Record of Parasitoids in nests of social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae)

Sociobiology

Marcio Luiz Oliveira¹  Karine Schoeninger¹  Antônio Freire Carvalho³  Marco Antônio Costa²  Marco Antonio Del Lama³  Rodolpho Santos Menezes²  Alexandre Somavilla¹ 

[1] Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Avenida André Araújo, 2936, Petrópolis, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil;Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Rod. Jorge Amado, Km 16, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil;Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Via Washington Luís, Km 235, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil

关键词: Epiponini;    eusocial;    Mischocyttarini;    Paper wasps;    parasitoids;    Polistini;   

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来源: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Brazil

【 摘 要 】

The aim of this study was to record the parasitoid species found in social wasps nests sampled in different localities in Brazil and investigate the existence of preferential host-parasite associations in different tribes of Neotropical paper wasps. We sampled nests ofMischocyttarus cassununga ,Mischocyttarus consimilis ,Mischocyttarus imitator ,Polistes canadensis ,Polistes cinerascens ,Polistes versicolor ,Angiopolybia pallens ,Leipomeles spilogastra ,Polybia jurineiand two indeterminate species ofMischocyttarus .M .cassununga ,M .imitatorandMischocyttarus( Phi ) sp.1 were parasitized byToechorychus guarapuavus(Ichneumonidae) andM. consimilis, M .imitatorandMischocyttarussp. 2 was parasitized byToechorychus fluminensis(Ichneumonidae).P .versicolorandP. cinerascenswere parasitized byElasmus polistes(Eulophidae) andP. canadensisbySimenota depressa(Trigonalidae);A .pallensandL .spilogastra,were infested byBrachymeriasp.1 andBrachymeriasp.2 (Chalcididae), respectively.M .cassunungaandPolybia jurineiwere parasitized byMegaselia scalaris(Phoridae). We suggested that there may be specific and preferential association between parasitoids and social paper wasps.

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