Research Article

Floral Resources Used by Euglossini Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Coastal Ecosystems of the Atlantic Forest

Table 2

Species of Orchidaceae whose pollinaria were found attached to the bodies of male Euglossini collected in Picinguaba and Anchieta Island, Ubatuba, SP. P: Picinguaba, A: Anchieta Island.

Orchids speciesEuglossine speciesAreas

Bifrenaria harrisoniae (Hook.) Rchb.f.Ef. violacea (1♂)A1*
Catasetum hookeri Lindl.Eg. cordata (2♂), Eg. stellfeldi (7♂)A1, P29
Catasetum socco (Vell.) HoehneEg. stellfeldi (5♂)A3, P45
Cirrhaea dependens (Lodd.) LoudonEg. cordata (11♂)A5, P611
Cirrhaea fuscolutea Lindl.Ef. violacea (1♂), Eg. iopoecila (2♂)A7, P83*
Gongora bufonia Lindl.Ef. violacea (1♂)A1*
Huntleya meleagris Lindl.El. cingulata (1♂)P1
Notylia sp.Eg. sapphirina (1♂)P1
Promenaea stapelioides (Link. and Otto) Lindl.Ex. smaragdina (1♂)P1
Warmingia eugenii Rchb.f.Eg. roderici (1♂)P1

*Only one individual of Ef. violacea was collected, which carried pollinaria of Bifrenaria harrisoniae, Cirrhaea fuscolutea, and Gongora bufonia.
15 Eg. stellfeldi males and 1 Eg. cordata male, 22 Eg. stellfeldi males and 1 Eg. cordata male, 32 males, 43 males, 51 male, 610 males, 71 Ef. violacea male and 1 Eg. stellfeldi males, 82 Eg. iopoecila males.