Pollination Requirements and the Foraging Behavior of Potential Pollinators of Cultivated Brazil Nut (Bertholletia excelsa Bonpl.) Trees in Central Amazon Rainforest

Table 2

List of families, species, sex and body size of bees, floral visitors, and potential pollinators of Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa), collected in a commercial cultivation in the county of Itacoatiara, state of Amazonas, Brazil, 2007.

Family	Species	Sex	Body size (mm) ± s.d.
Apidae	Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) frontalis (Olivier, 1789)	♂♀	34.60±0.10
Apidae	Epicharis (Epicharana) flava (Friese, 1900)	♀	17.40±0.26
Apidae	Epicharis (Epicharana) conica (Smith, 1874)	♂♀	12.30±0.97
Apidae	Epicharis (Epicharis) umbraculata (Fabricius, 1804)	♀	28.70±1.10
Apidae	Epicharis (Parepicharis) zonata (Smith, 1854)	♀	15.20±0.75
Apidae	Centris (Ptilotopus) americana (Klug, 1810)	♀	35.10±0.88
Apidae	Centris (Trachina) carrikeri (Cockerell, 1919)	♂	5.50±1.04
Apidae	Centris (Xanthemisia) ferruginea (Lepeletier, 1841)	♀	7.80±0.45
Apidae	Centris (Ptilotopus) denudans (Lepeletier, 1841)	♂♀	34.20±1.75
Apidae	Eulaema (Eulaema) meriana (Olivier, 1789)	♂♀	33.40±1.20
Apidae	Eulaema (Apeulaema) mocsaryi (Friese, 1899)	♂♀	15.60±0.84
Apidae	Eulaema (Apeulaema) cingulata (Fabricius, 1804)	♀	14.60±0.93
Apidae	Bombus (Fervidobombus) transversalis (Olivier, 1789)	♀	16.40±2.86
Apidae	Eufrisea purpurata (Mocsáry, 1896)	♀	10.80±0.89
Apidae	Eufrisea flaviventris (Friese, 1899)	♀	15.30±1.33
Apidae	Apis mellifera scutellata (Lepeletier, 1836)	♀	4.40±0.19
Apidae	Frieseomelitta longipes (Smith, 1854)	♀	1.50±0.24
Apidae	Melipona (Michmelia) lateralis (Erichson, 1848)	♀	4.90±0.32
Megachilidae	Megachile sp. 1	♀	4.65±0.76