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Advances in Forestry Science
Original Article
Adv. For. Sci., Cuiabá, v.1, n.2, p.59-64, 2014
Diversity of hymenopteran parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae)
associated with teak (Tectona grandis) forests
Rogerio Goularte Moura Gomes de Oliveira1*
Evoneo Berti Filho1
Otávio Peres Filho2
Fernando da Paixão
Sales1
Joana América Castellar da Cunha3
1
Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”, Universidade de São Paulo (ESALQ/USP), Av. Pádua Dias, 11, Caixa Postal 09, 13418-900, Piracicaba-SP,
Brazil.
2
Faculdade de Engenharia Florestal, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso (UFMT), Av. Fernando Corrêa da Costa, 2367, Boa Esperança, 78060-900, Cuiabá-MT,
Brazil.
3
Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar), Rodovia Anhanguera, km 174 - SP-330, 13600-970, Araras-SP, Brazil.
* Author for correspondence: rogerio@arboreo.net
Received: 29 April 2014 / Accepted: 10 May 2014 / Published: 29 June 2014
Abstract
This research evaluated the diversity of hymenopteran
parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) at different
reforestation sites of Tectona grandis. Insects were collected
with Malaise traps from October 2009 to September 2010.
One collected a total of 414 Chalcididae specimens
distributed in 3 genera and 16 species. Brachymeria and
Conura were the most representative genera with 14 species.
The site bordered by pasture vegetation presented a higher
number of collected specimens when compared to the other
sites. Brachymeria pandora and Ceyxia ventrispinosa
occurred as super dominant, super abundant, super frequent
and constant species.
Key words: Teak; Malaise trap; Diversity, Brachymeria;
Conura.
Diversidade de himenópteros parasitoides
(Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) em reflorestamento de teca
(Tectona grandis)
Resumo
O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a diversidade de
himenópteros parasitóides (Hymenoptera: Chaldididae) em
diferentes sítios de reflorestamento de Tectona grandis.
Foram feitas coletas semanais, usando armadilhas de
Malaise, de outubro de 2009 a setembro de 2010. Foram
coletados 414 espécimens de Chalcididae, distribuídos em 3
gêneros e 16 espécies. Brachymeria e Conura, com 14
espécies, foram os gêneros mais representativos. Comparado
aos outros sítios, o sítio com vegetação de pastagem
adjacente apresentou maior número de espécimens
coletados. Brachymeria pandora e Ceyxia ventrispinosa
ocorreram como espécies super dominantes, super
abundantes, superfrequentes e constantes.
Palavras-chave: Teca; Armadilha de Malaise; Diversidade;
Brachymeria; Conura.
Introduction
Currently there is a great interest in knowing the
functioning of forest ecosystems, especially concerning their
productivity. Ecologically speaking, not only the
productivity is important, but also the maintenance of long-
term equilibrium, which depends largely on the cycling of
nutrients, which in turn depends on the interactions among
organisms in the environment. This process occurs in both
natural and man-made ecosystems, being strongly
influenced by the complexity of life forms that make up the
food chain (Lira et al. 1999). The initial stage of the
knowledge of natural resources available in a given region
corresponds to the collecting and taxonomic identification of
the species that compose the fauna and the flora thus
obtaining data for further more detailed studies on the
ecological characteristics of their habitats. Such studies may
eventually lead the techniques for the rational exploration of
biotic and abiotic resources of the environment studied
(Prado 1980).
Tectona grandis is a forest species widely planted in
Mato Grosso State, where it was introduced in 1967, and has
been commercially planted since 1971. Nowadays one can
find plantations in the following Brazilian states: Acre,
Amazonas, Amapá, Bahia, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul,
Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraná, Rondônia, São Paulo and
Tocantins (AMEF 2002; Schleder 2004; ABRAF 2013). The
forester Edmundo Navarro de Andrade, from the Forest
Station of Rio Claro, State of São Paulo, and the Botanical
Garden of Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, reported
the cultivation of this forest species in the beginning of the
twentieth century. Later on Professor Heládio do Amaral
Mello from the College of Agriculture Luiz de Queiroz, in
Piracicaba, State of São Paulo, set an experimental planting
of T. grandis in 1953, and observed that this forest species
was very promising for wood production, when compared to
other native forest species used in the experiment (Sampaio
1930; Mello 1963). Parasitoids, the largest group of species
in the Hymenoptera, are common and abundant in all the
terrestrial ecosystems. They may develop internally
(endoparasitoids) or externally (ectoparasitoids) in a number
of arthropods, especially insects. Because they are extremely
important on the control of other insect populations, due to
their ability in responding to the population density of their
hosts, they are widely used in biological control programs
(Lasalle 1993; Parra et al. 2002).
As to the Brazilian savanna areas several surveys were
carried out in different regions with native vegetation, and
cotton and soybean crops in order to identify the families of
Hymenoptera parasitoids occurring in these environments,
as well as their relative frequencies (Perioto 1991; Marchiori
et al. 2001; Braga 2002; Perioto et al. 2002a; Perioto et al.
2002b; Cirelli and Penteado-Dias 2003; Marchiori et al.
2003a; Scatolini and Penteado-Dias 2003; Silva et al. 2003).
Due to the lack of information on Chalcididae
parasitoids (Hymenoptera) in plantations of Tectona
grandis, this research aimed at studying the parasitoid
diversity and determine the richness and faunal indices of
parasitoids in reforestation of T. grandis. The data obtained
were used to evaluate the similarity among the environments
and estimate the number of species at each site.
Material and methods
The sampling of Hymenoptera parasitoids was
performed in “cerrado” (savannah) and T. grandis
reforestation areas located in Cáceres, State of Mato Grosso,
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Brazil which geographic coordinates are 15º 11’ 09’’ South
Latitude, and 58º 11’ 20’’ West Longitude. Altitude between
110 and 130 meters high, total area of 7,378.30 ha, being
233.88 ha planted in 2006; 207.67 ha planted in 2005; and
3,712.34 ha planted in 2000 and 2001; 1,247.65 ha of
pasture; 1,527.37 ha of legal reserve; 16.74 ha of permanent
preservation areas; 7.88 ha of remnant native vegetation, and
123.77 ha of wildlife corridors.
The area of adjacent savanna is composed by native
vegetation of pioneer formations, wooded savanna
(“cerradão”) and grassy-woody savanna (field). These three
vegetation types (phytophysiognomies) represent 75% of the
vegetation covering in the subregion of Cáceres. The pioneer
formations are vegetation of first occupation with fluvial
influence (Abdon and Silva 2006).
One sets 5 Malaise traps model Townes (1972a) in an
area embracing reforestation of Tectona grandis and native
vegetation fragments (Figures 2 and 3). The advantages of
using this type of trap is that it captures either day or night
insects by intercepting their flights, for it does not depends
on any attractive substance (Townes 1972b; Owen et al.
1981). The trap 1 was set inside the native forest fragment
(site 1). The trap 2 was set inside T. grandis cultivation with
adjacent native vegetation (site 2). The trap 3 was set within
T. grandis cultivation with adjacent vegetation of T. grandis
(site 3). The trap 4 was set inside T. grandis cultivation with
adjacent pasture vegetation (site 4) and trap 5 was set inside
T. grandis cultivation with adjacent vegetation of pasture
and native forest (site 5).
The parasitoids were sampled weekly from October
2009 to September 2010. The collecting recipients were
removed from the traps and the contents were transferred to
plastic bottles (240 mL) properly identified and labeled and
then transported to the laboratory of Forest Entomology,
Department of Entomology and Acarology, “Luiz de
Queiroz” College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, in
Piracicaba, State of São Paulo. The collected materials were
taken off the plastic bottles, passed through a fine sieve and
separated in the laboratory by using a stereoscopic
microscopeand transferred to glass vials in 70% ethanol,
properly labeled, and stored. The identification of the family
of parasitoids was accomplished by using dichotomous keys
(Triplehorn and Johnson 2011). The studies of population
dynamics were performed using as a basis the data of the
sampling in the traps. Concerning the population analysis
one employed faunal indices compared with each other,
according to the methodology proposed by Silveira Neto et
al. (1976).
Results and discussion
One collected 414 specimens belonging to of
Chalcididae distributed in 3 genera and 16 species. Conura
with 14 species (90%) was the most representative number
of species collected. Quantitatively, Brachymeria and
Conura were the most representative genera, corresponding
respectively to 120 and 197 individuals (Table 1).
This is the first report of these respectively parasitoids
on Tectona grandis forest in Brazil, however, in other
countries they have already been recorded. According to
Javaregowda (2005) Brachymeria euploeae, B. obscura, B.
hearwy, B. lasus, B. lugubris and Psilochalcis carinagena
were cited occurring in Hyblaeapuera pupae (Lepidoptera:
Hyblaeidae) in Tectona grandis plantations in Dehradun,
Nilambur and Kerala in India by Mathur (1960); Mohanadas
(1996) and Nair et al. (1997). Sudheendrakumar (1986),
researching diversity natural enemies of Hyblaea puera and
Eutectona machaeralis in plantations of Tectona grandis in
Kerala, found pupae parasitized by Brachymeria lasus and
Brachymeria himeattevae.
Brachymeria is a cosmopolitan genus with about 200
described species, of which at least 42 occur in the
Neotropics (Delvare 2006). Noyes (2003) listed a large
number of hosts in about 30 families of Lepidoptera. In
Brazil the species of Brachymeria parasitize pupae of
several species of Lepidoptera which are considered forest
pests (Ohashi 1984). Ohashi (1978) demonstrated that B.
ovata parasitism reached about 80% of pupae of
Eupseudosoma aberrans and E. involuta (Lepidoptera:
Arctiidae), being the most efficient parasitoid. He also noted
that this parasitoid attacks other important forest pests like
Thyrinteina arnobia (Lepidoptera: Geometridae); Euselasia
euploea eucerus (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae) and Glena sp.
(Lepidoptera: Geometridae).
Table 1. Amount and percentage (%) of genera, species and
individuals taxonomically identified and collected with Malaise
traps in plantations of Tectona grandis located in Cáceres, State of
Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Genera
Species Individuals
Amount % Amount %
Brachymeria 1 5.00 120 28.99
Ceyxia 1 5.00 97 23.43
Conura 14 90.00 197 47.58
Total 16 100.00 414 100.00
The occurrence of B. pandora was recorded in South
America, in British Guiana (Crawford 1914) as a larval
parasitoid of undetermined species of Hesperiidae, and in
Venezuela, as parasitoid of pupae of Calpodes ethlius
(Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). In Brazil, more specifically in
Goiás, Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro states, B. pandora
was found parasitizing pupae of Historisodius (Lepidoptera:
Nymphalidae) and in Rio Grande do Sul parasite Argon lota
(Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) (Marchiori et al. 2003b; Gil-
Santana and Tavares 2005; Salgado-Neto et al. 2010).
Conura spp. are parasitoids mainly of Lepidoptera
pupae, but some occur in Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, and
occasionally other insects; some species are secondary
parasitoids of Braconidae and Ichneumonidae (Boucek and
Halstead 1997). This is a very large group and in the
Neotropical region may have more than a thousand species,
and most of then not-described yet (Delvare 2006). Only in
Brazil there are more than 150 registered species (Noyes
2003). According to Tavares (personal communication)
Ceyxia vestrispinosa is a parasitoid of several specimens of
Crabronidae wasps (Hymenoptera) family and also other
wasps that build mud nests.
In faunal analysis of collected and identified individuals
in the studied sites, species Brachymeria pandora and
Ceyxia ventrispinosa occurred as the most dominant,
abundant, frequent and constant species.
Conura maculata and Conura nigrifrons (Figure 1A-B)
were also considered important species because they were
classified as dominant and associated to the maximum
indices of abundance, frequency and constancy. Among
sixteen species collected, Conura destinata, Conura sp.3,
Conura sp.4 and Conura sp.5 had the lowest indices (non-
dominant, scattered, not frequent or accidental) (Table 2).
B. pandora and C. ventrispinosa were considered super
frequent corresponding to 52.42% of total parasitoids
captured. Conura destinata, Conura immaculata, Conura
sp.3, Conura sp.4, Conura sp.5, Conura sp.8, Conura sp.9
and Conura sp.10 occurred as accidental. The indices of
diversity and evenness of Shannon-Wiener for the data of
species occurrence obtained on five sites were calculated
(Table 3).
The indices showed that environments with similar
diversity species between sites 2 and 3, with the population
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predominancy of Brachymeria pandora. The site 1, with
native forest fragment, showed greater evenness index
reflecting greater uniformity of individuals, probably due to
the heterogenety of the site, with the largest number of
individuals and species, resulting in high diversity.
However, Dajoz (1974) states that the more homogeneous is
the ecosystem, usually it has the smaller number of species,
but each one with large population densities, affecting the
diversity of the site. These data corroborate with the results
obtained in sites 3 and 4 (Table 3).
ANOVA test was applied at different sites and it was
found a significant difference (p> 0.05) between the results
obtained for the sites 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, confirming statistical
difference on floristic and climatic conditions to which they
are subjected.
The site 4 with adjacent pasture vegetation and T.
grandis obtained the highest results for the species B.
pandora, C. ventrispinosa, Conura nigrifrons and C.
maculata. One observed that adjacent vegetation may have
influenced the occurrence of Chalcididae.
Figure 1. Faunal analysis of collected and identified individuals in the studied sites. (A) Conura maculata.
(B) Conura nigrifrons. (C) Brachymeria pandora. Bar = 1,200 µm. (Pictures: Pamella Machado Saguiah).
Table 2. Faunal analysis of Chalcididae species collected in plantations of Tectona grandis located in Cáceres, State of Mato Grosso,
Brazil.
Species Dominance Abundance Frequency (%) Constancy
Brachymeria pandora Sd sa sf w
Ceyxia ventrispinosa Sd sa sf w
Conura destinata Nd d pf z
Conura immaculate Nd d pf z
Conura maculata D ma mf w
Conura nigrifrons D ma mf w
Conura sp.1 Nd c f y
Conura sp.2 Nd c f y
Conura sp.3 Nd d pf z
Conura sp.4 Nd d pf z
Conura sp.5 Nd d pf z
Conura sp.6 Nd d pf y
Conura sp.7 Nd d pf y
Conura sp.8 Nd c f z
Conura sp.9 Nd c f z
Conura sp.10 Nd c f z
Dominance = (nd) not dominant, (d) dominant (sd) super dominant; Abundant = (d) dispersed, (c) common, (r) rare, (ma) very
abundant, (sa) super abundant; Frequency (%) = (pf) less frequent, (f) frequent, (mf) very frequent, (sf) super frequent; Constancy =
(w) constant, (y) accessory, (z) accidental.
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Marchiori et al. (2003b), in a survey done in pasture and
bush land, found that the fauna of Chalcididae in these
environments was similar, being B. pandora abundant on the
pasture environment. B. pandora, Ceyxia ventrispinosa,
Conura nigrifrons, C. immaculata, Conura sp.1, Conura
sp.6, Conura sp.7 and Conura sp.8 were common in five
areas sampled.
Concerning the analysis performed with the studied sites
(Table 3), the largest calculated values of diversity and
evenness occurred at site 1 (forest) and site 2 (teak /
bushland).
The lowest diversity and evenness occurred at sites 3
and 4. Where B. pandora and C. ventrispinosa were
predominated species. Fowler and Venticinque (1997)
grouped information about biodiversity in deforested areas
compared with areas of forest and found that the abundance
of species is relatively low in the woods, but with higher
richness.
Hanson and Gauld (1995), when referring to samples
taken by Malaise traps in Costa Rica, stated that the
diversity collected of Hymenoptera increases when the traps
are set in native forest adjacent areas.
Brachymeria pandora showed population peaks in the
rainy season in November 2009 and in March 2010. In the
other months this species occurred at low population
densities.
The population peaks of Ceyxia ventrispinosa occurred
in March and May 2010. During the sampling period the
annual rainfall ranged from 50.6 mm (April) to 334 mm
(February).
Some evaluated correlations were positive and
significant, to agree with the higher frequency of chalcids in
the reforestation of T. grandis.
The maximum and minimum temperatures ranged from
29.9°C (May 2010) to 36.6°C (September 2010) compared
to 13.5°C (July 2010) to 22.8 °C (November 2009).
The results of the correlations between populations of
Chalcididae species, average of the minimum and maximum
temperatures and the rainfall accumulated during the
collection period were register (Table 4.)
Between October 2009 and September 2010 the
correlations among species of Chalcididae, minimum
temperature and rainfall were positive and significant (p>
0.05) with the population fluctuation of Conura maculata (r
= 0.33, r = 0.28), Ceyxia ventrispinosa (r = 0.47, r = 0.32),
Brachymeria pandora (r = 0.46, r = 0.43), Conura nigrifrons
(r = 0.28, r = 0.25) and total of collected Chalcididae (r =
0.36, r = 0.34) (Table 4).
Table 3. Number of individuals (NI), number of species (NS), Shannon - Wiener index (SWI) and Margalef index (MI) per sample point in area
with Tectona grandis located in Cáceres, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Environment NI NS SWI MI Equitability
Site 1 (native vegetation) 35 16 2.632 4.219 94%
Site 2 (teak/ native vegetation) 27 9 1.922 2.427 87%
Site 3 (teak/teak) 99 14 1.967 2.829 75%
Site 4 (teak/pasture) 183 16 2.085 2.879 75%
Site 5 (teak/pasture/ native vegetation) 70 11 2.003 2.354 84%
Table 4. Pearson correlation index (r) between frequencies of Chalcididae species and abiotic factors (rainfall, maximum and minimum
temperatures) in area with Tectona grandis located in Cáceres, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Abiotic factors(1)
Conura maculata Ceyxia ventrispinosa Conura nigrifrons Brachymeria pandora Total of Chalcididae
Rainfall 0.28*
0.32*
0.25*
0.43*
0.34*
Minimum temperature 0.33*
0.47*
0.28*
0.46*
0.36*
Maximum temperature 0.19ns
0.41*
0.35*
0.48*
0.46*
(1)
Collection period: October 2009 at September 2010. ns
no significant (p ≥ 0.05). *
significant (p < 0.05).
Conclusions
The highest frequency of capture of Chalcididae
occurred in the rainy season.
The adjacent vegetation influenced the frequency and
diversity of Chalcididae.
The influence of rainfall on populations of parasitoids in
the region may have occurred indirectly, in other words,
rainfall provided favorable conditions for development and
multiplication of hosts, and then increased the population
during the rainy season.
The native vegetation is a natural resource for the
maintenance of parasitoids diversity in areas with cultivation
of T. grandis.
The influence of climate in the fluctuations, even at a
microclimate level, may change the behavioral activities of
individuals in the population.
Acknowledgements
To the Doctors Valmir Antonio Costa (Biological
Institute) and Marcelo Tavares Teixeira (Federal University
of Espírito Santo) for the identification of insects and to the
biologist Pamella Machado Saguiah for the photos.
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Diversity of hymenopteran parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) associated with teak (Tectona grandis) forests

  • 1. 59 Advances in Forestry Science Original Article Adv. For. Sci., Cuiabá, v.1, n.2, p.59-64, 2014 Diversity of hymenopteran parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) associated with teak (Tectona grandis) forests Rogerio Goularte Moura Gomes de Oliveira1* Evoneo Berti Filho1 Otávio Peres Filho2 Fernando da Paixão Sales1 Joana América Castellar da Cunha3 1 Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”, Universidade de São Paulo (ESALQ/USP), Av. Pádua Dias, 11, Caixa Postal 09, 13418-900, Piracicaba-SP, Brazil. 2 Faculdade de Engenharia Florestal, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso (UFMT), Av. Fernando Corrêa da Costa, 2367, Boa Esperança, 78060-900, Cuiabá-MT, Brazil. 3 Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar), Rodovia Anhanguera, km 174 - SP-330, 13600-970, Araras-SP, Brazil. * Author for correspondence: rogerio@arboreo.net Received: 29 April 2014 / Accepted: 10 May 2014 / Published: 29 June 2014 Abstract This research evaluated the diversity of hymenopteran parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) at different reforestation sites of Tectona grandis. Insects were collected with Malaise traps from October 2009 to September 2010. One collected a total of 414 Chalcididae specimens distributed in 3 genera and 16 species. Brachymeria and Conura were the most representative genera with 14 species. The site bordered by pasture vegetation presented a higher number of collected specimens when compared to the other sites. Brachymeria pandora and Ceyxia ventrispinosa occurred as super dominant, super abundant, super frequent and constant species. Key words: Teak; Malaise trap; Diversity, Brachymeria; Conura. Diversidade de himenópteros parasitoides (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) em reflorestamento de teca (Tectona grandis) Resumo O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a diversidade de himenópteros parasitóides (Hymenoptera: Chaldididae) em diferentes sítios de reflorestamento de Tectona grandis. Foram feitas coletas semanais, usando armadilhas de Malaise, de outubro de 2009 a setembro de 2010. Foram coletados 414 espécimens de Chalcididae, distribuídos em 3 gêneros e 16 espécies. Brachymeria e Conura, com 14 espécies, foram os gêneros mais representativos. Comparado aos outros sítios, o sítio com vegetação de pastagem adjacente apresentou maior número de espécimens coletados. Brachymeria pandora e Ceyxia ventrispinosa ocorreram como espécies super dominantes, super abundantes, superfrequentes e constantes. Palavras-chave: Teca; Armadilha de Malaise; Diversidade; Brachymeria; Conura. Introduction Currently there is a great interest in knowing the functioning of forest ecosystems, especially concerning their productivity. Ecologically speaking, not only the productivity is important, but also the maintenance of long- term equilibrium, which depends largely on the cycling of nutrients, which in turn depends on the interactions among organisms in the environment. This process occurs in both natural and man-made ecosystems, being strongly influenced by the complexity of life forms that make up the food chain (Lira et al. 1999). The initial stage of the knowledge of natural resources available in a given region corresponds to the collecting and taxonomic identification of the species that compose the fauna and the flora thus obtaining data for further more detailed studies on the ecological characteristics of their habitats. Such studies may eventually lead the techniques for the rational exploration of biotic and abiotic resources of the environment studied (Prado 1980). Tectona grandis is a forest species widely planted in Mato Grosso State, where it was introduced in 1967, and has been commercially planted since 1971. Nowadays one can find plantations in the following Brazilian states: Acre, Amazonas, Amapá, Bahia, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraná, Rondônia, São Paulo and Tocantins (AMEF 2002; Schleder 2004; ABRAF 2013). The forester Edmundo Navarro de Andrade, from the Forest Station of Rio Claro, State of São Paulo, and the Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, reported the cultivation of this forest species in the beginning of the twentieth century. Later on Professor Heládio do Amaral Mello from the College of Agriculture Luiz de Queiroz, in Piracicaba, State of São Paulo, set an experimental planting of T. grandis in 1953, and observed that this forest species was very promising for wood production, when compared to other native forest species used in the experiment (Sampaio 1930; Mello 1963). Parasitoids, the largest group of species in the Hymenoptera, are common and abundant in all the terrestrial ecosystems. They may develop internally (endoparasitoids) or externally (ectoparasitoids) in a number of arthropods, especially insects. Because they are extremely important on the control of other insect populations, due to their ability in responding to the population density of their hosts, they are widely used in biological control programs (Lasalle 1993; Parra et al. 2002). As to the Brazilian savanna areas several surveys were carried out in different regions with native vegetation, and cotton and soybean crops in order to identify the families of Hymenoptera parasitoids occurring in these environments, as well as their relative frequencies (Perioto 1991; Marchiori et al. 2001; Braga 2002; Perioto et al. 2002a; Perioto et al. 2002b; Cirelli and Penteado-Dias 2003; Marchiori et al. 2003a; Scatolini and Penteado-Dias 2003; Silva et al. 2003). Due to the lack of information on Chalcididae parasitoids (Hymenoptera) in plantations of Tectona grandis, this research aimed at studying the parasitoid diversity and determine the richness and faunal indices of parasitoids in reforestation of T. grandis. The data obtained were used to evaluate the similarity among the environments and estimate the number of species at each site. Material and methods The sampling of Hymenoptera parasitoids was performed in “cerrado” (savannah) and T. grandis reforestation areas located in Cáceres, State of Mato Grosso,
  • 2. 60 Oliveira et al. Adv. For. Sci., Cuiabá, v.1, n.2, p.59-64, 2014 Brazil which geographic coordinates are 15º 11’ 09’’ South Latitude, and 58º 11’ 20’’ West Longitude. Altitude between 110 and 130 meters high, total area of 7,378.30 ha, being 233.88 ha planted in 2006; 207.67 ha planted in 2005; and 3,712.34 ha planted in 2000 and 2001; 1,247.65 ha of pasture; 1,527.37 ha of legal reserve; 16.74 ha of permanent preservation areas; 7.88 ha of remnant native vegetation, and 123.77 ha of wildlife corridors. The area of adjacent savanna is composed by native vegetation of pioneer formations, wooded savanna (“cerradão”) and grassy-woody savanna (field). These three vegetation types (phytophysiognomies) represent 75% of the vegetation covering in the subregion of Cáceres. The pioneer formations are vegetation of first occupation with fluvial influence (Abdon and Silva 2006). One sets 5 Malaise traps model Townes (1972a) in an area embracing reforestation of Tectona grandis and native vegetation fragments (Figures 2 and 3). The advantages of using this type of trap is that it captures either day or night insects by intercepting their flights, for it does not depends on any attractive substance (Townes 1972b; Owen et al. 1981). The trap 1 was set inside the native forest fragment (site 1). The trap 2 was set inside T. grandis cultivation with adjacent native vegetation (site 2). The trap 3 was set within T. grandis cultivation with adjacent vegetation of T. grandis (site 3). The trap 4 was set inside T. grandis cultivation with adjacent pasture vegetation (site 4) and trap 5 was set inside T. grandis cultivation with adjacent vegetation of pasture and native forest (site 5). The parasitoids were sampled weekly from October 2009 to September 2010. The collecting recipients were removed from the traps and the contents were transferred to plastic bottles (240 mL) properly identified and labeled and then transported to the laboratory of Forest Entomology, Department of Entomology and Acarology, “Luiz de Queiroz” College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, in Piracicaba, State of São Paulo. The collected materials were taken off the plastic bottles, passed through a fine sieve and separated in the laboratory by using a stereoscopic microscopeand transferred to glass vials in 70% ethanol, properly labeled, and stored. The identification of the family of parasitoids was accomplished by using dichotomous keys (Triplehorn and Johnson 2011). The studies of population dynamics were performed using as a basis the data of the sampling in the traps. Concerning the population analysis one employed faunal indices compared with each other, according to the methodology proposed by Silveira Neto et al. (1976). Results and discussion One collected 414 specimens belonging to of Chalcididae distributed in 3 genera and 16 species. Conura with 14 species (90%) was the most representative number of species collected. Quantitatively, Brachymeria and Conura were the most representative genera, corresponding respectively to 120 and 197 individuals (Table 1). This is the first report of these respectively parasitoids on Tectona grandis forest in Brazil, however, in other countries they have already been recorded. According to Javaregowda (2005) Brachymeria euploeae, B. obscura, B. hearwy, B. lasus, B. lugubris and Psilochalcis carinagena were cited occurring in Hyblaeapuera pupae (Lepidoptera: Hyblaeidae) in Tectona grandis plantations in Dehradun, Nilambur and Kerala in India by Mathur (1960); Mohanadas (1996) and Nair et al. (1997). Sudheendrakumar (1986), researching diversity natural enemies of Hyblaea puera and Eutectona machaeralis in plantations of Tectona grandis in Kerala, found pupae parasitized by Brachymeria lasus and Brachymeria himeattevae. Brachymeria is a cosmopolitan genus with about 200 described species, of which at least 42 occur in the Neotropics (Delvare 2006). Noyes (2003) listed a large number of hosts in about 30 families of Lepidoptera. In Brazil the species of Brachymeria parasitize pupae of several species of Lepidoptera which are considered forest pests (Ohashi 1984). Ohashi (1978) demonstrated that B. ovata parasitism reached about 80% of pupae of Eupseudosoma aberrans and E. involuta (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae), being the most efficient parasitoid. He also noted that this parasitoid attacks other important forest pests like Thyrinteina arnobia (Lepidoptera: Geometridae); Euselasia euploea eucerus (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae) and Glena sp. (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Table 1. Amount and percentage (%) of genera, species and individuals taxonomically identified and collected with Malaise traps in plantations of Tectona grandis located in Cáceres, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Genera Species Individuals Amount % Amount % Brachymeria 1 5.00 120 28.99 Ceyxia 1 5.00 97 23.43 Conura 14 90.00 197 47.58 Total 16 100.00 414 100.00 The occurrence of B. pandora was recorded in South America, in British Guiana (Crawford 1914) as a larval parasitoid of undetermined species of Hesperiidae, and in Venezuela, as parasitoid of pupae of Calpodes ethlius (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). In Brazil, more specifically in Goiás, Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro states, B. pandora was found parasitizing pupae of Historisodius (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) and in Rio Grande do Sul parasite Argon lota (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) (Marchiori et al. 2003b; Gil- Santana and Tavares 2005; Salgado-Neto et al. 2010). Conura spp. are parasitoids mainly of Lepidoptera pupae, but some occur in Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, and occasionally other insects; some species are secondary parasitoids of Braconidae and Ichneumonidae (Boucek and Halstead 1997). This is a very large group and in the Neotropical region may have more than a thousand species, and most of then not-described yet (Delvare 2006). Only in Brazil there are more than 150 registered species (Noyes 2003). According to Tavares (personal communication) Ceyxia vestrispinosa is a parasitoid of several specimens of Crabronidae wasps (Hymenoptera) family and also other wasps that build mud nests. In faunal analysis of collected and identified individuals in the studied sites, species Brachymeria pandora and Ceyxia ventrispinosa occurred as the most dominant, abundant, frequent and constant species. Conura maculata and Conura nigrifrons (Figure 1A-B) were also considered important species because they were classified as dominant and associated to the maximum indices of abundance, frequency and constancy. Among sixteen species collected, Conura destinata, Conura sp.3, Conura sp.4 and Conura sp.5 had the lowest indices (non- dominant, scattered, not frequent or accidental) (Table 2). B. pandora and C. ventrispinosa were considered super frequent corresponding to 52.42% of total parasitoids captured. Conura destinata, Conura immaculata, Conura sp.3, Conura sp.4, Conura sp.5, Conura sp.8, Conura sp.9 and Conura sp.10 occurred as accidental. The indices of diversity and evenness of Shannon-Wiener for the data of species occurrence obtained on five sites were calculated (Table 3). The indices showed that environments with similar diversity species between sites 2 and 3, with the population
  • 3. 61 Oliveira et al. Adv. For. Sci., Cuiabá, v.1, n.2, p.59-64, 2014 predominancy of Brachymeria pandora. The site 1, with native forest fragment, showed greater evenness index reflecting greater uniformity of individuals, probably due to the heterogenety of the site, with the largest number of individuals and species, resulting in high diversity. However, Dajoz (1974) states that the more homogeneous is the ecosystem, usually it has the smaller number of species, but each one with large population densities, affecting the diversity of the site. These data corroborate with the results obtained in sites 3 and 4 (Table 3). ANOVA test was applied at different sites and it was found a significant difference (p> 0.05) between the results obtained for the sites 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, confirming statistical difference on floristic and climatic conditions to which they are subjected. The site 4 with adjacent pasture vegetation and T. grandis obtained the highest results for the species B. pandora, C. ventrispinosa, Conura nigrifrons and C. maculata. One observed that adjacent vegetation may have influenced the occurrence of Chalcididae. Figure 1. Faunal analysis of collected and identified individuals in the studied sites. (A) Conura maculata. (B) Conura nigrifrons. (C) Brachymeria pandora. Bar = 1,200 µm. (Pictures: Pamella Machado Saguiah). Table 2. Faunal analysis of Chalcididae species collected in plantations of Tectona grandis located in Cáceres, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Species Dominance Abundance Frequency (%) Constancy Brachymeria pandora Sd sa sf w Ceyxia ventrispinosa Sd sa sf w Conura destinata Nd d pf z Conura immaculate Nd d pf z Conura maculata D ma mf w Conura nigrifrons D ma mf w Conura sp.1 Nd c f y Conura sp.2 Nd c f y Conura sp.3 Nd d pf z Conura sp.4 Nd d pf z Conura sp.5 Nd d pf z Conura sp.6 Nd d pf y Conura sp.7 Nd d pf y Conura sp.8 Nd c f z Conura sp.9 Nd c f z Conura sp.10 Nd c f z Dominance = (nd) not dominant, (d) dominant (sd) super dominant; Abundant = (d) dispersed, (c) common, (r) rare, (ma) very abundant, (sa) super abundant; Frequency (%) = (pf) less frequent, (f) frequent, (mf) very frequent, (sf) super frequent; Constancy = (w) constant, (y) accessory, (z) accidental.
  • 4. 62 Oliveira et al. Adv. For. Sci., Cuiabá, v.1, n.2, p.59-64, 2014 Marchiori et al. (2003b), in a survey done in pasture and bush land, found that the fauna of Chalcididae in these environments was similar, being B. pandora abundant on the pasture environment. B. pandora, Ceyxia ventrispinosa, Conura nigrifrons, C. immaculata, Conura sp.1, Conura sp.6, Conura sp.7 and Conura sp.8 were common in five areas sampled. Concerning the analysis performed with the studied sites (Table 3), the largest calculated values of diversity and evenness occurred at site 1 (forest) and site 2 (teak / bushland). The lowest diversity and evenness occurred at sites 3 and 4. Where B. pandora and C. ventrispinosa were predominated species. Fowler and Venticinque (1997) grouped information about biodiversity in deforested areas compared with areas of forest and found that the abundance of species is relatively low in the woods, but with higher richness. Hanson and Gauld (1995), when referring to samples taken by Malaise traps in Costa Rica, stated that the diversity collected of Hymenoptera increases when the traps are set in native forest adjacent areas. Brachymeria pandora showed population peaks in the rainy season in November 2009 and in March 2010. In the other months this species occurred at low population densities. The population peaks of Ceyxia ventrispinosa occurred in March and May 2010. During the sampling period the annual rainfall ranged from 50.6 mm (April) to 334 mm (February). Some evaluated correlations were positive and significant, to agree with the higher frequency of chalcids in the reforestation of T. grandis. The maximum and minimum temperatures ranged from 29.9°C (May 2010) to 36.6°C (September 2010) compared to 13.5°C (July 2010) to 22.8 °C (November 2009). The results of the correlations between populations of Chalcididae species, average of the minimum and maximum temperatures and the rainfall accumulated during the collection period were register (Table 4.) Between October 2009 and September 2010 the correlations among species of Chalcididae, minimum temperature and rainfall were positive and significant (p> 0.05) with the population fluctuation of Conura maculata (r = 0.33, r = 0.28), Ceyxia ventrispinosa (r = 0.47, r = 0.32), Brachymeria pandora (r = 0.46, r = 0.43), Conura nigrifrons (r = 0.28, r = 0.25) and total of collected Chalcididae (r = 0.36, r = 0.34) (Table 4). Table 3. Number of individuals (NI), number of species (NS), Shannon - Wiener index (SWI) and Margalef index (MI) per sample point in area with Tectona grandis located in Cáceres, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Environment NI NS SWI MI Equitability Site 1 (native vegetation) 35 16 2.632 4.219 94% Site 2 (teak/ native vegetation) 27 9 1.922 2.427 87% Site 3 (teak/teak) 99 14 1.967 2.829 75% Site 4 (teak/pasture) 183 16 2.085 2.879 75% Site 5 (teak/pasture/ native vegetation) 70 11 2.003 2.354 84% Table 4. Pearson correlation index (r) between frequencies of Chalcididae species and abiotic factors (rainfall, maximum and minimum temperatures) in area with Tectona grandis located in Cáceres, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Abiotic factors(1) Conura maculata Ceyxia ventrispinosa Conura nigrifrons Brachymeria pandora Total of Chalcididae Rainfall 0.28* 0.32* 0.25* 0.43* 0.34* Minimum temperature 0.33* 0.47* 0.28* 0.46* 0.36* Maximum temperature 0.19ns 0.41* 0.35* 0.48* 0.46* (1) Collection period: October 2009 at September 2010. ns no significant (p ≥ 0.05). * significant (p < 0.05). Conclusions The highest frequency of capture of Chalcididae occurred in the rainy season. 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