Checklist of Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) From Managed Emergent Wetlands in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley of Arkansas

Authors

Phillip L. Stephenson, University of Arkansas, FayettevilleFollow
Terry Griswold, Utah State UniversityFollow
Michael S. Arduser, Missouri Department of ConservationFollow
Ashley P. G. Dowling, University of Arkansas, FayettevilleFollow
David G. Krementz, University of Arkansas, FayettevilleFollow

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Biodiversity Data Journal

Volume

6

Publisher

Pensoft Publishers

Publication Date

5-9-2018

First Page

1

Last Page

24

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Abstract

Background

Here we present the results from a two-year bee survey conducted on 18 managed emergent wetlands in the lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley of Arkansas, USA. Sample methods included pan traps, sweep netting and blue-vane traps. We document 83 bee species and morphospecies in 5 families and 31 genera, of which 37 species represent first published state records for Arkansas. The majority of species were opportunistic wetland species; only a small number were wetland-dependent species or species largely restricted to alluvial plains.

New information

We present new distributional records for bee species not previously recorded in managed emergent wetlands and report specimens of thirty-seven species for which no published Arkansas records exist, expanding the known ranges of Ceratina cockerelli, Diadasia enavata, Lasioglossum creberrimum, Svastracressonii and Dieunomia triangulifera. We also distinguish opportunistic wetland bee species from wetland-dependent and alluvial plain-restricted species.

Recommended Citation

Stephenson, P., Griswold, T., Arduser, M., Dowling, A., & Krementz, D. 2018. Checklist of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) from managed emergent wetlands in the lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley of Arkansas. Biodiversity Data Journal.