New records of social wasps around Brasília (Hymenoptera; Vespidae; Polistinae)

Authors

  • Anthony Raw Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v63i4.1360

Keywords:

Paper wasps, swarm founding wasps, species substitution

Abstract

The aim of the present work was to discover how many species inhabit the environs of Brasília.  Being an approximate rectangle in the middle of the Cerrado biome, the Federal District of Brasília is a representative “quadrat” to sample the biome’s fauna.  

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Author Biography

Anthony Raw, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz

Departamento de Ciências Biológicas 

 

Full professor  (retired) 

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Published

2016-12-29

How to Cite

Raw, A. (2016). New records of social wasps around Brasília (Hymenoptera; Vespidae; Polistinae). Sociobiology, 63(4), 1073–1075. https://doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v63i4.1360

Issue

Vol. 63 No. 4 (2016)

Section

Short Note

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