Abundância, riqueza e diversidade de abelhas Euglossinae (Hymenoptera, Apidae) em florestas contínuas de terra firme na Amazônia Central, Brasil

Oliveira, Marcio Luiz de; Campos, Lúcio Antônio de Oliveira

doi:10.1590/S0101-81751995000300009

Resumo

The fauna of Euglossinae bees were studied in two areas of "terra firme" continuous forest in the Central Amazon. Brazil. During one year (september/1989-august/1990) the collections were done fortnightly, using traps with eight kinds of seents baits. The traps were placed in the understory and in the tree crowns. The continuous forest of "terra firme" near Manaus are among those with the highest speeies richness of Euglossinae in the Neotropics. The species richness was higher than that found in other studies carried out in Brazil also. One study area had higher species richness and abundance, while species diversity was higher in another one. The diversity was different significally between the two areas.

Apidae; Euglossinae; Abundance; Amazon; diversity

Abundância, riqueza e diversidade de abelhas Euglossinae (Hymenoptera, Apidae) em florestas contínuas de terra firme na Amazônia Central, Brasil

Abundance, richness and diversity of el Euglossinae bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in "Terra Firme" continuous forest in the Central Amazon, Brazil

Marcio Luiz de Oliveira^I; Lúcio Antônio de Oliveira Campos^II

^IDepartamento de Ciências da Natureza, Universidade Federal do Acre, 69915-900 Rio Branco, Acre, Brasil

^IIDepartamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-000 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brasil

ABSTRACT

The fauna of Euglossinae bees were studied in two areas of "terra firme" continuous forest in the Central Amazon. Brazil. During one year (september/1989-august/1990) the collections were done fortnightly, using traps with eight kinds of seents baits. The traps were placed in the understory and in the tree crowns. The continuous forest of "terra firme" near Manaus are among those with the highest speeies richness of Euglossinae in the Neotropics. The species richness was higher than that found in other studies carried out in Brazil also. One study area had higher species richness and abundance, while species diversity was higher in another one. The diversity was different significally between the two areas.

Key words: Apidae, Euglossinae, Abundance, Amazon, diversity

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AGRADECIMENTOS. Ao CNPq pela bolsa de mestrado concedida. Ao PDBFF (INPA/Smithsonian Institution) pelo financiamento do trabalho, esta é a publicação no. 147 do PDBFF. Ao Prof. Dr. Padre Jesus Santiago Moure pela identificação das espécies.

Recebido em 27.VII.1994; aceito em 22.IX.1995.

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Publicação nesta coleção
21 Jul 2009
Data do Fascículo
Set 1995

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Recebido
27 Jul 1994
Aceito
22 Set 1995

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[2] Becker, P.; J.S. Moure & F.J.A. Peralta. 1991. More about euglossine bees in amazonian forest fragments. Biotropica 23 (4b): 586-591.

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[4] Braga. P.I.S. 1976. Atração de abelhas polinizadoras de Orchidaceae com auxílio de iscas-odores na campina, campinarana e floresta tropical úmida da região de Manaus. Ciência e Cultura 28 (7): 767-773.

[5] Campos, L.A.O.; F.A. Silveira; M.L. Oliveira; C.V.M. Abrantes; E.F. Morato & G.A.R. Melo. 1989. Utilização de armadilhas para a captura de machos de Euglossini (Hym., Apoidea). Revta bras. Zool. 6 (4): 621-626.

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[8] Janzen, D.H. 1971. Euglossine bees as long-distance pollinators of tropical plants. Science 171: 203-205.

[9] Kimsey, L.S. & R.L. Dressler. 1986. Synonymic species list of Euglossini. Pan-Pac. Ent. 62 (3): 229-236.

[10] Ludwig. J.A. & J.F. Reynolds. 1988. Statistical ecology: A primer on methods and computing. New York, John Wiley & Sons. 337p.

[11] Magurran, A.E. 1988. Ecological diversity and its measurement. New Jersey, Princeton University Press, Princeton, 179p.

[12] Morato, E.F. 1993. Efeitos da fragmentação florestal sobre vespas e abelhas solitárias em uma área da Amazônia Central. Dissertação de mestrado, não publicada, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Viçosa, 105p.

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[14] Pearson, D.L. & R.L. Dressler. 1985. Two-year study of male orchid bee (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Euglossini) attraction to chemical baits in lowland south-eastern Peru. Jour. Trop. Ecol. 1: 37-54.

[15] Powell, A.H. & G.N.V. Powell. 1987. Population dynamics of male euglossine bees in amazonian forest fragments. Biotropica 19 (2): 176-179.

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