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Title: On the nesting biology of Pirhosigma Giordani Soika (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae), with special reference to the use of vegetable matter
Keywords: Eumenini
Insecta
Nest construction
Phylogeny
Issue Date: Dec-2013
Publisher: Sociedade Brasileira De Entomologia
Citation: HERMES, M. G.; SOMAVILLA, A.; GARCETE-BARRETT, B. R. On the nesting biology of Pirhosigma Giordani Soika (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae), with special reference to the use of vegetable matter. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, Curitiba, v. 57, n. 4, p. 433-436, Dec. 2013.
Abstract: On the nesting biology of Pirhosigma Giordani Soika (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae), with special reference to the use of vegetable matter. The use of vegetable matter in nest building is not widespread among the Eumeninae, and is reported for the first time for the two species of potter wasps Pirhosigma superficiale and P. limpidum. These wasps make mostly spherical mud nests over which they attach small pieces of unmasticated plant matter. Use of plant fragments in this group of wasps is interpreted as camouflage behavior
URI: http://repositorio.ufla.br/jspui/handle/1/39094
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