First record of Aglae caerulea (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Euglossini) in Brazilian Cerrado east of the Amazon Region, Maranhão State, Brazil

Martins, Denilson Costa; Albuquerque, Patrícia Maia Correia de; Silva, Francinaldo Soares; Rebêlo, José Manuel Macário

doi:10.1590/1519-6984.06415

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“…This suggests that these corridors are being effectively used by the orchid bees as dispersal routes, and that they are potentially connecting all the large forest reserves. In the Atlantic rain forest, riparian strips and small forest patches were also found to be effective stepping-stones or corridors for orchid bees (Rosa et al 2015), and APPs are believed to explain the presence of some Amazonian orchid bees within the Brazilian savanna (Silva et al 2013;Martins et al 2016). Similar results were also found in northeastern Brazilian humid tropical forests, where riparian forests of the São Francisco River function as biocorridors, providing refuge areas and maintaining orchid bee species (Moura and Schlindwein, 2009).…”

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Forest reserves and riparian corridors help maintain orchid bee (Hymenoptera: Euglossini) communities in oil palm plantations in Brazil

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Orchid bees (Apidae, Euglossini) are important pollinators in the Amazon forest. In eastern Brazilian Amazon, secondary forest and pastures are being replaced by oil palm plantations. Here, we tested the role of forest reserves and riparian corridors in maintaining orchid bees. We sampled bees in three different soil-type uses, comparing richness, abundance, and assemblage composition. Estimated richness was lowest in palm plantations than in forest reserves and riparian corridors on diversity of orchid bees. Riparian corridors had the highest abundance, followed by reserves, and oil palm plantations. Bee assemblage also varied with land cover, with the reserves having the most distinct composition. We also identified indicator bees for primary forest. Our results demonstrate riparian corridors and forest reserves can maintain orchid bees in oil palm landscapes.

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Forest reserves and riparian corridors help maintain orchid bee (Hymenoptera: Euglossini) communities in oil palm plantations in Brazil

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“…It is also possible that these findings simply reflect the sampling method chosen as the only most common baits in orchid bee studies [39,49,79] that were used here. For Bezerra and Martins [80], the use of different types of baits is an efficient way of sampling the tribe Euglossini as some species have preferences for particular baits [37,81].…”

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“…For the scent-bait method, traps were made from PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottles, as proposed by Ramalho et al [38]. Each trap had three entrances, where bees could get access to methyl cinnamate, eugenol, and eucalyptol, scents widely used in studies on Euglossini bee communities [39,40]. e scent was placed in small wads of cotton, which were then put inside the traps (one per trap), and the traps were replenished every hour with two drops of the respective essence.…”

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“…Although methyl cinnamate was the least attractive essence, it was the only one that attracted A. caerulea, which was considered endemic only to the northern Amazon region prior to the study by Anjos-Silva et al [81]. Recently, Martins et al [39] also collected specimens of this species using methyl cinnamate and reported its presence in Maranhão for the first time.…”

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Richness of Wild Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in a Forest Remnant in a Transition Region of Eastern Amazonia

Ferreira

Martins

Rêgo

et al. 2019

Psyche: A Journal of Entomology

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Eastern Amazonia is an area with great biological diversity that has suffered rapid deforestation and forest fragmentation over the years. Because of the scarcity of data on the fauna and flora, the northwest of the state of Maranhão has become a priority area for studies that seek to gain a better understanding of bee fauna. Between August 2013 and December 2014, in collections at two-month intervals, a total of 1047 bees belonging to 70 species were collected using two methods (an insect net and scent-baited traps). Apinae was the most abundant subfamily and had the greatest species richness (63 species and 1039 individuals); the most notable tribes in this subfamily were Meliponini (20 species and 445 individuals) and Euglossini (24 species and 452 individuals). In all, 62.8% of the total richness was sampled with an insect net and 34.2% with bait traps. Bees were present in every collection month, and August and December were the months with the greatest richness and abundance, respectively. Although the species accumulation curve did not stabilize, the results were positive as three new species were recorded for the Maranhão state: Bombus transversalis (Olivier, 1789); Xylocopa suspecta Moure and Camargo, 1988; and Xylocopa macrops Lepeletier, 1841, and eleven for the Amazonian region of the state.

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“…While most of the South American expansion records are likely due to the bees own dispersal capabilities (Anjos-Silva et al 2006, Anjos-Silva 2007, 2008, Silva and Rebêlo 2009, Silva et al 2013, Martins et al 2016), the E. viridissima records from Baja California are unlikely to have gotten there by long distance migration. Alternatively, these bees are cavity nesters (May-Itzá et al 2014), making it possible that occupied nests would survive the carrying from the continental lands to the peninsula.…”

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A missing piece in the puzzle: the presence of Euglossa viridissima in the Baja California Peninsula (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

Falcón-Brindis¹,

Ayala²,

Jiménez³

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Orchid bees are a conspicuous component of the neotropical bee fauna, with a few species reaching the northernmost natural distribution for the group in northwestern continental Mexico. Among them, Euglossa viridissima Friese is here reported for the first time in the Cape Region of the Baja California peninsula, Mexico, where no species of the group have been found previously. These records are presented, their biogeographical implications discussed, and some interpretations of the local factors that influence the bees is presented.

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First record of Aglae caerulea (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Euglossini) in Brazilian Cerrado east of the Amazon Region, Maranhão State, Brazil

Cited by 11 publications

References 17 publications

Forest reserves and riparian corridors help maintain orchid bee (Hymenoptera: Euglossini) communities in oil palm plantations in Brazil

Forest reserves and riparian corridors help maintain orchid bee (Hymenoptera: Euglossini) communities in oil palm plantations in Brazil

Richness of Wild Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in a Forest Remnant in a Transition Region of Eastern Amazonia

A missing piece in the puzzle: the presence of Euglossa viridissima in the Baja California Peninsula (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

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