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Fluorescent colors in orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Name: Fluorescent colors in orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
Creator: Nemésio, André
Keywords: 0106 biological sciences, ultra-violet light, Eulaema bombiformis, Eulaema niveofasciata, luz ultra-violeta, 01 natural sciences

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Dec 2005 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Neotropical Entomology, volume 34, pages 933-936 (issn: 1519-566X,

Authors: Nemésio, André;

doi: 10.1590/s1519-566x2005000600009

Fluorescent colors in orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

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The presence of UV-fluorescent pigments is described for the first time in insects. The clear hairs on terga I, III and IV of Eulaema niveofasciata (Friese) are the only ones among several Euglossina species which fluoresce, supporting recent taxonomic studies which suggested that this endemic species of the Atlantic Forest domain and Eulaema bombiformis (Packard) are really different species. The UV-color pattern may have effects both on mating behavior and warning to predators.

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Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Brazil
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Brazil

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ultra-violet light, Eulaema bombiformis, Eulaema niveofasciata, luz ultra-violeta

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