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Provedor de dados: | 82
País: | Brazil
Título: | Fluorescent colors in orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
Autores: | Nemésio,André.
Data: | 2005-12-01
Ano: | 2005
Palavras-chave: | Eulaema bombiformis; Eulaema niveofasciata; Ultra-violet light.
Resumo: | The presence of UV-fluorescent pigments is described for the first time in insects. The clear hairs on terga I, III and IV of Eulaema niveofasciata (Friese) are the only ones among several Euglossina species which fluoresce, supporting recent taxonomic studies which suggested that this endemic species of the Atlantic Forest domain and Eulaema bombiformis (Packard) are really different species. The UV-color pattern may have effects both on mating behavior and warning to predators.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-566X2005000600009
Editor: | Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil
Relação: | 10.1590/S1519-566X2005000600009
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Neotropical Entomology  v.34 n.6 2005
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess