apidologie 23: 431-442.

Wcislo W.T. 1992. The long march of history. Phylogeny, ecology, and behavior. A research program in comparative biology. By Brooks D.R. and McLennan D.A. [Book Review]. Journal of Insect Behavior 5(1): 141-145.

Wcislo W.T. 1992. Attraction and learning in mate-finding by solitary bees, Lasioglossum (Dialictus) figueresi Wcislo and Nomia triangulifera Vachal (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 31: 139-148.

Minckley R.L., Buchmann S.L. and Wcislo W.T. 1991. Bioassay evidence for a sex attractant pheromone in the large carpenter bee, Xylocopa varipuncta (Anthophoridae: Hymenoptera). Journal of Zoology 224: 285-291.

Wcislo W.T. 1991. Reproductive behavior of insects: individuals and populations by W.J. Bailey and J. Ridsdill-Smith [Book Review]. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 86(2): 213-214.

Wcislo W.T. 1990. Parasitic and courtship behavior of Phalacrotopora halictorum (Diptera: Phoridae) at a nesting site of Lasioglossum figueresi (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Revista de Biología Tropical 38(2A): 205-209

Wcislo W.T. 1990. A new species of Lasioglossum from Costa Rica (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 63(3): 450-453

Wcislo W.T. and Eberhard W.G. 1989. Club fights in the weevil Macromeerus bicinctus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 62(4): 421-429.

Wcislo W.T. 1989. Behavioral environments and evolutionary change. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 20: 137-169.

Wcislo W.T., West-Eberhard M.J. and Eberhard W.G. 1988. Natural history and behavior of aa primitively social wasp, Auplopus semialatus, and its parasite, Irenangelus eberhardi (Hymenoptera). Journal of Inssect Behavior 1(3): 247-260.

Wcislo W.T. 1988. Latitudinal distribution of obligate parasitic behavior in bees, wasps, and ants. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 61(3): 360.

Wcislo W.T. 1987. The roles of learning in the mating biology of a sweat bee Lasioglossum zephyrum (Hymenoptera: Halictida). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 20: 179-185.

Wcislo W.T. 1987. The roles of seasonality, host synchrony, and behaviour in the evolutions and distributions of nest parasites in Hymenoptera (Insecta), with special reference to bees (Apoidea). Biological Reviews (Cambridge) 62(4): 515-543.

Wcislo W.T. 1986. Host nest discrimination by a cleptoparasitic fly, Metopia campestris (Fallen) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae: Miltogramminae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 59(1): 82-88. Erratum