[Pollinator] New article: Checklist of Bees and Honey plants from São Paulo State, Brazil.

[Elizabeth A Sellers]

Vera Imperatriz-Fonseca and her team have just published an inventory 
article in Biota Neotropica (full text available in Portuguese). 
 
Abstract: For this work, we considered the results of four studies that 
sampled bees on flowers in the two main biomes of São Paulo State: 
Atlantic forest (3 locations) and "cerrado" (4 locations). We found 276 
species of bees belonging to 88 genera: 207 species and 78 genera in the 
Atlantic forest and 105 genera and 40 species in the "cerrado" biome. 
Apidae family was the most represented in both biomes. In the sampled 
areas, bees visited 433 plant species: 361 in the Atlantic forest and 75 
in the "cerrado" .
Number of species
In the world: 17.000
In Brazil: 1.678
Estimated in São Paulo State: 729

Citation: 
Imperatriz-Fonseca V.L, Alves-dos-Santos, I., Santos-Filho, P.S., Engels, 
W., Ramalho, M., Wilms, W., Aguilar, J.B.V., Pinheiro-Machado, C.A., 
Alves, D.A. and Kleinert, A.M.P. Checklist of Bees and Honey plants from 
São Paulo State, Brazil. Biota Neotrop.  vol 11 no. 1a: 
http://www.biotaneotropica.org.br/v11n1a/en/abstract?inventory+bn0321101a2011 


Cheers, Liz

Elizabeth Sellers
Manager, Pollinator Information

Biological Informatics Program, Core Science Systems
United States Geological Survey
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Mail Stop 302
Reston, VA 20192  USA
Ph 703.648.4385 | Fax 703.648.4224 | esellers at usgs.gov
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