Predação de ovos de Corythomantis greeningi Boulenger, 1896 (Anura, Hylidae) por Solenopsis invicta Buren, 1972 (Formicidae: Myrmicinae)

Trophic relations are paramount in understanding the dimensions of a species’ niche. While we commonly perceive insects as natural prey for amphibians, the reverse is also true. This study shows how wasps can exploit amphibian spawnings as a food resource. Specifically, we present unprecedented predation events, where the social wasp Angiopolybia pallens prey upon the eggs of the anuran Dendropsophus haddadi. These remarkable observations occurred within the cocoa agroforestry system (cabruca) in the Atlantic Rainforest area in southern Bahia, Brazil. This research contributes significantly to our understanding of trophic interactions in the region by revealing such particular predation dynamics in this biodiversity hotspot.

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Ant species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the seasonally dry tropical forest of northeastern Brazil: a compilation from field surveys in Bahia and literature records

Ulysséa¹,

Brandão²

2013

Rev. Bras. entomol.

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Predação de ovos de Corythomantis greeningi Boulenger, 1896 (Anura, Hylidae) por Solenopsis invicta Buren, 1972 (Formicidae: Myrmicinae)

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Diverse mobilome of Dichotomius (Luederwaldtinia) schiffleri (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) reveals long-range horizontal transfer events of DNA transposons

Diverse mobilome of Dichotomius (Luederwaldtinia) schiffleri (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) reveals long-range horizontal transfer events of DNA transposons

Predation on Eggs of Dendropsophus haddadi (Bastos & Pombal, 1996) (Anura: Hylidae) by the Social Wasp Angiopolybia pallens (Lepeletier, 1836) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae)

Ant species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the seasonally dry tropical forest of northeastern Brazil: a compilation from field surveys in Bahia and literature records

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