Estrutura e diversidade genética de populações insulares e continentais de abelhas da Mata Atlântica

The bee community (Hymenoptera, Apidae) of Ilha Grande, Babitonga bay, Santa Catarina State, Brazil: structure, insularity and interaction network

“…The same can be considered for Centris, Epicharis and Xylocopa, which may have the capacity to carry out daily flights between islands (Schwartz & Laroca, 1999). Francisco (2012) found no negative correlations between geographic distance and genetic diversity for most of the bee populations he studied. On the other hand, Boff et al (2014) found reduced genetic variability for Euglossa cordata, but there is an indication that the species maintains sex locus variation.…”

“…For other species, such as Bombus morio, body size and flight capacity favor worker foraging between islands and the mainland (Francisco, 2012). The same can be considered for Centris, Epicharis and Xylocopa, which may have the capacity to carry out daily flights between islands (Schwartz & Laroca, 1999).…”

“…Few studies have been carried out on bee communities on islands in South and Southeast Brazil: Zannella et al (1998) as well as Schwartz and Laroca (1999) in the state of Paraná; Lorenzon et al (2006) in the state of Rio de Janeiro; and Mouga et al (2018a) in the state of Santa Catarina (SC), plus two on genetic diversity (Francisco, 2012;Boff et al, 2014). Works related to apifauna in the focal region of the present work, Ilha Grande, encompass Mouga et al (2018a) and Dec and Vivallo (2019) on the island Ilha das Flores (2.43 km away from Ilha Grande; the latter being a bionomy study) and on the mainland, Mouga et al (2015) at the locality of Vila da Glória (5.37 km away), in Caieira Municipal Natural Park (9.54 km away) and Possamai et al (2017) at the University of the Region of Joinvile/ Univille (14.9 km away).…”