The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
- The bee fauna of the Greater Puerto Rico area was studied. A review of the previous relevant studies is presented. An annotated catalog and information about the origin and distributional patterns are also provided. Thirty-nine species of bees occur in Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. This fauna is composed of four elements: exclusive Puerto Rican endemics (26.5%); Antillean endemics occurring on multiple islands (76.5%); continental species that have also colonized the Antilles (23.5%); and species introduced through human activity (12.8%). The bee fauna was both low in its diversity and showed the highest level of disharmony in relation to other faunas of the Greater Antilles. A lectotype is here designated for Agapostemon krugii Wolcott, 1936.
| Author: | Julio A. GenaroORCiD, Nico M. Franz |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-1141648 |
| URL: | http://www.centerforsystematicentomology.org/insectamundi/ |
| ISSN: | 1942-1354 |
| ISSN: | 0749-6737 |
| Parent Title (English): | Insecta mundi : a journal of world insect systematics |
| Series (Serial Number): | Insecta Mundi (0040) |
| Publisher: | Center for Systematic Entomology |
| Place of publication: | Gainesville, Fla. |
| Document Type: | Part of Periodical |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2009/12/23 |
| Year of first Publication: | 2008 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Contributing Corporation: | Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. |
| Release Date: | 2009/12/23 |
| Tag: | Apoidea; bees; biodiversity; origin; pattern of distribution |
| Source: | Gainesville : http://www.centerforsystematicentomology.org/insectamundi/ |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 221912002 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie) |
| Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
| Licence (German): |  Deutsches Urheberrecht |
