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NEOTROPICAL ENTOMOLOGY
卷 35, 期 1, 页码 30-40出版社
ENTOMOLOGICAL SOC BRASIL
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2006000100005
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Apidae; bee fauna; conservation
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The Southern Espinhaco Range consists of large areas covered by quartzitic or metaliferous tropical altitudinal fields. The Espinhaco Range ecosystems are endangered by anthropic high impacts, particularly due to mining and urbanization. We conducted a one-year inventory of the bee flora and fauna at the quartzitic Ouro Branco Mountains and a two-year survey of the metaliferous Ouro Preto fields. The samples were collected twice a month, from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. The bees (677) belonged to 91 species, five families. The family Apidae was the richest and most abundant, followed by the Halictidae and Megachilidae. The bees visited 46 flowering plant species; the most visited plants were the Asteraceae (n = 220), the Malpighiaceae (n = 95), the Melastomataceae (n = 94), the Fabaceae (n = 78), and the Solanaceae (n = 63). Diversity was higher in Ouro Branco (H = 1.47) than in Ouro Preto (H = 1.17). The low richness and abundance of bees in our research site when compared to other Brazilian Cerrado areas can be due to the high altitude, low temperature, and low availability of flowers we found. Canga and rupestrian areas house fauna and flora species that are rare and threatened by extinction. The southern Espinhaco areas can, therefore, be given the status of permanent biodiversity preservation area.
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