2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2008.00549.x
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Potential distribution of orchid bees outside their native range: The cases of Eulaema polychroma (Mocsáry) and Euglossa viridissima Friese in the USA (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Abstract: Aim  This study aimed to evaluate the probability of suitable habitats in the USA for two adventive orchid bee species (Eulaema polychroma (Mocsáry) and Euglossa viridissima Friese), one of which has become established in southern Florida despite the absence of its associated orchid hosts. Location  North and Central America, northern South America and the Caribbean. Methods  Using positive occurrence data within the native range of both orchid bee species, Maxent species distribution modelling was employed to… Show more

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“…This suggests the possibility of a broader overlap in its distribution with the other species of the group in Mexico than currently known and opens up the possibility that some of the literature records for this species from Central America might be correct. Interestingly, our analyses also show the presence of suitable habitats for E. coerulescens in the Caribbean, similar to the potential distribution models developed for the other two adventive species of orchid bees in the USA (Hinojosa-Díaz et al 2009). Except for one species of Euglossa from Jamaica, orchid bees are otherwise absent from the modern melittological fauna of the Caribbean, although two fossil species (one of Euglossa and one of Eufriesea) have been recorded from the island of Hispaniola (Engel 1999).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 83%
“…This suggests the possibility of a broader overlap in its distribution with the other species of the group in Mexico than currently known and opens up the possibility that some of the literature records for this species from Central America might be correct. Interestingly, our analyses also show the presence of suitable habitats for E. coerulescens in the Caribbean, similar to the potential distribution models developed for the other two adventive species of orchid bees in the USA (Hinojosa-Díaz et al 2009). Except for one species of Euglossa from Jamaica, orchid bees are otherwise absent from the modern melittological fauna of the Caribbean, although two fossil species (one of Euglossa and one of Eufriesea) have been recorded from the island of Hispaniola (Engel 1999).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 83%
“…Ecological niche models (ENMs), also referred to as species distribution models (SDMs) (Franklin 2009), are often used to characterize the climate occupied by organisms in their native range, and to predict their distributions in areas outside of the native range (Peterson and Shaw 2003;Ebeling et al 2008;Giovanelli et al 2008;Elith and Leathwick 2009;Hinojosa-Díaz et al 2009). When an organism has already invaded a new geographic area, ENMs constructed from native and introduced occurrences can be compared to test the conservatism of climatic niches across the two habitats (Broennimann et al 2007;Pearman et al 2008).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…We attempt to explore some of these hypotheses through ecological niche modeling of the rare, solitary melittid bee, Promelitta alboclypeata (Friese) (Figure 1), in order to get a picture of the potential distribution of the species and finding any hints of ecological differentiation. Ecological niche modeling has previously been used to project distributions of bee species for which few or no data are known for specific areas (e.g., Hinojosa-Díaz et al 2009;Gonzalez et al 2010;Silva et al 2013). P. alboclypeata occurs broadly across northern Africa and into Arabia Dathe 2009) and has been considered the sole representative of the tribe Promelittini (Michener 1981;2007;Engel 2005), although recent phylogenetic work has suggested it to be a primitive species of the tribe Macropidini (Michez et al 2009).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%