Record of Parasitoids in nests of social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae)
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Authors:
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Somavilla, A; Schoeninger, K; Carvalho, AF; Menezes, RST; Del Lama, MA; Costa, MA; Oliveira, ML
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2015
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Sociobiology 62: 92-98
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Record of Parasitoids in nests of social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae)
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The aim of this study was to record the parasitoid species found in social wasps nests sampled in different localities in Brazil. We sampled nests of Mischocyttarus cassununga, Mischocyttarus consimilis, Mischocyttarus imitator, Polistes canadensis, Polistes cinerascens, Polistes versicolor, Angiopolybia pallens, Leipomeles spilogastra, Polybia jurinei and two indeterminate species of Mischocyttarus. Thus, we observed that nests of M. cassununga, M. imitator and Mischocyttarus (Phi) sp.1 were parasitized by Toechorychus guarapuavus (Ichneumonidae) and nests of M. consimilis, M. imitator and Mischocyttarus sp.2 were parasitized by Toechorychus fluminensis (Ichneumonidae). Nests of P. versicolor and P. cinerascens were parasitized by Elasmus polistis (Eulophidae) and nest of P. canadensis was parasitized by Simenota depressa (Trigonalidae); nest of A. pallens and L. spilogastra, was infested by Brachymeria sp.1 and Brachymeria sp.2 (Chalcididae), respectively. Nests of M. cassununga and Polybia jurinei were parasitized by Megaselia scalaris (Phoridae). |
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