2010
DOI: 10.1590/s0085-56262010000200018
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Nest descriptions of Megalopta aegis (Vachal) and M. guimaraesi Santos & Silveira (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) from the Brazilian Cerrado

Abstract: ABSTRACT. Nest descriptions of Megalopta aegis (Vachal) and M. guimaraesi Santos & Silveira (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) from the Brazilian Cerrado. We present the first data on the nesting biology of Megalopta aegis and M. guimaraesi from southeastern Brazil. Nests were collected in the Área de Proteção Ambiental Água Limpa, Bauru, São Paulo state. Our data suggest that nest architecture is conserved throughout all species of Megalopta. Two nests of M. guimaraesi consisted of a single female with brood. Of three… Show more

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“…(a) Specimen collection and study taxa Bees were collected at light traps or from nests (see [23][24][25][26]) at localities given in the electronic supplementary material, table S1. The most abundant genus is Megalopta (approx.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…(a) Specimen collection and study taxa Bees were collected at light traps or from nests (see [23][24][25][26]) at localities given in the electronic supplementary material, table S1. The most abundant genus is Megalopta (approx.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A interação inter-específica dos visitantes florais é citada como uma explicação para este aumento na polinização e produção, pois provoca maior movimentação entre as plantas promovendo assim maior transferência de pólen (Greenleaf & Kremen 2006, Brittain et al 2013 A inserção de colmeias de Apis mellifera nos cultivos de cambuci pode elevar a produtividade do fruto. Porém, os outros polinizadores eficientes de C. phaea, as espécies de abelhas noturnas e crepusculares, não são passíveis de serem criados racionalmente, devido ao hábito de nidificação (Rozen 1984, Almeida 2008, Jansen 1968, Santos et al 2010. Diante deste cenário, para aumentar a produtividade do cambuci, são necessárias boas práticas nas áreas de cultivo para manter ou aumentar a população das abelhas noturnas e crepusculares.…”
Section: A Interação Das Abelhas Colletidae Com Myrtaceae é Bastante unclassified
“…Megalopta bees excavate their nests in dead wood, most frequently in fallen tree branches in the understorey (Janzen 1968;Wcislo et al 2004;Tierney et al 2008;Santos et al 2010). The few species investigated are facultatively social, with nests containing up to 17 females and conspicuous variation in body size among females from a single nest.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%