Occurrence and nesting behavior of social wasps in an anthropized environment

Autor(es)

da Silva, R. C. ^[1] ; Prato, A. S. ^[1] ; Assts, D. S. ^[1] ; Nascimento, F. S. ^[1]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Filosofia Ciencias & Letras Ribeirao Preto, Dept Biol, Av Bandeirantes 3900, BR-14040900 Ribeirao Preto, SP - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Sociobiology; v. 66, n. 2, p. 381-388, JUN 2019.
• Citações Web of Science: 0

Resumo

Some effort has been made concerning the measurement of the social biodiversity of wasps in Brazil. However, few approaches were made regarding how these taxa have adapted their nesting behavior to anthropic mixed environments. Thus, the present work aimed to survey the occurrence of social wasps in an anthropic area and their relationship with different types of nesting substrates. Increasing the knowledge of social wasps in anthropic areas may allow us to develop strategies for their conservation and management. Twenty long-term surveys were made at the Universidade de Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto campus, Sao Paulo State. During the searches, we collected information about wasp species and nesting substrate. A total of 20 species of eight genera were identified, and a total of 431 active colonies were registered. Epiponini was the tribe that expressed the most species richness. On the other hand, Mischocyttarini was represented by more active colonies. whether compared to the other species which agreed with the idea of preference of anthropic environments by independent founding wasps. Nesting behavior was associated with eight substrate categories. In general, we observed that some species may express certain plasticity regarding to their nesting substrate preference, whereas some expressed certain specificity. These findings may be related to the fact that some species are less sensitive to urban areas and then express a plastic behavior concerning to where they start their nests. Facing the increase of current urbanization process and, consequently, habitat loss, this type of study contributes toward a better understanding of how these insects are affected and behave in altered environment. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 16/08761-9 - Relação entre os hidrocarbonetos cuticulares e as castas de vespas sociais Neotropicais (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Polistinae)
• Beneficiário: Rafael Carvalho da Silva
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Programa Capacitação - Treinamento Técnico
• Processo FAPESP: 18/22461-3 - A busca pelo elo perdido: Os ovos atuam como veículo alternativo de comunicação em sistemas sociais?
• Beneficiário: Rafael Carvalho da Silva
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado
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• Beneficiário: Amanda Prato da Silva
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Mestrado
• Processo FAPESP: 18/10996-0 - Evo-Devo perspectiva sobre a divisão reprodutiva do trabalho em vespas
• Beneficiário: Fábio Santos do Nascimento
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular
• Processo FAPESP: 15/17358-0 - Diversidade e evolução da composição química da cutícula em formigas cortadeiras (Formicidae: Attini: Atta-Genus group)
• Beneficiário: Diego Santana Assis
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado