Occurrence of Hymenoptera on pig carcasses in a tropical rainforest in Central Amazonia, Brazil

Hymenotpera species may act as necrophagous, consuming decomposing tissues, as predators, when they feed on other immature and adult insects, and parasites of larvae and pupae of dipterans and coleopterans that colonize the carcasses. In this way, the fauna of four Hymenoptera families (Vespidae, A...

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Main Authors: Alexandre Somavilla, Jorge Luiz de Pereira Souza, Aldenira Oliveira da Silva, Ruth Leila Ferreira Keppler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2019-08-01
Series:Sociobiology
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Online Access:http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/4311