On the nesting biology of Pirhosigma Giordani Soika (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae), with special reference to the use of vegetable matter

Revista Brasileira de Entomologia

Marcel G. Hermes¹  Alexandre Somavilla²  Bolívar R. Garcete-barrett² 

[1] ,Universidade Federal de Lavras Departamento de Biologia Laboratório de Sistemática e Biologia de HymenopteraLavras MG ,Brazil

关键词: Eumenini;    Insecta;    nest construction;    phylogeny;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0085-56262013005000044

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

On the nesting biology of Pirhosigma Giordani Soika (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae), with special reference to the use of vegetable matter. The use of vegetable matter in nest building is not widespread among the Eumeninae, and is reported for the first time for the two species of potter wasps Pirhosigma superficiale and P. limpidum. These wasps make mostly spherical mud nests over which they attach small pieces of unmasticated plant matter. Use of plant fragments in this group of wasps is interpreted as camouflage behavior.

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