Identification of Hymenoptera (wasps, bees, ants)

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16.01.2015 13:19, TimK

91, 92, 94-98 - D. Novelties-Begichevo, Serpukhovsky district, Moscow region
93-Vicinity of the village. Gorki-10, Odintsovo district, Moscow region
99-Egypt, Hurghada, Stella Makadi Beach Resort 5*
100-Moscow, Butovsky Forest Park

95. Most likely Formica polyctena.

97. I think Vespula vulgaris

Thank you, Alexander!
Can different species feed the same aphid?
The fact is that both pictures with one spider in the same place were taken.

P.S. I found another picture from the same series. With such a notch on the F. exsecta pull?

With such a recess on the back of the head, it will pull quite well, but in this photo I do not see any distant hairs on the first three segments of the abdomen. F. exsecta should have both. If these images were taken in the same place, then probably both images are of the same species - F. exsecta.
Now about the right-hand image of the previous series.
Ants of different species can easily get into the same web, but I don't think they can graze the same aphid colony. I've never seen anything like it. "Their" aphid colony is protected by ants. Maybe, of course, I made a mistake with the sanguinium, but only the sanguinium has such recesses on the lower edge of the platypus among the forms. Or does it just seem like a notch? Comparing the oval of the plate sticking out from under the platfold and the platfold itself, I came to the conclusion that the notch is just in the middle of the lower edge of the platfold. The conclusion is sanguine.

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19.01.2015 13:38, TimK

I am not an ant expert at all, but it seemed to me that F. sanguinea was at the stage of transition to "slave ownership". In their nests, "slaves" of other species are not uncommon. But the owners themselves have not yet lost their skills. And it is quite possible to work together in two ways. Or am I being stupid?

You're absolutely right. This probability is allowed. But in this particular case, the second species is Formica exsecta from the subgenus captoformica. It is unlikely that captoformics are "slaves" to sanguineians. Usually, the "slaves" of sanguiniae are ants from the subgenus serviformica. Or the Sanguinii do without slaves at all. In nature, too, I have never met that the "slaves" of sanguines or Amazons were kaptoformiki.
And from my experience of keeping ants at home, I can say the following:
Kaptoformiki are too aggressive and do not make friends with other "slaves" and young "masters" in the common family. If young captoformics appear from the cocoons captured by slave owners, they are often immediately killed either by the owners themselves or by the master's "slaves"- serviformics. If there are a lot of captoformers in the family of slaveholders (if they do not have time to kill them), then the opposite reaction occurs. Captoformic "slaves" begin to kill young masters and serviformic "slaves"emerging from captured cocoons. They usually kill young people. But adults are also periodically chased by grabbing their paws and antennae. I think it's the smell. Apparently, the smell of kaptoformiki differs from the "classic" smell of"ordinary slaves" -serviformiki.
By the way, female serviformics start their own families. Sanguiniae and captoformes - parasitically (sanguiniae can also be divided into families). So, in the initial period of family development, kaptoformiki are also slave owners. In a way.

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22.01.2015 17:30, Penzyak

Eurasian Symposium on Hymenopteran Insects

(III Symposium of the CIS countries)

First newsletter

Dear colleague,

The Third Symposium of the CIS Countries on Hymenopteran Insects scheduled for May 2014 in Kiev was not held for all known reasons. Therefore, the initiative group of the Russian Entomological Society decided to hold this Symposium in Nizhny Novgorod on the basis of the Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod in September 2015. Plenary and sectional (oral and poster) reports on all aspects of the study of the order Hymenoptera are planned at the Symposium.

Organizing Committee

Chairman-Doctor of Biological Sciences S. A. Belokobylsky

Deputy Chairman-Candidate of Biological Sciences V. A. Zryanin

Secretary-Candidate of Biological Sciences M. V. Mokrousov

V. G. Radchenko, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor A. P. Rasnitsyn, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor M. D. Zerova, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor A. S. Lelei, Doctor of Biological Sciences A. A. Zakharov, Doctor of Biological Sciences V. E. Gokhman

Section topics:

1. Morphology and taxonomy

2. Paleontology and phylogenetics

3. Faunistics and zoogeography

4. Biochemistry, genetics, cytology

5. Ecology, physiology, behavior

6. Breeding and practical significance

7. Social insects

The number, title and volume of sections can be changed depending on the number and subject of reports. The Organizing Committee reserves the right to reject applications that do not correspond to the topic of the Symposium or have a low scientific level.

Duration of presentations: plenary sessions – 30 minutes, breakout sessions – 15 minutes.

The working languages are Russian and English. The amount of the registration fee for participants of the Symposium will be indicated in the second information letter. By the beginning of the Symposium, a collection of abstracts will be published, which will also include abstracts already accepted by the Organizing Committee and sent to Kiev. As a result of the Symposium, it is planned to publish materials in a separate collection of REO Proceedings.

Excursions to the biostation of Nizhny Novgorod State University, the Kerzhensky Nature Reserve, and historical sites of Nizhny Novgorod can be organized for those who wish.

If you would like to participate in the Symposium, please provide the following information before February 1, 2015::

1. Last name, first name, patronymic (in full).

2. Full place of work with the address.

3. Current position.

4. Academic degree, academic title.

5. Preliminary title of the report (required for forming sections).

6. Contact address (business and/or home), phone number, and e - mail address required.

7. Participation form (report, poster).

8. The need to book a hotel.

Please inform your colleagues about the Symposium and send your questions and suggestions to the Organizing Committee at: 23 Gagarin Avenue, UNN Building 1, Faculty of Biology, Department of Zoology, 603950, Russia; tel. (831) 462-32-05; fax (831) 462-32-02; e-mail address: zryanin@list.ru.

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