Batı Mısır'daki Yalnız Arılar (Hymenoptera: apoidea) Çeşitliliği ve Bunlarla İlişkili Çiçek Kaynaklarının Palinolojik Analizi

Year 2024, Volume: 24 Issue: 2, 285 - 298, 18.11.2024

Fatma R. Hetıta Nabil S. El-barbary1 Shebl Mohamed A. , Mohamed E. M. Esmaeil

https://doi.org/10.31467/uluaricilik.1524170

Abstract

Mısır, Kuzey Afrika'nın arı çeşitliliği açısından önemli ülkelerinden biridir. Ülkenin doğu kısmı son on yılda batı kısmına kıyasla birçok eserde incelenmiştir. Burada 2021 ve 2022 yıllarında iki yıllık çalışmalar sırasında İskenderiye Valiliği'nin Al Hawaria bölgesindeki 30 57'13” N 29 40'27” E'deki yalnız arıların çeşitliliğini ele alıyoruz. Bölgede bulunan toplam tür sayısı 51 tür (25) idi. Apidae'den 16'sı, Megachilidae'den 5'i, Andrenidae'den 5'i, Halictidae'den 4'ü ve Colletidae'den 1 tür). Bitkilerden toplanan bazı polen tanelerinin ve bazı yalnız arı türlerinin tanımlanması, bu çalışmada 19 bitki familyasına ait 32 çiçekli bitki türünden (mahsuller ve kır çiçekleri) polen tanelerinin referans slaytlarının yapıldığını ortaya çıkardı. Bitki familyalarının tercihi farklı arı cinsleri arasında farklılık gösteriyordu. Arıların ziyaret ettiği en çok temsil edilen familyalar Asteraceae, Brassicaceae ve Fabaceae idi ve bunlar toplam arı florasının %58'ini oluşturdular. Xylocopa aestuans'ın çalışma yuvasındaki polen spektrumu toplam iki polen türünden oluşurken, Osmia sp'nin yuvası bir polen türünden oluşmuştur.

Keywords

Apoidae, Arılar, Polinasyon, Polen taneleri, Palinoloji

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SOLITARY BEES (HYMENOPTERA: APOIDEA) DIVERSITY AND PALYNOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THEIR ASSOCIATED FLORAL RESOURCES IN WESTERN EGYPT

Abstract

Egypt is one of the important countries in terms of bee diversity in Northern Africa. The Eastern part of the country has been the subject of several studies over the last decade, especially in comparison to the Western part. In this work, we explore the diversity of solitary bees in the Alexandria Governorate, specifically in the Al Hawaria region (30°57'13" N, 29°40'27" E), based on two years of research conducted in 2021 and 2022. A total of 51 species were identified in the region: 25 species of Apidae, 16 of Megachilidae, 5 of Andrenidae, 4 of Halictidae, and one species of Colletidae. Pollen grain identification from plants and some solitary bee species revealed the creation of reference slides for pollen grains from 32 flowering plant species (both crops and wildflowers) across 19 plant families. The plant family preferences were varied among different bee genera. The most commonly visited plant families were Asteraceae, Brassicaceae, and Fabaceae, which accounted for 58% of the total bee-attracting flora. The pollen spectrum from the Xylocopa aestuans (L. 1758) nest consisted of two pollen types, while the nest of Osmia sp. contained a single pollen type.

Keywords

Apoidea, Bees, Pollination, Pollen grains, Palynology

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