Comunidade de abelhas nativas (Apidae) em Floresta Ombrófila Densa Montana em Santa Catarina

Abstract

ABSTRACT. Community of native bees (Apidae) in a tropical rain forest mountain area in Santa Catarina. This study evaluated the bee community and their associated melliferous plants in the northern region of the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil in order to ascertain the diversity and floral interactions of the local Apidae. Twelve samplings were conducted (April 2006 to March 2007 in transects, where nets were used to capture bees directly from their flowers.Voucher specimens for both bees and plants were deposited at UNIVILLE. Diversity and equitability indexes were calculated. Our sampling effort resulted in a total of 934 bees in 72 genera and five families. Forty-four plant species belonging to 19 families were visited. A dominant family in Southern Brazil, Asteraceae, was visited most often (50% of the taxa). Nearly 20% of the plants were visited by only one bee species. Meliponina, Ceratinina and Halictinae were prevalent. The diversity of the apifauna composition (Apinae followed by Halictinae) is typical for southern environments, with few abundant species and many singletons. The variation found for the equitability indexes revealed low intertaxa dominance, diversity oscillation and interspecies relative equilibrium. Values of richness and abundance indicate a transitional distribution pattern (subtropical to temperate). Rare taxa, the presence of new records for the state, and the collector's slope indicate an estimated greater richness.

Diversidade de abelhas (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) em mata de araucária em Santa Catarina

“…Com relação à abundância de indivíduos, predominaram na área 1 Apini (52,04%), Augochlorini (21,22%), Halictini (5,34%), Meliponini (5,81%) e Protandrenini (4,55%); na área 2, Apini (24,25%), Meliponini (21,25%), Halictini (19,76%), Augochlorini (13,77%) e Protandrenini (8,38%). A abundância de Apinae deveu-se principalmente à presença de Apis mellifera, que tem sido notada na grande maioria dos censos realizados em estudos para floresta de araucária (PINHEIRO-MACHADO et al, 2006;MOUGA & KRUG, 2010). As espécies de abelhas mais abundantes para a área 1 foram Apis mellifera, Augochloropsis sp., Dialictus sp.…”

“…Espécies de plantas visitadas pelas espécies de abelhas e especialmente relacionadas à floresta de araucária incluíram, entre outros, os gêneros Baccharis, Chromolaena, Mikania e Vernonanthura (Asteraceae), Mimosa (Fabaceae), Hyptis (Lamiaceae), Solanum (Solanaceae) e Verbena (Verbenaceae). Muitos desses táxons são relatados como atrativos para as abelhas pelos outros estudos mencionados, realizados em florestas de araucária (MOUGA & KRUG, 2010;MOUGA et al, 2016).…”

Seasonal Variation in Bee-Plant Interactions in an Inselberg in the Atlantic Forest in Southeastern Brazil

“…The most abundant species in both seasons was Augochloropsis sp1 associated with its generalist behavior in the interaction with the largest number of plant species visited in both seasons, mainly in Asteraceae. Most species of this genus occur throughout the year and exhibit polylectic behavior, most frequently in species of Asteraceae (Mouga & Krug, 2010;Dec & Mouga, 2014).…”

Caracterização De Méis De Meliponíneos No Município De Mâncio Lima – Ac

“…There are few inventories of bee communities in remnants of native vegetation (Steiner et al, 2006;Alves-Dos-Santos 2007;Mouga & Krug 2010). In these studies the species richness found is quite distinct (32 -292), possibly because each of them has been developed in different localities, with different aims, methods and sample effort.…”