Notes on the nesting biology of five species of Euglossini (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in the Brazilian Amazon

Abstract. The orchid bees (Euglossini) are medium to large-sized species with fully or partially metallic body that are relatively common in the Neotropical Region. Nevertheless, the nesting biology of many species remains unknown. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to provide new information on the nesting biology of five species of Euglossini found in urban and forested sites of Brazilian Amazon. The nests of Eufriesea pulchra (Smith)and Euglossa chalybeata Friesewere recorded for the first time, found in an active nest of the ant Azteca sp. and in a fallen rotting tree, respectively. The nest of Euglossa townsendi(Linnaeus) was found in the leaf of an ornamental plant Cordyline sp. (Asparagaceae), also newly recorded. Euglossa intersecta Latreillewas recorded nesting in an abandoned termite nest, and Euglossa cordataCockerell was found nesting in a tubular metal window handle.Notas sobre a biologia de nidificação de cinco espécies de Euglossini (Hymenoptera: Apidae) na Amazônia BrasileiraResumo. As abelhas-da-orquídea (Euglossini) possuem tamanho médio a grande, corpo parcialmente ou completamente metálico e são relativamente comuns na região Neotropical. Apesar disso, a biologia de nidificação da maioria das espécies permanece desconhecida. Portanto, o objetivo deste estudo e fornecer novas informações sobre a biologia de nidificação de cinco espécies de Euglossini encontradas em área urbana e florestada da Amazônia Brasileira. Os ninhos de Eufriesea pulchra (Smith)e Euglossa chalybeata Frieseforam registrados pela primeira vez, encontrados dentro de ninho de formiga Azteca sp. e em uma árvore apodrecida caída, respectivamente. O ninho de Euglossa townsendiCockerell foi registrado pela primeira vez em uma folha da planta ornamental Cordyline sp. (Asparagaceae). Euglossa intersecta Latreillefoi registrada nidificando dentro de um ninho abandonado de cupim e Euglossa cordata (Linnaeus)foi encontrada nidificando em uma maçaneta tubular de metal de uma janela.

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Fauna de Euglossina (Hymenoptera: Apidae) de um fragmento de Mata Atlântica do Alto Oeste Potiguar, Rio Grande do Norte

Revista Verde de Agroecologia e Desenvolvimento Sustentável ◽

10.18378/rvads.v12i3.4832 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 596

Author(s):

Michelle De Oliveira Guimarães-Brasil ◽

Daniel De Freitas Brasil ◽

Thiago Mahlmann ◽

Eduardo Alves de Souza

Keyword(s):

Rio Grande ◽

First Record ◽

Neotropical Region ◽

Mata Atlântica ◽

Northeast Region ◽

Eulaema Nigrita ◽

Euglossa Cordata ◽

Brazilian Semiarid ◽

Mata Atlantica ◽

First Time

As abelhas da subtribo Euglossina encontram-se amplamente distribuídas na região Neotropical, sendo mais diversificadas nas florestas úmidas. Objetivou-se realizar um levantamento das espécies desta subtribo em um fragmento de Mata Atlântica, um remanescente de brejo de altitude, localizado em uma região do Semiárido Brasileiro. O estudo foi conduzido no município de Portalegre, Rio Grande do Norte, entre os meses de fevereiro e agosto de 2015. A coleta de dados foi realizada mensalmente entre às 08h00 e 16h00, com a utilização de armadilhas contendo as essências eucaliptol, eugenol e vanilina. Foram coletados um total de 123 machos, distribuídos em quatro gêneros e seis espécies, sendo elas: Eufriesea danielis (43,09%), Euglossa melanotricha (25,20%), Euglossa cordata (15,45%), Eulaema nigrita (13,82%), Euglossa fimbriata (1,63%) e Exaerete dentata (0,81%). O intervalo entre 08h00 e 10h00 foi o de maior atividade, com 54,4% do total dos machos coletados. A comunidade de abelhas da região estudada apresentou maior preferência pelo eucaliptol, atraindo cinco espécies e 67 indivíduos (53,6%). A espécie Eufriesea danielis é reportada pela primeira vez para a região Nordeste do Brasil, enquanto que Exaerete dentata tem seu primeiro registro para o estado do Rio Grande do Norte.Euglossina (Hymenoptera: Apidae) fauna of a fragment of the Atlantic Rainforest of the Alto Oeste Potiguar, Rio Grande do Norte, BrazilAbstract: The bees of the Euglossina subtribe are widely distributed in the Neotropical region, being more diversified in the humid forests. The purpose of this research was to carry out a survey of the species of this subtribe in a fragment of Atlantic Forest, a remnant of altitude swamp, located in a region of the Brazilian Semiarid. The study was conducted in the municipality of Portalegre, Rio Grande do Norte, between February and August 2015. Data collection was performed monthly between 08h00 and 16h00, using traps containing the eucalyptol, eugenol and vanillin essences. A total of 123 males, distributed in four genera and six species were collected, which are: Eufriesea danielis (43.09%), Euglossa melanotricha (25.20%), Euglossa cordata (15.45%), Eulaema nigrita (13.82%), Euglossa fimbriata (1.63%) and Exaerete dentata (0.81%). The interval between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 was the most active, with 54.4% of the total collected males. The community of the bees studied region showed greater preference for eucalyptol, attracting five species and 67 individuals (53.6%). The species Eufriesea danielis is reported here the first time for the Northeast region of Brazil, while Exaerete dentata has its first record for the state of Rio Grande do Norte.

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A memoir of Hugh Miller (1802–1856) attributed to his son Hugh Miller FGS (1850–1896)

Archives of Natural History ◽

10.3366/anh.2017.0417 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 44 (1) ◽

pp. 103-109 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

M. A. Taylor

Keyword(s):

Family Member ◽

New Information ◽

Newspaper Editor ◽

Interesting Contribution ◽

First Time

A manuscript memoir of Hugh Miller (1802–1856), geologist, writer and newspaper editor, is attributed to his son Hugh Miller FGS (1850–1896). It is published here, apparently for the first time. It was written sometime in 1881–1896, more probably 1882–1895. Its intended place of publication is discussed. It is an interesting contribution to Miller biography, written by a family member and providing some new information and anecdotes.

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A new species of the subgenus Scheloribates (Topobates) (Acari: Oribatida: Scheloribatidae) from Panama

Zoosystematica Rossica ◽

10.31610/zsr/2020.29.2.278 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 29 (2) ◽

pp. 278-283

Author(s):

S.G. Ermilov

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Body Size ◽

Leaf Litter ◽

Related Species ◽

Large Body ◽

Oribatid Mite ◽

Neotropical Region ◽

Large Body Size ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species

The oribatid mite subgenus Scheloribates (Topobates) Grandjean, 1958, is recorded from the Neotropical region for the first time. A new species of this subgenus is described from the leaf litter collected in Cayo Agua Island, Panama. Scheloribates (Topobates) panamaensis sp. nov. differs from its related species by the very large body size and presence of a strong ventrodistal process on the leg femora II–IV.

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45° REFLECTOMETRY OF SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS

Modern Physics Letters B ◽

10.1142/s0217984901002294 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 15 (17n19) ◽

pp. 683-687

Author(s):

A. SILVA-CASTILLO ◽

F. PEREZ-RODRIGUEZ

Keyword(s):

Quantum Well ◽

Quantum Wells ◽

Growth Direction ◽

Angle Of Incidence ◽

Near Surface ◽

New Information ◽

Difference Formula ◽

Exciton Polaritons ◽

The Difference ◽

First Time

We have applied the 45° reflectometry for the first time to study exciton-polaritons in quantum wells. The 45° reflectometry is a new polarization-modulation technique, which is based on the measurement of the difference [Formula: see text] between the p-polarization reflectivity (Rp) and the squared s-polarization reflectivity [Formula: see text] at an angle of incidence of 45°. We show that [Formula: see text] spectra may provide qualitatively new information on the exciton-polariton modes in a quantum well. These optical spectra turn out to be very sensitive to the zeros of the dielectric function along the quantum-well growth direction and, therefore, allow to identify the resonances associated with the Z exciton-polariton mode. We demonstrate that 45° reflectometry could be a powerful tool for studying Z exciton-polariton modes in near-surface quantum wells, which are difficult to observe in simple spectra of reflectivity Rp

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Reading literacy and periphrastic capacity in the context of individual language development

Russian language at school ◽

10.30515/0131-6141-2021-82-1-7-15 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 82 (1) ◽

pp. 7-15

Author(s):

E. V. Arkhipova ◽

L. V. Lagunova

Keyword(s):

Information Age ◽

Russian Language ◽

Reading Literacy ◽

Informational Texts ◽

Pedagogical Discourse ◽

Cultural Concepts ◽

New Information ◽

Didactic Texts ◽

First Time ◽

The Russian Language

The aim of the study was to develop linguistic and methodological theoretical aspects of training the skill of paraphrasing, which constitutes an important element of reading literacy. To this end, the authors reviewed research and educational publications in the field of teaching the Russian language and conducted a pedagogical experiment to analyse pedagogical processes. Interrelation between the infosphere and axiosphere of Russian language lessons within the pedagogical discourse involves the division of didactic texts into informational and axiological, including modern linguistic and ethnographic texts that manifest Russian cultural concepts in the new information age. It is shown that various aspects of teaching paraphrasing and interpretation techniques on the basis of informational texts have already been elucidated quite efficiently. However, formation of the axiological component of reading literacy (teaching to paraphrase on the basis of linguo-ethnographic texts) has been undertaken within the framework of the present study for the first time. These issues should be considered comprehensively, in the context of language and values-based development of a personality.

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Feather mites (Acari, Astigmata) associated with birds in an Atlantic Forest fragment in Northeastern Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Biology ◽

10.1590/1519-6984.23313 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 75 (3) ◽

pp. 726-735 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

HM Silva ◽

FA Hernandes ◽

M Pichorim

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

Bird Species ◽

Rio Grande ◽

Neotropical Region ◽

Species Level ◽

Northeastern Brazil ◽

Forest Fragment ◽

Visual Examination ◽

Feather Mites ◽

First Time

AbstractThe present study reports associations between feather mites (Astigmata) and birds in an Atlantic Forest fragment in Rio Grande do Norte state, in Brazil. In the laboratory, mites were collected through visual examination of freshly killed birds. Overall, 172 individuals from 38 bird species were examined, between October 2011 and July 2012. The prevalence of feather mites was 80.8%, corresponding to 139 infested individuals distributed into 30 species and 15 families of hosts. Fifteen feather mite taxa could be identified to the species level, sixteen to the genus level and three to the subfamily level, distributed into the families Analgidae, Proctophyllodidae, Psoroptoididae, Pteronyssidae, Xolalgidae, Trouessartiidae, Falculiferidae and Gabuciniidae. Hitherto unknown associations between feather mites and birds were recorded for eleven taxa identified to the species level, and nine taxa were recorded for the first time in Brazil. The number of new geographic records, as well as the hitherto unknown mite-host associations, supports the high estimates of diversity for feather mites of Brazil and show the need for research to increase knowledge of plumicole mites in the Neotropical region.

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New records of Ganoderma multiplicatum (Mont.) Pat. (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) from Colombia and its geographic distribution in South America

Check List ◽

10.15560/12.4.1948 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 12 (4) ◽

pp. 1948 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Ana Cristina Bolaños ◽

Vera Lúcia Ramos Bononi ◽

Adriana De Mello Gugliotta

Keyword(s):

South America ◽

Geographic Distribution ◽

New Records ◽

Neotropical Region ◽

Distribution Map ◽

Tropical Regions ◽

First Time

Ganoderma is a cosmopolitan genus of fungi with species distributed in temperate and tropical regions. Species of Ganoderma in living Leguminosae were observed in Park de la Salud in Pance, Cali, Colombia and we record G. multiplicatum for the first time from Colombia. A distribution map of this genus in the Neotropical region is presented.

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The genus Xiphinema in South Africa. XXVI. New information on X. bolandium, with description of the four juvenile stages (Nematoda: Longidoridae)

Koedoe ◽

10.4102/koedoe.v44i2.174 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 44 (2) ◽

Author(s):

J. Heyns

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Western Cape ◽

Eastern Cape Province ◽

Eastern Cape ◽

Western Cape Province ◽

New Information ◽

Wilderness Area ◽

Juvenile Stages ◽

First Time ◽

New Distribution

A population of Xiphinema bolandium from the Baviaanskloof Wilderness Area in the Eastern Cape Province was studied, and the four juvenile stages described and figured for the first time. New distribution records are listed from several localities in the Western Cape Province, mostly from vineyards and peach orchards, as well as from fynbos.

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Evaluation of volatile constituents, exudation of resin and occurrence of galls of Protium aracouchini (Aubl.) Marchand

Acta Brasiliensis ◽

10.22571/2526-4338559 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (3) ◽

pp. 88

Author(s):

Thiago Augusto Araujo Correia Lima (in memorian) ◽

Leonardo Pinto Cunha ◽

José Eduardo Lahoz da Silva Ribeiro ◽

Marcia Ortiz Mayo Marques ◽

Maria da Paz Lima

Keyword(s):

Essential Oil ◽

Essential Oils ◽

Chemical Constituents ◽

Brazilian Amazon ◽

High Concentration ◽

Forest Reserve ◽

Volatile Constituents ◽

Aerial Parts ◽

First Time ◽

Time Information

Protium aracouchini (Aubl.) Marchand [sin Icica aracouchini Aubl.], which occurs in the Adolpho Ducke Forest Reserve, in the Brazilian Amazon, was evaluated for the presence of galls, for resin exudation and the composition of the essential oils from the aerial parts and the resin. The experiment to stimulate the exudation of resin from the trunk was conducted using a 2-chloroethylphosphonic acid solution. The resin produced after 40 days and the aerial parts had their essential oils extracted in a Clevenger apparatus and the volatile chemical constituents were analyzed using GC/MS. The non-oxygenated sesquiterpenes α-copaene (21.15%) and α-gurjunene (13.69%), in addition to the oxygenated sesquiterpene spathulenol (10.32%), were detected as the majority constituents of the essential oil of the leaves, and a concentration similar to that of α-gurjunene was found in the branches (13.28%). The resin essential oil showed a high concentration of hydrocarbon monoterpenes (76.49%) with a predominance of α-pinene (17.57%) and limonene (46.11%). Four gall morphotypes were found associated with this species. The present study reports for the first time information on the volatile constituents and the resinous potential of P. aracouchini, and registers the morphotypes of the galls that help in the taxonomy of the species.

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Bats (Mammalia, Chiroptera) from a bamboo-dominated forest in the southwestern Brazilian Amazon, with the first records of Glyphonycteris sylvestris Thomas, 1896 and Phylloderma stenops Peters, 1865 from Acre state

Check List ◽

10.15560/17.2.311 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 17 (2) ◽

pp. 311-321

Author(s):

Rair Sousa Verde ◽

Sidney Ferreira Oliveira ◽

Andressa Oliveira Meneses ◽

Felipe Gonçalves ◽

Luana Alencar ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Brazilian Amazon ◽

Geographic Range ◽

The State ◽

Number Of Species ◽

First Time

There are only a few published bat surveys from the southwestern Brazilian Amazon, but recent studies have reported additional bats species in the region. We provide the first list of bat species from Floresta Estadual do Antimary (Antimary State Forest) and record for the first time Glyphonycteris sylvestris Thomas, 1896 and Phylloderma stenops Peters, 1865 in the state of Acre, increasing to 64 the number of species known from this state. Our survey enlarges the known geographic range of G. sylvestris in Brazilian territory and improves the inventory of bat species in a poorly sampled region of the Amazon. 

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