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Rita Cervo is affiliated with the University of Florence in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions to biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The subfields of their work include ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, insect science, genetics, developmental biology, and health, toxicology and mutagenesis.

The scientist's research topics cover various aspects of insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, plant and animal studies, insect and pesticide research, animal behavior and reproduction, insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, entomopathogenic microorganisms in pest control, and bat biology and ecology studies.

Rita Cervo has contributed papers such as:

  • Biopesticides and insect pollinators: Detrimental effects, outdated guidelines, and future directions (2022) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Gut microbial composition in different castes and developmental stages of the invasive hornet Vespa velutina nigrithorax (2020) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Hornets and Honey Bees: A Coevolutionary Arms Race between Ancient Adaptations and New Invasive Threats (2021) published in Insects
  • Exposure to a biopesticide interferes with sucrose responsiveness and learning in honey bees (2020) published in Scientific Reports
  • Increased immunocompetence and network centrality of allogroomer workers suggest a link between individual and social immunity in honeybees (2020) published in Scientific Reports

The most frequent publication venues for this researcher include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment (3 publications)
  • Scientific Reports (3 publications)
  • Insects (2 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (2 publications)
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (1 publication)

Frequent co-authors are:

  • Federico Cappa (14 collaborations)
  • Alessandro Cini (12 collaborations)
  • David Baracchi (5 collaborations)
  • Livia De Fazi (4 collaborations)
  • Seirian Sumner (3 collaborations)

Best Publications

  • Unrelated helpers in a social insect.

    David C. Queller;Francesca Zacchi;Rita Cervo;Stefano Turillazzi

  • Polistes dominulus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) invading North America: some hypotheses for its rapid spread

    R. Cervo;F. Zacchi;S. Turillazzi

  • Polistes wasps and their social parasites: an overview

    Rita Cervo

  • An overview on the natural enemies of Rhynchophorus palm weevils, with focus on R. ferrugineus

    Giuseppe Mazza;Valeria Francardi;Sauro Simoni;Claudia Benvenuti

  • Genetic relatedness in primitively eusocial wasps

    Joan E. Strassmann;Colin R. Hughes;David C. Queller;Stefano Turillazzi

  • On status badges and quality signals in the paper wasp Polistes dominulus: body size, facial colour patterns and hierarchical rank

    R Cervo;L Dapporto;L Beani;J.E Strassmann

  • PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS AMONG PAPER WASP SOCIAL PARASITES AND THEIR HOSTS (HYMENOPTERA: VESPIDAE; POLISTINAE)

    James M. Carpenter;Joan E. Strassmann;Stefano Turillazzi;Colin R. Hughes

  • Recognition of social parasites as nest-mates: adoption of colony-specific host cuticular odours by the paper wasp parasite Polistes sulcifer

    Matthew F. Sledge;Francesca R. Dani;Rita Cervo;Leonardo Dapporto

  • Social hackers: integration in the host chemical recognition system by a paper wasp social parasite.

    S. Turillazzi;M. F. Sledge;F. R. Dani;R. Cervo

  • Biopesticides and insect pollinators: Detrimental effects, outdated guidelines, and future directions

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  • SOCIAL PARASITES IN POLISTINE WASPS ARE MONOPHYLETIC : IMPLICATIONS FOR SYMPATRIC SPECIATION

    Madhusudan Choudhary;Joan E. Strassmann;David C. Queller;Stefano Turillazzi

  • Competition between the native and the introduced hornets Vespa crabro and Vespa velutina: A comparison of potentially relevant life-history traits

    Alessandro Cini;Federico Cappa;Iacopo Petrocelli;Irene Pepiciello

  • Invasion of the Nest of Polistes dominulus by the Social Parasite Sulcopolistes sulcifer (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)1

    S. Turillazzi;R. Cervo;I. Cavallari

  • The Cost of Queen Loss in the Social Wasp Polistes dominulus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

    Joan E. Strassmann;Angelo Fortunato;Rita Cervo;Stefano Turillazzi

  • A quantitative threshold for nest-mate recognition in a paper social wasp

    Alessandro Cini;Letizia Gioli;Rita Cervo

  • Nonaggressive usurpation of the nest of Polistes biglumis bimaculatus by the social parasite Sulcopolistes atrimandibularis (Hymenoptera Vespidae)

    R. Cervo;M. C. Lorenzi;S. Turillazzi

  • Gut microbial composition in different castes and developmental stages of the invasive hornet Vespa velutina nigrithorax.

    Alessandro Cini;Niccolò Meriggi;Giovanni Bacci;Federico Cappa

  • Dynamics of chemical mimicry in the social parasite wasp Polistes semenowi (Hymenoptera: Vespidae).

    M. C. Lorenzi;R. Cervo;F. Zacchi;S. Turillazzi

  • Evidence of immunocompetence reduction induced by cadmium exposure in honey bees (Apis mellifera)

    P. Polykretis;G. Delfino;I. Petrocelli;R. Cervo

  • High Varroa mite abundance influences chemical profiles of worker bees and mite-host preferences

    R. Cervo;C. Bruschini;F. Cappa;S. Meconcelli

  • Nest exchange experiments in Polistes gallicus (L.) (Hymenoptera Vespidae).

    R. Cervo;S. Turillazzi

  • Alien insects in Italy: comparing patterns from the regional to European level.

    Alberto F. Inghilesi;Giuseppe Mazza;Rita Cervo;Francesca Gherardi

  • Antimicrobial activity of the red palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus

    Giuseppe Mazza;Vincenzo Arizza;David Baracchi;Gian Paolo Barzanti

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefano Turillazzi
Stefano Turillazzi University of Florence
Francesca Romana Dani
Francesca Romana Dani University of Florence
Joan E. Strassmann
Joan E. Strassmann Washington University in St. Louis
Leonardo Dapporto
Leonardo Dapporto University of Florence
David C. Queller
David C. Queller Washington University in St. Louis
Patrizia d'Ettorre
Patrizia d'Ettorre Paris 13 University
Elena Tricarico
Elena Tricarico University of Florence
Francesca Gherardi
Francesca Gherardi University of Florence
Mark E. Hauber
Mark E. Hauber Queens College, CUNY
Daniele Daffonchio
Daniele Daffonchio King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

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