The object of curiosity and admiration of scientists and conservationists, the Brazilian
Atlantic Forest is scientifically explored in this book. Over the 23 chapters written by 149 …

For many years, research about social wasps in the Northeast was neglected due to its
climatic and vegetative characteristics, insufficient incentive for training researchers to study …

For the Neotropical genus Angiopolybia Araujo 1946, several phenotypic forms were
previously described, however, they have not been studied within an integrative taxonomic …

This study was developed aiming to compile data concerning the occurrence and
distribution of social wasp species from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, as well as recording …

Phenotypic characters are traditionally the main information for species discrimination in
taxonomic studies of invertebrates. However, the presence of inter-and intraspecific …

Chromosomal regions enriched in repetitive DNA sequences have a predisposition to
instability, resulting in a propensity to undergo structural rearrangements. Hence, the rRNA …

Niche evolution refers to the process by which species undergo changes in ecological
interactions, as well as their ability to disperse over time. Our study focuses on the widely …

Mitochondrial (mtDNA) genes have served as widely utilised genetic loci for phylogenetic
and phylogeographic studies of animals. However, the phylogenetic performance of many …

Despite being a small genus, much remains unknown about the Neotropical social wasp
genus Angiopolybia Araujo, 1946 (Polistinae: Epiponini). Here we describe the new species …

Wasps (Vespidae) are important organisms to understand the evolution of social behaviour.
Wasps show different levels of sociality, which includes solitary to highly eusocial …