The highest known euglossine bee community from a garden in the Bolivian Andes (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Euglossini)

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 07 Sep 2015Publisher:Pensoft PublishersJournal:Journal of Hymenoptera Research, volume 45, pages 65-73 (issn: 1070-9428, eissn: 1314-2607,

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Authors: Perger,Robert;

doi: 10.3897/jhr.45.5003

The highest known euglossine bee community from a garden in the Bolivian Andes (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Euglossini)

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Abstract

In this contribution, the first observations of euglossine bee species from the Bolivian Prepuna are reported. Euglossa melanotricha Moure, Eufriesea mariana (Mocsáry) and Exaerete dentata (L.) were observed at an elevation of 2640 m in a garden located in San Joaquin, Salancachi (Chuquisaca department, annual precipitation 400–500 mm). This is the highest known record for a population of Euglossa and Eufriesea to date. All of the euglossine bees were observed exclusively on introduced plants. The distributional patterns, biological associations and ecological significance of the observed euglossine bees are discussed.

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Bolivia, Insecta, Arthropoda, Prepuna, Kulbastavia, Pseudaugochlora, Hymenopterida, Nephrozoa, Protostomia, Basal, Carbotriplurida, Circumscriptional names of the taxon under, ApidaeCephalornis, Euglossini, Animalia, Bilateria, Eumetabola, Pterygota, HymenopteraAnimalia, inter-Andean dry valleys, Strashila incredibilis, Melecta luctuosa, orchid bees, Hymenoptera, Circumscriptional names, Boltonocostidae, Tiphiinae, Notchia, Circumscriptional name, Ecdysozoa, Exebotrigona, Apoidea, Coelenterata

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