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Title: A checklist of social wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae) from Tocantins state, Brazil
Authors: Furtado, Lucas B.
Somavilla, Alexandre
Krolow, Tiago K.
Keywords: Northern Brazil
Cerrado Biome
Vespidae: Polistinae
Social wasps
Issue Date: 2022
metadata.dc.publisher.journal: Sociobiology
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: Volume 69, Número 3
Abstract: Tocantins state has high biodiversity and a high degree of endemism, nevertheless, there are no studies on the diversity of social wasps. This study introduces a survey of social wasps actively collected using entomological nets and Malaise trap in addition to different light traps in sixteen sites in the Amazon and Cerrado biomes in Tocantins state, Brazil. We sampled a total of 1,013 social wasps distributed in 57 species of 13 genera. Fifty of these species and nine genera represent new distribution records for the state. Some species are not commonly found in collections and lists of species, and Protopolybia picteti (de Saussure, 1854) is newly recorded for Brazil. Such an increase of 714% may indicate that Polistinae richness is probably higher in the studied regions and that the state of Tocantins may well contain several additional (yet unrecorded) social wasp species. More comprehensive studies should be conducted to enhance the knowledge of wasp species in this state, contributing to our understanding on the biodiversity in Northern Brazil. © 2022 Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana. All rights reserved.
ISSN: 03616525
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: 10.13102/SOCIOBIOLOGY.V69I3.8265
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