Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apidae s.l.) captured with Malaise and pan traps along an altitudinal gradient in the Parque Estadual da Serra do Mar, Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil

Rodrigo Gonçalves; Eduardo Santos; Cristiane Scott-Santos

doi:10.15560/8.1.053

Check List 8(1): 53-56, doi: 10.15560/8.1.053

Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apidae s.l.) captured with Malaise and pan traps along an altitudinal gradient in the Parque Estadual da Serra do Mar, Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil

Rodrigo B. Gonçalves^‡, Eduardo F. Santos^§, Cristiane F. Scott-Santos^|

‡ Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil§ Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil| Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo Universidade Paulista, Brazil

Corresponding author: Rodrigo Gonçalves ( rbg@ufpr.br )

This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Citation: Gonçalves R, Santos E, Scott-Santos C (2012) Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apidae s.l.) captured with Malaise and pan traps along an altitudinal gradient in the Parque Estadual da Serra do Mar, Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil. Check List 8(1): 53-56. https://doi.org/10.15560/8.1.053

Abstract

A list of bee species surveyed along an altitudinal gradient in Ubatuba, Brazil using Malaise and pan traps is presented. A total of 289 individuals representing 57 species, 33 genera, and 5 subfamilies were collected. Most individuals and species were collected at around 600 m altitude, and almost all species were collected with Malaise traps. Detrended Correspondence Analysis revealed a correlation between the occurrence of stingless bees and the altitude, confirming the usefulness of stingless-bee communities to reveal gradient patterns.

Keywords

bees; Insecta; Hymenoptera; Apidae; Brazil; species inventory