Nesting ecology and floral resource of <i>Xylocopa augusti</i> Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in Argentina

1- A total of 33 nests of <i>Xylocopa augusti</i> was studied during two consecutive seasons. 2- Nesting behaviour and floral resources used by the large carpenter bee <i>X. augusti</i> Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau were studied during the brood production season in an urban ar...

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Autores principales: Lucía, Mariano, Tellería, María Cristina, Ramello, Pablo José, Abrahamovich, Alberto Horacio
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2017
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Ciencias Naturales
Nesting behaviour
Argentina
Floral resources
Large carpenter bees
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/103922
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/afe.12207
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topic Ciencias Naturales
Nesting behaviour
Argentina
Floral resources
Large carpenter bees
spellingShingle Ciencias Naturales
Nesting behaviour
Argentina
Floral resources
Large carpenter bees
Lucía, Mariano
Tellería, María Cristina
Ramello, Pablo José
Abrahamovich, Alberto Horacio
Nesting ecology and floral resource of <i>Xylocopa augusti</i> Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in Argentina
topic_facet Ciencias Naturales
Nesting behaviour
Argentina
Floral resources
Large carpenter bees
description 1- A total of 33 nests of <i>Xylocopa augusti</i> was studied during two consecutive seasons. 2- Nesting behaviour and floral resources used by the large carpenter bee <i>X. augusti</i> Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau were studied during the brood production season in an urban area in Argentina. 3- Biological information about nesting aspects inside and outside the nest was considered, paying particular attention to year-long activity, foraging flights throughout the day for nectar and pollen collection, nectar dehydration, oviposition, and pollen preference. 4- In the study area, <i>X. augusti</i> shows an univoltine life cycle, with a peak of nesting between October and December, which coincides with the greatest blooming period of the surrounding flora. 5- From 36 analyzed larval provision samples, 18 pollen types were identified, most of them belonging to ornamental trees or shrubs. Pollen from <i>Eucalyptus Myrceugenia glaucescens</i> (Cambess.) D. Legrand and Kausel (Myrtaceae), <i>Solanum sp.-Cyphomandra betacea</i> (Cav.) Sendtn. (Solanaceae) and <i>Erythrina crista-galli</i> L. (Fabaceae) was dominant. 6- The ability to obtain pollen from poricidal anthers such as those of <i>Solanum</i> indicate the potential of <i>X. augusti</i> to be an excellent managed pollinator and a good candidate for pollinating Solanaceae, such as <i>Solanum lycopersicum</i> ‘tomato’ and <i>Solanum melongena</i> ‘eggplant’, which are economically important crops in this region.
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author Lucía, Mariano
Tellería, María Cristina
Ramello, Pablo José
Abrahamovich, Alberto Horacio
author_facet Lucía, Mariano
Tellería, María Cristina
Ramello, Pablo José
Abrahamovich, Alberto Horacio
author_sort Lucía, Mariano
title Nesting ecology and floral resource of <i>Xylocopa augusti</i> Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in Argentina
title_short Nesting ecology and floral resource of <i>Xylocopa augusti</i> Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in Argentina
title_full Nesting ecology and floral resource of <i>Xylocopa augusti</i> Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in Argentina
title_fullStr Nesting ecology and floral resource of <i>Xylocopa augusti</i> Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Nesting ecology and floral resource of <i>Xylocopa augusti</i> Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in Argentina
title_sort nesting ecology and floral resource of <i>xylocopa augusti</i> lepeletier de saint fargeau (hymenoptera, apidae) in argentina
publishDate 2017
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/103922
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/afe.12207
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