INDEX OF THE VOLUME XC

REVIEW

MILLAR J.G. – Insect pheromones for Integrated Pest Management: promise

versus reality pag. 51

XII NATIONAL MEETING OF A.I.S.A.S.P.

FLORIS I., SATTA A. – Preface. pag. 59

VERDINELLI M., SASSU A., MOLINU A., FOIS X. – An updated list of

Sardinia’s ants (Hymenoptera Formicidae). pag. 61

CASTRACANI C., PIOTTI A., GRASSO D.A., LE MOLI F., MORI A. – Ant

fauna as ecological indicator in Italian agro-ecosystems. pag. 67

SOLIDA L., GRASSO D.A., CELANT A., FANFANI A., MORI A., LE MOLI F.

Foraging activity in two species of Messor harvester ants: preliminary data on

size-matching and diet breadth. pag. 71

TAMARRI V., CASTRACANI C., GRASSO D.A., MORI A., LE MOLI F. –

Preliminary observations on the alarm behaviour of two sympatric species of

the genus Formica (Hymenoptera Formicidae). pag. 75

PEDRONI E., MAISTRELLO L. – Search for food and scout termites in

Reticulitermes lucifugus Rossi (Isoptera Rhinotermitidae). pag. 79

NAZZI F., MILANI N. – Chemical interactions between Apis mellifera L.

and Varroa destructor Anderson & Trueman, from the biological knowledge

to the prospects for the control. pag. 83

RUIU L., FLORIS I., SATTA A., FOIS X. – Susceptibility of the honeybee

(Apis mellifera L.) to entomopathogenic bacterial toxins used for the biological

control. pag. 87

AUPINEL P., MEDRZYCKI P., FORTINI D., MICHAUD B., TASEI J.N.,

ODOUX J.F. – A new larval in vitro rearing method to test effects of pesticides

on honey bee brood. pag. 91

PALMIERI N., T ESORIERO D., K ADOKAWA M., M EDRZYCKI P.,

S ABATINI A.G., PORRINI C. - Investigation on the botanical origin of pollen from

the body surface and the hind legs of foraging honeybees in relation to its utility

for the environmental monitoring. pag. 95

DANUSO F., BARBATTINI R., BERNARDINELLI I., D’AGARO M.,

DEL PICCOLO F., MEDRZYCKI P., SABATINI A.G., SGOLASTRA F.,

MANCA M., FLORIS I. – ApiPop: an integrated model for honey- bee population

dynamics and hive management. pag. 101

FLORIS I., SATTA A., RUIU L., BUFFA F. – Searching for the origin of Sardinian

honeybees. Morphometric comparison between samples from Sardinia and

Northern Tunisia. pag. 105

MAZZEO G., LONGO S., SEMINARA A., BELLA S., FERRAUTO G. –

Preliminary observations on anthophilous insects and foraging behaviour of

Apis mellifera L. in a protected area of the Etna Park. pag. 109

MASSIDDA A., TRADORI M., FIORI G., CHESSA G. – Honey bees as bioindicators

of environmental contamination in the industrial and mining area of

Sulcis-Inglesiente-Sardinia. pag. 115

MAISTRELLO L., RUFFINI S., MICCIARELLI SBRENNA A., SBRENNA G. –

Behavioural patterns of Bombus terrestris L. (Hymenoptera Apidae) workers in

captive colonies ..pag. 121

MANINO A., PATETTA A., PORPORATO M., QUARANTA M., INTOPPA F.,

PIAZZA M.G., FRILLI F. – Bumblebee (Bombus Latreille, 1802) distribution in

high mountains and global warming. pag. 125

SATTA A., FLORIS I., RUIU L., PALMIERI N. – Trap-nesting of some

Megachilidae bees (Hym. Apoidea) in the North-West of Sardinia (Italy). pag.131

PALMERI V., CAMPOLO O., GRANDE S.B. – Bioethology of Chalicodoma

parietina (Geoffroy (Hymenoptera Megachilidae) in Calabria. pag. 135

BARACCHI D., TURILLAZZI S., CERVO R. – Preliminary investigation on

Polistes dominulus workers’ (Hymenoptera Vespidae) spatial distribution on the

nest in relation to immature brood position. pag. 139

BRUSCHINI C., CERVO R., SPADOLINI N., TURILLAZZI S. – Size difference in

venom gland reservoir and preliminary results of venom volatiles composition of

alpha and beta foundresses in Polistes dominulus (Christ) (Hymenoptera Vespidae).

pag. 143

LAMBARDI D., TEMPESTINI A., CAVALLINI V., TURILLAZZI S. – Defence from

entomopathogens in the paper wasp Polistes dominulus (Christ, 1791): preliminary

data pag. 147

ORTOLANI I., ZECHINI L., CERVO R. – Nest reconquest by Polistes dominulus

(Christ) (Hymenoptera Vespidae) foundresses of different size after social parasite

nest usurpation. pag. 151

MANFREDINI F., GIUSTI F., BEANI L., DALLAI R. – Preliminary data on the

cellular response of Polistes immatures (Hymenoptera Vespidae), hosts of the

endoparasite Xenos vesparum (Strepsiptera Stylopidae). pag. 155

BEANI L., MASSOLO A. – Polistes dominulus wasps (Hymenoptera Vespidae),

if parasitized by Xenos vesparum (Strepsiptera Stylopidae), wander among nests

during the pre-emergence phase pag. 161

SBRENNA G. – Antonio Springhetti (1923-1995). An Italian termitologist. pag. 165

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