Abstract
The stingless bee fauna currently living in Brazil is presented, including geographic records. A total of 242 species described with valid names and about 85 of new ones, affiliated to 29 genera, are registered to the country. The survey is based mainly on the Catalogue of Bees (Moure’s bee Catalogue) and specimens housed in the Camargo Collection – RPSP. An evaluation of the current taxonomic situation and some short comments about the biology of each genus are also included.
Highlights
Biological collections are essential for studying and understanding biodiversity because they store the specimens themselves and important information associated with those organisms (e.g. Zaher & Young, 2003; Wheeler et al 2012)
The survey of species that occur in the Brazilian territory was based mainly on the material housed in the Camargo Collection – RPSP, Department of Biology, Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, with reliable determinations made by J.M.F
A total of 244 valid species, and about 89 undescribed forms, affiliated to 29 genera, are recorded for Brazil (Table 1)
Summary
Biological collections are essential for studying and understanding biodiversity because they store the specimens themselves and important information associated with those organisms (e.g. Zaher & Young, 2003; Wheeler et al 2012). Concerning the importance and diversity of the stingless bees – 417 species for the Neotropical region up to the last update of the Moure’s bee Catalogue (Camargo & Pedro, 2007a, 2013), in addition to others still not described, a panorama of the stingless bee fauna currently living in Brazil is presented, including geographic records by Brazilian states. The survey of species that occur in the Brazilian territory was based mainly on the material housed in the Camargo Collection – RPSP, Department of Biology, Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, with reliable determinations made by J.M.F. Camargo, J.S. Moure or by the author, in addition to material studied by the author more recently.
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