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Orchid bees are a conspicuous and ecologically important group of insects, commonly distributed at medium and low altitudes in tropical ecosystems. Therefore, new recordings of orchid bees at higher altitudes are interesting.
Manuela Burbano, Michelle Armijos
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. The orchid bees (Euglossini) are medium to large-sized species with fully or partially metallic body that are relatively common in the Neotropical Region. Nevertheless, the nesting biology of many species remains unknown.
Fernando da Silva Carvalho-Filho +1 more
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A new subgenus Glossuropoda is proposed for Euglossa intersecta Latreille, 1837, as the type species. It is distinguished from Glossura by having a very peculiar configuration of the mid basitarsus of the male and lack of the median spur. Two new species
Jesús S. Moure
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Raising the sugar content--orchid bees overcome the constraints of suction feeding through manipulation of nectar and pollen provisions. [PDF]
Unlike most other bees, the long-tongued orchid bees ingest nectar using suction feeding. Although long tongues allow exploitation of flowers with deep spurs, the energy intake rate is optimal at 10-20% lower nectar sugar concentrations compared to that ...
Tamara Pokorny, Klaus Lunau, Thomas Eltz
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An orchid bee inventory was carried out in Parque Estadual São Camilo, Palotina, Paraná (Brazil); conservation unit with about 400 hectares of Semidecidual Seasonal forest.
Rodrigo B. Gonçalves +2 more
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Os ambientes urbanos têm se tornado refúgio para muitas espécies, entre as quais algumas abelhas da tribo Euglossini. O grupo inclui espécies dotadas de grande capacidade de voo, por isso são consideradas importantes polinizadores neotropicais.
Vanessa Grandolfo +4 more
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Two new species of the genus Euglossa Latreille, subgenus Glossurella Dressler are here presented. Euglossa (Glossurella) embera sp. n., from the Pacific lowlands of Colombia, and E. (G.) adiastola sp. n., from the Atlantic Forest of Brazil.
Ismael Hinojosa-Díaz +2 more
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A new species of the orchid bee subgenus Dasystilbe Dressler (Euglossini: Euglossa Latreille) is described and figured from a series of males and females collected broadly in Mesoamerica. Euglossa (Dasystilbe) obrima, sp.
Ismael Hinojosa-Díaz +2 more
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The Nest Architecture of Euglossa (Euglossa) Hemichlora (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini)
Information on the nesting biology of orchid bees is scarce due to the great difficulty of finding their nests. Comments and observations are presented about the architecture of the nests of Euglossa hemichlora obtained from trap nests as well as data on the nesting biology of this species of
Alejandro Parra-H, Guiomar Nates-Parra
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By comparing floral trait variation, integration and modularity in two sister species of Neotropical Costus with a pollination shift, we show that, despite pollination syndrome divergence, both species exhibit low floral variation and functional modularity, consistent with pollinator‐driven selection on traits mediating pollen transfer efficiency and ...
P. Juárez, K. M. Kay
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