Parque Nacional da Serra da Bodoquena: observações sobre a composição da fauna de Euglossinae (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Abstract

The Euglossinae have neotropical distribution with five genera and approximately 200species, of which males are visitors of flowers of various plants, especially orchids, which are the main pollinators. The objective was to inventory and identify Euglossinae bees collected in traps containing aromatic attractive, seeking an enrichment of the current literature of the bee fauna in the Parque da Serra da Bodoquena. The capture took place with the use of bait-odors (eugenol, cineole, vanillin, ethyl salicylate) for the males were attracted Euglossinae. Later, the bees were prepared to be identified, thus facilitating their preservation, handling and subsequent storage of specimens in the Museum of Biodiversity UFGD (Mubio) as reference material. PNSB were identified in the following genera: Euglossa, Exaerete, Eulaema and Eufriesea. Considering that only one collection was made 15 days in duration, and that the five known genera, four of them were found in the study area, we can infer that the PNSB houses a diverse fauna Euglossinae paring bees.