| Journal: | Revista brasileira de zoologia |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000281039 |
| ISSN: | 0101-8175 |
| Authors: | Silva Pereira, Viviane da1 Alves dos Santos, Isabel2 Malagodi Braga, Katia Sampaio3 Leon Contrera, Felipe Andres |
| Institutions: | 1Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Departamento de Ciencias Biologicas, Feira de Santana, Bahia. Brasil 2Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Diretoria de Pos Graduacao, Criciuma, Santa Catarina. Brasil 3Universidade de Sao Paulo, Instituto de Biologia, Sao Paulo. Brasil |
| Year: | 2003 |
| Season: | Sep |
| Volumen: | 20 |
| Number: | 20 |
| Pages: | 427-432 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Portugués |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Analítico, descriptivo |
| English abstract | Foraging activity of a solitary bee species - Melissoptila thoracica Smith, 1854 (Eucerini) - was studied considering its phenology, floral preferences, foraging patterns and pollen's transportation structures. M. thoracica females present a clear preference for flowers of Sida Linnaeus (Malvaceae) in relation to pollen collection. The fidelity for the plant was observed considering foraging flights and analyzing the pollen carried in the females' scopes. The collection of pollen by bees was estimated throughout the counting of remaining grains in the anthers, over one and three visits. Females were examined in scanning electronic microscopy for the analysis of pollen grains in the ventral pilosity and in the scopes. M. thoracica was considered an effective pollinator of Sida flowers |
| Disciplines: | Biología |
| Keyword: | Angiospermas, Ecología, Insectos, Abejas, Polinización, Preferencia floral, Melissoptila thoracica, Apoidea, Sida rhombifolia, Sida planicaulis, Malvaceae |
| Keyword: | Biology, Angiosperms, Ecology, Insects, Bees, Pollination, Flower preference, Melissoptila thoracica, Apoidea, Sida rhombifolia, Sida planicaulis, Malvaceae |
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