@article{Dutra Barbosa_de Castro Jacques_Magalhães de Souza_2022, title={Social wasps (Vespidae, Polistinae) in a Cerrado agrosystem in the state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil }, volume={14}, url={https://agrogeoambiental.ifsuldeminas.edu.br/index.php/Agrogeoambiental/article/view/1717}, DOI={10.18406/2316-1817v14n120221717}, abstractNote={<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The survey and identification of social wasps, mainly in predominantly agricultural environments, is the first step to identify the ideal species to be used in biological pest control programs. The present work aims to inventory the social wasp fauna in an agrosystem in the Cerrado, Minas Gerais and identify species with potential to be used in biological control. Through active search, 478 wasps of 8 genera and 17 species were collected. The dominance of some species such as </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Protopolybia sedula</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Polybia ignobilis, Polybia paulista</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Polybia fastidiosuscula</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Polybia occidentalis </span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">reinforces the importance of these species in agricultural environments and their potential use in biological pest control. In addition, this work confirms that some species of social wasps benefit from the anthropized environment, such as </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Polistes versicolor</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, which uses human constructions for nesting.</span></p>}, number={1}, journal={Revista Agrogeoambiental}, author={Dutra Barbosa, Leonardo and de Castro Jacques , Gabriel and Magalhães de Souza, Marcos}, year={2022}, month={set.}, pages={e20221717} }