Sobre a filogenia e o acasalamento das vespas cintura-de-fio (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae: Ammophilinae) e a coleção de esfeciformes do MuBio/UFGD

Abstract

This work presents a set of studies developed at the Hymenoptera Ecology Laboratory (HEcoLab), Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences (FCBA), Federal University of Grande Dourados (UFGD), about solitary wasps, covering Zoology and Comparative Biology areas. The thesis is organized into three main chapters and two appendix; all interrelated but semi-independent. The first chapter presents a phylogenetic study using morphological data of Ammophilinae (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae), with emphasis on the genus Eremnophila Menke, 1964. In the second chapter is presented a study about the morphological structures involved in the coupling between male and female during the mating of the Thread-waited wasps of the genus Eremnophila (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae: Ammophilinae). In the third chapter are presented records of species accumulated in ten years of work in curating the apoid wasps from Hymenoptera Collection (HyMB), Biodiversity Museum MuBio/FCBA/UFGD. Appendix I presents the first record of Ammophila hevans (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae: Ammophilinae) for Brazil, published in 2016 on the Check List. Appendix II presents an unusual prey record for the genus Astata lugens (Hym.: Apoidea: Astatidae), accepted for publication by the Journal of Hymenoptera Research.