Diversity of the Nests of Social Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae) in the Northern Pantanal, Brazil

Authors

  • Sara Miranda Almeida Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Nova Xavantina
  • Sérgio Ricardo Andena Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
  • Evandson José dos Anjos Silva Universidade do Estado do Mato Grosso, Cáceres

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v61i1.107-114

Keywords:

IndVal, Hymenoptera, wetlands,

Abstract

Some species of wasps demonstrate plasticity with diverse nesting habits according to the environmental conditions and substrates used for building the nests, while others are restricted to habitats with specific conditions and may exhibit some degree of fide-lity. The aim of this study was to estimate species richness and abundance of nests of Polistini and Epiponini wasps in four landscape units in the Pantanal of Poconé, Retiro Novo Farm, southwestern Mato Grosso state, Brazil. The nests of social wasps were sampled in four plant physiognomies locally known as cambarazal, landizal, pombeiral and campo limpo from August 25, 2011 to April 11, 2012, being recorded 308 nests of eight genera and 14 species of social wasps. The highest number of nests belongs to Polybia ruficeps xanthops (32.69%), Poly. sericea (24.27%) and Synoeca surinama (15.21%). The highest species richness was recorded in cambarazal and the highest abundance of nests in pombeiral, while campo limpo showed the lowest richness and abundance of nests. The nests of S. surinama were associated with cambarazal and landizal (IndVal = 93.3, P = 0.001), while the nests of Poly. ruficeps xanthops and Poly. chrysothorax were associated with cambarazal, landizal and pombeiral (IndVal = 97, P = 0.001). There was lower abundance and lower species richness of wasps in campo limpo. These results demonstrate that the maintenance of forest environments in the Pantanal is essential for the establishment and maintenance of social wasp nests.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

Andena, S.R. & Carpenter, J.M. (2012). A phylogenetic analysis of the social wasp genus Brachygastra Perty, 1833, and description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Epiponini). American Museum Novitates, 3753: 1-38. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1206/3753.2

Carpenter, J.M. & Marques, O.M. (2001). Contribuição ao Estudo dos Vespídeos do Brasil. Salvador, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Departamento de Fitotecnia. Série Publicações Digitais, v. 3, CD.

Clapperton, B.K. (1999). Abundance of wasps and prey consumption of paper wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae: Polistinae) in Northland, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 23: 11-19.

Cruz, J.D., Giannotti, E., Santos, G.M.M., Bichara-Filho, C.C. & Rocha, A.A. (2006). Nest site selection and flying capacity of neotropical wasp Angiopolybia pallens (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in the Atlantic Rain Forest, Bahia State, Brazil. Sociobiology, 47: 739-749.

Dejean, A., Corbara, B. & Carpenter, J.M. (1998). Nesting site selection by wasps in the Guianese rain forest. Insectes Sociaux, 45: 33-41. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s000400050066

Diniz, I.R. & Kitayama, K. (1994). Colony densities and preferences for nest habitats of same social wasps in Mato Grosso State, Brazil (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 3: 133-143.

Diniz, I.R. & Kitayama, K. (1998). Seasonality of vespid species (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in a central Brazilian cerrado. Revista de Biologia Tropical, 46: 109-114.

Dufrene, M. & Legendre, P. (1997). Species Assemblages and Indicator Species: the need for a flexible asymmetrical approach. Ecological Monographs, 67: 345-366. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1890/0012-9615(1997)067[0345:SAAIST]2.0.CO;2

Fantin-Cruz, I., Girard, P., Zeilhofer, P. & Collischonn, W. (2010). Dinâmica de inundação. In I.M. Fernandes, C.A. Signor & J.M.F. Penha (Orgs.), Biodiversidade no Pantanal de Poconé. Cuiabá: Centro de Pesquisa do Pantanal. 196 p

Fernandes, I. M., Signor, C. A., Penha, J. (Orgs.) Biodiversidade no Pantanal de Poconé. Cuiabá: Centro de Pesquisa do Pantanal. 196 p

Grimaldi, D. & Engel, M.S. (2005). Evolution of the insects. Cambridge, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University Press. 772 p

Heithaus, E.R. (1979). Community structure of neotropical flower visiting bees and wasps: diversity and phenology. Ecology, 60: 190-202. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/1936480

Henriques, R.P.B., Diniz, I.R. & Kitayama, K. (1992). Nest density of some social wasp species in Cerrado Vegetation of Central Brazil (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Entomologia Generalis, 17: 265-268. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1127/entom.gen/17/1992/265

Hunt, J.H. (2007). The evolution of social wasps. New York: Oxford University Press, 259 p DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195307979.001.0001

Itô, Y. (1986). On the pleometrotic route of social evolution in the Vespidae. Monitore Zoologico Italiano, 20: 241-262.

Junk, W.J., Nunes-da-Cunha, C., Wantzen, K.M., Petermann, P., Strüssmann, C., Marques, M.I. & Adis, J. (2006). Biodiversity and its conservation in the Pantanal of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Aquatic Science, 68: 278-309. doi: 10.1007/s00027-006-0851-4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00027-006-0851-4

Lawton, J.H. (1983). Plant architecture and the diversity of phytophagous insects. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 28: 23-39. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.en.28.010183.000323

Legendre, P. & Legendre, L. (2012). Numerical Ecology. New York: Oxford, 853 p Marques, M.I., Souza, W.O., Santos, G.B., Battirola, L.D. & Anjos, K.C. (2010). Fauna de artrópodes de solo. In: I.M. Fernandes, C.A. Signor & J.M.F. Penha (Orgs.), Biodiversidade no Pantanal de Poconé (pp. 25-35). Cuiabá: Centro de Pesquisa do Pantanal.

Melo, G.A.R., Aguiar, A.P. & Garcete-Barrett, B.R. (2012). Hymenoptera. In J.A. Rafael, G.A.R. Melo, C.J.B. Carvalho, S.A. Casari & R. Constantino (Eds.), Insetos do Brasil: Diversidade e Taxonomia. (pp. 553-612). Ribeirão Preto: Holos Editora.

Nascimento, M.T. & Nunes-da-Cunha, C. (1989). Estrutura e composição florística de um Cambarazal no Pantanal de Poconé, MT. Acta Botanica Brasilica, 3: 3-23. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0102-33061989000100001

Noll F.B.,Wenzel, J.W. & Zucchi, R. (2004). Evolution of Caste in Neotropical Swarm-Founding Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae; Epiponini). American Museum Novitates, 3467: 1-24. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2004)467<0001:EOCINW>2.0.CO;2

Nunes-da-Cunha, C., Junk, W.J. & Leitão-Filho, H.F. (2007). Woody vegetation in the Pantanal of Mato Grosso, Brazil: a preliminar tipology. Amazoniana, 11: 159-184.

Nunes-da-Cunha, Rebello, C.L. & Costa, C.P. (2010). Vegetação e Flora: experiência pantaneira no sistema de grade. In I.M. Fernandes, C.A. Signor & J.M.F. Penha (Eds.), Biodiversidade no Pantanal de Poconé (pp. 37-57). Cuiabá: Centro de Pesquisa do Pantanal.

Pinho, J.B. & Marini, M.A. (2012). Using birds to set conservation priorities for Pantanal wetland forests, Brazil. Bird Conservation International, 22: 155-169. doi: 10.1017/S0959270911000207 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959270911000207

Prezoto, F. & Machado, V.L.L. (1999). Ação de Polistes (Aphanilopterus) simillimus Zikán (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) no controle de Spodoptera frugiperda (Smith) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 16: 841-851. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0101-81751999000300021

Prezoto, F., Cortes, S.A.O. & Melo, A.C. (2008). Vespas: de vilãs a parceiras. Ciência Hoje, 48: 70-73.

R Development Core Team (2011) R: A language and environment for statistical computing. R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria. Retrieved from: http://www.R-project.org/.

Raw, A. (1998). Social wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) of the Ilha de Maracá. In: J.A. Ratter J.A. & W. Milliken (Eds.), Maracá: Biodiversity and environment of an Amazonian Rainforest (pp. 311-325). Chichester: John & Sons.

Richards O.W., & Richards, M.J. (1951). Observations on the social wasps of South America (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society, 102: 1-170. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.1951.tb01241.x

Richards, O.W. (1978). The social wasps of the Americas, excluding the Vespinae. London: British Museum (Natural History), 580 p

Santos, G.M.M. (2000). Comunidades de vespas sociais (Hymenoptera-Polistinae) em três ecossistemas do estado da Bahia, com ênfase na estrutura da guilda de vespas visitantes de flores de Caatinga. Tese de doutorado, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto/USP, 129 p

Santos, G.M.M. & Gobbi, N. (1998). Nesting habits and colonial productivity of Polistes canadensis canadensis (L.) (Hymenoptera-Vespidae) in a Caatinga area, Bahia State, Brazil. Journal of Advanced Zoology, 19: 63-69.

Santos, G.M.M., Bichara-Filho, C.C., Resende, J.J., Cruz, J.D. da & Marques, O.M. 2007. Diversity and community structures of social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in three ecosystems in Itaparica Island, Bahia State, Brazil. Neotropical Entomology, 36: 180-185. doi: 10.1590/S1519-566X2007000200002. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/S1519-566X2007000200002

Santos, G.M.M., Gobbi, J., Cruz, J.D. da, Marques, O.M. & Gobbi, N. (2009a). Diversidade de vespas sociais (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) em áreas de cerrado na Bahia. Neo-tropical Entomology, 38: 317-320. doi: 10.1590/S1519-566X2009000300003. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/S1519-566X2009000300003

Santos, G..M.M., Bispo, P.C. & Aguiar, C.M.L. (2009b). Fluctuations in Richness and abundance of social wasps du-ring the dry and wet seasons in three phyto-physiognomies at the tropical dry forest of Brazil. Environmental Entomology, 38: 1613-1617. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1603/022.038.0613

Saussure, H. de. 1853–58. Monographie des guêpes sociales ou de la tribu des vespiens. Paris: Masson. [1–96, 1853; 97–256, 1854]

Spradbery, J.P. (1991). Evolution of queen number and queen control. In: K.G. Ross and R.W. Matthews (Eds.), The Social Biology of Wasps (pp. 336-388). Ithaca, NY: Cornell Univ. Press.

Silva, S.S. & Silveira, O.T. (2009). Vespas sociais (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae) de floresta pluvial Amazônica de terra firme em Caxiuanã, Melgaço, Pará. Iheringia Série Zoologia, 99: 317-323. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0073-47212009000300015

Silva, S.S., Azevedo, G.G. & Silveira, O.T. (2011). Social wasps of two Cerrado localities in the northeast of Maranhão state, Brazil (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae). Rev. Bras. Entomol., 55: 597-602. doi: 10.1590/S0085-56262011000400017. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0085-56262011000400017

Silva-Pereira, V. & Santos, G.M.M. (2006). Diversity in bee (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) and social wasp (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Polistinae) community in Campos Rupestres, Bahia, Brazil. Neotropical Entomology, 35: 165-174. doi: 10.1590/S1519-566X2006000200003. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/S1519-566X2006000200003

Silveira, O.T. (2002). Surveying neotropical social wasps. An evaluation of methods in the “Ferreira Penna” Research Station (ECFPn), in Caxiuanã, PA, Brazil (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae). Papéis Avulsos deZoologia, 42: 299-323. doi: 10.1590/S0031-10492002001200001 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0031-10492002001200001

Silveira, O.T., Esposito, M.C, Santos, J.N. & Gemaque, F.E. (2005). Social Wasps and bees captured in carrion traps in a rainforest in Brazil. Entomological Science, 8: 33-39. doi: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2005.00098.x DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1479-8298.2005.00098.x

Silveira, O.T., Silva, S.S., Pereira, J.L.G. & Tavares, I.S. (2012). Local scale spatial variation in diversity of social wasps in an Amazonian rain forest, Caxiuanã, Pará, Brazil (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae). Revista Brasileira Entomologia, 56: 329-346. doi: 10.1590/S0085-56262012005000053. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0085-56262012005000053

Simões, M.H., Cuozzo, M.D. & Frieiro-Costa, F.A. (2012). Diversity of social wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) in Cerrado biome of the southern of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Iheringia, Sér. Zool., 102: 292-297. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0073-47212012000300007

Somavilla, A., Oliveira, M.L. & Silveira, O.T. (2012). Guia de identificação dos ninhos de vespas sociais (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae) na Reserva Ducke, Manaus, Amazonas, Brasil. Revista Brasileira Entomologia, 56: 405-414. doi: 10.1590/S0085-56262012000400003. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0085-56262012000400003

Souza, M.M., Louzada, J., Serrão, J.E. & Zanuncio, J.C. (2010). Social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) as indicators of conservation degree of riparian forests in Southeast Brazil. Sociobiology, 56: 387-396.

Spradbery, J.P. (1991). Evolution of queen number and queen control. In: K.G. Ross and R.W. Matthews (Eds.), The Social Biology of Wasps (pp. 336-388). Ithaca, NY: Cornell Univ. Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501718670-013

Vitali-Veiga, M.J. & Machado, V.L.L. (2001). Entomofauna visitante de Gleiditsia triacanthos L. – Leguminosae durante o seu período de floração. Revista Bioikos., 15: 29-38.

Wenzel, J.W. (1998). A generic key to the nests of hornets, yellowjackets, and paper wasps worldwide (Vespidae, Vespinae, Polistinae). American Museum Novitates, 3224: 1-39.

West-Eberhard, M.J. (1978). Temporary queens in Metapolybia wasps: non-reproductive helpers without altruism? Science, 200: 441-443. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.200.4340.441

West-Eberhard, M.J. (1996). Wasp societies as microcosms for the study of development and evolution. In: S. Turillazzi & M.J. West-Eberhard (Eds.), Natural history and evolution of paper-wasps (pp. 290-317). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Wilson, E.O. (1985). The sociogenesis of insect colonies. Science, 228 (4704): 1479-1485. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.228.4707.1489

Downloads

Published

2014-05-30

How to Cite

Almeida, S. M., Andena, S. R., & Silva, E. J. dos A. (2014). Diversity of the Nests of Social Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae) in the Northern Pantanal, Brazil. Sociobiology, 61(1), 107–114. https://doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v61i1.107-114

Issue

Vol. 61 No. 1 (2014)

Section

Research Article - Wasps

License

Sociobiology is a diamond open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles in this journal without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access.

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

 

    1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

 

    1. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.

 

  1. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).