Diversity and Structure of Social Wasps Community (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Polistinae) in Neotropical Dry Forest

Elisei, Thiago; Valadares, Edigleidson Fideles; Martins, Celso Feitosa; Albuquerque, Fábio Aquino de

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“…The active collection method was most frequently used in the Northeast. Such method is considered the most efficient when compared to other methods (Silveira, 2002;Jacques et al, 2018), especially for semi deciduous forests and savannas since it samples species exclusive to this method, as well as species collected in the other methods (Elpino-Campos et al, 2007;Souza et al, 2011;Elisei et al, 2017).…”

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“…We did not find any standardization for the collection methods adopted in the research, especially for the passive collection methods. The methods differ regarding the duration of active collections in the field (Melo et al, 2005;Santos et al, 2006;Santos et al, 2007a;Virginio et al, 2017) and in the association of different methods (Andena & Carpenter, 2014;Aragão & Andena, 2016;Elisei et al, 2017;Somavilla et al, 2017). This affects the evaluation of efficiency of such methods and makes it impossible to determine which of those used in the northeast were more or less efficient in collecting wasps.…”

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“…From the 19 genera of Epiponini occurring in Brazil (Carpenter & Marques, 2001), only Nectarinella was not registered in the Northeast, it is a genus that is found in the Amazon (Silveira, & Santos-Junior, 2016), a poorly sampled biome in the Northeast. Polistini and Mischicyttatini are tribes with independent foundation (Carpenter & Marques, 2001) that, even having the most diverse genera, are less frequent during sampling (Silva & Pereira, 2006;Santos et al, 2009a;Virgínio et al, 2016;Elisei et al, 2017), but also, they can be more difficult to collect depending on the method chosen for sampling (Somavilla et al, 2014a).…”

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Social Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae) from Northeastern Brazil: State of the Art

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For many years, research about social wasps in the Northeast was neglected due to its climatic and vegetative characteristics, insufficient incentive for training researchers to study these animals and perpetuation of low diversity of these groups in arid environments proposed by Ducke. This study carried out a bibliographic survey of research about social wasps in a 40 years period from January/1979 to December/2019, to determine the overall reality of biodiversity and richness knowledge for social wasps species. One hundred and twenty-four (124) social wasp species have been registered in the Northeast Region, distributed among 20 genera. Epiponini stands out with 84 species, followed by Mischocyttarini (24) and Polistini (16). Sergipe is the only state with no studies and records of species thus far. Such results show the importance of continuing taxonomic studies of these insects to expand their geographic distribution and to determine areas for environmental preservation in the Northeastern biomes, i.e., the Caatinga sensu lato, Cerrado and Amazon rainforest and their transition zones, as they have been insufficiently studied and present high potential for new discoveries. We suggest Alagoas, Ceará, Pernambuco and, especially Sergipe as priority areas since there is a lacking data in these states. Finally, we recommend continuing research on species reports in states like Bahia, using the map created herein to choose future study areas.

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“…Currently, 91 species of social wasps are identified in this biome (Dos Santos et al, 2020). Typically, communities in the biome show a low alpha diversity compared with regional beta diversity (e.g., Elisei et al, 2017; Melo et al, 2015; Rocha & Silveira, 2014; Santos et al, 2006).…”

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Seasonal and interannual variation on social wasps’ assemblages in two habitats of a seasonally dry tropical forest region

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Zanella

2022

Biotropica

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Approximately half of the tropical forests are seasonally dry tropical forests (SDTFs); they range from open scrub vegetation rich in succulent plants and deciduous trees to patches of mesic forests, particularly along rivers, mountain slopes, and peaks (Muscarella et al., 2019;Pennington et al., 2009;Prado, 2003). The specific characteristics of forests in different regions depend mainly on the historical length of dry periods and local conditions related to the

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“…Most of studies dealing with community structure of social wasps carried out in Brazil are focused in natural environments (Silveira, 2002;Silva-Pereira & Santos, 2006;Souza & Prezoto, 2006;Elpino-Campos et al, 2007;Santos et al, 2007;Silveira et al, 2008;Gomes & Noll, 2009;Silva & Silveira, 2009;Santos et al, 2009;Arab et al, 2010;Prezoto & Clemente, 2010;Souza et al, 2010;Bonfim & Antonialli Junior, 2012;Simões et al, 2012;Souza et al, 2012;Gradinete & Noll, 2013;Locher et al, 2014;Souza et al, 2014aSouza et al, , 2014bTogni et al, 2014;Somavilla et al, 2014Somavilla et al, , 2015Brunismann et al, 2016;Elisei et al, 2017). The polistine fauna of anthropized areas, however, is still poorly investigated (Jacques et al, 2012(Jacques et al, , 2015Oliveira et al, 2017).…”

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

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Hermes³

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Sociobiology

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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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Diversity and Structure of Social Wasps Community (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Polistinae) in Neotropical Dry Forest

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Social Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae) from Northeastern Brazil: State of the Art

Social Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae) from Northeastern Brazil: State of the Art

Seasonal and interannual variation on social wasps’ assemblages in two habitats of a seasonally dry tropical forest region

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

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