Frugivory by a stingless bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) |
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Authors: | Peruquetti Rui C Costa Luena da S M da Silva Valdirene S da Drumond Patrícia M |
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Affiliation: | Centro de Pesquisa Agroflorestal do Acre, Embrapa Acre, Rio Branco, AC, Brasil. |
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Abstract: | Frugivory is not frequent among bees. Although stingless bees visit aged fruits for pulp, the use of fresh fruits is recorded only for Trigona hypogea Silvestri, a species that does not visit flowers. Here we report the occurrence of frugivory in Trigona amazonensis (Ducke), a flower-visiting stingless bee. |
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