Relato de comportamento agonístico entre uma abelha-sem-ferrão (Apidae: Meliponinae) e uma vespa social (Vespidae: Polistinae) no sudeste do Brasil

Richard Alex dos Santos Nacasato; Glauco Cássio de Sousa Oliveira; Marcos  Magalhães de Souza

doi:10.12741/2675-9276.v6.e086

Autores

Richard Alex dos Santos Nacasato Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Sul de Minas, Inconfidentes, MG, Brasil https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2565-3118
Glauco Cássio de Sousa Oliveira Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, MG, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9811-8485
Marcos Magalhães de Souza Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Sul de Minas, Inconfidentes, MG, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0415-1714

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12741/2675-9276.v6.e086

Palavras-chave:

comportamento defensivo, mordida, Polybia, Nannotrigona

Resumo

As abelhas-sem-ferrão possuem diferentes inimigos naturais, os quais favoreceram o desenvolvimento de uma variedade de adaptações defensivas, tais como estruturais, químicas e comportamentais. Existem poucos registros de interações entre essas abelhas e vespas sociais, assim, este estudo relata uma interação agonística entre a abelha-sem-ferrão Nannotrigona testaceicornis (Lepeletier, 1836) e a vespa social Synoeca cyaneae (Fabricius, 1775) no sudeste do Brasil. Hipóteses que podem ter motivado o ataque são discutidas, mas são inconclusivas, portanto, são necessários mais trabalhos que as investiguem mais profundamente, pois pode ser que essa interação seja mais comum do que se saiba, o que seria relevante para o manejo dessas abelhas.

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