Comunidade de vespas sociais (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) em diferentes gradientes altitudinais no sul do estado de Minas Gerais, Brasil

Albuquerque, Carlos Humberto Bueno de; Souza, Marcos Magalhães de; Clemente, Mateus Aparecido

doi:10.5007/2175-7925.2015v28n4p131

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“…The high-altitude field ecosystem in Souza et al (2015a) is situated above 1,600 meters, and at this elevation abiotic factors may be quite different from those at other, lower-altitude sites. For example, low temperatures, among other factors, may negatively affect social wasp richness, as found in other studies of high-altitude fields (Albuquerque et al, 2015). There is also a paucity of studies in this ecosystem type (only one), as well as in mixed forest, which was poorly sampled in terms of effort compared to the study in highaltitude fields (Souza et al, 2015a).…”

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Social wasp richness and species distributions among ecosystem types in Minas Gerais, Brazil

2017

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The state of Minas Gerais has high biodiversity, characterized by strong ecosystem heterogeneity that favors high richness of social wasps. There are currently 109 species known to occur in the state, however, there is lack of information concerning the distribution of these social insects among different ecosystems. The objective of this study was to evaluate social wasp species richness and distributions by ecosystem, thereby generating data for use in discerning relevant and priority environments for vespid conservation in Minas Gerais. We evaluated articles, theses, and dissertations published up to the year 2016 containing data on biodiversity of social wasps in natural and agricultural environments. We found 18 studies, in which the highest reported species richness was in semideciduous seasonal forest (n = 68), followed by Cerrado (n = 53), ombrophilous forest (n = 39), deciduous seasonal forest, and campos rupestres (n = 35). The lowest richness was reported in mixed forest (n = 21) and high-altitude fields (n = 19). Considering the high degree of landscape diversity of the state of Minas Gerais, more studies are needed to accurately assess social wasp diversity in these ecosystems, especially Cerrado. Ombrophilous and deciduous forests should be considered strongly relevant for these social insects, especially the Rio Doce State Park and the Rio Pandeiros Wildlife Refuge.

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“…These results are similar to those observed in the present study, whose sampled islands have a history of anthropic occupation, and are still in the process of regeneration [36] . Studies with social wasps carried out on similar phytophysiognomies, registered a greater number of species [8,15,17,27] . Greater social wasps richness seems to be related to environments with greater vegetation structural complexity, where there is greater food resources availability, as well as better temperature and air humidity conditions, which favors the establishment and survival of these insects [34,37] .…”

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“…In this state, the semideciduous seasonal forest, phytophysiognomy of the Atlantic Forest domain [11] , occurs in the West, Northwest and North, being characterized by leaves loss of about 50% of the tree species in the winter period. In Brazil, the literature reports social wasps inventories in seasonal semideciduous forests in different states such as: São Paulo [12,13,14] , Minas Gerais [8,15,16,17] and Mato Grosso do Sul [18] . To contribute to the knowledge about this type of forest formation, the present work aimed to present the social wasps inventory from the semideciduous forest of the Paraná State, inserted in an integral conservation unit, the Ilha Grande National Park.…”

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Social wasps fauna (Vespidae) of semideciduous seasonal forest in southern Brazil

Silva¹,

Souza²,

Bertinoti³

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J. Entomol. Zool. Stud.

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Social wasps are insects that perform numerous environmental services, with emphasis on pollination and predation of agricultural pests. However, despite the increase in efforts to know the social wasps geographical distribution and richness, there are still many areas and ecosystems with few studies of this nature, such as the Paraná State, Southern Brazil. To collaborate with these efforts, this work aimed to carry out an inventory of social wasps in semideciduous forest in the Ilha Grande National Park, an integral conservation unit in the Paraná State. The Sampling took place from February to November 2019, totalizing 15 days and 60 hours, being carried out on six islands of the Paraná River, using the active search for species and colonies records. Fourteen species were registered, distributed in six genera. The study revealed a low species richness, which may be related to the area's usage history, as well as to other factors. This highlights the need for greater sampling efforts in other areas of this conservation unit.

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“…Since the traps were placed inside Atlantic Forest fragments, the occurrence of this taxon may indicate a good conservation status of this area (Souza et al, 2010). Despite occurring in different biomas and altitudes (Souza et al, 2010, Albuquerque et al, 2015, P. fastidiosuscula is particularly dominant above 1,500 meters high (Souza et al, 2015).…”

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Evaluating the efficiency of different sampling methods to survey social wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae) in an anthropized environment

Jacques¹,

Pires²,

Hermes³

et al. 2018

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Social wasps play important ecological roles, such as the natural biological control of other arthropods as well as major components of the flower-visiting insect guild. Despite many studies focusing on the survey of these organisms in Brazil, information on the community structure of polistines in anthropized environmets is still rare. The goals of the present study were: i) to survey the social wasp fauna in an anthropized area in the transition of Cerrado and Atlantic Forest; ii) to investigate the efficiency of two sampling methods, namely active search for wasps and the use of attractive traps; iii) to investigate the performance of different attractive baits in the capture success of social wasps in the study area. Sampling of social wasps was conducted by actively searching for individuals and by using attractive traps. A total of 40 species was recorded, with Agelaia multipicta and Agelaia vicina species being the most frequently collected with attractive traps and Mischocyttarus cassununga by actively searching for wasps. In all analyses performed (except when comparing abundance of social wasps considering the molasses bait and the active search), actively searching for wasps was the best method. This is also highlighted by the fact that the time spent actively capturing polistines was considerably lower than the time (and costs) that the traps were left in the field. Active search, as demonstrated by previous studies, remains as the best capturing methodology when surveying Neotropical social wasps, either in natural or anthropized environments.

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Comunidade de vespas sociais (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) em diferentes gradientes altitudinais no sul do estado de Minas Gerais, Brasil

Cited by 7 publications

References 10 publications

Social wasp richness and species distributions among ecosystem types in Minas Gerais, Brazil

Social wasp richness and species distributions among ecosystem types in Minas Gerais, Brazil

Social wasps fauna (Vespidae) of semideciduous seasonal forest in southern Brazil

Evaluating the efficiency of different sampling methods to survey social wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae) in an anthropized environment

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