Registro de uma possível interação entre Certhiaxis cinnamomeus (Passeriformes, Furnariidae) e a vespa social Polybia scutellaris (White, 1841) (Hymenoptera, Polistinae) no Brasil

Glauco Cássio de Sousa Oliveira; Taiguara  Pereira de Gouvêa; Marcos  Magalhães de Souza

doi:10.30550/j.azl/1888

Authors

Glauco Cássio de Sousa Oliveira Departamento de Biologia (DBI), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica Aplicada, Universidade Federal de Lavras https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9811-8485
Taiguara Pereira de Gouvêa Laboratório de Zoologia, Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia do Sul de Minas Gerais, IFSULDEMINAS https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9262-7000
Marcos Magalhães de Souza Laboratório de Zoologia, Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia do Sul de Minas Gerais, IFSULDEMINAS https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0415-1714

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30550/j.azl/1888

Keywords:

Commensalism, curutié, interaction, bird, vespidae

Abstract

Interactions between birds and social wasps have been reported in Neotropical regions, however, the frequency and promoting factors of this interaction are not yet fully understood, but have been justified by a supposed benefit for birds against their predators provided by social wasps. There are few records of birds of the Furnariidae family associating social wasps, therefore, this study reports the unprecedented interaction between the bird Certhiaxis cinnamomeus and the social wasp Polybia scutellaris in the Atlantic Forest and Cerrado ecotone, southeastern Brazil, recorded in 2022, in addition to bringing a compilation of data on this interaction, apparently it does not occur occasionally and in isolation, probably involving other species of social wasps, which is why more studies are suggested for a better understanding of the factors that promote it.

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