Countering the taxonomic impediment of aculeate wasps: micro- and macroregional visions of the neotropical fauna

• Grant number: 19/09215-6
• Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Thematic Grants
• Start date: April 01, 2020
• End date: March 31, 2026
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Taxonomy of Recent Groups
• Principal Investigator: Fernando Barbosa Noll
• Grantee: Fernando Barbosa Noll
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas (IBILCE). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de São José do Rio Preto. São José do Rio Preto , SP, Brazil
• Pesquisadores principais: Eduardo Andrade Botelho de Almeida
• Associated researchers: Graham Ronald Brown ; Eduardo Fernando dos Santos ; Felipe Vieira de Freitas ; Gabriela Procópio Camacho ; James Michael Carpenter ; Javier Torréns ; John Warren Wenzel ; Lars Krogmann ; Marcel Gustavo Hermes ; Rodolpho Santos Telles de Menezes ; Rogério Botion Lopes ; Sergio Ricardo Andena
• Associated research grant(s): 20/07895-7 - Multi-user Equipment approved in grant 2019/09215-6: name of the equipment: stereomicroscope Leica model M205C, AP.EMU
• Associated scholarship(s): 24/18227-6 - Survey of aculeate wasps in fragments of the Pantanal and Amazon Forest., BP.IC; 24/18271-5 - Survey of aculeate wasps in fragments of Cerrado and Caatinga., BP.IC; 24/18297-4 - Survey of aculeate wasps in fragments of the Atlantic Forest and Pampas., BP.IC; + associated scholarships 23/12596-7 - Colloration patterns in Polybia (Myrapetra) occidentalis Olivier, 1791 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae) in different brazilian biomes, BP.IC; 22/15636-7 - Systematics of the Pseudocentron-group of Megachile (Megachilidae: Megachilini) and relevance to the biogeography of neotropical bees, BP.MS; 23/00468-4 - Curation of the Hymenoptera Collection of the Department of Zoology and Botany, IBILCE / UNESP, São José do Rio Preto and data tabulation., BP.TT; 22/00251-2 - Evolutionary history of the parasitoidism of Cuckoo Wasps (Chrysididae: Amiseginae) on Walking Stick eggs (Phasmatodea): a multidisciplinary approach integrating morphology, fossils and DNA, BP.PD; 22/05064-6 - Taxonomic revision of the species of Scaptotrigona Moure, 1942 (Apidae: Meliponini) occurring in Brazil, BP.MS; 21/07258-0 - Comparative anatomic thoracic musculature of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila): classical and contemporary techniques, BP.DR; 21/02196-6 - A phylogenomic study of Aculeata focusing on the families traditionally placed in Vespoidea and their neotropical components, BP.PD; 21/00766-0 - Revisiting neotropical Zethus Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae): integrating old and new datasets for phylogeny and exploring taxonomy, BP.PD; 20/06632-2 - Fauna of the Neotropical Thynninae: distribution and new morphological and molecular data for the taxonomy of the group, BP.PD; 20/06633-9 - Biogeography of Epiponini (Vespidae, Polistinae): diversity, distribution and evolutionary history of the Neotropical Region, BP.PD; 20/06634-5 - Curation of the Hymenoptera collection of the Department of Zoology and botany, IBILCE / UNESP, São José do Rio Preto and data tabulation, BP.TT - associated scholarships

Abstract

Taxonomy is the branch of biology that names, describes, identifies and classifies living and extinct species and groups, which qualifies it as an important science that serves as the main basis for any policy aimed at avoiding the current biodiversity crisis. In contrast to the need for taxonomists, there has been a decline in the number of professionals and the availability of resources to promote studies in the area, which has been termed "Taxonomic Impediment". However, attempts are not always made to remove such impediments to large groups. Hymenoptera are a good example of a group with high diversity and lack of specialists. It is estimated that the number of Hymenoptera species exceeds 130.000, with 10.000 species only in Brazil. Among them are stinging wasps (Aculeata), a clade that includes Hymenoptera whose ovipositor is modified in sting apparatus. The objective of this proposal is to produce results that contribute to two levels of knowledge. The first is to act in the taxonomic clearing of several families of stinging wasps, in order to produce data that aid in the knowledge and description of the biodiversity of the Neotropical fauna. Second, solve the main systematic and biogeographic problems faced to the knowledge of the diversity of specific taxa within this group. Therefore, taxonomy, systematics and biogeography studies of several Hymenoptera groups that are largely neglected are proposed. (AU)

Scientific publications

(26)

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

GOLFETTI, IVAN FERNANDES; NOLL, FERNANDO BARBOSA. Stygocampsomeris manauara (Hymenoptera: Scoliidae Scoliinae), a new scoliid from the Amazon forest. Acta Amazonica, v. 53, n. 4, p. 5-pg., 2023-01-01. (19/09215-6)

LOPEZ, VINICIUS M.; CARDOSO, RENAN KOBAL DE OLIVEIRA ALVES; CARDOSO, OLIVEIRA ALVES; CEZARIO, RODRIGO R.; GUILLERMO-FERREIRA, RHAINER; SANTOS, EDUARDO F. DOS. New Species of Entypus (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) and notes on the natural history of some Atlantic Forest spider wasps. Zootaxa, v. 5061, n. 2, p. 361-368, NOV 4 2021. (20/06632-2, 19/09215-6)

FERNANDES, DANIELL RODRIGO RODRIGUES; RAFAEL, JOSE ALBERTINO; SOBRAL, RAFAEL; DOS SANTOS, EDUARDO FERNANDO. A new combination for Pompilus nesophilus Kirby, 1890 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae): a forgotten spider wasp from archipelago of Fernando de Noronha (Pernambuco: Brazil). Zootaxa, v. 5047, n. 2, p. 197-200, SEP 29 2021. (20/06632-2, 19/09215-6)

FREITAS, FELIPE, V; BRANSTETTER, MICHAEL G.; FRANCESCHINI-SANTOS, VINICIUS H.; DORCHIN, ACHIK; WRIGHT, KAREN W.; LOPEZ-URIBE, MARGARITA M.; GRISWOLD, TERRY; SILVEIRA, FERNANDO A.; ALMEIDA, EDUARDO A. B.. UCE phylogenomics, biogeography, and classification of long-horned bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Eucerini), with insights on using specimens with extremely degraded DNA. INSECT SYSTEMATICS AND DIVERSITY, v. 7, n. 4, p. 21-pg., 2023-07-01. (18/09666-5, 21/02196-6, 19/09215-6)

LOPES, ROGERIO BOTION; MELO, GABRIEL A. R.. New nests of Zethus reveal unexpected architecture variation in the olmecus species group (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, v. 69, n. 1, p. 9-pg., 2025-01-01. (21/00766-0, 19/09215-6)

AMENT, D. A. N. I. L. O. CESAR. Diadelophora , a new phorid genus from central and western Brazil (Diptera: Phoridae). Zootaxa, v. 5415, n. 1, p. 9-pg., 2024-02-20. (19/09215-6, 10/52314-0)

MEIRA, ODAIR M.; BEUTEL, ROLF G.; POHL, HANS; VAN DE KAMP, THOMAS; ALMEIDA, EDUARDO A. B.; BOUDINOT, BRENDON E.. Bee morphology: A skeletomuscular anatomy of Thyreus (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Journal of Morphology, v. 285, n. 8, p. 54-pg., 2024-08-01. (18/09666-5, 21/07258-0, 19/09215-6, 22/11349-3)

LOPES, ROGERIO BOTION; CARPENTER, JAMES MICHAEL; NOLL, FERNANDO BARBOSA. The unnatural grouping of Deuterodiscoelius Dalla Torre, 1904, and Pachycoelius Giordani Soika, 1969 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae), and a remarkable new species. American Museum Novitates, v. N/A, n. 4020, p. 13-pg., 2024-06-21. (19/09215-6, 20/07895-7, 21/00766-0)

SIRIANI-OLIVEIRA, SAMUEL; JUNIOR, JOSE EUSTAQUIO D. O. S. S. A. N. T. O. S.; SCHLINDWEIN, CLEMENS; ALMEIDA, EDUARDO A. B.. A new neopasiphaeine bee associated with flowers of Loasaceae (Hymenoptera: Colletidae: Actenosigynes). Zootaxa, v. 5404, n. 1, p. 22-pg., 2024-01-25. (19/09215-6, 11/09477-9)

CHAVARRIA-PIZARRO, LAURA; CHAVARRIA-PIZARRO, TANIA; NOLL, FERNANDO B.. Experimental queen removal stimulates caste flexibility of females in Neotropical social wasps (Vespidae Polistinae Epiponini). ETHOLOGY ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, v. 36, n. 5, p. 13-pg., 2024-05-17. (09/07526-2, 11/06058-5, 19/09215-6)

NOLL, FERNANDO B.; DA SILVA, MARJORIE; SOMAVILLA, ALEXANDRE; CARPENTER, JAMES M.. Caste differences and morphological skew in the swarm-founding wasp Agelaia timida Cooper, 2000 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Epiponini). American Museum Novitates, v. N/A, n. 4017, p. 12-pg., 2024-06-21. (19/09215-6, 20/07895-7)

DOS SANTOS, EDUARDO FERNANDO; MAZARIEGOS, H. LUIS A.. A new species and a new record of Aulacus Jurine (Hymenoptera, Aulacidae) from the North Andean block with a key to Colombian species. Zootaxa, v. 5497, n. 2, p. 7-pg., 2024-08-23. (20/06632-2, 19/09215-6)

GOLFETTI, IVAN FERNANDES; NOLL, FERNANDO BARBOSA. After more than half a century: Dielis diabo (Hymenoptera: Scoliidae: Scoliinae), a new scoliid from the Neotropics. Zootaxa, v. 5231, n. 3, p. 6-pg., 2022-01-31. (19/09215-6)

LOPES, ROGERIO B.; NOLL, FERNANDO B.. Taxonomic notes on the Zethus olmecus de Saussure, 1875 species group (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae), with the description of five new species. Zootaxa, v. 5437, n. 3, p. 21-pg., 2024-04-15. (19/09215-6, 20/07895-7, 21/00766-0)

FREITAS, FELIPE, V. New genus and subgenus of South American long-horned bees (Apidae, Eucerini). Zootaxa, v. 5196, n. 4, p. 6-pg., 2022-10-21. (19/09215-6, 18/09666-5, 21/02196-6)

IVAN FERNANDES GOLFETTI; FERNANDO BARBOSA NOLL. Stygocampsomeris manauara (Hymenoptera: Scoliidae: Scoliinae), a new scoliid from the Amazon forest. Acta Amazonica, v. 53, n. 4, p. 351-355, 2023-11-13. (19/09215-6)

MATHEUS MOURÃO CARVALHO; ANDERSON LEPECO; GABRIEL A. R. MELO. The origin of the stingless bee species described by Frederick Smith from Brazilian specimens brought to the London International Exhibition of 1862. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, v. 67, n. 2, 2023-06-30. (21/12082-8, 22/05064-6, 19/09215-6)

LUCENA, DAERCIO A. A.; SANTOS-NETO, PEDRO E.; ZANELLA, FERNANDO C., V; ALMEIDA, EDUARDO A. B.. Taxonomic review of the elampine cuckoo wasps from northeastern Brazil (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae), with the description of three new species. Zootaxa, v. 5213, n. 3, p. 35-pg., 2022-11-25. (15/12326-3, 18/09666-5, 17/25081-4, 19/09215-6)

MENEZES, RODOLPHO S. T.; NOLL, FERNANDO B.; ARAGAO, MARCOS; HERMES, MARCEL G.; BRADY, SEAN G.. Phylomitogenomics reveals mito-nuclear concordance in social wasps: The performance of mitochondrial markers and gene order for hymenopteran systematics. Systematic Entomology, v. N/A, p. 13-pg., 2023-06-23. (19/09215-6)

CHAVARRIA-PIZARRO, LAURA; DA SILVA, MARJORIE; AMENT, DANILO C.; ALMEIDA, EDUARDO A. B.; NOLL, FERNANDO BARBOSA. Behavioural evolution of Neotropical social wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae): the queen selection process. CLADISTICS, v. N/A, p. 14-pg., 2023-03-04. (11/06058-5, 19/09215-6, 09/07526-2)

CORTES, GUSTAVO B.; NOLL, FERNANDO B.; CARPENTER, JAMES M.; ANDENA, SERGIO R.. Five new species of Metapolybia Ducke, 1905, with the description of the male genitalia of seven species of the genus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae). JOURNAL OF HYMENOPTERA RESEARCH, v. 97, p. 25-pg., 2024-09-26. (19/09215-6, 11/06058-5)

SOMAVILLA, ALEXANDRE; VIEIRA, GABRIEL SANTOS; ANDENA, SERGIO RICARDO; NOLL, FERNANDO BARBOSA; CARPENTER, JAMES M.. A phylogenetic approach to the Neotropical social wasp genus Leipomeles Mobius, 1856 (Vespidae: Epiponini), with a new identification key. American Museum Novitates, v. N/A, n. 4006, p. 12-pg., 2023-12-19. (19/09215-6)

LUCENA, DAERCIO A. A.; GOMES, RAYANE SALES; ZANELLA, FERNANDO C. V.; ALMEIDA, EDUARDO A. B.. "As Chrysididas do Brazil": A catalogue of the Brazilian cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, v. 68, n. 4, p. 63-pg., 2024-01-01. (18/09666-5, 22/00251-2, 13/01195-0, 15/12326-3, 14/12407-0, 19/09215-6, 17/25081-4)

LOPES, ROGERIO BOTION; MOLEIRO, HENRIQUE PEREIRA; LUCENA, DAERCIO A. A.. A new species of Huarpea Pate, 1947 (Hymenoptera, Sapygidae) from the semiarid region of Brazil. Zootaxa, v. 5507, n. 3, p. 17-pg., 2024-09-13. (22/00251-2, 20/07895-7, 19/09215-6, 21/00766-0)

LEPECO, ANDERSON; BRANSTETTER, MICHAEL G.; MELO, GABRIEL A. R.; FREITAS, FELIPE, V; TOBIN, KERRIGAN B.; GAN, JENNY; JENSEN, JEREMY; ALMEIDA, EDUARDO A. B.. Phylogenomic insights into the worldwide evolutionary relationships of the stingless bees (Apidae, Meliponini). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, v. 201, p. 17-pg., 2024-10-22. (18/09666-5, 19/09215-6, 21/12082-8, 23/00647-6)

NOLL, FERNANDO B.; BARBOSA, MARINA F. DE C.; SANTOS, EDUARDO F.; CASTILHO, RAPHAEL DE C.; LAMAS, CARLOS J. E.; FREITAS, ANDRE V. L.; DE MORAES, GILBERTO J.. The contribution of the BIOTA/FAPESP Program to the advancement of the knowledge on terrestrial invertebrates. Biota Neotropica, v. 22, p. 12-pg., 2022-01-01. (20/06632-2, 19/09215-6, 17/12004-1, 20/07895-7, 21/03868-8)