Diversity and Nesting Substrates of Stingless Bees (Hymenoptera, Meliponina) in a Forest Remnant

Table 3

Plant species used as nesting substrate by stingless bee species, and number of nests per bee species in each different plant in a forest fragment located in the municipality of Araguari, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Plant species	Stingless bee species	Nests number/stingless bee species/plant	Total nests/plant
(1) Anadenanthera macrocarpa (Benth.) Brenan (Fabaceae)	Cephalotrigona capitata	1
	Lestrimelitta limao	1
	Melipona rufiventris	1
	Oxytrigona tataira	1
	Partamona ailyae	3	16
	Scaptotrigona bipunctata	3
	Scaptotrigona depilis	1
	Tetragona clavipes	3
	Tetragonisca angustula	1
	Trigona hyalinata	1
(2) Caryocar brasiliense Camb. (Caryocaraceae)	Melipona rufiventris	1	2
	Tetragona quadrangula	1
(3) Chorisia speciosa A. St.-Hil. (Malvaceae)	Trigona hyalinata	2	2
(4) Copaifera langsdorffii Desf. (Fabaceae)	Scaptotrigona bipunctata	1	2
	Tetragonisca angustula	1
(5) Dipteryx alata Vogel (Fabaceae)	Tetragonisca angustula	1	1
(6) Ficus sp. (Moraceae)	Melipona rufiventris	1	2
	Tetragonisca angustula	1
(7) Guapira sp. (Nyctaginaceae)	Cephalotrigona capitata	1	4
	Melipona rufiventris	1
	Plebeia droryana	1
	Scaptotrigona bipunctata	1
(8) Hymenaea courbaril L. (Fabaceae)	Tetragona clavipes	1	3
	Trigona hyalinata	2
(9) Myracrodruon urundeuva Fr. All. (Anacardiaceae)	Partamona ailyae	1	2
	Trigona hypogea	1
(10) Pouteria ramiflora (Mart.) Radlk. (Sapotaceae)	Melipona rufiventris	1	1
(11) Qualea parviflora Mart. (Vochysiaceae)	Cephalotrigona capitata	1	1
(12) Sclerolobium aureum (Tul.) Benth. (Fabaceae)	Melipona rufiventris	1	1
(13) Senna rugosa (G.Don) H.S. Irwin and Barneby  (Fabaceae)	Scaura longula	1	1
(14) Stryphnodendron adstringens (Mart.) Cov. (Fabaceae)	Melipona rufiventris	1	1
(15) Tabebuia aurea (Manso) Benth. and Hook.f. ex S.; Moore (Bignoniaceae)	Melipona rufiventris	1	3
	Partamona ailyae	1
	Tetragona clavipes	1
(16) Tapirira guianensis Aubl. (Anacardiaceae)	Tetragona clavipes	1	1
(17) Terminalia argentea Mart. et Zucc. (Combretaceae)	Tetragona quadrangula	1	1