Integrating taxonomic, genetic and ecological data to explore the species richness of wild bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Anthophila) of the Culuccia Peninsula (NE Sardinia, Italy)
Journal of Hymenoptera Research,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
98, P. 117 - 145
Published: Feb. 10, 2025
Wild
bees
are
essential
pollinators
of
both
native
and
cultivated
plants,
but
their
populations
declining
worldwide.
Conservation
efforts
hindered
by
insufficient
data,
especially
in
the
Mediterranean
basin,
which
hosts
some
most
diverse
pollinator
communities
world.
Particularly
Sardinia,
second
largest
island
Mediterranean,
information
on
bee
fauna
is
still
limited.
The
aim
this
work
was
to
provide
first
checklist
ApoideaAnthophila
from
an
unexplored
peninsula
north-eastern
Sardinia
(Italy),
combining
traditional
(morphologically-based)
taxonomy
DNA
barcoding.
In
addition,
records
flower
visits
provided
shown
a
visitor
network
enrich
scarce
data
associations
between
wild
plants
Region.
Bees
were
sampled
April
October
2022–2023
with
two
Malaise
traps
nets.
extracted
amplify
sequences
mitochondrial
gene
Cyotochrome
oxydase
I,
then
compared
those
BOLD
using
identification
tool
constructing
neighbor-joining
phylogenetic
trees.
Seventy-six
different
species
belonging
29
genera
six
families
collected
identified.
A
total
212
COI
obtained
for
61
species,
many
had
not
yet
been
sequenced
Italian
populations.
Five
taxa
Sardo-Corsican
endemics,
whereas
newly
recorded
Sardinia.
Finally,
we
highlight
potential
taxonomic
issues
new
visit
records,
emphasizing
need
further
research
better
understand
ecology
group
insects
toward
conservation.
Language: Английский
Different pollinator sampling methods measure distinct pollinator communities in a mass-flowering crop, which respond differently to the composition of the surrounding landscape
Web Ecology,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
25(1), P. 47 - 57
Published: March 21, 2025
Abstract.
Pollinator
insects
are
essential
for
the
pollination
of
many
crops
and
wild
plants.
Recent
declines
in
insect
population
pose
significant
challenges
maintaining
services.
Habitat
loss
landscape
homogenization
among
primary
drivers
these
declines.
In
order
to
monitor
assess
populations
pollinating
insects,
precise
accurate
methods
required.
A
common
method
collect
pollinators
is
pan
traps,
but
this
suffers
from
a
bias
due
surrounding
flower
frequency,
yet
remains
untested
at
large
spatial
scale
such
as
landscape.
Understanding
how
different
pollinator
sampling
reflect
impact
composition
on
communities
critical
designing
robust
monitoring
schemes
that
can
lead
effective
conservation
strategies.
This
study
investigates
two
–
nets
traps
measure
abundance,
diversity,
sweet-cherry
orchards
(Prunus
avium)
Belgium.
The
also
examines
data
obtained
by
relate
landscape,
specifically
amount
seminatural
habitat
intensive
fruit
cultivation.
We
conclude
both
provided
similar
efficiencies,
they
captured
subsets
community.
Insect
caught
higher
abundance
species
richness
bumblebees,
while
solitary
bee
hoverfly
were
unaffected.
exhibited
responses
function
method.
These
findings
suggest
yield
complementary
insights
into
their
interactions
with
Therefore,
integrating
future
recommended
obtain
comprehensive
diversity
aiding
assessment
trends
development
evidence-based
Language: Английский