Bees of the Azores: an annotated checklist (Apidae, Hymenoptera)
We report 18 species of wild bees plus the domesticated honeybee from the Azores, which adds nine species to earlier lists. One species, Hylaeus azorae, seems to be a single island endemic, and three species are possibly native (Colletes eous, Halictus villosulus, and Hylaeus pictipes). All the rema...
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| author | Julie A. Weissmann Ana Picanço Paulo A.V. Borges Hanno Schaefer |
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| description | We report 18 species of wild bees plus the domesticated honeybee from the Azores, which adds nine species to earlier lists. One species, Hylaeus azorae, seems to be a single island endemic, and three species are possibly native (Colletes eous, Halictus villosulus, and Hylaeus pictipes). All the remaining bee species are most likely accidental introductions that arrived after human colonization of the archipelago in the 15th century. Bee diversity in the Azores is similar to bee diversity of Madeira and Cape Verde but nearly ten times lower than it is in the Canary Islands. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e7c66d101db44bf096cfebe5f399e3282022-12-22T03:11:52ZengPensoft PublishersZooKeys1313-29891313-29702017-01-01642639510.3897/zookeys.642.1077310773Bees of the Azores: an annotated checklist (Apidae, Hymenoptera)Julie A. Weissmann0Ana Picanço 1Paulo A.V. Borges2Hanno Schaefer3Technical University of MunichUniversity of AzoresUniversity of AzoresTechnical University of MunichWe report 18 species of wild bees plus the domesticated honeybee from the Azores, which adds nine species to earlier lists. One species, Hylaeus azorae, seems to be a single island endemic, and three species are possibly native (Colletes eous, Halictus villosulus, and Hylaeus pictipes). All the remaining bee species are most likely accidental introductions that arrived after human colonization of the archipelago in the 15th century. Bee diversity in the Azores is similar to bee diversity of Madeira and Cape Verde but nearly ten times lower than it is in the Canary Islands.http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=10773 |
| spellingShingle | Julie A. Weissmann Ana Picanço Paulo A.V. Borges Hanno Schaefer Bees of the Azores: an annotated checklist (Apidae, Hymenoptera) ZooKeys |
| title | Bees of the Azores: an annotated checklist (Apidae, Hymenoptera) |
| title_full | Bees of the Azores: an annotated checklist (Apidae, Hymenoptera) |
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| title_short | Bees of the Azores: an annotated checklist (Apidae, Hymenoptera) |
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