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Provedor de dados: | 82
País: | Brazil
Título: | Diversity and distribution of orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) with a revised checklist of species
Autores: | Nemésio,André; Silveira,Fernando A.
Data: | 2007-12-01
Ano: | 2007
Palavras-chave: | Amazon; Atlantic forest; Conservation; Neotropics; Taxonomy.
Resumo: | The aim of this study was to investigate the diversity and distribution patterns of orchid bees (Euglossina). Cluster and correlation analyses were applied to data extracted from 28 orchid-bee surveys throughout the Neotropical Region. The 28 sampling sites were grouped in three main biogeographic areas that roughly correspond to the Amazonian Basin, the Atlantic Forest and Central America. These three regions, as well as subregions within each of them, correspond approximately to biogeographic components identified through phylogeny-based analyses for other bees and organisms. The Amazonian Forest as a whole has the richest fauna and the highest levels of endemism. The Atlantic Forest, on the other hand, showed the poorest fauna and the lowest levels of endemism. However, a major neotropical biome, in which orchid bees are known to occur, has not been sampled yet, the savanna-like cerrado. At least 30% of the species are endemic to each biome. An updated checklist of the species of Euglossina is provided.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-566X2007000600008
Editor: | Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil
Relação: | 10.1590/S1519-566X2007000600008
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Neotropical Entomology  v.36 n.6 2007
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess