Abelhas vibradoras como principais visitantes florais de Solanum paniculatum: evidências de polinização funcional em área urbana do nordeste brasileiro

Autores

  • Camilla dos Santos La Torre
  • Monalisa Aparecida de Oliveira
  • Jordylene Felix da Silva
  • Raphael Wlisses Borges de Andrade Mendes
  • Maria Eduarda de Almeida Custódio
  • Andreilson José dos Santos
  • Leonardo Gabriel Cabral de Melo Souza
  • André Carlos Silva Pimentel
  • Carlos Frederico Silva da Costa
  • Julio Cesar de Souza
  • Darclet Teresinha Malerbo-Souza

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34188/bjaerv9n2-023

Palavras-chave:

insetos, Solanum paniculatum, polinização por vibração, biodiversidade, meliponicultura

Resumo

Solanum paniculatum is a medicinal plant native to the North and Northeast regions of Brazil, with multiple medicinal and culinary uses. The objective of this experiment was to identify the floral visitors of S. paniculatum, the type of collection (pollen and/or nectar), and the frequency of these visits in an urban area of ​​Northeast Brazil. Observations were carried out in the first 10 minutes of each hour, between 6 am and 4 pm, with three repetitions on different days in January 2023, at the Meliponiculture Sector of the Department of Animal Science at UFRPE, in an urban area of ​​Recife, PE, Brazil. Fifty-four visitors from four groups were recorded: Augochloropsis sp. bees (Halictidae; 53.7%), Epicharis sp (31.5%), diptera (11.1%), and stingless bees Melipona scutellaris (3.7%). All bees collected only pollen and performed vibratile pollination. There was moderate diversity with dominance of a few species, and a significant effect of time on the frequency of visits. S. paniculatum provides essential pollen for urban pollinators, making its presence in meliponaries ecologically relevant.

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2026-04-14

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La Torre, C. dos S., Oliveira, M. A. de, Silva , J. F. da, Mendes, R. W. B. de A., Custódio, M. E. de A., Santos, A. J. dos, Souza, L. G. C. de M., Pimentel, A. C. S., Costa, C. F. S. da, Souza, J. C. de, & Malerbo-Souza, D. T. (2026). Abelhas vibradoras como principais visitantes florais de Solanum paniculatum: evidências de polinização funcional em área urbana do nordeste brasileiro. Brazilian Journal of Animal and Environmental Research, 9(2), e86630. https://doi.org/10.34188/bjaerv9n2-023

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