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Interações Plantas-Visitantes Florais Em Áreas De Restinga: Estrutura E Redes Ecológicas
INTERAÇÕES PLANTAS-VISITANTES FLORAIS EM ÁREAS DE RESTINGA: ESTRUTURA E REDES ECOLÓGICAS MARIANA SCARAMUSSA DEPRÁ UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO - UENF CAMPOS DOS GOYTACAZES - RJ FEVEREIRO/2018 INTERAÇÕES PLANTAS-VISITANTES FLORAIS EM ÁREAS DE RESTINGA: ESTRUTURA E REDES ECOLÓGICAS MARIANA SCARAMUSSA DEPRÁ “Tese apresentada ao Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia da Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, como parte das exigências para obtenção do título de Doutor em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais.” Orientadora: Dra. Maria Cristina Gaglianone CAMPOS DOS GOYTACAZES - RJ FEVEREIRO/2018 ii AGRADECIMENTOS À Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro e ao Laboratório de Ciências Ambientais (LCA) pelo apoio logístico para a realização deste trabalho. À Capes pela concessão da bolsa do Programa Doutorado Sanduíche no Exterior (PDSE) realizado na Newcastle University no Reino Unido. À prof.ª Maria Cristina Gaglianone pela confiança e oportunidade de orientação. Ao prof. Darren Evans da Newcatle University no Reino Unido por ter me recebido durante o estágio no exterior pelo PDSE e pelo auxílio nas análises de redes de interações. À Prumo Logística e ao Instituto Estadual do Ambiente (INEA-RJ), pela permissão de trabalho na Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Fazenda Caruara; em particular ao Daniel Ferreira do Nascimento pelo auxílio na escolha das áreas de estudo e disponibilização de informações sobre o projeto de plantio de mudas para a restauração. Ao Alan Mattedi, na época bolsista do projeto “Restinga: Conhecer e Conservar” da Fundação Flora de Apoio à Botânica, pelo auxílio na escolha dos pontos amostrais na RPPN Caruara. Ao André Leal e a Cleide Tavares (Omega Energia) pela autorização de trabalho no Parque Eólico de Gargaú. -
Classification of the Apidae (Hymenoptera)
Utah State University DigitalCommons@USU Mi Bee Lab 9-21-1990 Classification of the Apidae (Hymenoptera) Charles D. Michener University of Kansas Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/bee_lab_mi Part of the Entomology Commons Recommended Citation Michener, Charles D., "Classification of the Apidae (Hymenoptera)" (1990). Mi. Paper 153. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/bee_lab_mi/153 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Bee Lab at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Mi by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 4 WWvyvlrWryrXvW-WvWrW^^ I • • •_ ••^«_«).•>.• •.*.« THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCIENC5;^ULLETIN LIBRARY Vol. 54, No. 4, pp. 75-164 Sept. 21,1990 OCT 23 1990 HARVARD Classification of the Apidae^ (Hymenoptera) BY Charles D. Michener'^ Appendix: Trigona genalis Friese, a Hitherto Unplaced New Guinea Species BY Charles D. Michener and Shoichi F. Sakagami'^ CONTENTS Abstract 76 Introduction 76 Terminology and Materials 77 Analysis of Relationships among Apid Subfamilies 79 Key to the Subfamilies of Apidae 84 Subfamily Meliponinae 84 Description, 84; Larva, 85; Nest, 85; Social Behavior, 85; Distribution, 85 Relationships among Meliponine Genera 85 History, 85; Analysis, 86; Biogeography, 96; Behavior, 97; Labial palpi, 99; Wing venation, 99; Male genitalia, 102; Poison glands, 103; Chromosome numbers, 103; Convergence, 104; Classificatory questions, 104 Fossil Meliponinae 105 Meliponorytes, -
Diptera: Syrphidae) with Notes on the Placement of the Subfamily by F
A NEW GENUS OF MICRODONTINE FLIES (DIPTERA: SYRPHIDAE) WITH NOTES ON THE PLACEMENT OF THE SUBFAMILY BY F. CHRISTIAN THOMPSON I discovered the following new genus of Syrphidae while reviewing the Neotropical Microdontinae. I had planned to put aside its de- scription until my study of the subfamily was finished. However, publication of a second species, assignable to it by van Doesburg (1966) has necessitated publishing a name now for this genus so that it can be included in the Catalog of South American Diptera. Paragodon, new genus Very small (4-5 mm.) microdontine flies. Face simple (slightly produced in paragoides); cheeks absent, eyes bordering on the oral opening; eyes dichoptic in both sexes; occiput evenly developed. An- tennae short, about one-half as long as face; aristae short and thick- ened. Thorax about as long as broad; pleura bare except mesopleura pilose and meta.pleura with microscopic, pile; scutellum without apical spines and fringe; metasterna undeveloped and bare; metathoracic spiracles without hair fringes. Legs simple, with no basal setal patches on the femora and with cicatrices only on the hind femora. Vings without the spurious vein, with all apical crossveins straight. Abdomen oval, lateral margins slightly emarginate and rolled under ventrally, with ISt sternite bare and st spiracles without hair fringes. Genitalia simple; ejaculatory apodeme simple, apical por- tion not triangularly flared; ejaculato.ry sac not sclerotized; ejacula- tory process single, short, not posteriorly fused to ejaculatory hood; ejaculatory hood with anterior ventral portion elongate; sustentacu- lar apodeme present, double, fused anteriorly to base of ejaculatory Contribution no. 1392 from the Systematics and Morphology Research Laboratory, Department of Entomology, University of Massachusetts. -
Journal of Hymenoptera Research
J. HYM. RES. Vol. 9(2), 2000, pp. 254-270 Family Group Names in Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) R. A. Wharton and C. van Achterberg of Texas (RAW) Biological Control Laboratory, Department Entomology, A&M University, Nationaal College Station, Texas 77843-2475, USA; (CVA) Afdeling Entomologie (Hymenoptera), Natuurhistorisch Museum, Postbus 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands Abstract. —The known family-group names for Braconidae are listed with their authors and names is with dates of publication. The status of the 224 previously proposed reviewed, particular authors. attention to the validity and priority of names used by nineteenth century The family Braconidae is exceptionally INTERNATIONAL CODES OF diverse. It is the second largest family ZOOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE within the Hymenoptera, and contains As noted by Menke (1997), there have over 15,000 described species. Consider- been detailed presentations on how the able attention has been to the clas- given Third Edition of the International Code of sification of the Braconidae in recent years, Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 1985) ap- including the production of comprehen- plies to family-group names in other sive and synopses and catalogs regional groups of Hymenoptera (Fitton and Gauld the of several treatises on publication 1976, Michener 1986). The recently pub- order within the fam- higher relationships lished Fourth Edition (ICZN 1999) con- Shenefelt 1969, 1980, Fischer 1971, ily (e.g., tains only a few pertinent additions. We 1972, 1965, 1970, Mackauer and Capek therefore present a brief discussion here, 1967, Mackauer 1968, Tobias 1976b, Stary focusing of those provisions of particular 1986, Mason 1981a, 1983, van Achterberg relevance to the Braconidae. -
Stingless Bee Nesting Biology David W
Stingless bee nesting biology David W. Roubik To cite this version: David W. Roubik. Stingless bee nesting biology. Apidologie, Springer Verlag, 2006, 37 (2), pp.124-143. hal-00892207 HAL Id: hal-00892207 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00892207 Submitted on 1 Jan 2006 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. The documents may come from émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou privés. Apidologie 37 (2006) 124–143 124 c INRA/DIB-AGIB/ EDP Sciences, 2006 DOI: 10.1051/apido:2006026 Review article Stingless bee nesting biology* David W. Ra,b a Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 0843-03092, Balboa, Ancón, Panamá, República de Panamá b Unit 0948, APO AA 34002-0948, USA Received 2 October 2005 – Revised 29 November 2005 – Accepted 23 December 2005 Abstract – Stingless bees diverged since the Cretaceous, have 50 times more species than Apis,andare both distinctive and diverse. Nesting is capitulated by 30 variables but most do not define clades. Both architectural features and behavior decrease vulnerability, and large genera vary in nest habit, architecture and defense. Natural stingless bee colony density is 15 to 1500 km−2. Symbionts include mycophagic mites, collembolans, leiodid beetles, mutualist coccids, molds, and ricinuleid arachnids. -
Chapter 7 – Associations Between Microdontinae and Ants
Cover Page The handle http://hdl.handle.net/1887/18582 holds various files of this Leiden University dissertation. Author: Reemer, Menno Title: Unravelling a hotchpotch : phylogeny and classification of the Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) Issue Date: 2012-03-13 7 Review and phylogenetic evaluation of associations between Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) and ants (Hymeno- ptera: Formicidae) Abstract. The immature stages of hoverflies of the subfamily Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) are known to develop in ants nests, as predators of the ant brood. The present paper reviews published and unpublished records of associations of Microdontinae with ants, in order to discuss the following questions: 1. are alle Microdontinae associated with ants?; 2. are Microdontinae associated with all ants?; 3. are particular clades of Microdontinae associated with particular clades of ants? A total number of 103 records of associations between the groups are evaluated, relating to 42 species of Microdontinae belonging to 14 (sub)genera, and to 58 species of ants belonging to 23 genera and four subfamilies. Known associations are mapped onto the most recent phylogenetic hypotheses of both ants and Microdontinae. The taxa of Microdontinae found in association with ants appear to occur scattered throughout their phylogenetic tree, and one of the supposedly most basal taxa (Mixogaster) is known to be associated with ants. This suggests that associations with ants evolved early in the history of the subfamily, and have remained a predominant feature of their lifestyle. When considering the phylogeny of ants, associations with Microdontinae are only known from the subfamilies Dolichoderinae, Formicinae, Myrmicinae and Pseudomyrmecinae, which are all part of the the so-called ‘formicoid’ clade. -
Apidae: Meliponini)
J Comp Physiol A DOI 10.1007/s00359-016-1118-8 ORIGINAL PAPER Body size limits dim‑light foraging activity in stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini) Martin Streinzer1,2 · Werner Huber3 · Johannes Spaethe1,4 Received: 23 March 2016 / Revised: 28 July 2016 / Accepted: 29 July 2016 © The Author(s) 2016. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com Abstract Stingless bees constitute a species-rich tribe ocelli diameter, ommatidia number, and facet diameter. of tropical and subtropical eusocial Apidae that act as All parameters significantly correlated with body size. important pollinators for flowering plants. Many foraging A disproportionately low light intensity threshold in tasks rely on vision, e.g. spatial orientation and detection the minute Trigonisca pipioli, together with a large eye of food sources and nest entrances. Meliponini workers parameter Peye suggests specific adaptations to circumvent are usually small, which sets limits on eye morphology the optical constraints imposed by the small body size. and thus quality of vision. Limitations are expected both We discuss the implications of body size in bees on forag- on acuity, and thus on the ability to detect objects from ing behavior. a distance, as well as on sensitivity, and thus on the for- aging time window at dusk and dawn. In this study, we Keywords Meliponini · Light intensity threshold · Vision · determined light intensity thresholds for flight under dim Compound eye · Body size light conditions in eight stingless bee species in relation to body size in a Neotropical lowland rainforest. Species varied in body size (0.8–1.7 mm thorax-width), and we Introduction found a strong negative correlation with light intensity thresholds (0.1–79 lx). -
The Very Handy Bee Manual
The Very Handy Manual: How to Catch and Identify Bees and Manage a Collection A Collective and Ongoing Effort by Those Who Love to Study Bees in North America Last Revised: October, 2010 This manual is a compilation of the wisdom and experience of many individuals, some of whom are directly acknowledged here and others not. We thank all of you. The bulk of the text was compiled by Sam Droege at the USGS Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab over several years from 2004-2008. We regularly update the manual with new information, so, if you have a new technique, some additional ideas for sections, corrections or additions, we would like to hear from you. Please email those to Sam Droege ([email protected]). You can also email Sam if you are interested in joining the group’s discussion group on bee monitoring and identification. Many thanks to Dave and Janice Green, Tracy Zarrillo, and Liz Sellers for their many hours of editing this manual. "They've got this steamroller going, and they won't stop until there's nobody fishing. What are they going to do then, save some bees?" - Mike Russo (Massachusetts fisherman who has fished cod for 18 years, on environmentalists)-Provided by Matthew Shepherd Contents Where to Find Bees ...................................................................................................................................... 2 Nets ............................................................................................................................................................. 2 Netting Technique ...................................................................................................................................... -
Sociobiology 61(4): 554-559 (December 2014) DOI: 10.13102/Sociobiology.V61i4.554-559
View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Portal de Periódicos Eletrônicos da Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana (UEFS) Sociobiology 61(4): 554-559 (December 2014) DOI: 10.13102/sociobiology.v61i4.554-559 Sociobiology An international journal on social insects RESEARCH ARTICLE - BEES Rescue of Stingless bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) nests: an important form of mitigating impacts caused by deforestation L Costa¹, RM Franco¹, LF Guimarães¹, A Vollet-Neto¹,², FR Silva¹,², GD Cordeiro¹,² 1 - ARCADIS Logos, Divisão de Meio Ambiente, São Paulo, Brazil 2 - Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Article History Abstract As stingless bees are important pollinators of wild and cultivated plants, their preservation is Edited by of vital importance to sustain the global ecosystem and to safeguard human food resources. Denise Araujo Alves, ESALQ-USP, Brazil Received 01 October 2014 The construction of large dams for the production of energy involves the removal of Initial acceptance 10 November 2014 wide extents of riparian vegetation, where many species of bees, especially Meliponini, Final acceptance 10 December 2014 build their nests. The rescue of bee colonies is essential, not only in the conservation of pollinators, but also in the use of these colonies in meliponiculture and biological Keywords research. The aim of this work was to describe the procedures used in the rescue of Fauna rescue, Pollinators, Dam, Amazon Basin, Meliponiculture. stingless bee colonies at the time of deforestation, prior to initiating construction of a large dam in the Madeira River (Amazon Basin, Brazil). With simple equipment and Corresponding author widely known methods of meliponiculture 287 stingless bee nests were rescued, of Guaraci Duran Cordeiro which 15.7% were reallocated and 26.5% perished. -
Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) Using DNA Barcodes
Revista Brasileira de Entomologia http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0085-56262014000200007 Prey identification in nests of the potter wasp Hypodynerus andeus (Packard) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) using DNA barcodes Héctor A. Vargas1,4, Marcelo Vargas-Ortiz2, Wilson Huanca-Mamani2 & Axel Hausmann3 1Departamento de Recursos Ambientales, Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas, Universidad de Tarapacá, Casilla 6-D, Arica, Chile. 2Departamento de Producción Agrícola, Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica, Chile. 3Entomology Department, SNSB/ZSM, Zoological Collection of the State of Bavaria, Munich, Germany. 4Corresponding author. [email protected] ABSTRACT. Prey identification in nests of the potter wasp Hypodynerus andeus (Packard) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) using DNA barcodes. Geometrid larvae are the only prey known for larvae of the Neotropical potter wasp Hypodynerus andeus (Packard, 1869) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) in the coastal valleys of the northern Chilean Atacama Desert. A fragment of the mitochondrial gene cytochrome oxidase c subunit 1 was amplified from geometrid larvae collected from cells of H. andeus in the Azapa Valley, Arica Province, and used to provide taxonomic identifications. Two species, Iridopsis hausmanni Vargas, 2007 and Macaria mirthae Vargas, Parra & Hausmann, 2005 were identified, while three others could be identified only at higher taxonomic levels, because the barcode reference library of geometrid moths is still incomplete for northern Chile. KEYWORDS. Boarmiini; Cyclophorini; Geometridae; Insecta; Neotropical. The animal DNA barcode is a short, standardized region The Neotropical potter wasp genus Hypodynerus de of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (COI) gene proposed Saussure, 1855 is mostly associated with the Andes from as the core of a DNA-based identification system (Hebert et Colombia to southern Chile (Willink 1970; Carpenter & al. -
Mechanisms for the Evolution of Superorganismality in Ants
Rockefeller University Digital Commons @ RU Student Theses and Dissertations 2021 Mechanisms for the Evolution of Superorganismality in Ants Vikram Chandra Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.rockefeller.edu/ student_theses_and_dissertations Part of the Life Sciences Commons MECHANISMS FOR THE EVOLUTION OF SUPERORGANISMALITY IN ANTS A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of The Rockefeller University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by Vikram Chandra June 2021 © Copyright by Vikram Chandra 2021 MECHANISMS FOR THE EVOLUTION OF SUPERORGANISMALITY IN ANTS Vikram Chandra, Ph.D. The Rockefeller University 2021 Ant colonies appear to behave as superorganisms; they exhibit very high levels of within-colony cooperation, and very low levels of within-colony conflict. The evolution of such superorganismality has occurred multiple times across the animal phylogeny, and indeed, origins of multicellularity represent the same evolutionary process. Understanding the origin and elaboration of superorganismality is a major focus of research in evolutionary biology. Although much is known about the ultimate factors that permit the evolution and persistence of superorganisms, we know relatively little about how they evolve. One limiting factor to the study of superorganismality is the difficulty of conducting manipulative experiments in social insect colonies. Recent work on establishing the clonal raider ant, Ooceraea biroi, as a tractable laboratory model, has helped alleviate this difficulty. In this dissertation, I study the proximate evolution of superorganismality in ants. Using focussed mechanistic experiments in O. biroi, in combination with comparative work from other ant species, I study three major aspects of ant social behaviour that provide insight into the origin, maintenance, and elaboration of superorganismality. -
Dad De Panama Vicerrectoria De Investigacion Y Postgrado Programa Centroamericano De Maestria En Entomologla
IBIUP blioteca mt Simon Bolivar 11111111 1111 1111111111 00313025 UNIVERS [DAD DE PANAMA VICERRECTORIA DE INVESTIGACION Y POSTGRADO PROGRAMA CENTROAMERICANO DE MAESTRIA EN ENTOMOLOGLA DIVERSIDAD Y ESTRUCTURA DE LA COMUNIDAD DEL ORDEN DIPTERA EN EL DOSEL DEL BOSQUE TROPICAL ROSA MARIA ESTRADA HERNANDEZ PANAMA, REPUBLICA DE PANAMA 2017 K DIVERSIDA]) V ESTRUCTURA 1W LA COMITNIDAt) DEL ORDEN DIPTERA EN EL DOSEL DEL BOSQUE TROPICAL. TESIS Sometida para optar al thiilo de MagIster en Ciencias con énfasis en entomologia VICERRECTORIA DE LNVESTLGACION V POSTGRAJ)O Permiso para su publicación o reproducción total o parcial, ttebe ser obteiiido en Ia VicerrectorIa de f'vestigaciôu y Postgrado APROI3A[)O: ASESOR J1JRAJ)O 6LL4~~ JURADO I! DEDICATORIA A mi madre y padre, gracias por estar siempre para mi AGRADECIMIENTOS Al Dr Hector Barnes per orientarme durante el proyecto y ayudarme a culminarlo de manera satisfactoria Al Servicio Aleman de lntercambio Academico (DAAD) por ci financiamiento de mis studios y la investigaclon, sin su apoyo este sueño no seria posible A mi amigo y compañero Oswaldo Rodriguez M Sc por su apoyo moral y academico durante Ia ejecucion del presente trabajo A mi amiga y tutora Yolanda Aguila Ph D, gracias por sus consejos y apoyo a to largo de todo este proceso por sus observaciones para enriquecer este trabajo Al M Sc Percis Garces, gracias per sus coñtribuciones y comentarios para mejorar este trabajo INDICE GENERAL RESUMEN SUMMARY 2 INTRODUCCION 3 OBJETIVOS 5 REVISION DE LITERATURA 6 2 1 Oçneralidades de Diptera 6 22