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Mutualistic Association between a Tiny Amazonian Stingless Bee and a Wax‐Producing Scale Insect 1
Author(s) -
Camargo Joao M. F.,
Pedro Silvia R. M.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
biotropica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.813
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1744-7429
pISSN - 0006-3606
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2002.tb00559.x
Subject(s) - stingless bee , amazonian , honeydew , nest (protein structural motif) , pollinator , hymenoptera , amazon rainforest , biology , coccidae , scale insect , wax , apidae , ecology , pollination , botany , pollen , pest analysis , biochemistry , homoptera , hemiptera
The Amazonian stingless bee Schwarzula sp. houses and attends, in its nest, soft scale insects, Cryptostigma sp. (Coc‐cidae), from which obtains sweet secretions (honeydew) for their feeding and additional wax to build their nests. The bees nests in tunnels burrowed by moth larvae in branches of Campsiandra angustifolia , Caesalpiniaceae.