Temporal variation in the abundance of Orchid Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in a Neotropical Hygrophilous Forest

Although bees are important pollinators in several ecosystems around the world, studies on bee diversity in hygrophilous forests are scarce. This type of vegetation is restricted to permanently wet soils and, therefore, has particular floristic, structure and physiognomy. The goal of the present stu...

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Autores principales:	Maurício Meirelles do Nascimento Castro, Carlos Alberto Garófalo, José Carlos Serrano, Cláudia Inês Silva
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Publicado:	Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2014
Materias:	richness abundance Euglossini chemical baits temporal fluctuation Zoology QL1-991 Ecology QH540-549.5 Natural history (General) QH1-278.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:4c28a18739e64dc2b751af4d23c6d4182021-12-02T14:00:18ZTemporal variation in the abundance of Orchid Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in a Neotropical Hygrophilous Forest0361-652510.13102/sociobiology.v60i4.405-412https://doaj.org/article/4c28a18739e64dc2b751af4d23c6d4182014-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://periodicos.uefs.br/ojs/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/167https://doaj.org/toc/0361-6525Although bees are important pollinators in several ecosystems around the world, studies on bee diversity in hygrophilous forests are scarce. This type of vegetation is restricted to permanently wet soils and, therefore, has particular floristic, structure and physiognomy. The goal of the present study was to inventory and analyze the temporal variation of the euglossine bees that occur in a neotropical hygrophilous forest. In order to sample male bees we used four chemical baits, eucalyptol, eugenol, vanillin, and methyl salicylate. The captures were made once a month, from March 2010 to February 2011, from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. We captured 113 individuals of three genera and five species (in decreasing order of abundance): <em>Eulaema nigrita</em> Lepeletier, 1841<em> </em>(n=52), <em>Euglossa</em> <em>pleosticta</em> Dressler, 1982<em> </em>(34), <em>Exaerete smaragdina</em> (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)<em> </em>(12), <em>Euglossa carolina</em> Nemésio, 2009<em> </em>(11), and <em>Euglossa fimbriata</em><strong> </strong>Rebêlo & Moure, 1968 (4).<strong> </strong>The most attractive bait was eucalyptol (n=98), followed by vanillin (11), and eugenol (4). Both temperature and rainfall affected significantly the distribution of the number of males throughout the year. The highest number of Euglossini species and individuals was sampled in the warm and rainy season, with activity peaks varying among species.Maurício Meirelles do Nascimento CastroCarlos Alberto GarófaloJosé Carlos SerranoCláudia Inês SilvaUniversidade Estadual de Feira de SantanaarticlerichnessabundanceEuglossinichemical baitstemporal fluctuationZoologyQL1-991EcologyQH540-549.5Natural history (General)QH1-278.5ENSociobiology, Vol 60, Iss 4, Pp 405-412 (2014)
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topic	richness abundance Euglossini chemical baits temporal fluctuation Zoology QL1-991 Ecology QH540-549.5 Natural history (General) QH1-278.5
spellingShingle	richness abundance Euglossini chemical baits temporal fluctuation Zoology QL1-991 Ecology QH540-549.5 Natural history (General) QH1-278.5 Maurício Meirelles do Nascimento Castro Carlos Alberto Garófalo José Carlos Serrano Cláudia Inês Silva Temporal variation in the abundance of Orchid Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in a Neotropical Hygrophilous Forest
description	Although bees are important pollinators in several ecosystems around the world, studies on bee diversity in hygrophilous forests are scarce. This type of vegetation is restricted to permanently wet soils and, therefore, has particular floristic, structure and physiognomy. The goal of the present study was to inventory and analyze the temporal variation of the euglossine bees that occur in a neotropical hygrophilous forest. In order to sample male bees we used four chemical baits, eucalyptol, eugenol, vanillin, and methyl salicylate. The captures were made once a month, from March 2010 to February 2011, from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. We captured 113 individuals of three genera and five species (in decreasing order of abundance): <em>Eulaema nigrita</em> Lepeletier, 1841<em> </em>(n=52), <em>Euglossa</em> <em>pleosticta</em> Dressler, 1982<em> </em>(34), <em>Exaerete smaragdina</em> (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)<em> </em>(12), <em>Euglossa carolina</em> Nemésio, 2009<em> </em>(11), and <em>Euglossa fimbriata</em><strong> </strong>Rebêlo & Moure, 1968 (4).<strong> </strong>The most attractive bait was eucalyptol (n=98), followed by vanillin (11), and eugenol (4). Both temperature and rainfall affected significantly the distribution of the number of males throughout the year. The highest number of Euglossini species and individuals was sampled in the warm and rainy season, with activity peaks varying among species.
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author	Maurício Meirelles do Nascimento Castro Carlos Alberto Garófalo José Carlos Serrano Cláudia Inês Silva
author_facet	Maurício Meirelles do Nascimento Castro Carlos Alberto Garófalo José Carlos Serrano Cláudia Inês Silva
author_sort	Maurício Meirelles do Nascimento Castro
title	Temporal variation in the abundance of Orchid Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in a Neotropical Hygrophilous Forest
title_short	Temporal variation in the abundance of Orchid Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in a Neotropical Hygrophilous Forest
title_full	Temporal variation in the abundance of Orchid Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in a Neotropical Hygrophilous Forest
title_fullStr	Temporal variation in the abundance of Orchid Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in a Neotropical Hygrophilous Forest
title_full_unstemmed	Temporal variation in the abundance of Orchid Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in a Neotropical Hygrophilous Forest
title_sort	temporal variation in the abundance of orchid bees (hymenoptera: apidae) in a neotropical hygrophilous forest
publisher	Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
publishDate	2014
url	https://doaj.org/article/4c28a18739e64dc2b751af4d23c6d418
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Temporal variation in the abundance of Orchid Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in a Neotropical Hygrophilous Forest

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