Unpredicted occurrence of Aglae caerulea in the Pantanal wetland biome and its implications (Apidae: Euglossini)

An unpredicted occurrence of the cleptoparasitic orchid bee Aglae caerulea is announced for the Pantanal wetland biome in midwest Brazil, cataloged in a gallery forest in the Serra das Araras Ecological Station, southwestern Mato Grosso. A single female was cataloged outside the polygons where surve...

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Published in:Apidologie 2019-07, Vol.50 (3), p.288-292
Main Author: Anjos-Silva, Evandson J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aglae
Aglae caerulea
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Ecosystems
Entomology
Forests
Life Sciences
Literature reviews
Rainforests
Scientific Note
Sympatry
Tropical forests
Wetlands
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Summary:An unpredicted occurrence of the cleptoparasitic orchid bee Aglae caerulea is announced for the Pantanal wetland biome in midwest Brazil, cataloged in a gallery forest in the Serra das Araras Ecological Station, southwestern Mato Grosso. A single female was cataloged outside the polygons where surveys were recently proposed for new orchid bee inventories in the Neotropical realm. The female found in habitat preoccupied by its hostess Eulaema nigrita is presumed representative to confirm that A. caerulea occurs in sympatry with their host in this wetland. Two recent points of occurrence in the Amazon rainforest of Mato Grosso were included here to update the Aglae distribution map. Following a meticulous literature review, several previous records from tropical moist forests in Panama and spanning from the Caribbean Sea to the Cerrado in central Bolivia and Brazil were used to complete the present record points of A. caerulea in the neotropics. The results demonstrate another distributional gap in euglossines and suggest the need for additional studies to find Aglae in southern Pantanal and farther afield.
ISSN:0044-8435
1297-9678
DOI:10.1007/s13592-019-00640-9