Hymenopteran Fauna of Andanan Watershed Forest Reserve in Caraga Region, Philippines

Geneva Sabuero; Nick Anthony Burias; Ian Niel dela Cruz

doi:10.54610/jeseg.v6i1.115

Authors

Geneva Sabuero Department of Biology, College of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Caraga State University, Ampayon, Butuan City 8600, Agusan del Norte, Philippines, Philippine Statistics Authority, Region XIII-Caraga, Butuan, Philippines
Nick Anthony Burias Department of Biology, College of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Caraga State University, Ampayon, Butuan City 8600, Agusan del Norte, Philippines
Ian Niel dela Cruz Department of Biology, College of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Caraga State University, Ampayon, Butuan City 8600, Agusan del Norte, Philippines

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54610/jeseg.v6i1.115

Keywords:

bees, wasps, ants, new records, checklist, Philippines

Abstract

The hymenopteran fauna plays a crucial role in the ecosystem, serving as primary pollinators and acting as biological controls essential in the interrelationships in the community. This study assessed various groups of Hymenoptera occurring in Andanan Watershed Forest Reserve from collected samples through sweeping, light trapping, and opportunistic sampling. A total of 36 species of hymenopterans were identified, belonging to 30 genera, 20 subfamilies, 11 families, and four superfamilies. One genus of Scoliidae – Phalerimeris, with one species, P. aurulenta, and a single species of Liacos – L. semperi, are reported in the Philippines for the first time, while the sphecine wasp Isodontia is a new record to Mindanao island. Formicidae is the most abundant family comprising 40% of all the collected individuals. Other groups with significant numbers include the families Apidae and Vespidae. Additional families present in the area include social apoid bees Halictidae and solitary bees Megachilidae. Predatory apoid wasps Crabronidae and Sphecidae, predatory vespoid wasps Pompilidae, Mutillidae, Scoliidae, and the parasitoid wasps Ichneumonidae were also reported. Anthropogenic activities and human interventions are also observed in the area, which may pose threats to the diversity of hymenopteran fauna in the forest reserve.

References

Augul, R.S. (2016). Insect pollinators in different regions of Iraq. Journal Entomology and Zoology Studies, 4(2): 391–402.

Baltazar, C.R. (1996). A Catalogue of Philippine Hymenoptera (with a bibliography, 1758–1963). Pacific Insect Monographs, 8: 1–488.

Barthelemy, C. (2014). Provisional distributional checklist in Hongkong, Sphecidae (Apoidea). Hong Kong Entomological Society, HKEB, 6(2): 3–10.

Bawa, K.S. (1990). Plant-pollinator interactions in tropical rainforest. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 21: 399–422.

Bequaert, J. (1936). The common Oriental hornets, Vespa tropica and Vespa affinis and their color forms. Treubia, 15(4), 329–351.

Bohart, R.M. and Menke, A.S. (1976). Sphecid Wasp of the World – A Generic Revision. University of California Press: Berkeley, Los Angeles, London ix+695pp.

Calilung, M.V.J. (2000). A new genus, two new species and new subspecies of Philippine ant. Philippine Entomologist. 14:65–73.

Ćetković, A., Mokrousov, M., Plećaš, M., Bogusch, P., Antić, D., Đorović-Jovanović, L., Krpo-Ćetković, J., and Karaman, M. (2011). Status of the potentially invasive Asian species Sceliphron deforme in Europe, and an update on the distribution of S. curvatum (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Acta Entomologica Serbica, 16(1/2): 91–114.

Chen, Z.L., Zhou, S.Y., Ye, D.D., Chen, Y., and C.N. Lu. (2013). Molecular Phylogeny of the Ant subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from China based on mitochondrial genes. Sociobiology 60(2): 135–144.

Choate, B. and F. Drummond. (2011). Ants as biological control agents in agricultural cropping systems. Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews 4(2): 157–180.

Cockerell, TDA. (1919). Philippine Bees of the genus Nomia Co. Paper 615. Retrieved: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/bee_lab co/615.

Coleman, D.C. and Wall, D.H. (2015). Soil fauna: Occurrence, biodiversity, and roles in ecosystem function. Soil microbiology, ecology and biochemistry, 4, 111–149.

Dauber, J., Hirsch, M., Simmering, D., Waldhardt, R., Otte, A., and Wolters, V. (2003). Landscape structure as an indicator of biodiversity: matrix effects on species richness. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 98(1–3), 321–329.

Domine, A.F. and dela Cruz, I.N. (2020). Checklist of butterflies and moths in Andanan Watershed Forest Reserve, Philippines. Journal of Ecosystem Science and Eco-Governance, 2(2), 42–50.

Fateryga, A.V., and Kovblyuk, M.M. (2014). Nesting ecology of the wasp Sceliphron destillatorium (Illiger, 1807) (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae) in the Crimea. Entomological Review, 94: 330–336.

Fernandez, F. (2006). A new species of Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and taxonomic notes on the genus. Revista Colombiana de Entomologia 32(1): 97–99.

Fischer, J., Mueller, T., Spatz, A.K., Greggers, U., Gruenewald, B. and Menzel, R. (2014). Neonicotinoid interfere with specific components of navigation in honeybee. PLoSONE, 9(3): e91364. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0091364.

Garibaldi, L.A., Carlvalheiro, L.G., Leonhardt, S.D., Aizen, M.A., Blaauw, B.R., Isaacs, R., Kuhlmann, M., Klejin, D., Klein, A.M., Kremen, C., Morandin, L., Scheper, J. and Winfree, R. (2014). From research to action: enhancing crop yield through wild pollinators. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 12:439–447.

General, D.M., and Alpert, G.D. (2012). A synoptic review of the ant genera (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the Philippines. ZooKeys, 200: 1–111.

General, D.E.M (2018). Odontomachus ferminae, a new Philippine species of the infandus species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Halteres, 9: 157–162.

General, D.E.M. and P.E.C. Buenavente. 2017. Checklist of ants of Hamiguitan, Mindanao Island, Philippines (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Halteres, vol.8, 92–102.

Guerzon, V., Burias, N.A., and dela Cruz, I.N. (2023). Records of Odonata in the Riparian System of Andanan Watershed Forest Reserve, Philippines. Journal of Ecosystem Science and Eco-Governance, 5(1), 15–23.

Holzschuh, A., Steffan-Dewenter, I. and Tscharntke, T. (2008). Agricultural landscapes with organic crops support higher pollinator diversity. Oikos, 117: 354–361.

Johnson, B.R., Borowiec, M.L., Chiu, J.C., Lee, E.K., Atallah, J. and Ward, P.S. (2013). Phylogenomics Resolves Evolutionary Relationship among Ants, Bees, and Wasp. Current Biology, 23(20): 2058–2062.

Kazenas, V.L. (2001). A key to the identification of Cerceris Latreille (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae) of Kazakhstan and Middle Asia. Tethys Entomological Research, 3: 105–124.

Koch, J.B. and General, D.E.M. (2019). A preliminary assessment of bumble bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) habitat suitability across protected and unprotected areas in the Philippines. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 112(1): 44–49.

Kojima, J.I. (1982). Nest architecture of three Ropalidia species (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) on Leyte island, the Philippines. Biotropica, 14(4): 272–280.

Kremen, C., Williams, N.M., Aizen, M.A., Gemmill‐Herren, B., LeBuhn, G., Minckley, R., Laurence, P., Potts S.G., Roulston T., Steffan-Dewenter, I., Vasquez, D.P., Winfree, R., Adams, L., Crone, E.E., Greenleaf, S.S., Keitt, T.H., Klein, A.M., Regetz, J., and Ricketts, T.H. (2007). Pollination and other ecosystem services produced by mobile organisms: a conceptual framework for the effects of land‐use change. Ecology Letters, 10(4): 299–314.

Lieftinck, M. A. (1968). A review of the genus Oligoaeschna Selys in Southeast Asia. Tijdschrift voor entomologie, 111(5): 137–186.

Liow, L.H., Sodhi, N.S., and Elmqvist, T. (2001). Bee diversity along gradient of disturbance in tropical lowland forest of Southeast Asia. Journal of Applied Ecology, 38(1): 180–192.

Loyola, R.D., and Martins, R.P. (2008). Habitat structure components are effective predictors of trap-nesting Hymenoptera diversity. Basic and Applied Ecology, 9(6): 735–742.

Mahmood, K., Ullah, M., Aziz, A., Hasan, S.A., and Inayatullah, M. (2012). To the knowledge of Vespidae (Hymenoptera) of Pakistan. Zootaxa, 3318(1): 26–50.

Mondal, H., and Rojo, M.J.A. (2017). Arthropods associated with Dipterocarp saplings at Eco-park conservation area, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, 5(6): 929–934.

Mondejar, E.P., and Nuñeza, O.M. (2022). Species diversity and functional groups of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in selected areas of Mt. Kalatungan Range Natural Park, Bukidnon, Philippines. Asian Journal of Conservation Biology, 11(1), 160–166.

PENRO Agusan del Sur. (2020). Environmental and Natural Resources Statistics. Retrieved: denrpenroads.com/images/Statistics/ENR_Profile_2020.pdf.

Potts, S.G., Woodrock, B.A., Roberts, S.P.M., Tscheulin, T., Pilgrim, E.S., Brown, V.K. and Tallowin, J.R. (2009). Enhancing pollinator biodiversity in intensive grasslands. Journal on Applied Ecology, 46: 369–379.

Prashanta, C. and Belavadi, V.V. (2017). Systematics and nesting biology of large carpenter bee, Xylocopa (Biluna) nasalis Westwood, 1838(Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopinae) from India. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, 5(6): 1533-1537.

Raju, A.J.S. and Rao, S.P. (2006). Nesting habits, floral resources and foraging ecology of large carpenter bees (Xylocopa latipes and Xylocopa pubescens) in India. Current Science. 90(9): 1210–1217.

Rizali, A., Clough, Y., Buchori D., Hosang M.L.A., Bos, M.M., and Tscharntke, T. (2013). Long term change of ant community structure in cacao agroforestry landscapes in Indonesia. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 6: 328–338.

Saito, F. and Kojima, J. (2007). A taxonomic revision of the hover wasp genus Eustenogaster van der Vecht (Insecta: Hymenoptera; Vespidae, Stenogastrinae) Zootaxa, 1556: 1–30.

Samejima, H., Marzuki, M., Nagamitsu, T., and Nakasizuka, T. (2004). The effects of human disturbance on stingless bee community in a tropical rainforest. Biological Conservation, 120: 577–587.

Schmid-Egger, C. (2011). Order Hymenoptera, families Crabronidae and Sphecidae. Arthropod Fauna of the UAE, 4: 488–608.

Sharkey, M.J., Carpenter, J.M., Vilhelmsen, L., Heraty, J., Lilijeblad, J., Dowling, A.P.G., Schulmeister, S., Murray, D., Deans, A.R., and Ronquist, F. (2012). Phylogenetic relationship among superfamilies of Hymenoptera. Cladistics 28: 80–112.

Sobrinho, T.G., and Schoereder, J.H. (2007). Edge and shape effects on ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) species richness and composition in forest fragments. Biodiversity and Conservation, 16: 1459–1470.

Sorger, D.M. and Zettel, H. (2011). On the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Philippine Islands: The genus Odontomachus Latreille, 1804. Myrmecological News, 14: 141–163.

Steffan-Dewenter, I., Klein, A.M., Gaebele, V., Alfert, T., and Tscharntke, T. (2006). Chapter Seventeen, Bee diversity and plant-pollinator interactions in fragmented landscapes. The University of Chicago Press, (2006) 387–410.

Tylianakis, J.M., Tscharntke, T., and Klein, A.M. (2006). Diversity, ecosystem function, and stability of parasitoid-host interactions across a tropical habitat gradient. Ecology, 87(12): 3047–3057.

Uno, S., Cotton, J. and Philpott, S.M. (2010). Diversity, abundance, and species composition of ants in urban green species. Urban Ecosystems. 13: 425–441.

Van Klink, E.G.M. (2016). Honeybees as food-producing animals – a review of legislation. Veterinary Practice Today, 4(4), 62–64.

Verde, G. L., and La Mantia, T. (2011). The role of native flower visitors in pollinating Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill., naturalized in Sicily. Acta Oecologica, 37(5): 413–417.

Viana, A.M., Frézard, A., Malosse, C., Della Lucia, T. M., Errard, C., and Lenoir, A. (2001). Colonial recognition of fungus in the fungus-growing ant Acromyrmex subterraneus subterraneus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Chemoecology, 11: 29–36.

Waichert, C., Rodriguez, J., Von Dohlen, C.D., and Pitts, J.P. (2012). Spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of the Dominican Republic. Zootaxa, 3353: 1–47.

Williams, N.M., Crone, E.E., Roulston, T.A.H., McKinley, R.L., Packer, L. and Potts, S. (2010). Ecological and life-history traits predict bee species responses to environment disturbances. Biological Conservation, 143: 2280–2291.

Yamane, S. (1990). A revision of the Japanese Eumenidae (Hymenoptera, Vespoidea). Insecta Matsumurana. New series, 43: 1–189.

Zettel, H., Laciny, A., Balaka, P. and General, D.E.M. (2018). On the taxonomy of Myrmicaria Saunders, 1842 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Philippines. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 66: 610–623.