Floresta e Ambiente (May 2022)

First Record of Brazil nut Pollinators Outside Amazon Biome

  • Clarissa de Moraes Sousa,
  • Rodolfo Soares de Almeida,
  • Gabriel Sterzeck Vittori,
  • Anatoly Queiroz Abreu Torres,
  • Aloysio Souza de Moura,
  • Favízia Freitas de Oliveira,
  • Matheus Santos Luz,
  • Stephan Malfitano Carvalho,
  • Lucas Lopes da Silveira Peres,
  • Marco Aurélio Leite Fontes,
  • Soraya Alvarenga Botelho,
  • Lucas Amaral de Melo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/2179-8087-floram-2022-0009
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 1

Abstract

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Abstract We present the first records of insect visitors and pollinators of Bertholletia excelsa (Lecythidaceae) in a 25 years plantation outside the Amazon biome, flowering and producing Brazil nuts. We installed a platform to observe and photograph the insects. The collected insects were stored, mounted, and identified by specialists. Six species were observed, three of them classified as potential pollinators (Centris lutea, Eulaema nigrita, Eulaema cingulata). The species E. nigrita and E. cingulata were already reported as a pollinators of Brazil nut in Amazon. This is the first record of C. lutea as potential pollinators for B. excelsa.

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