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Title: Community of orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in transitional vegetation between Cerrado and Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil
Other Titles: Comunidade de Euglossina (Hymenoptera: Apidae) em área de transição entre Cerrado e Mata Atlântica no sudeste do Brasil
Keywords: Orchid bees
Atlantic Forest - Orchid bees
Cerrado - Orchid bees
Hexapoda
Floresta atlântica - Abelhas-das-orquídeas
Abelhas-das-orquídeas
Issue Date: Aug-2013
Publisher: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia
Citation: PIRES, E. P. et al. Community of orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in transitional vegetation between Cerrado and Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Biology, São Carlos, v. 73, n. 3, p. 507-513, Aug. 2013.
Abstract: The community of orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina) was studied at an area in the transition between the Cerrado and Atlantic Forest biomes, from March, 2010 to February, 2011 in the Barroso region, state of Minas Gerais, eastern Brazil. Orchid-bee males were collected with bait traps containing three different scents (cineole, eugenol and vanillin) and with entomological nets for collecting bees on flowers. A total of 614 orchid-bee males were collected using aromatic traps, belonging to four genera and 15 species. Twenty-five female specimens belonging to two genera and at least three species were collected on flowers. Eulaema (Apeulaema) nigrita Lepeletier, 1841 was the most abundant species (50% of collected specimens), followed by Euglossa (Euglossa) truncata Rebêlo & Moure, 1996 (28%). Cineole was the most attractive compound (66.5% of males and 13 species), followed by eugenol (16% and 9 species) and vanillin (13.5% and 4 species). Eulaema (Apeulaema) marcii Nemésio, 2009 and Eufriesea auriceps (Friese, 1899) were attracted to all scents, whereas Euglossa species were collected only in cineole and eugenol.
URI: http://repositorio.ufla.br/jspui/handle/1/13158
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