Abstract
The holotype female, allotype male and nest are described of a new species of social wasp, Mischocyttarus (Kappa) santacruzi (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) from Atlantic coastal forest, Bahia, State, eastern Brazil. Morphologically the species is close to M. (Kappa) adolphi Zikán.
Hymenoptera; Vespidae; Mischocyttarus; social wasp; Brazil; Atlantic forest
Mischocyttarus (Kappa) santacruzi, a new species of social wasp (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) from Eastern Brazilian wet forest1 1 Work financed by the Projeto RestaUna, Ilhéus, Bahia.
Anthony Raw
Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz. 45650-000 Ilhéus, Bahia, Brasil
ABSTRACT
The holotype female, allotype male and nest are described of a new species of social wasp, Mischocyttarus (Kappa) santacruzi (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) from Atlantic coastal forest, Bahia, State, eastern Brazil. Morphologically the species is close to M. (Kappa) adolphi Zikán.
Key words: Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Mischocyttarus, social wasp, Brazil, Atlantic forest
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. I am grateful to Mr. Helfred Hess for permission to collect biological specimens on his property. The material was collected while the author held a visiting research fellowship at the Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, Bahia, on grant number 300580/84-3 of the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq). The present work is a part of the Projeto RestaUna financed by the Programa de Biodiversidade (PRONABIO/ PROBIO) of the Ministério do Meio Ambiente, with the support of CNPq, the Global Environmental Facility and World Bank (BIRD).
Recebido em 17.VI.1999; aceito em 19.X.2000.
- Richards, O.W. 1978. The Social Wasps of the Americas. London, British Museum (Natural History), 580p.
Publication Dates
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Publication in this collection
30 Apr 2009 -
Date of issue
Dec 2000
History
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Received
17 June 1999 -
Accepted
19 Oct 2000
