RECORDS OF INSECTS IN THE DIET OF SOCIAL WASPS OF THE GENUS Polybia LEPELETIER, 1836 (VESPIDAE: POLISTINAE) IN SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL

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https://doi.org/10.24021/raac.v21i1.7948

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Predação, Hemiptera, Odonata

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Social wasps of the genus Polybia Lepeletier, 1836, have a generalist feeding habit and are predators of a wide variety of other insects, however there are no reports of the feeding of hemipterans and odonates by Polybia fastidiosuscula Saussure, 1864 and Polybia platycephala Richards, 1951, respectively. Therefore, this study aims to record the predation of a Dictyopharidae individual by P. fastidiosuscula and the feeding of a Coenagrionidae individual by P. platycephala. Both records occurred occasionally in Southeast Brazil and contribute to the knowledge about the diet of these vespids.

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2024-09-24