Prof. Francesco Andrietti
Department of Biology
University of Milan, Italy
Professor
Email: francesco.andrietti@unimi.it
Qualifications
2009 Contract Professor in History and Philosophy of Sciences
1990 Associate Professor in Comparative Physiology, Behaviour, History of Biology
1982 Associate Professor in General Physiology
Publications (Selected)
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ANDRIETTI, F., POLIDORI, C. Carrying unbalanced weights in hovering flights: effect of prey position on load maximization in wasps. In corso di stampa in L.V. Berhardt Ed., “Advances in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 33”, Hauppage, New York: Nova Publisher, pp. 75-98.
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ANDRIETTI, F. (2011). The art of managing weapons: the stinging behaviour of solitary wasps in the eyes of past, present and future research. In “Predation in the Hymenoptera: an evolutionary perspective (C. Polidori Ed.)”, pp. 123-198, SIGNPOST PUBLISHING.
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POLIDORI, C.,GOBBI, M., CHATENOUD, L., SANTORO, D., MONTANI, O., ANDRIETTI, F. (2010). Taxon-biased diet preference in the “generalist” beetle-hunting wasp Cerceris rubida provides insights on the evolution of prey specialization in apoid wasps. BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, vol. 99, pp. 544-558.
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POLIDORI, C., BEVACQUA, S., ANDRIETTI, F. (2010). Do digger wasps time their provisioning activity to avoid cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera:Crabronidae and Chrysididae)? ACTA ETHOLOGICA,vol. 13(1), pp. 11-21.
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ANDRIETTI, F. (2010). Saggio introduttivo e note biologiche a “Bonaventura Corti: il giornale degli animaluzzi”(a cura di M.T. Monti), L.S. OLSCHKI, Firenze.
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ANDRIETTI, F., GENERALI, D. (2009). Storia e storiografia della scienza: il caso della sistematica, 3a ed.( 1a ed. 2002, 2a ed. 2005). F. ANGELI, Milano, pp. 127-211. \
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POLIDORI, C., BORRUSO, L., BOESI, R., ANDRIETTI, F. (2009). Segregation of temporal and spatial distribution between kleptoparasites and parasitoids of the eusocial sweat bee, Lasioglossum malachurum (Hymenoptera: Halictidae, Mutillidae). ENTOMOLOGICAL SCIENCE. vol. 12, pp. 116-129.
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POLIDORI, C., BOESI, R., RUZ, L., MONTALVA, J., ANDRIETTI, F. (2009). Prey spectrum and predator-prey relationships of the solitary wasp, Trachypus denticollis, in central Chile (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae). STUDIES IN NEOTROPICAL FAUNA AND ENVIRONMENT. vol. 44(1), pp. 55-60.
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POLIDORI, C., OUADRAGOU, M., GADALLAH, N.S., ANDRIETTI, F. Potential role of evasive flights and nest closures in an African sand wasp, Bembix sp. near capensis Lepeletier 1845 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae), against a parasitic satellite fly. (2009). TROPICAL ZOOLOGY. vol. 22, pp. 1-14.
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BOESI, R., POLIDORI, C., ANDRIETTI, F. Biology of Lasioglossum (L.) majus (Hymenoptera: Halictidae), a largely solitary sweat bee with behavioural adaptations to communality. (2009). JOURNAL OF ETHOLOGY. vol. 27, pp. 361-367.
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POLIDORI, C., FEDERICI, M., TROMBINO, L., BARBERINI, V., BARBIERI, V., ANDRIETTI, F. Weight, volume and unbalancing: loading constrains of mud dauber wasps carrying mud balls. (2009). JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, pp. 1-8.
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BOESI, R., POLIDORI, C., ANDRIETTI, F. Searching for the Right Target: Oviposition and Feeding Behavior in Bombylius Bee Flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae). (2009). ZOOLOGICAL STUDIES. vol. 48(2), pp. 141-150.
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ANDRIETTI, F., CASIRAGHI, M., MARTINOLI, A., POLIDORI, C., MONTRESOR, C. Nesting habits of two spider wasps: Anoplius infuscatus and Episyron sp. (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), with a review of the literature. (2008). ANNALS OF THE SOCIETY OF ENTOMOLOFY OF FRANCE. vol. 44(1), pp. 93-111.
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POLIDORI, C., MENDIOLA, P., ASIS, J.D., TORMOS, J., SELFA, J., ANDRIETTI, F. Female-female attraction influences nest establishment in the digger wasp Stizus continuus (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae). (2008). ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR. vol. 75, pp. 1651-1661.
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BOESI R, POLIDORI C, GAYUBO S.F, TORMOS J, ASIS J.D, ANDRIETTI F. (2007). NESTING BIOLOGY, MORPHOLOGICAL REMARKS, AND DESCRIPTION OF THE MATURE LARVA OF MELLINUS ARVENSIS OBSCURUS (HYMENOPTERA: CRABRONIDAE) IN NEPAL. FLORIDA ENTOMOLOGIST. vol. 90, pp. 184-190 ISSN: 0015-4040.
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ANDRIETTI, F. (2007) Optical design in seventeenth-century Italian compound microscopes: A technical account. In FROM MAKERS TO USERS: MICROSCOPES, MARKETS, AND SCIENTIFIC PRACTICES IN THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES (D. Generali, M.J. Ratcliff Eds., Olschki, 2007), pp. 157-189.
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POLIDORI C, BOESI R, PESARINI C, ANDRIETTI F. (2007). Temporal relationship between prey spectrum and population structure in the weevil-hunting wasp Cerceris arenaria (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae). ZOOLOGICAL STUDIES. vol. 46(1), pp. 83-91. ISSN: 1021-5506.
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POLIDORI C, ZANGHERATTI V, MARTINOLI A, ANDRIETTI F. (2007). Temporal transition of nesting activities in the digger wasp,Bembecinus tridens (Hymenopera: Crabronidae). ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY. vol. 74, pp. 265-275 ISSN: 1125-0003.
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POLIDORI, C, FEDERICI M, PESARINI, C, ANDRIETTI F. (2007). Factors affecting spider prey selection by Sceliphron mud-dauber wasps (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) in Northern Italy. ANIMAL BIOLOGY. Vol. 578(1), pp. 11-28. ISSN: 1570-7555.
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POLIDORI C, PAPADIA C, DISNEY R.H.L, ANDRIETTI F. (2006). ACTIVITY PATTERNS AND BEHAVIOUR OF THE SCUTTLE FLY MEGASELIA OXYBELORUM (DIPTERA: PHORIDAE) AT AGGRREGATIONS OF TWO HOST DIGGER WASPS (HYMENOPTERA: CRABRONIDAE). JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY. vol. 40, pp. 1969-1982 ISSN: 0022-2933.
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POLIDORI C, TORMOS J, ASIS J. D, MENDIOLA P, ANDRIETTI F. (2006). A note on variation in nesting strategy of Prionyx kirbii (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) as a consequence of multi-specific shared nesting site, with a description of its prepupa. ENTOMOLOGICA FENNICA. vol. 17, pp. 405-413 ISSN: 0785-8760.
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POLIDORI C., ANDRIETTI F. (2006). NEST ABANDONMENT IN THE SOLITARY WASP CERCERIS ARENARIA (HYMENOPTERA: CRABRONIDAE): ESCAPE, LEAVE OPEN OR DESTROY THE DOOR?. SOCIOBIOLOGY. vol. 47, pp. 455-470 ISSN: 0361-6525.
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POLIDORI C., CASIRAGHI M., DI LORENZO M., VALARANI B., ANDRIETTI F. (2006). Philopatry, nest choice and aggregation temporal-spatial change in the digger wasp Cerceris arenaria (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae). JOURNAL OF ETHOLOGY. vol. 24, pp. 155-163. ISSN: 0289-0771.
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POLIDORI C., FEDERICI M., PAPADIA C., ANDRIETTI F. (2006). Nest sharing and provisioning activity of females of the digger wasp, Cerceris rubida (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae). ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY. vol. 73, pp. 55-65 ISSN: 1125-0003.
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BOESI R., POLIDORI C., BEVACQUA S., TORMOS J., ASIS J. D., ANDRIETTI F. (2005). Trap-nesting Ancistrocerus sikhimensis (Hymenoptera: Eumenidae) in Nepal: nest structure and associates (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae; Acarina: Saproglyphidae). FLORIDA ENTOMOLOGIST. vol. 88, pp. 135-140 ISSN: 0015-4040.
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