Social wasps of Unilavras/Boqueirão Biological Reserve, Ingaí, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Henrique-Simões, Matheus; Cuozzo, Mariana Deprá; Frieiro-Costa, Fernando A.

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“…Survey studies on social wasps in São Paulo state, Brazil. Souza et al 2010;Henrique-Simões et al 2011;Souza et al 2011;Tanaka Junior and Noll 2011;Locher 2012), it is observed that the most abundant species in Ubatuba, Agelaia angulata, A. nr. centralis and Angiopolybia pallens were not collected in other studies, with the latter having been observed in another area of Atlantic Forest in Bahia (Santos et al 2007).…”

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The social wasp community (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) in an area of Atlantic Forest, Ubatuba, Brazil

Togni¹,

Locher²,

Giannotti³

et al. 2014

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The Brazilian Atlantic Forest is of great relevance to biological conservation, and is among the areas in South America with the highest levels of diversity and endemism. The aim of this study was to survey the social wasp species in the subfamily Polistinae in Ubatuba, São Paulo state, in southwestern Brazil. Collecting work was conducted from May 2007 to May 2008 using attractive PET bottle traps and active searching. Twenty-one species belonging to eight genera were found, among which some may be considered rare in southeastern Brazil such as Mischocyttarus parallelogrammus and Polybia catillifex. The most abundant species were Agelaia angulata (64.31%), Agelaia nr. centralis (10.08%) and Angiopolybia pallens (8.49%). A correlation between species richness and relative humidity (r = 0.6435; p = 0.0176) was observed. Values of species richness were a little higher in the super humid (Sm = 11) than in the less humid (Sm = 9) season. This suggests that this season may have more favorable environmental conditions for a greater richness of species to found colonies. Despite not having a very high species richness compared with other surveys, the collected species in this study can be considered rare in southeastern Brazil, emphasizing the complexity of the Atlantic Forest biome and its relation to the diversity of wasps.

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The social wasp community (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) in an area of Atlantic Forest, Ubatuba, Brazil

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Locher²,

Giannotti³

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“…Different authors report an expressive richness of social wasps in areas of Riparian Forest when compared to other ecosystems (Diniz & Kitayama 1994;Clemente 2009;Henrique-SimõeS et al 2011;Pereira & antonialli-Junior 2011;loCHer 2012;bruniSmann et al 2016). The Riparian Forests have a large vegetal complexity which may favor social wasps, as it provides a variety of physical supports to nest foundation, rises the amount and heterogeneity of feeding resources, impose less microclimate variability and rises the density of colonies (lawton 1983;Diniz & Kitayama 1994;Souza et al 2010).…”

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“…According to Carpenter (2004) twenty five genera of Polistinae are known and twenty one can be found in the Neotropics and the social wasps produce a paper-like substance by mastication of vegetation to build their nests (Gallo et al, 1988). Henrique-Simoes et al (2011) reported the lack of studies of social wasps in several Brazilian ecosystems, which makes it more difficult to understand the distribution and biology of these insects.…”

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OCORRENCE OF <i>MISCHOCYTTARUS ROTUNDICOLLIS</i> (VESPIDAE) IN MANGROVE SWAMPS ATTRACTED BY FISH IN DECOMPOSITION

Batista-Da-Silva¹

2013

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Vespidae is an important insect family that is among the largest predators of other insects in natural environments. This study in mangrove swamps was carried out in order to know if social wasp, Mischocyttarus (Mischocyttarus) rotundicollis could be attracted by fish (sardine) in decomposition. The insects were collected in mangrove swamps in Itaborai, every two weeks, totaling 72 samples from August 2008 to July 2011. Over a 36 months period 69 individuals were caught. The abiotic factors (season and tidal variations) that could influence the occurrence of these wasps in mangrove swamps were recorded. The abundance of wasps was only affected by the spring season and the highest tides (spring-tides). The presence of the M. rotundicollis, in the mangrove swamps caught with fish in decomposition, may indicate that the studied forest area still represents a natural preserved refuge and reveals the importance of understanding of ecology these wasps and provides much information that will contribute greatly to environmental sciences.

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Social wasps of Unilavras/Boqueirão Biological Reserve, Ingaí, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil

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The social wasp community (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) in an area of Atlantic Forest, Ubatuba, Brazil

The social wasp community (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) in an area of Atlantic Forest, Ubatuba, Brazil

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OCORRENCE OF <i>MISCHOCYTTARUS ROTUNDICOLLIS</i> (VESPIDAE) IN MANGROVE SWAMPS ATTRACTED BY FISH IN DECOMPOSITION

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