Publications

Fernández-Marín H. y Wcislo W.T. 2010. Hormigas cultivadoras de hongos. Investigación y Ciencia, 409: 12-13

Santos L.M., Tierney S.M. and Wcislo W.T. 2010. Nest Descriptions of Megalopta aegis (Vachal) and M. guimaraesi Santos & Silveira (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) from the Brazilian Cerrado. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 54: 332-334

Douglass J.K. and Wcislo W.T. 2010. An inexpensive and portable microvolumeter for rapid evaluation of biological samples. BioTechniques, 49: 566-572 doi: 10.2144/000113464

Smith A., Seid M.A., Jiménez L.C. and Wcislo W.T. 2010. Socially induced brain development in a facultatively eusocial sweat bee Megalopta genalis (Halictidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B., doi: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0269

Pérez-Ortéga B., Fernández-Marín H., Loiácono M.S., Galgani P. and Wcislo W.T. 2010. Biology notes on a fungus-growing ant, Trachymyrmex cf. zeteki (Hymenoptera, Fom,icidae, Attini) attacked by a diverse community of parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Diapriidae). Insectes Sociaux, 57: 317-322 doi: 10.1007/s00040-010-0086-1

Kanzaki N., Giblin-Davis R.M., Wcislo W.T., Zeng Y., Ye W., Center B.J., Esquivel A. and Thomas W.K. 2010. Acrostichus megaloptae n. sp. (Nematoda: Diplogastridae), a phoretic associate of Megalopta spp. (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) in Central America. Nematology, 12: 453-468 doi: 10.1163/138855409X12559479585089

Biani N.B., Mueller U.G. and Wcislo W.T. 2009. Cleaner mites: sanitary mutualism in the miniature ecosystem of neotropical bee nests. The American Naturalist 173: 841-847 doi: 10.1086/598497

Smith A.R., Kapheim K.M., O’Donnell S. and Wcislo W.T. 2009. Social competition but no subfertility leads to a division of labour in the facultatively social sweat bee Megalopta genalis (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Animal Behaviour, 78: 1043-1050 doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.06.032

Riveros A.J., Hernández E.J. and Wcislo W.T. 2009. Nesting biology and Euglossa dodsoni Moure (Hymenoptera: Euglossinae) in Panama. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 82: 210-214 doi: 10.2317-jkES808.15.1

Kapheim K.M., Pollinger J.O., Wcislo W.T. and Wayne R.K. 2009. Characterization of 12 polymorphic microsatellite markers for a facultatively eusocial sweat bee (Megalopta genalis). Molecular Ecology Resource, 9: 1527-1529 doi: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02693.x

Van Bael, S.A., Fernández-Marín H., Valencia M., Rojas E., Wcislo W.T. and Herre E.A. 2009. Two fungal symbioses collide: endophytic fungi are not welcome in leaf-cutting ant gardens. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 276: 2419-2426

Fernández-Marín H., Zimmerman J.K., Nash D.R., Boomsma J.J. and Wcislo W.T. 2009. Reduced biological control and enhanced chemical pest management in the evolution of fungus-farming in ants. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B., 276: 2263-2269 [erratum]

Wcislo W.T. and Tierney S.M. 2009. "Behavioural environments and niche construction: the evolution of dim-light foraging in bees." Biological Review 84(1): 19-37

Wcislo W.T. and Tierney S.M. 2009. "The evolution of communal behavior in bees and wasps: an alternative to eusociality." In Gadau, J., and Fewell, J. (Eds.),Organization of insect societies from genome to sociocomplexity: 148-169.Cambridge, Harvard University Press.

Fernandez-Marin, Hermogenes, Zimmerman, Jess K., Nash, David R., Boomsma, Jacobus J. Koos and Wcislo, William T. 2009. Reduced biological control and enhanced chemical pest management in the evolution of fungus farming in ants. Proceedings of the Royal Society (London) B, 276(1665): 2263-2269. doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.0184

Douglas, J. K., Tobin, W. F. and Wcislo, William T. 2009. Abstract: A portable microvolumeter for studies of invertebrate brain-body scaling. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 49(1): E-223.

Tierney S.M., Gonzalez-Ojeda T. and Wcislo W.T. 2008. Biology of a nocturnal bee, Megalopta atra (Hymenoptera: Augochlorini), from the Panamanian highlands. Journal of Natural History 47(27-28): 1841-1847.

Tierney S.M., Gonzalez-Ojeda T. and Wcislo W.T. 2008. Nesting biology and social behavior of Xenochlora bees (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Augochlorini) from Peru. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 81(1): 61-72.

Smith A.R., Wcislo W.T. and O’Donnell S. 2008. Body Size Shapes Caste Expression, and Cleptoparasitism Reduces Body Size in the Facultatively Eusocial Bees Megalopta (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Journal Insect Behavior 21: 394-406.

Frederiksen R., Wcislo W.T. and Warrant E.J. 2008. Visual reliability and information rate in the retina of a nocturnal bee. Current Biology 18(5): 349-353.

Biani N.B. and Wcislo W.T. 2007. Notes on the reproductive morphology of the parasitic bee Megalopta byroni (Hymenoptera: Halictidae), and a tentative new host record. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 80: 392-394.

Capaldi E.A., Flynn C.J. and Wcislo W.T. 2007. Sex ratio and nest observations of Euglossa hyacinthina (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 80: 395-399.

Theobald J.C., Coates M.M., Wcislo W.T. and Warrant E.J. 2007. Flight performance in night-flying sweat bees suffers at low light levels. Journal of Experimental Biology 210: 4034-4042.

Wcislo W.T. and Danforth B.N. 2007. Solitarios en segunda instancia: pérdida evolutiva del comportamiento social, pp. 259-268. In E.G. Leigh Jr., A. Herre, J.B.C. Jackson y F. Santos-Granero (Eds.). Ecología y Evolución en los Trópicos. Editora Novo Art, S.A.

Smith A.R, Wcislo W.T. and O'Donnell S. 2007. Survival and productivity benefits to social nesting in the sweat bee Megalopta genalis (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 61: 1111-1120.

Greiner B., Cronin T.W., Ribi W., Wcislo W.T. and Warrant E.J. 2007. Anatomical and physiological evidence for polarisation vision in the nocturnal bee Megalopta genalis. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 193: 591-600.

Fernández-Marín H., Zimmerman J.K. and Wcislo W.T. 2007. Fungus garden platforms improve hygiene during nest establishment in Acromyrmex ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Attini). Insectes Sociaux 54: 64-69.

Warrant E.J., Kelber A., Wallén R. and Wcislo W.T. 2006. Ocellar optics in nocturnal and diurnal bees and wasps. Arthropod Structure & Development 35: 293-305.

Wcislo W.T. and Gonzalez V.H. 2006. Social and ecological contexts of trophallaxis in facultatively social sweat bees, Megalopta genalis and M. ecuadoria (Hymenoptera, Halictidae). Insectes Sociaux 53: 220-225.

Theobald J.C., Greiner B., Wcislo W.T. and Warrant E.J. 2006. Visual summation in night-flying sweat bees: a theoretical study. Visual Research 46: 2298-2309.

Fernández-Marín H., Zimmerman J.K. and Wcislo W.T. 2006. Acanthopria and Mimopriella parasitoid wasps (Diapriidae) attack Cyphomyrmex fungus-growing ants (Formicidae, Attini). Naturwissenschaften 93(1): 17-21.

Kelber A., Warrant E., Pfaff M., Wallen R., Theobald J., Wcislo W.T. and Raguso R.A. 2006. Light intensity limits foraging activity in nocturnal and crepuscular bees. Behavioral Ecology 17(1): 63-72.

Fernández-Marín H., Zimmerman J.K. and Wcislo W.T. 2006. Acanthopria and Mimopriella parasitoid wasps (Diapriidae) attack Cyphomyrmex fungus-growing ants (Formicidae, Attini). Naturwissenschaften 93(1): 17-21

Fernández-Marín H., Zimmerman J.K., Rehner S.A. and Wcislo W.T. 2006. Active use of the metaplural glands by ants in controlling fungal infection. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 273: 1689-1695.

Cambra R.A, Gonzalez V.H and Wcislo W.T. 2005. Description of the male, host associations, and new distribution records for Lophostigma cincta (du Buysson) (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 107(1): 229-234

Wcislo W.T. 2005. Social labels: we should emphasize biology over terminology and not vice versa. Annales Zoologici Fennici 42(6): 565-568.

Fernández-Marín H. and Wcislo W.T. 2005. Production of minima workers by gynes of Atta colombica Guerin-Meneville (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Attini) that lack a fungal pellet. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 78(3): 290-292.

Fernández-Marín H., Zimmerman J.K., Wcislo W.T. and Rehner S.A. 2005. Colony foundation, nest architecture, and demography of a basal fungus-growing ant, Mycocepurus smithii (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 39(20): 1735-1743.

Wcislo W.T., Fernández-Marín H. and di Trani J.C.. 2004. Use of communal nests by male and female Trachypus petiolatus (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society (Suppl. Festschrift for Howard Evans) 77: 323-331.

Wcislo W.T., Gonzalez V.H. and Arneson L. 2004. A review of deviant phenotypes in bees in relation to brood parasitism, and a gynandromorph of Megalopta genalis (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Journal of Natural History 38: 1443-1457.

Wcislo W.T., Arneson L., Roesch K., Gonzalez V., Smith A. and Fernández H. 2004. The evolution of nocturnal behavior in sweat bees, Megalopta genalis and M. ecuadoria (Hymenoptera: Halictidae): an escape from competitors and enemies? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 83: 377-387. Erratum.

Warrant E.J., Kelber A., Gislen A., Greiner B., Ribi W. and Wcislo W.T. 2004. Nocturnal vision and landmark orientation in a tropical halictid bee. Current Biology 14: 1309-1318.

Greiner B., Ribi W.A., Wcislo W.T. and Warrant E.J. 2004. Neuronal organisation in the first optic ganglion of the nocturnal bee Megalopta genalis. Cell Tissue Research 318: 429-437.

Fernández-Marín H., Zimmerman J.K. and Wcislo W.T. 2004. Ecological traits and evolutionary sequence of nest establishment in fungus-growing ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Attini). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 81: 39-48.

Arneson L. and Wcislo W.T. 2003. Dominant-subordinate relationships in a facultatively social, nocturnal bee, Megalopta genalis (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76(2): 183-193.

Wcislo W.T., Gonzalez V. and Engel M.S. 2003. Nesting and social behavior of a wood-dwelling neotropical bee, Augochlora isthmii (Schawarz), and notes on a new species, A. alexanderi Engel (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76: 588-602.

Wcislo W.T. 2003. A male sleeping roost of a sweat bee, Augochlorella neglectula (Hymenoptera: Halictidae), in Panama. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76: 55-59.

Wcislo W.T. and Schatz B. 2003. Predator recognition and evasive behavior by sweat bees, Lasioglossum umbripenne (Hymenoptera: Halictidae), in response to predation by ants, Ectatomma ruidum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 53: 182-189.

Smith A.R., Wcislo W.T. and O'Donnell S. 2003. Assured fitness returns favor sociality in a mass-provisioning sweat bee, Megalopta genalis (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 54: 14-21.

Franz N.M. and Wcislo W.T. 2003. Foraging behavior in two species of Ectatomma (Formicidae: Ponerinae): individual learning of orientation and timing. Journal of Insect Behavior 16(3): 381-410.