Research Article

Richness of Wild Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in a Forest Remnant in a Transition Region of Eastern Amazonia

Table 1

Bee species recorded in Carutapera (MA).

Subfamily/tribe/speciesNo. of individuals per collection methodTotalClasses
NBait trapsn (%)DMOFSC
EUEGCM

Apinae
Apini
Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 17587171 (6.78)DMFC

Bombini
Bombus (Fervidobombus) brevivillus Franklin, 1913223227 (2.58)AMFI
Bombus (Fervidobombus) transversalis (Olivier, 1789)55 (0.48)OCPFR

Centridini
Centris (Hemisiella) trigonoides Lepeletier, 184122 (0.19)OCFI
Centris (Trachina) aff. fuscata Lepeletier, 184177 (0.67)OCFI
Centris (Trachina) longimana Fabricius, 180411 (0.10)OCPFR
Epicharis sp.11 (0.10)OCPFR

Emphorini
Diadasina sp.33 (0.29)OCFI
Melitoma segmentaria (Fabricius, 1804)11 (0.10)OCPFR

Eucerini
Florilegus (Florilegus) sp.11 (0.10)OCPFR

Euglossini
Aglae caerulea Lepeletier and Serville, 182511 (0.10)OCPFR
Eufriesea surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758)33 (0.29)OCPFR
Euglossa (Euglossa) amazonica Dressler, 1982115117 (1.62)OCMFI
Euglossa (Euglossa) cordata (Linnaeus, 1758)156102188 (8.40)DMFC
Euglossa (Euglossa) despecta Moure, 196814317 (1.62)OCMFI
Euglossa (Euglossa) hemichlora Cockerell, 1917213 (0.29)OCFI
Euglossa (Euglossa) liopoda Dressler, 198211 (0.10)OCPFR
Euglossa (Euglossa) modestior Dressler, 1982304640 (3.82)AMFI
Euglossa (Euglossa) platymera Dressler, 198211 (0.10)OCPFR
Euglossa (Euglossa) securigera Dressler, 198282111 (1.05)OCMFI
Euglossa (Euglossa) townsendi Cockerell, 190411 (0.10)OCPFR
Euglossa (Euglossa) truncata Rebêlo and Moure, 199633 (0.29)OCFI
Euglossa (Euglossella) viridis (Perty, 1833)11 (0.10)OCPFR
Euglossa (Glossura) chalybeata Friese, 192511 (0.10)OCPFR
Euglossa (Glossura) ignita Smith, 1874451854 (5.16)DMFC
Euglossa (Glossura) piliventris Guérin, 1844212528 (2.67)AMFI
Euglossa (Glossurella) augaspis Dressler, 198211 (0.10)OCPFR
Euglossa (Glossurella) bursigera Moure, 197011 (0.10)OCPFR
Euglossa (Glossuropoda) intersecta Latreille, 18175353 (5.06)DMFC
Eulaema (Apeulaema) cingulata (Fabricius, 1804)71172 (6.88)DMFC
Eulaema (Apeulaema) nigrita Lepeletier, 18413434 (3.25)AMFI
Eulaema (Eulaema) bombiformis (Packard, 1869)44 (0.38)OCMFI
Eulaema (Eulaema) meriana (Olivier, 1789)415 (0.48)OCFI
Exaerete smaragdina (Guérin, 1844)8412 (1.15)OCMFI

Exomalopsini
Exomalopsis (Exomalopsis) analis Spinola, 185322 (0.19)OCPFR

Meliponini
Aparatrigona impunctata (Ducke, 1916)33 (0.29)OCFI
Frieseomelitta flavicornis (Fabricius, 1798)11 (0.10)OCPFR
Lestrimelitta limao (Smith, 1863)33 (0.29)OCPFR
Melipona (Melikerria) fasciculata Smith, 18544040 (3.82)AFI
Melipona (Michmelia) gr. rufiventris sp.2525 (2.39)OCFI
Nannotrigona punctata (Smith, 1854)11 (0.10)OCPFR
Oxytrigona ignis Camargo, 198422 (0.19)OCPFR
Partamona (Partamona) ailyae Camargo, 198011 (0.10)OCPFR
Partamona chapadicola Pedro and Camargo, 200344 (0.38)OCPFR
Plebeia sp.22 (0.19)OCPFR
Scaura latitarsis (Friese, 1900)11 (0.10)OCPFR
Tetragona clavipes (Fabricius, 1804)1616 (1.53)OCFI
Tetragona dorsalis (Smith, 1854)1414 (1.34)OCPFR
Tetragona sp.22 (0.19)OCPFR
Trigona branneri Cockerell, 1912237237 (22.64)DMFC
Trigona fulviventris Guérin, 18441616 (1.53)OCFI
Trigona lacteipennis Friese, 19002525 (2.39)OCPFR
Trigona pallens (Fabricius, 1798)4949 (4.68)APFI
Trigona spinipes (Fabricius, 1793)22 (0.19)OCFI
Trigonisca meridionalis Albuquerque and Camargo, 200711 (0.10)OCPFR

Nomadini
Thalestria spinosa (Fabricius, 1804)22 (0.19)OCPFR

Tapinotaspidini
Paratetrapedia leucostoma (Cockerell, 1923)11 (0.10)OCPFR

Tetrapedini
Tetrapedia diversipes Klug, 181022 (0.19)OCPFR
Xylocopini11 (0.10)OCPFR

Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) aurulenta (Fabricius, 1804)
Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) frontalis (Olivier, 1789)77 (0.67)OCFI
Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) suspecta Moure and Camargo, 198833 (0.29)OCPFR
Xylocopa (Schonnherria) macrops Lepeletier, 184111 (0.10)OCPFR
Xylocopa (Schonnherria) muscaria (Fabricius, 1775)314 (0.38)OCPFR

Halictinae
Augochlorini
Auglochora sp.11 (0.10)OCPFR
Augochlorella sp.22 (0.19)OCFR
Augochloropsis sp. 111 (0.10)OCPFR
Augochloropsis sp. 211 (0.10)OCPFR
Pseudaugochlora pandora Smith, 185311 (0.10)OCPFR

Megachilinae
Anthidini
Hypanthidium maranhense Urban, 199811 (0.10)OCPFR

Megachilini
Megachile sp.11 (0.10)OCPFR

Total590283103711047

N = insect net; scent-baited traps: EU = eucalyptol, EG = eugenol, and MC = methyl cinnamate; n (%) = total (relative) abundance; DM = dominance (D = dominant, A = accessory, and OC = occasional); OF = occurrence frequency (VF = very frequent, F = frequent, and IF = infrequent); SC = species classification (C = common, I = intermediate, and R = rare).