Guia de identificação dos ninhos de vespas sociais (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae) na Reserva Ducke, Manaus, Amazonas, Brasil

Somavilla, Alexandre; Oliveira, Márcio Luiz de; Silveira, Orlando Tobias

doi:10.1590/s0085-56262012000400003

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“…Studies on social wasps have been conducted in Brazilian areas of Cerrado (Richards 1978;Henriques et al, 1992;Diniz & Kitayama, 1994;Diniz & Kitayama, 1998;Silva-Pereira & Santos, 2006;Santos et al, 2009a;Santos et al, 2009b;Silva et al, 2011), Amazon Forest (Silveira, 2002;Silveira et al, 2005Silveira et al, , 2012Silva & Silveira 2009;Somavilla, 2012), Atlantic Forest (Santos et al, 2007) and Caatinga (Santos et al, 2009b). In areas of Cerrado 130 species were recorded (Richards, 1978;Diniz & Kitayama, 1994), while in the Amazon 20 genera and over 200 species were recorded (Silveira, 2002;Silva & Silveira, 2009).…”

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Diversity of the Nests of Social Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae) in the Northern Pantanal, Brazil

Almeida¹,

Andena²,

Silva³

2014

Sociobiology

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Some species of wasps demonstrate plasticity with diverse nesting habits according to the environmental conditions and substrates used for building the nests, while others are restricted to habitats with specific conditions and may exhibit some degree of fide-lity. The aim of this study was to estimate species richness and abundance of nests of Polistini and Epiponini wasps in four landscape units in the Pantanal of Poconé, Retiro Novo Farm, southwestern Mato Grosso state, Brazil. The nests of social wasps were sampled in four plant physiognomies locally known as cambarazal, landizal, pombeiral and campo limpo from August 25, 2011 to April 11, 2012, being recorded 308 nests of eight genera and 14 species of social wasps. The highest number of nests belongs to Polybia ruficeps xanthops (32.69%), Poly. sericea (24.27%) and Synoeca surinama (15.21%). The highest species richness was recorded in cambarazal and the highest abundance of nests in pombeiral, while campo limpo showed the lowest richness and abundance of nests. The nests of S. surinama were associated with cambarazal and landizal (IndVal = 93.3, P = 0.001), while the nests of Poly. ruficeps xanthops and Poly. chrysothorax were associated with cambarazal, landizal and pombeiral (IndVal = 97, P = 0.001). There was lower abundance and lower species richness of wasps in campo limpo. These results demonstrate that the maintenance of forest environments in the Pantanal is essential for the establishment and maintenance of social wasp nests.

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Diversity of the Nests of Social Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae) in the Northern Pantanal, Brazil

Almeida¹,

Andena²,

Silva³

2014

Sociobiology

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“…dos cinco ninhos da ave encontrados em associação com vespas, em quatro casos a vespa era Apoica pallens, considerada agressiva na defesa das suas colônias (Myers, 1935;Somavilla et al, 2012). Recentemente, ninhos de T. sulphurescens foram registrados próximos a cinco espécies de vespas eussociais e uma de abelha, no Sudeste do Brasil (Menezes et al, 2014).…”

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Associações de aves com insetos sociais: um sumário no Sudeste do Brasil

Sazima

D'Angelo

2015

Iheringia, Sér. Zool.

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RESUMO As aves podem se agregar a diversos tipos de insetos sociais (formigas, vespas, cupins). Estas associações podem ser agrupadas em três tipos, um deles relacionado a atividade alimentar e dois, a atividade reprodutiva: 1) forragear seguindo formigas de correição; 2) nidificar nas proximidades de colônias ativas de vespas e formigas; 3) nidificar em colônia ativas de cupins. Os três tipos de associação podem ser considerados como exemplos de comensalismo. Sumariamos aqui as associações de aves com insetos sociais que observamos no Sudeste do Brasil. Seguir formigas de correição foi habitual a raro para uma grande variedade de espécies, de Accipitridae a Tyrannidae. Nidificar nas proximidades de colônias ativas de vespas foi habitual para uma espécie de Rhynchocyclidae. Nidificar em cupinzeiros arborícolas ativos foi habitual para duas espécies de Trogonidae e ocasional para duas espécies de Psittacidae. Nidificar em cupinzeiros terrestres ativos foi raro para uma espécie de Picidae e uma espécie de Strigidae. Entretanto, variações quali e quantitativas regionais provavelmente ocorrem, o que justificaria este tipo de estudo em habitats e regiões distintas das aqui estudadas. Estudos orientados para história natural deverão revelar maior riqueza de espécies e variedade de aves que se associam a colônias ativas de insetos sociais.

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“…The Malaise trap in the understory captured more specimens and social wasp species when compared to the Malaise trap in the canopy. Probably because much of the foraging of social wasps happen in the understory, in addition to various feeding and nesting resources found near the forest floor (Somavilla et al, 2012). In this study, we did not use the active search collection method.…”

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Is the social wasp fauna in the tree canopy different from the understory? Study of a particular area in the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest

2019

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Most studies about the insect community in rainforests only focus on the forest understory, and even though the rainforest canopy is one of the most fascinating and diverse environments, it remains poorly explored. Therefore, we analyzed the difference between the social wasp composition in these two strata at the ZF-2 Station in the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest, using flight interception traps (Malaise model Gressi and Gressi), in the rainforest understory and canopy. We collected ninety-two species belonging to 18 genera; Polybia was the richest genera (22 species), followed by Mischocyttarus (14) and Agelaia (13). Forty-four species were exclusively collected in the understory, twenty exclusively collected in the canopy, and twenty-eight in both strata. The understory was distinctly more diverse and more abundant than the canopy, while some rare or poorly collected species were only found in the canopy. We found a strong relationship between the species composition at the ZF-2 Station and the Ducke Reserve. Therefore, we suggest using traps in canopy in the Amazon biome as an effective method for collecting a higher diversity of social wasps.

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Guia de identificação dos ninhos de vespas sociais (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae) na Reserva Ducke, Manaus, Amazonas, Brasil

Cited by 16 publications

References 4 publications

Diversity of the Nests of Social Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae) in the Northern Pantanal, Brazil

Diversity of the Nests of Social Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae) in the Northern Pantanal, Brazil

Associações de aves com insetos sociais: um sumário no Sudeste do Brasil

Is the social wasp fauna in the tree canopy different from the understory? Study of a particular area in the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest

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