First records of Plagiolabra von Schulthess (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) from Brazil

Tiago Auko; Rogerio Silvestre

doi:10.15560/11.1.1502

Check List 11(1): e19100, doi: 10.15560/11.1.1502

First records of Plagiolabra von Schulthess (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) from Brazil

Tiago Auko^‡, Rogerio Silvestre^‡

‡ Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados, Brazil

Corresponding author: Tiago Auko ( tiagoauko@gmail.com )

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Citation: Auko T, Silvestre R (2015) First records of Plagiolabra von Schulthess (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) from Brazil. Check List 11(1): 1502. https://doi.org/10.15560/11.1.1502

Abstract

Plagiolabra von Schulthess has only two recognized species and both were only recorded previously from Argentina and Paraguay. The two species of the genus were collected in Brazil for the first time, indicating that the biota of Mato Grosso do Sul has elements of the Chacoan province, thus indicating the importance for conservation of this area which is the only representative of the Chaco biome in Brazil.

Keywords

Brazilian Chaco; Maison wasp; Plagiolabra andina; Plagiolabra nigra