Insect (Hexapoda) diversity in the oceanic archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, Brazil: updated taxonomic checklist and new records

Authors: Rafael, José Albertino, Limeira-de-Oliveira, Francisco, Hutchings, Roger William, Miranda, Gil Felipe Gonçalves, Silva Neto, Alberto Moreira da, Somavilla, Alexandre, Camargo, Alexssandro, Asenjo, Angélico, Pinto, Ângelo Parise, Bello, Ayr de Moura, Dalmorra, Camila, Mello-Patiu, Cátia Antunes de, Carvalho, Claudio José Barros de, Takiya, Daniela Maeda, Parizotto, Daniele Regina, Marques, Dayse Willkenia Almeida, Cavalheiro, Denis de Oliveira, Mendes, Diego Matheus de Mello, Zeppelini, Douglas, Carneiro, Eduardo, Lima, Élison Fabrício Bezerra, Lima, Estevam Cipriano Araújo de, Godoi, Fabio Siqueira Pitaluga de, Pessoa, Felipe Arley Costa, Vaz-de-Mello, Fernando Zagury, Sosa-Duque, Francisco José, Flores, Heloísa Fernandes, Fernandes, Itanna Oliveira, Silva-Júnior, José Osvaldo, Gomes, Lucas Roberto Pereira, Monné, Marcela Laura, Castro, Marcelo Cutrim Moreira de, Silva, Marcelo Peixoto Gomes da, Couri, Márcia Souto, Gottschalk, Marco Silva, Soares, Matheus Mickael Mota, Monné, Miguel Angel, Rafael, Miriam Silva, Casagrande, Mirna Martins, Mielke, Olaf Hermann Hendrik, Grossi, Paschoal Coelho, Pinto, Paula Jéssica Costa, Bartholomay, Pedro Reck, Sobral, Rafael, Heleodoro, Raphael Aquino, Machado, Renato José Pires, Corrêa, Robson Crepes, Hutchings, Rosa Sá Gomes, Ale-Rocha, Rosaly, Santos, Sandra Duque dos, Lima, Sheila Pereira de, Mahlmann, Thiago, Silva, Vera Cristina, Fernandes, Daniell Rodrigo Rodrigues

Source: Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. January 2020 64(3)

Subject Terms: Insect orders, Fernando de Noronha oceanic archipelago, Insect fauna, South Atlantic oceanic, insects, Taxonomy

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Social wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae) on carcasses of Rattus norvegicus (Mammalia: Muridae) in the Central Amazonia, Brazil: possible forensic implications

Authors: Somavilla, Alexandre, Linard, Valdeana, Rafael, José Albertino

Source: Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. March 2019 63(1)

Subject Terms: Agelaia, Angiopolybia, Apoica, Forensic entomology, Necrophagy

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Diversity and aspects of the ecology of social wasps (Vespidae, Polistinae) in Central Amazonian 'terra firme' forest

Authors: Somavilla, Alexandre, Oliveira, Marcio Luiz de, Silveira, Orlando Tobias

Source: Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. December 2014 58(4)

Subject Terms: Active search, Ducke Reserve, Insecta, PPBio, structured inventory

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On the nesting biology of Pirhosigma Giordani Soika (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae), with special reference to the use of vegetable matter

Authors: Hermes, Marcel G., Somavilla, Alexandre, Garcete-Barrett, Bolívar R.

Source: Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. December 2013 57(4)

Subject Terms: Eumenini, Insecta, nest construction, phylogeny

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Guia de identificação dos ninhos de vespas sociais (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae) na Reserva Ducke, Manaus, Amazonas, Brasil

Authors: Somavilla, Alexandre, Oliveira, Marcio Luiz de, Silveira, Orlando Tobias

Source: Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. December 2012 56(4)

Subject Terms: Floresta ombrófila densa de terra firme, hábito de nidificação, marimbondos, Polistinae

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Metapolybia araujoi, a new species of swarming social wasp from the Brazilian Amazon rainforest (Vespidae: Polistinae)

Authors: Somavilla, Alexandre, Andena, Sérgio Ricardo

Source: Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. June 2018 62(2)

Subject Terms: Adolph Ducke, Epiponini, Metapolybia, Pará State, Brazil

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Association among wasps' colonies, ants and birds in Central Amazonian

Authors: Somavilla, Alexandre, Fernandes, Itanna Oliveira, Oliveira, Marcio Luiz de, Silveira, Orlando Tobias

Source: Biota Neotropica. June 2013 13(2)

Subject Terms: Azteca ants, Cacicus cela, nests, Polybia rejecta, Synoeca virginea

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Landscape forest cover and regional context shape the conservation value of shaded cocoa agroforests for bees and social wasps.

Authors: Ferreira, José Victor A., Arroyo-Rodríguez, Víctor, Morante-Filho, José Carlos, Storck-Tonon, Danielle, Somavilla, Alexandre, dos Santos-Silva, José Augusto, Mahlmann, Thiago, Oliveira, Márcio L., Benchimol, Maíra

Source: Landscape Ecology; Dec2024, Vol. 39 Issue 12, p1-15, 15p

Fantastic beasts and where to find them: updated Elasmus polistis Burks, 1971 (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) hosts list and new host genus record.

Authors: Maciel, Tatiane Tagliatti, Brito, Samanta, Barbosa, Bruno Corrêa, Somavilla, Alexandre, Prezoto, Fabio

Source: Studies on Neotropical Fauna & Environment; Dec2024, Vol. 59 Issue 3, p892-897, 6p

Subject Terms: HOSTS of parasitoids, WASPS, SEX ratio, SOCIAL facts, EULOPHIDAE, SEX allocation

Infection and behavior manipulation of social wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae) by Ophiocordyceps humbertii in Neotropical forests: new records of wasp-zombification by a fungus

Authors: Somavilla, Alexandre, Barbosa, Bruno Corrêa, Prezoto, Fábio, Oliveira, Marcio Luiz

Source: Studies on neotropical fauna and environment. 55(1):23-28

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Effect of habitat amount and complexity on social wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae): implications for biological control

Authors: Ferreira, José Victor Alves, Storck-Tonon, Danielle, da Silva, Ricardo José, Somavilla, Alexandre, Pereira, Mônica Josene Barbosa, da Silva, Dionei José

Source: Journal of insect conservation. 24(4):613-624

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Nesting behaviour of Neotropical social wasps of the genus Clypearia de Saussure (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae).

Authors: de Souza, Marcos Magalhães, Rubim, Luís Gustavo Talarico, Somavilla, Alexandre, Santos da Silva, Eldair, Teofilo-Guedes, Gabriel, Serrão, José Eduardo, Zanuncio, José Cola

Source: Journal of Natural History; Aug2024, Vol. 58 Issue 29-32, p1145-1156, 12p

Subject Terms: INSECT societies, VESPIDAE, WASPS, HYMENOPTERA, ANTS

The importance of legal reserve for predator social wasp diversity in an agroecosystem in the Brazilian Cerrado.

Authors: de Oliveira, Nayane S, Ferreira, José V A, da Silva, Ricardo J, Somavilla, Alexandre, Volff, Camila E P, Pereira, Mônica J B, da Silva, Dionei J, Butnariu, Alessandra R, Storck-Tonon, Danielle

Source: Studies on Neotropical Fauna & Environment; Aug2024, Vol. 59 Issue 2, p360-369, 10p

Subject Terms: WASPS, AGRICULTURE, AGRICULTURAL pests, VESPIDAE, SPECIES diversity, MONOCULTURE agriculture, PHEROMONE traps, EDGE effects (Ecology)

Geographic Terms: MATO Grosso (Brazil : State), BRAZIL

Effects of forest fragmentation on community patterns of social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in Central Amazon

Authors: Graça, Márlon Breno, Somavilla, Alexandre

Source: Austral entomology. 58(3):657-665

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Caste differences and morphological skew in the swarm-founding wasp Agelaia timida Cooper, 2000 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Epiponini).

Authors: NOLL, FERNANDO B., DA SILVA, MARJORIE, SOMAVILLA, ALEXANDRE, CARPENTER, JAMES M.

Source: American Museum Novitates; 6/21/2024, Vol. 2024 Issue 4017, p1-12, 12p

Subject Terms: CASTE, VESPIDAE, HYMENOPTERA, FOUNDING, DISCRIMINANT analysis, OVARIES

Scientific note on a Neotropical wasp preying on stingless bees.

Authors: Boff, Samuel¹ (AUTHOR) samboff@gmail.com, Somavilla, Alexandre² (AUTHOR)

Source: Apidologie. Apr2024, Vol. 55 Issue 2, p1-7. 7p.

New manipulation records of social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) behavior by the entomopathogenic Ophiocordyceps Petch (Hypocreales: Ophiocordycipitaceae) fungus.

Authors: Barbosa, Bruno Corrêa¹ (AUTHOR) barbosa.bc@outlook.com, Somavilla, Alexandre¹ (AUTHOR)

Source: Studies on Neotropical Fauna & Environment. Apr2024, Vol. 59 Issue 1, p119-122. 4p.

Subject Terms: *VESPIDAE, *WASPS, *HYMENOPTERA, *HYPOCREALES, *ENTOMOPATHOGENIC fungi, *FUNGI, *BEAUVERIA bassiana

A Phylogenetic Approach to the Neotropical Social Wasp Genus Leipomeles Möbius, 1856 (Vespidae: Epiponini), with a New Identification Key.

Authors: Somavilla, Alexandre¹ (AUTHOR), Vieira, Gabriel Santos² (AUTHOR), Andena, Sérgio Ricardo³ (AUTHOR), Noll, Fernando Barbosa⁴ (AUTHOR), Carpenter, James M.⁵ (AUTHOR)

Source: American Museum Novitates. 12/20/2023, Vol. 2023 Issue 4006, p1-12. 12p.

Subject Terms: *VESPIDAE, *WASPS, *MORPHOLOGY, *SPECIES, *FEMALES, *IDENTIFICATION

Geographic Terms: COSTA Rica, BRAZIL

Contribution to the knowledge of the Brazilian Ephialtini Darwin wasps (Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae).

Alternate Title: Contribución al conocimiento de las avispas de Darwin Ephialtini de Brasil (Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae). (Spanish)

Authors: SANTOS, Isamara S., PÁDUA, Diego G., ARAUJO, Rodrigo O., SOMAVILLA, Alexandre

Source: Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina; Jan-Mar2023, Vol. 82 Issue 1, p64-67, 4p

Subject Terms: ICHNEUMONIDAE, HYMENOPTERA, PARASITOID behavior, SPECIES, WASPS, MALES

Geographic Terms: BRAZIL, LATIN America

Hexapoda Yearbook (Arthropoda: Mandibulata: Pancrustacea) Brazil 2020: the first annual production survey of new Brazilian species.

Authors: Moreira Da Silva-Neto, Alberto, Lopes Falaschi, Rafaela, Zacca, Thamara, Hipólito, Juliana, Costa Lima Pequeno, Pedro Aurélio, Alves-Oliveira, João Rafael, Oliveira dos Santos, Roberto, Aquino Heleodoro, Raphael, Marcondes Jacobina, Adaiane Catarina, Somavilla, Alexandre, Camargo, Alexssandro, de Oliveira Lira, Aline, Sampaio, Aline Amanda, da Silva Ferreira, André, Martins, André Luis, Figueiredo de Oliveira, Andressa, Gonçalves da Silva Wengrat, Ana Paula, Batista Rosa, Augusto Henrique, Dias Corrêa, Caio Cezar, Costa De-Souza, Caroline

Source: EntomoBrasilis; 2022, Vol. 15, p1-33, 33p