A fauna apícola do Parque Municipal da Cachoeirinha (Iporá, GO)

Abstract

As abelhas possuem grande importância econômica e ecológica, em vista de sua dependência dos recursos florais como o pólen e o néctar (principais fontes de proteínas e energia, respectivamente), representando cerca de 40 a 90% dos agentes polinizadores de fanerógamas em diversos ecossistemas. No presente trabalho, foi realizado o inventário apícola do Parque Municipal da Cachoeirinha (Iporá, GO). Foram realizadas 58 horas de coleta no total, realizadas nos meses de novembro/dezembro de 2004 e março e maio de 2005. Foi coletado um total de 933 indivíduos, distribuídos em uma família, 16 tribos, 33 gêneros e 62 espécies. A tribo Meliponini foi a mais abundante em número de indivíduos e espécies. As espécies mais abundantes foram Trigona chanchamayoensis (16,51%), Tetragona clavipes (14,79%) e Apis mellifera e Trigona recursa (12,33%). Este trabalho apresenta a primeira ocorrência no estado de Goiás para seis gêneros e 12 espécies.

Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in an Ecotonal Cerrado-Amazon Region in Brazil

“…Among the 24 species of Meliponini bees sampled in the Amazonia-Cerrado ecotone we inventoried, five species were recorded in Cerrado from state of Goiás (Santiago et al, 2009;Moure et al, 2012): Trigona chanchamayoensis Schwarz, 1948, Celetrigona longicornis (Friese, 1903), Trigona pallens (Fabricius, 1798), T. branneri Cockerell, 1912 and Tetragona truncata Moure, 1971. The species Trigona guianae Cockerell, 1910 is found in the states of Tocantins, Ceará, and Paraiba (Moure et al, 2012);and T. dalatorreana Friese, 1900 is found in the ecotone area in the state of Tocantins (Santos et al, 2004).…”

“…The species Trigona guianae Cockerell, 1910 is found in the states of Tocantins, Ceará, and Paraiba (Moure et al, 2012);and T. dalatorreana Friese, 1900 is found in the ecotone area in the state of Tocantins (Santos et al, 2004). Furthermore, eight species are widely distributed in Brazil (Moure et al, 2012), inhabiting both forest and Cerrado (Andena et al, 2005;Santiago et al, 2009;Imperatriz-Fonseca et al, 2011;Pioker-Hara, 2011): Cephalotrigona capitata (Smith, 1854), S. postica (Latreille, 1807), S. tubiba (Smith, 1863), Scaura latitarsis (Friese, 1900), Tetragonisca angustula (Latreille, 1811), T. clavipes, T. hypogea Silvestri, 1902 and T. aff. fuscipennis.…”

Checklist of bee species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) in the urban areas of Cerrado in Barreiras, Bahia, Brazil

“…The Halictidae bees also has a wide distribution worldwide, having different levels of sociability and collected in the urban areas of South America, North America, Canada, and France (SAntiAgo et al 2009;MArtinS et al 2013;Fortel et al 2014;norMAndin et al 2017;de SAntiS & chAcoFF 2020). This family were poorly represented in the present study, with few specimens from the Augochlorini and Halictini tribes.…”

“…Those in this family have the habit of a solitary life, using pieces of leaves and plant debris also using preexisting holes in tree trunks to build their nests. Species of this family were found in apifauna inventories in areas that suffer less anthropogenic influence (SAntiAgo et al 2009;Sirohi et al 2015).…”

“…For the State of Bahia, such research is still scarce and, especially, if we consider the large territorial dimension that this state denotes, which encompasses the convergence of three phytogeographic domains (Atlantic Rainforest, Caatinga, and Cerrado). In the area that covers the Cerrado, few studies have been carried out that inventory the urban apifauna (Antonini et al 2006;SAntiAgo et al 2009;AidAr et al 2013;grAndolFo et al 2013;leão-goMeS & neMeSio 2020). Despite the great anthropomorphic pressure exerted by agribusiness and considering the real geographic gap in relation to its biodiversity, it is still possible to find fragments of natural vegetation that can play a key role in maintaining regional biodiversity in Cerrado (joner 2012;grAndolFo et al 2013).…”