Name: Caroline Ferreira Coutinho
Type: MSc dissertation
Publication date: 01/03/2019
Advisor:
Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| Alexandre Pires Aguiar | Advisor * |
Examining board:
| Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| Alexandre Pires Aguiar | Advisor * |
| Celso Oliveira Azevedo | Internal Examiner * |
| ISABEL DE CONTE CARVALHO DE ALENCAR | External Examiner * |
| Rodrigo Barbosa Ferreira | External Alternate * |
| Yuri Luiz Reis Leite | Internal Alternate * |
Summary: A comparative study of Braconidae (Hymenoptera) was conducted in two diferent biological
reserves in the Atlantic Forest. Sampling was done for a full annual cycle, comprising all
seasons of the year, between July 2016 to April 2017. Braconidae were sampled using Malaise
and Moericke traps. A total of 3421 specimens were collected in 403 species. Abundance,
richness, diversity, similarity and temporal structure were investigated between reserves and
types of vegetation (primary and secondary forest). The reserves have distrinct structure of
abundance, but the abundance of MP and MS are very similar. Species richness was higher in
RBAR, but the diversity of RBDB is highest if considering both traps pooled together. The
similarity between the reserves was only 43%. At nearly all levels of analysis, MP and MS were
dissimilar, with MP showing higher values. Most species were collected during spring, but there
was significant changes in species composition through the seasons. The results suggest that
the distinct structure for Braconidae diversity in the studied reserves can be extended to the
Atlantic forest as a whole.
Key words: comparative study, parasitoid insects, reserves, diversity.
