Ninhos de Centris (Heterocentris) terminata Smith (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Centridini) em fragmentos de Mata Atlântica secundária, Salvador, BA

Drummont, Patrícia; Silva, Fabiana O. da; Viana, Blandina Felipe

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“…Sexual dimorphism is reflected in the size of the brood cells, with the volume of female cells being greater than the volume of male cells. In the present study, females were placed in the first cells, and males occupied all positions, which confirm the observations of Silva et al (2001), Buschini and Wolff (2006) and Mendes and Rêgo (2007), for C. tarsata and of Drummont, Silva and Viana (2008) for Centris (Heterocentris) terminata Smith, 1874.…”

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Nesting habits of Centris (Hemisiella) dichrootricha (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in the Northern Cerrado of Brazil

Carvalho

Carreira

Rêgo

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Abstract:The Neotropical bee Centris (Hemisiella) dichrootricha is a solitary bee that nests in pre-existing cavities that occur in the rain forest. This study describes the nesting biology of C. dichrootricha and its preference for nesting in Cerrado and gallery forest habitats. The study was conducted from January 2012 and December 2013, in Mirador State Park in the municipality of Formosa da Serra Negra, Maranhão State, Brazil. For this, wooden trap-nests of 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16 mm in diameter were used; a total of 300 trap-nests were placed in the gallery forest and Cerrado areas, respectively. Traps were monitored monthly and all completed nests were collected and replaced with empty ones. The nests were then taken to the laboratory to analyze bee development and emergence, nests characteristics and parasites presence. The species used 29 of the trap-nests, which had diameters of 8, 10, 12 and 14 mm. A total of 87 C. dichrootricha specimens emerged. The nests were parasitized by two bee species, Mesocheira bicolor (Apinae) and Coelioxys sp. (Megachilinae), and one fly species, Antrax sp. (Diptera). The highest nesting incidence of 72.4 % was observed in the gallery forest, whereas only 27.6 % in the Cerrado; this difference in habitat use was significant (χ² = 5.56; p < 0.05; DF = 1). For the nests that were built in the gallery forest, 80.9% of the soil originated from the Cerrado. The females were significantly larger than the males (F 1, 76 = 595.19; p < 0.001). There were 11 pollen types that belonged to six families. Pollen of the family Malpighiaceae was most frequently used, with four species represented (Byrsonima crassifolia, B. rotunda, B. spicata and Heteropterys sp.). C. dichrootricha showed a preference for nesting in cavities of various diameters in gallery forest sites. The present study provides a novel description of the nesting habits and biology of C. dichrootricha in habitats of Central/Southern Maranhão. C. dichrootricha primarily used resources from the Cerrado, including soil to build their nests, pollen and floral oils; we concluded that gallery forest and Cerrado areas are intrinsically related to the maintenance of local populations of this species. Rev. Biol. Trop. 64 (3): 1041-1056. Epub 2016 September 01.Key words: gallery forest, solitary bee, Centris, pollen analysis, trap-nests.Bees of the tribe Centridini (Hymenoptera, Apidae) are solitary and distinguished by morphological adaptations for the collection of floral oils (Neff & Simpson, 1981), which makes them key pollinators of plant families that produce floral oils (Buchmann, 1987; Vinson, William, Frankie, & Shrum, 1997;Mello, Bezerra, & Machado, 2013). Several plant families are important oil sources for this group of bees, including Calceolariaceae, Iridaceae, Krameriaceae, Malpighiaceae, Orchidaceae, Plantaginaceae and Solanaceae (Vogel, 1974;Simpson, Neff, & Seigler, 1977;Machado, 2004;Renner & Schaefer, 2010;Martins, Aguiar, & Alves-dos Santos, 2013;Murúa, Cisterna, & Rosende, 2014 continent and can be found from...

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Nesting habits of Centris (Hemisiella) dichrootricha (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in the Northern Cerrado of Brazil

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Rêgo

et al. 2016

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“…The association of the parasites Coelioxys (Cyrtocoelioxys) sp., Mesocheira bicolor and Tetraonyx sp. with bees of the genus Centris has been documented in several studies carried out in Brazil as the most frequent parasites of this genus (Aguiar & Garófalo, 2004;Aguiar et al, 2006;Drummont et al, 2008;Gazola & Garófalo, 2009). The high value in the parasitism rate of Coelioxys (Cyrtocoelioxys) sp.…”

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Occupation and Emergence of Solitary Bees in Different Types of Trap Nests

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Filho

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The study investigated the occupation and emergence of bees that nest in trap-nests and assessed aspects of the structure of such nests, sex ratio, parasitism and mortality of bees in four areas of Baturité Massif, State of Ceará. Samples were taken using three types of trap-nests: dried bamboo internodes, cardboard tubes and rational boxes. In the four studied sites, a total of 185 artificial nests were offered monthly and 34 of them were occupied by bees. Six species of bees, distributed in five genera (Centris, Mesocheira, Euglossa, Megachile and Coelioxys) occupied the 34 trap-nests, but of this total nests, 24 presented emergence of individuals. In the rest of the nests there was mortality of the occupants. Considering the total of nests with emergence, it was obtained 139 individuals: 131 bees (28 kleptoparasite bees) and 8 coleopterans. In 34 bee nests obtained, there were constructed 162 brood cells, the number of cells per trap-nest varied from 1 to 13 brood cells and the length of these nests varied from 2.4 to 14cm. Thirteen nests were parasitized by hymenopterans (Apidae and Megachilidae) and coleopterans (Meloidae), resulting in a parasitism rate of 38.2% of the total of nests founded. In addition, mortality occurred from unknown causes in 29.4% (n=10) of individuals before reaching adult stage. This work identified the bee species that use pre-existing cavities in the Baturite Massif, determined their nesting requirements and constrains for their reproduction. This information may contribute to conservation efforts of these bee species as well as their potential use for pollination services.

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“…No trabalho de Drumond (2003) e Drummont et al (2008), a maior frequência de nidificação de C. terminata ocorreu nos meses com temperaturas elevadas e baixos índices pluviométricos, assim como observado no presente estudo. Entretanto, em outras regiões os picos de nidificação de C. terminata ocorreram na estação quente/chuvosa, como registrado por ; Gazola & Garófalo (2009), em São Paulo, por Morato et al (1999) na Amazônia Central e por Thiele (2005) As espécies C. analis e C. terminata apresentaram comportamento generalista, dado que, visitaram espécies de plantas de várias famílias para coletar pólen.…”

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“…No Brasil, nas últimas décadas, foram realizados inúmeros estudos utilizando a técnica de ninhos-armadilha em diferentes biomas para conhecer aspectos relacionados à biologia e composição faunística de abelhas e vespas solitárias que nidificam em cavidades preexistentes (Garófalo et al, 1993;Morato et al, 1999;Silva et al, 2001;Morato, 2001;Alves-dos-Santos et al, 2002;Freitas & Oliveira-Filho, 2003;Drumond, 2003;Aguiar & Garófalo, 2004;Alves-dos-Santos, 2004;Camarotti-de-Lima & Martins, 2005;Aguiar et al, 2006;Mendes & Rego, 2007;Santos et al, 2008;Cordeiro & Alves-dos-Santos, 2008;Drummont et al, 2008;Woiski, 2009;Alves-dos-Santos, 2010;Pereira & Garófalo, 2010;Aguiar et al, 2010;Mesquita & Augusto, 2011;Silva-Junior, 2011;Oliveira & Garófalo, 2014).…”

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Abelhas e vespas solitárias (Hymenoptera, Aculeata) ocupando ninhos-armadilha e recursos alimentares utilizados por Centris (Heterocentris) analis e Centris (Heterocentris) terminata (Hymenoptera, Centridini) em um fragmento de Mata A

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Ninhos de Centris (Heterocentris) terminata Smith (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Centridini) em fragmentos de Mata Atlântica secundária, Salvador, BA

Cited by 8 publications

References 13 publications

Nesting habits of Centris (Hemisiella) dichrootricha (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in the Northern Cerrado of Brazil

Nesting habits of Centris (Hemisiella) dichrootricha (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in the Northern Cerrado of Brazil

Occupation and Emergence of Solitary Bees in Different Types of Trap Nests

Abelhas e vespas solitárias (Hymenoptera, Aculeata) ocupando ninhos-armadilha e recursos alimentares utilizados por <i>Centris</i> <i>(Heterocentris) analis </i>e <i>Centris (Heterocentris) terminata </i>(Hymenoptera, Centridini) em um fragmento de Mata A

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