Is the reuse of abandoned nest material a characteristic of the genus Parachartergus Ihering, 1904 (Vespidae: Polistinae)?

Jackie Anne  Silverio de Souza; Diego Gonçalves dos Santos Renne; Marcos Magalhães de Souza; Gabriel de Castro Jacques

doi:10.12741/2675-9276.v5.e079

Autores

Jackie Anne Silverio de Souza Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Minas Gerais - Campus Bambuí, Bambuí, MG, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3614-3191
Diego Gonçalves dos Santos Renne Instituto Federal do Sul de Minas Gerais - Campus Inconfidentes, Inconfidentes, MG, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3936-0081
Marcos Magalhães de Souza Instituto Federal do Sul de Minas Gerais - Campus Inconfidentes, Inconfidentes, MG, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0415-1714
Gabriel de Castro Jacques Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Minas Gerais - Campus Bambuí, Bambuí, MG, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9619-6065

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12741/2675-9276.v5.e079

Palavras-chave:

economy, envelope, nesting, wasp

Resumo

The social wasp species of the genus Parachartergus Ihering, 1904 (Vespidae: Polistinae) use plant fibers and saliva to build their nests, although two species are known to reuse material from abandoned nests belonging to other wasps. This paper aims to report the species Parachartegus pseudapicalis Willink, 1959, which has reused material from an abandoned social wasp nest. The record occurred at random, in November 2023, in the Atlantic Forest and Cerrado transition area, in the municipality of Luminárias, southern Minas Gerais, Brazil. The reported behavior is similar to that observed in Parachartegus fraternus (Gribodo, 1892) and Parachartegus colobopterus (Lichtenstein, 1796). This reuse may be frequent in Parachartergus, but further studies are suggested in order to better elucidate this behavior and its evolutionary significance.

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