Occurrence of Aglae caerulea Lepeletier & Serville (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) in the Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Guimarães, Mato Grosso State, Brazil

In a study conducted in the gallery forest of the Vale doVeu de Noiva in the Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Guimarães, Mato Grosso state, chemical baits were used to attract and sample male orchid bees. From September 2003 to July 2005, male euglossine bees were captured monthly, from 8:00 a.m. to 4...

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Published in:Neotropical entomology 2006-12, Vol.35 (6), p.868-870
Main Authors: dos Anjos-Silva, Evandson J, Camillo, Evandro, Garófalo, Carlos A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Apidae
Bees
Brazil
Demography
ENTOMOLOGY
Euglossini
Hymenoptera
Orchidaceae
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Summary:In a study conducted in the gallery forest of the Vale doVeu de Noiva in the Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Guimarães, Mato Grosso state, chemical baits were used to attract and sample male orchid bees. From September 2003 to July 2005, male euglossine bees were captured monthly, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. as they arrived at the baits. Of the 264 males captured, eight males belonged to Aglae caerulea Lepeletier & Serville, a cleptoparasitic euglossine species that presumably occurred only in the Amazon basin. Therefore, the occurrence of A. caerulea in this study area extends its geographical distribution range by approximately 2,400 km southwards in South America, as it is now recorded in both the Amazon and Platina basins.
ISSN:1519-566X
1678-8052
1678-8052
DOI:10.1590/S1519-566X2006000600024