2022
DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.262516
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Chartergellus communis (Hymenoptera: Vespidae): nesting and nest camouflage in different phytophysiognomies in the states of Bahia and Minas Gerais, Brazil

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“…The color of Metapolybia nests, similar to the substrate, seems to be related to homochromy camouflage, since in all the records made, there is a similarity between the color of the nest and the substrate (Fig 1), whether in a natural environment, using plant substrates, such as tree trunks or palm tree stems, and in anthropic environments, nesting on walls and wooden structures of houses, as already reported and suggested for species of the genera Mischocyttarus and Parachartergus (Souza et al, 2020), Metapolybia cingulata (Souza et al, 2020) and Chartergellus communis Richards, 1978(Silva et al, 2022, which suggests that it constitutes a defense mechanism against visual predators, such as birds.…”
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confidence: 74%
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“…The color of Metapolybia nests, similar to the substrate, seems to be related to homochromy camouflage, since in all the records made, there is a similarity between the color of the nest and the substrate (Fig 1), whether in a natural environment, using plant substrates, such as tree trunks or palm tree stems, and in anthropic environments, nesting on walls and wooden structures of houses, as already reported and suggested for species of the genera Mischocyttarus and Parachartergus (Souza et al, 2020), Metapolybia cingulata (Souza et al, 2020) and Chartergellus communis Richards, 1978(Silva et al, 2022, which suggests that it constitutes a defense mechanism against visual predators, such as birds.…”
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confidence: 74%
“…The M. cingulata and M. docilis nesting, on anthropic substrates, evidences the plasticity of nest site selection in Metapolybia species as reported for Mischocyttarus, Polistes and Polybia (Silva et al, 2019;Barbosa et al, 2020) in timber and walls (Oliveira et al, 2017;Silva et al, 2019) and Metapolybia miltoni Andena & Carpenter, 2011(Silva et al, 2019, Metapolybia fraudator Carpenter and Andena, 2019 (Andena et al, 2019) and Metapolybia unilineata (Ihering, 1904) (Somavilla et al, 2012) nesting in wooden houses. Nesting in human constructions can offer greater protection against environmental factors, such as rainfall, wind and temperature extremes (Silva et al, 2022), which explains the use of these substrates near forested areas.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…P. pseudapicalis also has a wide distribution in Brazil (SOMAVILLA et al, 2021) (Table 1), found in the Amazon (SOMAVILLA et al, 2020), Caatinga (ANDENA; CARPENTER, 2014), Cerrado (SOUZA et al, 2020), andAtlantic Forest (SOUZA et al, 2022). As suggested by Ferreira et al (2022) e Silva et al (2022), water availability is a determining factor for the nesting of this species. Thus, the dam of the Itaipu Binacional Hydroelectric plant may have contributed to the presence of P. pseudapicalis at RBBV.…”
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confidence: 62%
“…To capture specimens in foraging or in their nests, the active search method was used, proposed by Souza and Prezoto (2006), in which the researcher, using an insect net, moved through pre-existing trails, close to Lentic environments, such as the Itaipu Dam, and Lotic ones, such as the Piracema and Vila Três rivers (Figure 1), which are conducive to nesting of these insects due to water resources (SILVA et al, 2022), taking photographic records of the nests. The collections took place from 9:00 to 15:00, therefore, with a daily effort of six hours, totaling 120 hours in 20 days of sampling.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Quando considerado, todavia, o contexto ambiental das ocorrências, sugere-se que possam ter induzido a nidificação, como por exemplo, topograficamente, os registros referemse a regiões relativamente deprimidas da paisagem, próximo aos espelhos d'água da psicultura do IFSULDEMINAS Campus Inconfidentes. Em todos os casos havia fragmentos de mata nas imediações e, sobretudo, as próprias represas, e assim, potenciais fontes de alimento e água para as colônias visto que a proximidade de corpos hídricos é um fator essencial para o êxito das colônias de vespas sociais tanto para o consumo, manutenção térmica do ninho (SEELEY e HEINRICH, 1981), construção e manutenção das colônias (SILVA et al, 2022).…”
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