Epipona media cooper (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), a social wasp new to the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

AUTOR(ES)

Menezes, Rodolpho S T, Carvalho Filho, Antonio F, Raw, Anthony, Costa, Marco A

FONTE

Neotropical Entomology

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2010-12

RESUMO

An occupied nest of Epipona media Cooper was discovered and collected in a cabruca (cocoa plantation with native tree cover). This is the first record of E. media from Bahia State. We described the nest structure and compared the adults with the closely related species Epipona tatua Cuvier.

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