Functional and Taxonomic Diversity of Stinging Wasps in Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest Areas

Autor(es)

dos Santos, E. F. ^[1] ; Noll, F. B. ^[2] ; Brandao, C. R. F. ^[3]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Filosofia Ciencias & Letras Ribeirao Preto, BR-14040901 Ribeirao Preto, SP - Brazil

^[2] Univ Estadual Paulista, Inst Biociencias Letras & Ciencias Exatas, Depto Zool & Bot, Sao Jose Do Rio Preto, SP - Brazil

^[3] Univ Sao Paulo, Museu Zool, Sao Paulo - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Neotropical Entomology; v. 43, n. 2, p. 97-105, APR 2014.
• Citações Web of Science: 7

Resumo

Vespoidea are the most functionally diverse superfamily of Hymenoptera. Ecological studies involving this family are primarily based on eusocial groups, including ants and social paper wasps. In the present study, we examine stinging wasp (Vespoidea) faunal diversity in the Atlantic Rain Forest, which is one of the most diverse and threatened ecosystems in the World. Three conservation areas were sampled employing a standardized sample protocol. Families and functional groups of Vespoidea were collected in each area, with the exception ants (Formicidae), and analyzed using diversity analyses, to generate taxonomic diversity and distinctness indices. Results indicated Pompilidae was the most diverse family, and the idiobiont parasitoid type was the most diverse functional group in the three study areas. NA(0)cleo Picinguaba of the Parque Estadual da Serra do Mar was taxonomically and functionally the most diverse and species rich area. Parque Estadual Intervales showed the highest number of dominant species and diversity of koinobiont parasitoids, while the Rebio Sooretama exhibited a decrease in several diversity parameters. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 01/08060-5 - Estudo e identificação dos Hymenoptera aculeata do Projeto Temático BIOTA "Riqueza e diversidade de Hymenoptera e Isoptera ao longo de um gradiente latitudinal na Mata Atlântica"
• Beneficiário: Eduardo Fernando dos Santos
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Iniciação Científica
• Processo FAPESP: 98/05083-0 - Biodiversidade de Isoptera e Hymenoptera
• Beneficiário: Carlos Roberto Ferreira Brandão
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Programa BIOTA - Temático