Abstract
A survey of Monomachidae species was carried out in anarea of Atlantic rain forest of the Biological Reserve of Duas Bocas, Espírito Santo State, Brazil between September, 1996 and August, 1997. Two species of Mollomachus Klug, 1841, M. fuscator Perty, 1833 and M. eurycephalus Schletterer, 1890 were collected from May to September. Both species are typical of winter time and showed the same parttern of seasonality.
Hymenoptera; Monomachidae; Monomachus; seasonality; Neotropical
Seasonality of Monomachus Klug (Hymenoptera, Monomachidae) in the Biological Reserve of Duas Bocas, Espírito Santo State, Brazil1 1 Supported by Pró-reitoria de Pesquisa e Pós-graduação, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo.
Celso Oliveira Azevedo; Hélio Sá Santos
Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo. Avenida Marechal Campos 1468, Maruípe, 29040-090 Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brasil. E-mail: cazevedo@npd.ufes.br and hss@npd.ufes.br
ABSTRACT
A survey of Monomachidae species was carried out in anarea of Atlantic rain forest of the Biological Reserve of Duas Bocas, Espírito Santo State, Brazil between September, 1996 and August, 1997. Two species of Mollomachus Klug, 1841, M. fuscator Perty, 1833 and M. eurycephalus Schletterer, 1890 were collected from May to September. Both species are typical of winter time and showed the same parttern of seasonality.
Key words: Hymenoptera, Monomachidae, Monomachus, seasonality, Neotropical
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. To Dr. L. Musetti from Ohio State University for the identification of the species, Instituto de Defesa Agropecuária e Florestal by the authorization of the use of the Reserve, Pró-reitoria de Pesquisa e Pós-graduação/UFES by the financial support grant number 074/96 and R.S. Neves who revised carefully the English version.
Recebido em 18.IV.2000; aceito em 10.V.2001.
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Publication Dates
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Publication in this collection
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Date of issue
June 2001
History
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Received
18 Apr 2000 -
Accepted
10 May 2001
