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To provide replicate samples of local bee populations in a nature preserve, light traps operated continuously on Barro Colorado Island (BCI), Panama, collected bees for 17 years, including 10 years following invasion by African Apis mellifera. Honey bees appeared in light traps as the first swarms colonized the Panama Canal area. Their numbers followed seasonal trends shown in inde-pendent studies, thus indicating bee abundance and activity in a large area. No measurable population-level impact of competition between this invading honey bee and native bees, despite many demonstrations of resource competition at flower patch and colony levels, changed annual abundances of all 15 native bee species. Native bee abundance did not decrease, nor did native bees show substantial reciprocal yearly change with honey bee abundance. One strong negative correlation of bee catches with an extremely rainy year was found. However, multiple regression using rainfall and honey bee abundance as the independent variables showed that neither was responsible for bee population change over 17 years. Nearly half the native species declined during a year that displayed peak honey bee number. That competition from honey bees on an island the size of BCI was necessarily reduced below impact levels expected on the mainland is discussed using a model of resource and consumer density, foraging range, and island size. 相似文献
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A new species of the Neotropical stingless bee genus Geotrigona Moure from the Caribbean coast of Colombia is described and figured. Geotrigona joearroyoisp. n. belongs to the fulvohirta species group and is distinguished on the basis of color and type of pubescence on the metasomal terga. New geographical records and an updated key to the species of Geotrigona are provided. 相似文献
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L’anatomie des segments, des jonctions et des articulations du métasoma est comparée après dissection de 86 espèces de fourmis représentant les principaux taxons actuellement reconnus, à l’exception des Formicinae, des Dolichoderinae et de quelques taxons isolés. À la suite des travaux modernes, l’attention s’est d’abord portée sur le segment IV et sur la notion de présclérite, mais il s’est avéré que pour bien comprendre la morphologie et l’évolution de ce segment, il fallait étudier le segment III, puis le segment II et enfin le propodeum. Deux concepts nouveaux sont introduits : celui de présegmentation et celui de processus postérograde. La présegmentation d’un segment désigne la transformation de la partie antérieure d’un segment. Elle conduit à la formation d’un ou deux présclérites et dans le cas du segment II à celle d’une structure articulaire compacte, le manubrium, à l’étranglement en arrière du présegment et à la pétiolation ou formation d’un pétiole. L’observation de séries d’ouvrières de fourmis montre que la présegmentation d’un segment est toujours précédée par celle du segment précédent (il n’y a pas de postpétiole sans pétiole, etc.), ce qui aboutit à la transformation progressive du métasoma, de l’avant vers l’arrière à partir du segment II ou processus postérograde. Cette étude est étendue à plusieurs familles d’aculéates parmi lesquelles nous avons sélectionné quelques espèces dont le métasoma antérieur est moins évolué que celui des fourmis actuelles. Le rapprochement de ces espèces avec les fourmis permet de repérer des homologies susceptibles de contribuer à la compréhension de l’évolution ancestrale des fourmis et de leur état actuel, en particulier de l’origine des latérosclérites du segment II. Ceci conduit à un classement des architectures métasomatiques en groupes basés sur une typologie du présegment III. On peut ainsi distinguer trois groupes principaux d’architecture : ponériforme, doryliforme et myrmiciforme. 13 diamètres sont par ailleurs mesurés sur les segments II, III et IV. L’analyse en composantes principales de 12 de ces mesures permet de constater qu’il est possible de caractériser les groupes d’architecture par des combinaisons linéaires de ces mesures. On le vérifie par des AFD des trois grands groupes d’architecture dans lesquels rentrent la presque totalité des fourmis étudiées. Les groupes d’architecture sont presque tous bien discriminés par AFD, mais quelques exceptions doivent être expliquées. Des analyses complémentaires permettent d’imputer cette anomalie à l’existence dans les groupes architecturaux, d’espèces mono et bipétiolées. On obtient en conséquence une discrimination complète des trois groupes en effectuant des AFD séparées des espèces monopétiolées et des espèces bipétiolées. Ceci illustre l’effet de la postpétiolation sur la géométrie des segments au cours du processus postérograde. Ce processus est également illustré par le calcul de coefficients de corrélation entre des mesures effectuées sur les deux premiers segments, et les autres mesures. Ceci peut être expliqué par la propagation postérograde de contraintes de développement. Durant l’évolution, le processus postérograde est combiné à deux autres types de transformations : l’involution progressive des structures intercalaires du segment II, qui préexistaient vraisemblablement chez les ancêtres crétacés des fourmis actuelles, et différentes transformations aléatoires de l’abdomen, plus ou moins directionnelles, mais cumulatives. La classification des sous-familles en groupes Ponéroïde, Doryloïde et Myrmicoïde peut être alors déduite du classement des architectures, mais un petit nombre de genres ne rentre pas dans ces trois groupes. Leurs affinités ne peuvent être comprises que par la prise en compte de caractères anatomiques ou architecturaux de la tête et du thorax. On obtient alors une classification proche de la récente classification « intuitive » de Bolton (2003), mais avec des justifications très différentes. Cette nouvelle classification est la suivante : -
1. – Architectures du métasoma semblables dans chaque groupe et cohérence architecturale -
1.1. – Complexe Ponéroïde (présegment III hémi-annulaire, architecture thoracique ponériforme) -
1.1.1. – Groupe Ponéroïde: Amblyoponinae, Ponerinae, Ectatomminae, Paraponerinae -
1.1.2. – Groupe Myrmécioïde: Myrmeciinae, Pseudomyrmecinae -
1.2. – Complexe Doryloïde (présegment III pseudo-annulaire, architecture doryliforme): Cerapachynae, Dorylinae, Ecitoninae, Aenictinae -
1.3. – Complexe Myrmicoïde (présegment III annulaire, architecture myrmiciforme): Myrmicinae, Agroecomyrmecinae (non disséqués) -
2. – Architectures du métasoma dissemblables au sein de chaque groupe. Classement basé sur d’autres critères -
2.1. – Complexe Apomyrmoïde (1) (basé sur l’architecture thoracique); Apomyrminae (présegment III hémi-annulaire), Leptanillinae (présegment III atypique par rapport aux types annulaire, pseudo-annu- laire et hémi-annulaire) -
2.2. – Complexe Procératinoïde (basé sur l’architecture céphalique): Proceratiini (présegment III annulaire: Discothyrea, présegment III pseudo-annulaire: Proceratium); Probolomyrmecini (présegment III hémi-annulaire: Probolomyrmex) -
3. – Architectures inclassables: Aneuretinae (présegment III pseudo-annulaire); Leptanilloidinae (présegment III annulaire selon Brandao et al., 1999) -
4. – Architectures formiciformes (presegment III différent des précédents): Dolichoderinae, Formicinae (non étudiées en détail) Lanalyse conduit à l’établissement d’un cladogramme. Celui-ci est implicitement une phylogénie non enracinée, mais incomplète. La présente étude montre que les complexes Ponéroïde, Doryloïde et Myrmicoïde sont monophylétiques. Mais la topologie des sous-familles qui les composent ne peut pas être résolue par l’étude du métasoma parce que toutes les fourmis connues sont déjà parvenues au stade 3 ou en limite 2–3 (genre Adetomyrma). Pour établir des liens de parenté entre ces complexes, il faudrait recourir à l’étude de l’architecture céphalique ou thoracique. On a limité ici cette recherche à celle de synapomorphies permettant de renforcer l’identité des trois grands complexes et d’établir une parenté entre quelques sous-familles réunies dans les complexes Apomyrmoïde et Procératinoïde dont les repré- sentants possèdent des architectures métasomatiques très différentes. 相似文献
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An annotated checklist of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) is compiled for Guadeloupe, an island located in the Lesser Antilles of the eastern Caribbean. The list has seventeen species, including three exotic species to the Caribbean, two apparently endemic of Guadeloupe, six species only known from the Caribbean and five species that occur both on the mainland and the Caribbean. The list is created using data from literature and from our own field researches, carried out between 2011 and 2013. A list of visited flowers, along with ecological notes for each species is also given. 相似文献
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The Miocene Randeck Maar (southwestern Germany) is one of the only sites with abundant material of fossil honey bees. The fauna has been the focus of much scrutiny by early authors who recognized multiple species or subspecies within the fauna. The history of work on the Randeck Maar is briefly reviewed and these fossils placed into context with other Tertiary and living species of the genus Apis Linnaeus (Apinae: Apini). Previously unrecorded specimens from Randeck Maar were compared with earlier series in an attempt to evaluate the observed variation. A morphometric analysis of forewing venation angles across representative Recent and Tertiary species of Apis as well as various non-Apini controls was undertaken to evaluate the distribution of variation in fossil honey bees. The resulting dendrogram shows considerable variation concerning the wing venation of Miocene Apini, but intergradation of other morphological characters reveals no clear pattern of separate species. This suggests that a single, highly variable species was present in Europe during the Miocene. The pattern also supports the notion that the multiple species and subspecies proposed by earlier authors for the Randeck Maar honey bee fauna are not valid, and all are accordingly recognized as Apis armbrusteri Zeuner. 相似文献
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The species of the bee genus Tropidopedia stat. nov. are revised. Thirteen new species are proposed: T. carinata sp. nov. , T. caracicola sp. nov. , T. danunciae sp. nov. , T. duckeana sp. nov. , T. eliasi sp. nov. , T. flavolineata sp. nov. , T. friesei sp. nov. , T. japuraensis sp. nov. , T. nigrita sp. nov. , T. nigrocarinata sp. nov. , T. ornata sp. nov. , T. peruana sp. nov. and T. venezuelana sp. nov. Taxonomic notes are provided for another four species: Tropidopedia punctifrons (Smith, 1879) comb. nov. , T. pallidipennis (Friese, 1899) comb. nov. , T. seabrai (Michener & Moure, 1957) and T. arcuatilis (Vachal, 1909) comb. nov. , including designation of a lectotype for Tetrapedia arcuatilis Vachal. An identification key, illustrations for main diagnostic characters, and distributions maps for all species are provided. A phylogenetic analysis was carried out to evaluate the monophyly of Tropidopedia and its main species groups, as well as to position it among the related genera. Biogeographical patterns are discussed. © 2007 The Linnean Society of London, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society , 2007, 151 , 511–554. 相似文献
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A new species of the eucerine bee genus Tetraloniella Ashmead (Apinae: Eucerini) is described and figured from central Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Tetraloniella (Tetraloniella) persiciformissp. n. is distinguished on the basis of coloration, integumental sculpturing, male metafemoral structure, and male terminalia. A floral record of Pulicaria undulata (L.) C.A. Mey. (Compositae) is noted for some of the material. Females superficially resemble those of Tarsalia persica (Warncke) (Ancylaini) in overall coloration but can be distinguished by the typical generic and tribal characters. 相似文献
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Oil-bee/oil-flower mutualism evolved through multiple gains and losses of the ability to produce floral oil in plants and to collect it in bees. Around 2000 plant species are known to produce floral oils that are collected by roughly 450 bee species, which use them for the construction of nests and for the larval food. The Plantaginaceae contain several Neotropical species that produce floral oils, the main reward offered by these plants. In the genera Angelonia, Basistemon, Monopera and Monttea, mainly associated with Centris bees, the floral oil is produced in trichomes that are located in the inner corolla. The pollinators of a few species in this neotropical clade of Plantaginaceae are known, and the role of flower morphology as well as the requirements from pollinators and the role of other groups of bees in the pollination of these flowers remains unclear. In this paper we provide a list of the flower visitors of seven Plantaginaceae species (six Angelonia species and Basistemon silvaticus) analyzing their behavior to highlight the legitimate pollinators and illustrating little known aspects of flower morphology and oil-collecting apparatuses of the bees. Two general morphological patterns were observed in the Angelonia flowers: deep corolla tube with short lobes, and short corolla tube with long lobes. Corolla tubes of different length result in pollen adherence to different parts of the insect body. The six Angelonia species and B. silvaticus flowers were visited by 25 oil-collecting bee species (10 Centris, 11 Tapinotaspidini and 4 Tetrapedia species), the majority acting as legitimate visitors. The flowers were also visited by illegitimate bee pollinators, which collected pollen but do not transfer it to the female organ. Specialized collectors of Plantaginaceae floral oils present modifications on the first pair of legs, mainly in the basitarsi but also extended to the tarsomeres. The new records of Tapinotaspidini and Centridini species acting as specialized pollinators of Plantaginaceae suggest that there is a geographic variation in the pollinators of the same plant species, and that the evolutionary scenario of the historical relationships between oil-collecting bees and floral oil producing plants is more complex than previously considered. 相似文献
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Oil palm ( Elaies guineensis) plantations are among the fastest growing agroecosystems in the Neotropics, but little is known about how Neotropical birds use oil palm habitats. To better understand the potential value of oil palm as an overwintering habitat for migratory birds, we surveyed birds in oil palm and native forest remnants in Tabasco, Mexico, from 19 December 2017 to 27 March 2018. We collected data on bird abundance and vegetative structure and used generalized linear models and multivariate analysis to assess how oil palm development influenced migrant bird diversity, community assemblages, and abundance. We found that species richness of migratory birds tended to be higher in forest patches than in oil palm, that community assemblages of migratory birds differed between native forest and oil palm plantations, and that differences in migratory bird abundance, and subsequent changes in community assemblages were driven by differences between native forest and oil palm plantations in vegetative structure. The bird community of native forest was characterized by migrant species sensitive to forest loss that forage low in the understory and in the leaf litter, whereas the bird community of oil palm plantations was represented by generalist species that occupy a wider range of foraging niches. Our results suggest that most species of migrant birds responded positively to several forest structural features and that integrating more native trees and increasing the amount of understory vegetation in oil palm plantations may increase the value of working landscapes for migratory birds. 相似文献
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We examined foreleg length and body size variation in two species of oil-collecting bees ( Rediviva; Melittidae) in southern Africa. Oil-collecting bees harvest oil from host flowers by rubbing their forelegs against oil-secreting trichomes. Significant differences in foreleg length occur among populations of both species. Rediviva “pallidula” populations vary significantly in mean foreleg length (11.34 ± 0.42 mm to 12.67 ± 0.36 mm), but not in body length (10.59 ± 0.74 to 10.80 ± 0.64), and foreleg length and body size are not significantly correlated. Instead, foreleg variation appears to be a function of host plant spur length. Ninety-two percent of the variance in foreleg length of R. “pallidula” is explained by mean Diascia spur length. Rediviva rufocincta populations vary significantly in mean foreleg length (10.12 ± 0.70 mm to 12.34 ± 0.68 mm) and in body length (9.03 ± 0.26 mm to 10.56 ± 0.24 mm). Foreleg length scales allometrically with body size in this species as 90.5% of the variance in foreleg length can be explained as a function of body length. Body size appears to be constrained by the morphology of the oil-secreting host plant. Both bees collect floral oil with specially modified setae on the tarsi of their forelegs. The length of the disti- + mediotarsus (refered to here as “tarsus”) in relation to the entire foreleg is shorter in R. rufocincta and does not increase as rapidly with increasing foreleg length as for R. “pallidula.” These differences in variation can be attributed to differences in position of oil within the flowers of the respective host plants. Rediviva “pallidula” collects oil from Diascia species that have the oil deeply situated in narrow floral spurs of varying length, while R. rufocincta collects oil from the broadly saccate flowers of Bowkeria verticillata and B. citrina. 相似文献
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The Juraheterophlebiidae, new family of the “heterophlebioid” lineage, the Henrotayiidae, new family of the “anisopteroid” lineage, the Prostenophlebiidae and the Liassostenophlebiidae, new families of the Stenophlebioptera, and three new genera and species of the Stenophlebiidae are described from the Mesozoic of Germany, Spain, England, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia. The phylogenetic positions of the families Erichschmidiidae and Gondvanogomphidae are discussed. A tentative phylogenetic analysis of the Anisopteromorpha is proposed. This significantly extends our knowledge on the palaeogeographical distribution of the Stenophlebioptera and the Epiproctophora (“dragondamselflies”). 相似文献
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We provide a comparison of 520 base pairs of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene from exemplars of the Meliponini, the Apini, the Bombini and the Euglossini to determine the phylogenetic relationships within the corbiculate Apinae. Our results strongly suggest (91–97% according to bootstrap resampling) that the Meliponini and the Bombini are sister groups. This finding agrees with those of other molecular studies, but is discordant with previous hypotheses based on morphology and the combination of molecular and morphological data. If the Bombini and Meliponini are sister groups and reversal of advanced eusociality is unlikely, then advanced eusociality arose twice within this clade. However, if reversion of eusociality occurred, then it is not possible to discriminate between single or dual origins of advanced eusociality within this group. 相似文献
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Twenty cultures closely resembling Bacterium eurydice, a bacterium associated with honey bees, were isolated from healthy bumble bees and from flowers apparently visited by bees. Their properties suggested that Lactobacillus eurydice would be a more appropriate name for the organism. 相似文献
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核糖体RNA(rRNA)是一种理想的进化计时器,已广泛地应用于研究微生物的系统发育和进化关系。蜜蜂和熊蜂都被微孢子虫感染,关于蜜蜂和熊蜂微孢子虫rRNA基因研究主要有rRNA基因序列的测定分析、二级结构的研究和用rRNA基因检测诊断微孢子虫等。这些对蜜蜂和熊蜂微孢子虫系统发育的研究和微孢子虫的防治等具有重要的推动作用。 相似文献
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The number of wild bees and cavity-nesting wasps is abundant in agricultural areas and they contribute significantly to ecosystem services. Due to their specialization in nesting sites and food sources, these groups are sensitive to habitat condition changes and they are therefore important indicators for environmental impact assessments. As semi-natural habitats are steadily declining and often understudied, their significance for research is increasingly recognized. During this research, the role of wild bee species and cavity-nesting Hymenopteran taxa as indicators was examined, along the unique combination of high nature value and traditional land use habitats in Eastern Europe, Transylvania. Transects and trap nests were used to test the diversity and abundance of wild bees and cavity-nesting Hymenopterans to identify possible differences between highly protected and less protected areas. The differences in taxonomic groups between the sites and the potential effects of landscape structure on wild bees and cavity-nesting Hymenopterans were also assessed. We detected a high diversity of wild bee species and a significant species replacement from one study year to another. Among the nest-building Hymenopteran taxa, the majority of nests was built by Trypoxylon sp. during both study years, with a stronger dominance in the second year. The different taxonomic groups of wild bees and cavity-nesting Hymenopterans showed differences in their habitat affinities. The majority of the sampled bumblebee species as well as Trypoxylon sp. had an affinity towards the study sites located within the highly protected study area. Altogether, we found different habitat preferences for different Hymenopteran groups (both wild bees and wasps) and conclude that these groups definitely have the potential to serve as indicators for differences in the intensity of land use. 相似文献
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Pollinator visual systems differ considerably among broad groupings such as bees, bats, and birds, and it has been proposed that factors shaping the diversity of flower color in tropical plants include differences in pollinator perceptual abilities. Within the pollinators of the Neotropics, one major difference between taxa is that hummingbirds perceive color well across a broad range of wavelengths from 300–660 nm whereas most bees perceive color well over a narrower range spanning 300–550 nm. Thus, hummingbirds can see red and other long‐wavelength reflection much better than bees. Another factor that could potentially influence flower color in tropical forests is the difference in light availability among habitats such as gaps, canopy, and forest understory. I conducted a survey of floral color in four Neotropical forests using a portable spectroradiometer to provide an unbiased measure of color reflectance. The primary pollinator agents and light habitats of each plant species were classified using primary literature or accounts of direct observations by experts. Flower color was not influenced by differences in light availability between open and closed habitats but was influenced by pollinator visual systems. Specifically, insect flowers reflected across a broad range of the spectrum but hummingbird flowers reflected mostly long‐wavelength light (typically median wavelength <585 nm). Thus, hummingbird‐pollinated flowers are not tuned specifically to hummingbird color sensitivity but instead may decrease conspicuousness to bees and other insects that have poor visual sensitivity to long‐wavelength color. 相似文献
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In the identification key proposed by Mantilleri in 2016 for the genus Pertusius, some mistakes were introduced in references to figures. They are corrected here. 相似文献
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Parasites are globally widespread pathogenic organisms, which impose important selective forces upon their hosts. Thus, in accordance with the Adjustment to parasite pressure hypothesis, it is expected that defenses among hosts vary relative to the selective pressure imposed by parasites. According to the latitudinal gradient in diversity, species richness and abundance of parasites peak near the equator. The uropygial gland is an important defensive exocrine gland against pathogens in birds. Size of the uropygial gland has been proposed to vary among species of birds because of divergent selection by pathogens on their hosts. Therefore, we should expect that bird species from the tropics should have relatively larger uropygial glands for their body size than species from higher latitudes. However, this hypothesis has not yet been explored. Here, we analyze the size of the uropygial gland of 1719 individual birds belonging to 36 bird species from 3 Neotropical (Peru) and 3 temperate areas (Spain). Relative uropygial gland volume was 12.52% larger in bird species from the tropics than from temperate areas. This finding is consistent with the relative size of this defensive organ being driven by selective pressures imposed by parasites. We also explored the potential role of this gland as a means of avoiding haemosporidian infection, showing that species with large uropygial glands for their body size tend to have lower mean prevalence of haemosporidian infection, regardless of their geographical origin. This result provides additional support for the assumption that secretions from the uropygial gland reduce the likelihood of becoming infected with haemosporidians. 相似文献
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