Material capturado e utilizado na alimentação de Polybia (Trichothorax) Sericea (Olivier, 1791) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

Abstract

Richards, 1978). 'Trabalho financiado pelo Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientrlico e Tecnológico (CNPq/MCT) (Proc. 400969/83-Z0, 407297183-Z0).

Foraging by Polybia (Trichothorax) ignobilis (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) on flies at animal carcasses

“…(1984) analysed the protein diet of the Epiponinae wasp Polybia occidentalis and verified that it was constituted mainly by prey from the orders Lepidoptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera and Diptera. The same was verified to Polybia (Myrapetra) paulista , Polybia (Trychothorax) ignobilis (Höfling 1982and Höfling & Miranda 1987, Pobybia (Trychothorax) sericea (Machado et al 1988), Agelaia pallipes and Polybia dimidiata (Campos-Farinha & Pinto 1996), in which, although no marked specificity for prey was observed, there was a preference for caterpillars, including many agriculture pest species. Prezoto However, descriptions on behaviours of prey foraging activity of Vespidae are exceedingly rare.…”

“…Jeanne (1972) observed Mischocyttarus drewseni capturing small spiders, ants, nymphs of hemipterans and other wasps as prey, while Prezoto et al (1994) and Gianotti et al (1995) noticed that Polistes simillimus and Polistes lanio more frequently capture larvae from Lepidoptera. Between 90% and 95% of the prey captured by Polybia occidentallis (Olivier) (Gobbi et al 1984), Polybia paulista (Ihering) , Polybia ignobilis (Haliday) , Agelaia pallipes (Olivier) (Machado et al 1987), Polistes simillimus Zikán (Prezoto et al 1994) and Polistes lanio (Fabricius) (Giannotti et al 1995) are Lepidoptera larvae (Prezoto et al 2006). Gobbi el al.…”

Prey captured and used in Polistes versicolor (Olivier) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) Nourishment

“…Between 90% and 95% of the prey captured by Polybia occidentallis (Olivier) (Gobbi et al 1984), Polybia paulista (Ihering) (Gobbi & Machado 1985), Polybia ignobilis (Haliday) (Gobbi & Machado 1986), Agelaia pallipes (Olivier) (Machado et al 1987), Polistes simillimus Zikán (Prezoto et al 1994) and Polistes lanio (Fabricius) (Giannotti et al 1995) are Lepidoptera larvae. In Carolina of the North, EUA, Rabb & Lawson (1957) found a reduction of 68% in the damage caused by Protoparce sexta (Cramer) in the culture of the tobacco, after the introduction of colonies of the wasps Polistes exclamans (L.) and Polistes fuscatus (Fabricius) in the proximities of the farms infested by the pests.…”

Ecological and Forensic Implications of Social Wasps on Pig Carcass Degradation in Brazilian Savannah

“…However Polybia (T.) sericea, whose registrations in the literature point to a feeding preference for Lepidoptera larvae 16 , may have credited its presence in the carcass at random, especially if taking into account the non-presence of such organisms in this type of substrata.…”