Taxonomic Impediment for Conservation: The Case of Bees in an Undersampled Tropical Mid-Elevation Site, San Martín, Peru

In this first field survey of an entire bee fauna for any part of Peru, we report a total of 1796 bees belonging to 181 species or morphospecies in four families. The taxonomic impediment was pronounced with only 80 species of 181 that could be named. With such a high proportion of undetermined spec...

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Published in:Insects (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2024-07, Vol.15 (7), p.544
Main Authors: Rasmussen, Claus, Sánchez, Evelyn
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural production
Alto Mayo
Amazon basin
Bees
Coffee
Community
diversity
ecology
Endemism
Environmental aspects
evolution
Evolutionary conservation
Fauna
Genera
Honey
Identification and classification
Indigenous species
morphospecies
Peru
Plant reproduction
Pollinators
species
surveys
Taxonomy
Wildlife conservation
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Summary:In this first field survey of an entire bee fauna for any part of Peru, we report a total of 1796 bees belonging to 181 species or morphospecies in four families. The taxonomic impediment was pronounced with only 80 species of 181 that could be named. With such a high proportion of undetermined species, it is not possible to adequately compare pollinator communities across different studies, assess historical changes or analyze endemism patterns to document ecology, behavior and evolution of the species and genera. This information is required to provide a sound basis for policymakers to protect habitats for the conservation of native pollinators.
ISSN:2075-4450
2075-4450
DOI:10.3390/insects15070544