Ayrton Vollet-Neto

Stingless Bee Larvae Require Fungal Steroid to Pupate

Camila Raquel Paludo, Cristiano Menezes, Eduardo A. Silva-Junior et al. · Scientific Reports · 2018 · 151 citations · Full text

A Brazilian Social Bee Must Cultivate Fungus to Survive

Cristiano Menezes, Ayrton Vollet-Neto, Anita J. Marsaioli et al. · Current Biology · 2015 · 136 citations · Full text

Biology, Entomology, Fungal Biology +3

Repeated evolution of soldier sub-castes suggests parasitism drives social complexity in stingless bees

Christoph Grüter, Francisca H. I. D. Segers, Cristiano Menezes et al. · Nature Communications · 2017 · 117 citations · Full text

Consumption of the neonicotinoid thiamethoxam during the larval stage affects the survival and development of the stingless bee, Scaptotrigona aff. depilis

Annelise de Souza Rosa, Juliana Stephanie Galaschi Teixeira, Ayrton Vollet-Neto et al. · Apidologie · 2016 · 56 citations · Full text

Biology, Allergy, Pesticide Resistance +8

An advance in the in vitro rearing of stingless bee queens

Cristiano Menezes, Ayrton Vollet-Neto, Vera Lúcia Imperatriz-Fonseca · Apidologie · 2013 · 51 citations · Full text

Biology, Natural Sciences, Evolutionary Biology +6