Inventário da fauna de abelhas em área de transição entre Cerrado e Mata Atlântica na região da Grande Dourados

Abstract

In the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, where the predominant Biome is of the Cerrado, Pantanal and a portion of Atlantic Forest, the site where the inventory of bees fauna and flora was carried out used as a source of food resource is a transition area between the Cerrado and Atlantic Forest biomes, with a predominance of Submontane Semidecidual Seasonal Forest phytophysiognomy, at the Experimental Farm of Agrarian Sciences of the Federal University of Grande Dourados, between the coordinates 22º14’47,67” S e 54º59’34,639” W, where active monthly collection took place, from May 2015 to April 2016. Pollination is one of the strongest links between plants and animals. Several native plant species of economic importance depend on pollination or benefit to some degree from this activity. A total of 492 bees were collected in 3 families. Apidae with abundance (97,07%) species diversity of (61%), followed by Halictidae with abundance of ( 2,40%) and species diversity of (31%) and Megachilidae with abundance (0,40%) and species diversity of (8%). Bee Apis mellifera was the species that represented abundance of (73,37%) followed by the species Trigona spinipes with (7,52%). Asteraceae was the plant family with the highest species richness, followed by Fabaceae. Were identified 18 plant species of these six were visited exclusively by individuals of the species A. mellifera that saw 12 plant species in total and was found in greater quantity in the plant species Leonurus sibiricus (Lamiaceae) 84%. The variety of bees reflected the plant variety, the intense action of A. mellifera and human activity on the site contributed to the results obtained.