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Amazonian species within the Cerrado savanna: new records and potential distribution for Aglae caerulea (Apidae: Euglossini)

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Given human-related changes, quality distributional data are required for consistent conservation. Still, the lack of proper biogeographic information is a major setback for many groups. Here, we use new occurrences for Aglae caerulea in the Cerrado to model its potential distribution. We used Maximum Entropy (MaxEnt) and Genetic Algorithm for Rule-Set Production (GARP) algorithms in different modeling runs and both previous and new A. caerulea occurrences to predict this species distribution. Models which used only the previous A. caerulea’s records did not predicted the new Cerrado records, while those where we used the latter did predict the new ones as minimally suitable. A. caerulea distribution significantly increased towards the Cerrado according to both MaxEnt and GARP algorithms. Gallery forests are important dispersal alternatives for several species dwelling the Amazon and the Atlantic forest. Niche models of other rare Euglossini bees are advised to better evaluate their distributions.

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Acknowledgments

We would like to acknowledge John S. Ascher, from the American Museum of Natural History, and Eduardo Almeida, from Coleção Camargo USP-RP, and Kelli Ramos, from Museu de Zoologia da USP, which provided us with several A. caerulea occurrence records. We are also grateful to two anonymous reviewers which provided valuable comment to a previous version of this manuscript. DPS received a doctorate scholarship from Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq). PDM and GARM have been continuously supported by CNPq grants. EJAS was supported by Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES; PQI 0053/02-3), CNPq (473857/03-0), and FAPEMAT (737955/2008; 258060/2010). DPS and PDM would also like to thank the Fundação “O Boticário” de Proteção à Natureza, CNPq, and Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust for the resources which allowed them to execute the field surveys and discover the three new occurrences for A. caerulea in the Cerrado savanna.

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  1. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Evolução, Departamento de Ecologia, ICB, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Rodovia Goiânia-Nerópolis, Km 5, Campus II, Setor Itatiaia, CEP: 74001-970, Goiânia, GO, Brazil

    Daniel P. Silva

  2. Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de Brasília, IB-UnB, Campus Darcy Ribeiro, Asa Norte, CEP: 70910-900, Brasília, DF, Brazil

    Antonio J. C. Aguiar

  3. Lab. Biol. Comparada Hymenoptera, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19020, CEP 81531-990, Curitiba, PR, Brazil

    Gabriel A. R. Melo

  4. Lab. de Abelhas e Vespas Neotropicais, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Avenida Tancredo Neves s/n, Cavalhada, CEP: 78200-000, Cáceres, MT, Brazil

    Evandson J. Anjos-Silva

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    Paulo De Marco Jr

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Espèces amazoniennes à l’intérieur du Cerrado: nouvelles observations et répartition potentielle pour Aglae caerulea (Apidae: Euglossini)

Amazonie / savanne / corridor de dispersion / modélisation / répartition des espèces

Artyen aus dem Amazonasgebiet in der Cerrado-Savanne: Neue Funde und Angaben zum potentiellen Vorkommen von Aglae cearulea (Apidae: Euglossini)

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Silva, D.P., Aguiar, A.J.C., Melo, G.A.R. et al. Amazonian species within the Cerrado savanna: new records and potential distribution for Aglae caerulea (Apidae: Euglossini). Apidologie 44, 673–683 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-013-0216-7

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