Epipona media cooper (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), a social wasp new to the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Menezes, Rodolpho S. T.; Filho, Antonio F Carvalho; Raw, Anthony; Costa, Marco A. Dalla

doi:10.1590/s1519-566x2010000600031

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“…The great expansion of the Brazilian savannas on the upper Cenozoic (Roig-Juñent et al, 2006) could have helped to establish the current disjunct distribution. A similar disjunct distribution has been observed for other Polistinae species such as Epipona media Cooper (Menezes et al, 2010) and Synoeca septentrionalis (Menezes et al, 2011), but so far, there are no published studies that specifically address this issue.…”

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Genetic diversity of Angiopolybia pallens (Lepeletier) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae) explained by the disjunction of South American rainforests

Carvalho¹,

Santos²,

Menezes³

et al. 2014

Genet. Mol. Res.

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ABSTRACT. Angiopolybia pallens is a swarm-founding wasp that occurs in Atlantic and Amazonian rainforests, which have been isolated from each other by a large arid corridor in central Brazil since the Tertiary. In this study, we used data from polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism of 16S rDNA to infer some aspects of the genetic diversity and evolutionary history of this social wasp population. Samples collected across the species range in both rainforests showed remarkable differences that separated them into two distinct haplogroups. However, some samples from isolated areas in northeastern Bahia were more related to Amazonian lineages than to southern Bahia populations. Vicariant divergenc is discussed under South American rainforests biogeographical proposals.

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confidence: 62%

Genetic diversity of Angiopolybia pallens (Lepeletier) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae) explained by the disjunction of South American rainforests

Carvalho¹,

Santos²,

Menezes³

et al. 2014

Genet. Mol. Res.

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“…Geographic distribution of other Epiponini, Epipona media Cooper, previously described to range from Ecuador, Peru and Brazilian Amazon to the state of Goiás was recently extended to Atlantic Rain Forest by Menezes et al (2010). These data suggest that more exhaustive sampling in this region are needed to provide a diagnosis of the distribution of species, and a frame of the diversity in the biome of Atlantic Rain Forest for its preservation.…”

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First records of Synoeca septentrionalis Richards, 1978 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Epiponini) in the Brazilian Atlantic Rain Forest

Menezes¹,

Andena²,

Carvalho³

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Nests of Synoeca septentrionalis were collected in two Brazilian Atlantic Rain Forest localities (Itabuna and Santa Terezinha, in the state of Bahia and Alfredo Chaves in the state of Espírito Santo). Synoeca septentrionalis was previously recorded only from Central America and northwestern South America. This findingextends its geographical distribution to Northeast and Southeast regions of Brazil, and represents the first record for Synoeca septentrionalis in the Brazilian Atlantic Rain forest, raising to three the number of Synoeca species known from Bahia State.

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“…Disjunct distributions between the Amazon and Atlantic forests are commonly recorded for some polistines (Menezes et al 2010 and indicate that expansion through rainforest corridors was used as routes by forestdwelling species before long-term glacial events (Fig 3b) (see Batalha-Filho et al 2013). Generalists and dryadapted lineages, in turn, may have undergone several speciation events in the Amazon region and had their distribution ranges enhanced since the Middle Tertiary at least, reaching the Brazilian savannah and caatinga, for example.…”

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“…The five species of this genus are mostly Amazonian. However, Epipona tatua (Cuvier) is also found in the Brazilian states of Bahia, Espírito Santo, and São Paulo and Epipona media Cooper has been sampled in the rainforests of Bahia (Menezes et al 2010); these two species are closely related (Andena et al 2009b). Epipona niger Brèthes, Epipona guerini (de Saussure), and Epipona quadrituberculata (Gribodo) are endemic to the northwestern Neotropics.…”

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Neotropical Polistinae (Vespidae) and the Progression Rule Principle: the Round-Trip Hypothesis

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The progression rule principle is based on the relation between centers of origin and basal forms, and the prediction that recently colonized areas are where novelties commonly occur. Using this concept as the null hypothesis, the aim of the present study was to test whether intuitive predictions of this model are confirmed in the Neotropical paper wasps, a group fairly studied through phylogenetic frameworks. The analyses consisted of a careful review of the distribution of different wasps of the subfamily Polistinae with available phylogenies and the association of this information with colonization routes. This procedure allowed the determination of a two-step colonization process in the Neotropical region based on the progression rule principle, for which the round-trip hypothesis is proposed. The first route (east to west) is seen in a small group of Polistes. This route is rare but strengthens the arising of paper wasps in the Americas in a Gondwanan scenario. The second route (west to east) is remarkably repeated in several other lineages. Thus, the northwestern Neotropics, mainly Amazon Forest, is proposed as the major center of origins for living Neotropical Polistinae and the round-trip hypothesis may explain both earlier and later colonization routes of the paper wasps analyzed.

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Epipona media cooper (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), a social wasp new to the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Cited by 7 publications

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Genetic diversity of Angiopolybia pallens (Lepeletier) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae) explained by the disjunction of South American rainforests

Genetic diversity of Angiopolybia pallens (Lepeletier) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae) explained by the disjunction of South American rainforests

First records of Synoeca septentrionalis Richards, 1978 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Epiponini) in the Brazilian Atlantic Rain Forest

Neotropical Polistinae (Vespidae) and the Progression Rule Principle: the Round-Trip Hypothesis

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