Padrão polínico utilizado por Tetragonisca angustula Latreille (Apidae: Meliponina)

Morgado, Leila Nunes; Andrade, Renato Campos; Lorenzon, Maria Cristina Affonso; Gonçalves-Esteves, Vânia

doi:10.1590/s0102-33062011000400021

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“…In a survey conducted in the same region, Morgado et al (2011) reported as more frequently visited plant families, Melastomataceae, Myrtaceae, Piperaceae, Caesalpiniaceae, Meliaceae, Cyperaceae and Cecropiaceae, suggesting a general behavior of T. angustula. Field observation of the T. angustula' behavior, their plant resources and the pollen morphologies of these plants, suggests that the trophic niche of T. angustula in the Atlantic Rainforest is wide.…”

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Floral sources to Tetragonisca angustula (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and their pollen morphology in a Southeastern Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Braga

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Neto

et al. 2012

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The stingless bees are important flowers visitors of several plant species, due to their feeding habits and foraging behavior, constituting an important group to maintain biodiversity and the dynamics of tropical communities. Among stingless bees, Tetragonisca angustula is widely distributed in tropical habitats, and has been considered an important pollinator of different plant families. To support a rational economic use of this group, there is a need to characterize the plant species that represent important sources as part of their diet, as preferred, alternative or casual food sources. The aim of this survey was to distinguish the plant species that T. angustula visited most often. The study was undertaken in four regions of the Atlantic Rainforest in Rio de Janeiro state (Brazil) over a year from March 2008 to February 2009. For this, we collected bees, flowering plants and bee pollen loads from the four sites, and evaluated pollen morphology in the laboratory. Field observations showed the presence of plants belonging to ten different families and pollen loads showed the presence of pollen types belonging to 26 plant families. There were strong differences between pollen types, especially regarding pollen grain shape. The present survey suggests a high value of these plant species as trophic resources for the T. angustula in the understory of Atlantic Rainforest. Changes in these fragments of this forest may compromise the availability of resources for Tetragonisca angustula species and other stingless bees. Rev. Biol. Trop. 60 (4): 1491-1501. Epub 2012 December 01.

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Floral sources to Tetragonisca angustula (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and their pollen morphology in a Southeastern Brazilian Atlantic Forest

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“…The geographical distribution of this group of stingless bees goes beyond the Brazilian territory, extending from Mexico to Argentina (Camargo & Pedro, 2012). Although the pollen collected by T. angustula has been studied in many different types of Brazilian vegetation (Iwama & Melhem, 1979;Imperatriz-Fonseca et al, 1984;Carvalho et al, 1999;Morgado et al, 2011;Novais & Absy, 2013), few studies have been done in caatinga. Novais et al (2006) performed a palynological study of the honey of this species collected in a hyperxerophytic caatinga region at the Canudos Biological Station in the northeastern micro-region of Bahia State.…”

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Pollen types collected by Tetragonisca angustula (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in dry vegetation in Northeastern Brazil

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Absy²,

Santos³

2014

Eur. J. Entomol.

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Abstract. Knowing the floral origin of the pollen collected by native bees in Neotropical ecosystems enables us to understand the dynamics of the interdependent relationships between the insects and the native flora. The objectives of this study were to: (i) investigate the spectrum of plant species from which pollen is collected by Tetragonisca angustula in caatinga (dry vegetation) areas in the semiarid region of Northeastern Brazil; (ii) identify pollen types that could be used as regional geographical markers and (iii) determine the pollen niche breadth and the pattern of use of floral resources by this stingless bee. In total, 23 samples of the pollen stored by T. angustula were collected monthly and subjected to acetolysis. Of the 45 pollen types identified that of Prosopis juliflora (Fabaceae) and Solanum (Solanaceae) were the most frequently represented in the samples and 19 were collected by the bees at both study sites. Species characteristic of caatinga, such as Poincianella pyramidalis (Tulasne) L.P. Queiroz and Senna macranthera (de Candolle ex Colladon) H.S. Irwin & Barneby, were among the pollen identified and they were used as indicators of the geographical origin of the samples. The average values of the pollen niche breadth (H') and equitability (J') indicate that T. angustula is a generalist and homogeneous forager of the floral resources in caatinga.

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“…A grande presença de ciperáceas nesse estudo pode estar associada a sua ampla distribuição ao longo do rio Acaraú, também localizado dentro do raio de voo das operárias forrageiras, que pode atingir uma área média de 3000 m (Winston, 1991). Os grãos polínicos de Cyperaceae são anemófilos e representantes dessa família são importantes fornecedores de pólen para abelhas, sendo apontados em alguns estudos como plantas apícolas e encontrados como pólen dominante em amostras de méis (Barth, 1989;Morgado et al, 2011;Benevides e Carvalho, 2012).…”

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Nicho polínico de Apis mellifera L. na Caatinga durante a floração de Mimosa tenuiflora (Willd.) Poiret

Muniz

Nascimento

Felix

et al. 2020

Rev. Acad. Ciênc. Anim.

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O objetivo deste trabalho foi conhecer a composição da flora apícola da Caatinga com importância para A. mellifera durante o período de florescimento da jurema preta (Mimosa tenuiflora), bem como descrever morfologicamente os grãos de pólen desta espécie e as preferências de A. mellifera para os recursos tróficos disponíveis na flora local nesta época. O presente trabalho foi desenvolvido numa área de vegetação típica de Caatinga, na zona rural de Sobral, Ceará, em 2017, durante o período que coincidiu com o florescimento da jurema preta (agosto a outubro) e com o período de escassez de chuvas. A metodologia buscou identificar as espécies de plantas em florescimento neste período que faziam parte da dieta polínica de A. mellifera, bem como as características da flora polinífera relacionadas à diversidade, equitatividade e dominância na área investigada. Os resultados mostraram que poucas espécies da Caatinga fornecem pólen para a dieta das abelhas africanizadas durante o segundo semestre do ano. O tipo Cyperaceae 1 foi o preferido para a coleta de pólen pelas colônias de A. mellifera, sucedido pela jurema preta. Os resultados desse trabalho também colaboram para o conhecimento da estrutura do nicho trófico de A. mellifera, fornecendo subsídios para o manejo desse polinizador e para a conservação da biodiversidade da Caatinga no nordeste do Brasil.

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Padrão polínico utilizado por Tetragonisca angustula Latreille (Apidae: Meliponina)

Cited by 18 publications

References 14 publications

Floral sources to Tetragonisca angustula (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and their pollen morphology in a Southeastern Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Floral sources to Tetragonisca angustula (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and their pollen morphology in a Southeastern Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Pollen types collected by Tetragonisca angustula (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in dry vegetation in Northeastern Brazil

Nicho polínico de Apis mellifera L. na Caatinga durante a floração de Mimosa tenuiflora (Willd.) Poiret

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