title: Epipona media cooper (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), a social wasp new to the Brazilian Atlantic Forest.
abstract: An occupied nest of Epipona media Cooper was discovered and collected in a cabruca (cocoa plantation with native tree cover). This is the first record of E. media from Bahia State. We described the nest structure and compared the adults with the closely related species Epipona tatua Cuvier.
authors.affiliation: Depto de Ciências Biológicas, Univ Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, BA, Brasil.
authors.forename: Rodolpho S T
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Menezes
authors.forename: Antonio F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Carvalho Filho
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Raw
authors.forename: Marco A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Costa
mesh_terms: D025041:Animal Migration; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D009425:Nesting Behavior; D014197:Trees; D014863:Wasps