Diversity of Meliponini and anothers Apiformes (Apidae sensu lato) in a Cerrado fragment and its surrounding, Campo Grande, MS

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the diversity of Meliponini and anothers Apiformes (Apidae sensu lato) from a Cerrado fragment and its surrounding. Malaise traps were installed in a pasture near a fragment of Cerrado and its surrounding, from October to December 2010. Samples were collected at seven-day intervals and preserved in Dietrich solution. The apiforms specimens from each sample were separated in morphospecies and sent to identification. The tribe Meliponini was the most abundant in open areas of pasture than in the Cerrado fragment. The Meliponini species present were Trigona gr. fulviventris, Paratrigona lineata, Trigona recursa, Partamona sp, Trigona spinipes, Trigona gr. hyalinata, Trigona gr. fulviventris, Tetragonisca fiebrigi, Tetragona clavipes, Frieseomelitta cf. flavicornis, Lestrimelitta rufipes. The dominant species was Paratrigona lineata, comprising 82.47% of all species collected.

The bee fauna (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in Cerrado and Cerrado-Amazon Rainforest transition sites in Tocantins state, Northern Region of Brazil

“…The greatest representativeness of family Apidae regarding number of genera, species and individuals was also recorded by other studies performed in the Cerrado, Amazon Rainforest and in transition regions (Andena et al 2005, Santos et al 2004, Oliveira-Junior et al 2015, Lima & Silvestre 2017, Almeida et al 2019, Ferreira et al 2019). The tribe Meliponini was the most diverse and abundant group in the herein assessed biomes, and these data corroborate results recorded in other studies performed in Cerrado and transition sites (Almeida et al 2019, Santos et al 2004, Santiago et al 2009, Roel et al 2019). The highest abundance of species belonging to genus Trigona recorded in the present study was also observed in Cerrado-Amazon Rainforest transition sites assessed by Santos et al (2004), and in Cerrado areas assessed by D'avila &Marchini, (2008) andGianinni et al (2017).…”

“…There are several studies about bee communities in Cerrado showing a relatively large number of species in this Brazilian biome (Faria & Silveira 2011, Pires et al 2013, Lima & Silvestre 2017, Roel et al 2019). Nevertheless, with respect to Cerrado in Tocantins State, we only find the register of one study about bees' diversity in the state.…”

“…Only few standardized surveys applied to Apoidea were carried out in the Cerrado biome and in Cerrado-Amazon Rainforest transition sites. Most of the publish studies only take into account the diversity of specific tribes, such as Meliponini or Euglossini (Roel et al 2019, Oliveira-Junior et al 2015. Besides, most surveys only use one collection method (Santiago et al 2009, Roel et al 2019, Santos et al 2004, and only few of them use more than one collection method (Almeida et al 2019, Ferreira et al 2019.…”

Efeito da Conversão de Habitats sobre a Diversidade de Abelhas Nativas Sem Ferrão (Insecta, Apidae, Meliponini) no Distrito Federal

“…A polinização direta de diversas culturas, promove melhorias qualitativas ou quantitativas na produção, o que faz com que certas plantações cheguem a ser 95% dependentes dos serviços ecossistêmicos providos por estes organismos. Uma vez que a maior parte das espécies ocorre naturalmente nos diferentes ecossistemas, a manutenção das áreas naturais ao redor da plantação traz um benefício adicional, que é o controle natural de pragas que atingem as culturas (Giannini et As abelhas que mais ocorrem no Cerrado são as Apinae, subfamília de abelhas nativas do Brasil (Roel et al 2019); dentro desta subfamília existe a tribo Meliponini, abelhas com hábitos sociais, ou seja, abelhas que constroem ninhos, na qual existem 417 espécies válidas descritas, sendo 33 gêneros exclusivamente neotropicais (Camargo & Pedro, 2013). Essas abelhas polinizam populações de plantas nativas e cultivadas que, muitas vezes, outras abelhas não conseguem ser tão eficientes (Giannini et al 2015), como no caso da castanheira-do-brasil (Bertholletia excelsa, Lecythidaceae), cuja polinização exige que a abelha levante o capuz da flor para acessar o néctar (Cavalcante et al 2012).…”