Social wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae) of Minas Gerais, Brazil: richness and distribution
Minas Gerais state, Brazil, is home to significant biological diversity, including social wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae). However, they have suffered substantial losses of their original cover due to anthropogenic actions, which justifies carrying out inventory studies. Therefore, this study aims to a...
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| author | Diogo Silva Vilela Júlio César Moreira Dobizc Luís Cláudio Paterno Silveira Marcos Magalhães de Souza |
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| description | Minas Gerais state, Brazil, is home to significant biological diversity, including social wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae). However, they have suffered substantial losses of their original cover due to anthropogenic actions, which justifies carrying out inventory studies. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the species richness and distribution of social wasps in Minas Gerais and add information to the municipality of Luminárias, southern Minas Gerais. There are inventories in 32 locations
in Minas Gerais, inside and outside Conservation Units (CUs), with a higher concentration in the Atlantic Forest. In total, 118 social wasp species are recorded in the state and 74 are considered rare, i.e. occurring in less than 20% of the localities. The Caatinga, along with the protected areas in the Cerrado and the Atlantic Forest in the eastern and northeastern parts of the state, is under-sampled. Luminárias, despite not being located in a UC, has a considerable richness of rare species, two of which have only been previously recorded in Conservation Units. This allows us to infer that this municipality is home to a relevant vespid fauna for the state, corroborating other studies that suggest the creation of a UC for the region. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-746095c49f2e4b09abe8012942b3b3f72025-01-10T18:11:28ZengSociedad Chilena de EntomologíaRevista Chilena de Entomología0034-740X0718-89942024-11-0150470173610.35249/rche.50.4.24.12Social wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae) of Minas Gerais, Brazil: richness and distributionDiogo Silva Vilela0Júlio César Moreira Dobizc1Luís Cláudio Paterno Silveira2Marcos Magalhães de Souza3Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Sul de Minas Gerais – Campus Inconfidentes (IFSULDEMINAS), Inconfidentes, MG, Brasil. Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Sul de Minas Gerais, Campus Inconfidentes, Minas Gerais, Brasil.Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA), Lavras, MG, Brasil. Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Sul de Minas Gerais – Campus Inconfidentes (IFSULDEMINAS), Inconfidentes, MG, Brasil. Minas Gerais state, Brazil, is home to significant biological diversity, including social wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae). However, they have suffered substantial losses of their original cover due to anthropogenic actions, which justifies carrying out inventory studies. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the species richness and distribution of social wasps in Minas Gerais and add information to the municipality of Luminárias, southern Minas Gerais. There are inventories in 32 locations in Minas Gerais, inside and outside Conservation Units (CUs), with a higher concentration in the Atlantic Forest. In total, 118 social wasp species are recorded in the state and 74 are considered rare, i.e. occurring in less than 20% of the localities. The Caatinga, along with the protected areas in the Cerrado and the Atlantic Forest in the eastern and northeastern parts of the state, is under-sampled. Luminárias, despite not being located in a UC, has a considerable richness of rare species, two of which have only been previously recorded in Conservation Units. This allows us to infer that this municipality is home to a relevant vespid fauna for the state, corroborating other studies that suggest the creation of a UC for the region.https://www.biotaxa.org/rce/article/view/86527atlantic forestcaatingacerradoinventory |
| spellingShingle | Diogo Silva Vilela Júlio César Moreira Dobizc Luís Cláudio Paterno Silveira Marcos Magalhães de Souza Social wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae) of Minas Gerais, Brazil: richness and distribution Revista Chilena de Entomología atlantic forest caatinga cerrado inventory |
| title | Social wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae) of Minas Gerais, Brazil: richness and distribution |
| title_full | Social wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae) of Minas Gerais, Brazil: richness and distribution |
| title_fullStr | Social wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae) of Minas Gerais, Brazil: richness and distribution |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae) of Minas Gerais, Brazil: richness and distribution |
| title_short | Social wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae) of Minas Gerais, Brazil: richness and distribution |
| title_sort | social wasps vespidae polistinae of minas gerais brazil richness and distribution |
| topic | atlantic forest caatinga cerrado inventory |
| url | https://www.biotaxa.org/rce/article/view/86527 |
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