Checklist of bees and honey plants from São Paulo State, Brazil

Authors

  • Vera Lúcia Imperatriz-Fonseca Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Ecologia
  • Isabel Alves-dos-Santos Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Ecologia
  • Pérsio de Souza Santos-Filho Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Ecologia
  • Wolf Engels Universität Tübingen, Zoologisches Institut
  • Mauro Ramalho Universidade Federal da Bahia, Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Botânica
  • Wolfgang Wilms Universität Tübingen, Zoologisches Institut
  • João Batista Vicentin Aguilar Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Ecologia
  • Denise Araújo Alves Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Ecologia
  • Astrid de Matos Peixoto Kleinert Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Ecologia

Keywords:

bees, Melittophilous plants, biodiversity of the State of São Paulo, BIOTA/FAPESP Program

Abstract

For this work, we considered the results of four studies that sampled bees on flowers in the two main biomes of São Paulo State: Atlantic forest (3 locations) and 'cerrado' (4 locations). We found 276 species of bees belonging to 88 genera: 207 species and 78 genera in the Atlantic forest and 105 genera and 40 species in the 'cerrado' biome. Apidae family was the most represented in both biomes. In the sampled areas, bees visited 433 plant species: 361 in the Atlantic forest and 75 in the 'cerrado'.

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Published

2011-12-01

How to Cite

Imperatriz-Fonseca, V. L., Alves-dos-Santos, I., Santos-Filho, P. de S., Engels, W., Ramalho, M., Wilms, W., Aguilar, J. B. V., Alves, D. A., & Kleinert, A. de M. P. (2011). Checklist of bees and honey plants from São Paulo State, Brazil. Biota Neotropica, 11(4). Retrieved from //www.biotaneotropica.org.br/BN/article/view/978

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