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Expanded range of eight orchid bee species (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Euglossini) in Costa Rica [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2022 The Monteverde region of Costa Rica is a hotspot of endemism and biodiversity. The region is, however, disturbed by human activities such as agriculture and urbanisation.
Elise McDonald +3 more
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Orchid Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) in Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest (Caatinga) in Brazil [PDF]
Sociobiology, 2018 Euglossini bees are important Neotropical pollinators, but there is a lack in the knowledge about this fauna in dry tropical environments. The aims of this study were to evaluate the richness and abundance of euglossine bees in two fragments of ...
Lazaro da Silva Carneiro +3 more
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Cuticular Hydrocarbons of Orchid Bees Males: Interspecific and Chemotaxonomy Variation. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Recent studies have investigated the composition of compounds that cover the cuticle in social insects, but few studies have focused on solitary bees.
Aline Borba Dos Santos +1 more
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Effects of small-scale anthropogenic alterations in Euglossini bees at eastern Amazon forest [PDF]
Iheringia: Série Zoologia, 2022 In this study, through a rapid assessment, we evaluated differences in richness, abundance, species composition and beta diversity of Euglossini bees in preserved areas and areas altered by riverine human populations in the Caxiuanã National Forest ...
Ana C. E. Enríquez-Espinosa +4 more
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Revista Chilena de Entomología, 2023 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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Orchid bees enhance seed set production of an understory herb in the Western Brazilian Amazon
Journal of Pollination Ecology, 2023 Bee pollination is an important ecosystem service related to the maintenance of many flowering plants. We evaluated the relationship between orchid bee foraging time and the density of flowering plants and whether visitation varied according to the sex ...
Thaline Brito +4 more
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In euglossine we trust as ecological indicators: a reply to Añino et al. (2019)
Sociobiology, 2021 Orchid bees have been considered as good ecological indicators of habitat disturbances but recently Añino et al. (2019. Sociobiology, 66: 194-197) highlighted reasons why Euglossini role as indicators should be reevaluated.
Rodrigo Barbosa Gonçalves +1 more
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EntomoBrasilis, 2013 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 Athayde Grandolfo +4 more
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The first Pacific insular orchid bee (Hymenoptera, Apidae): A new species of Eufriesea from the Islas Marías [PDF]
Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 2022 A new species of the orchid bee genus Eufriesea Cockerell (Apidae: Apinae: Euglossini) is described and figured from the Islas Marías of Nayarit State, México in the Pacific. Eufriesea insularis sp. nov., is a member of the coerulescens species group and
Ricardo Ayala +2 more
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Optimizing survey effort for Euglossine bees in tropical forests
Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, 2023 Optimizing research efforts for biodiversity monitoring is crucial to conservation projects and actions to increase our ability to inform conservation priorities. However, it requires the financial and human capacity.
Juliana Hipólito +2 more
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