Park Cynthia N, Overall Lisa M, Smith Loren M, Lagrange Ted, McMurry Scott
Department of Integrative Biology, Oklahoma State University, 501 Life Sciences West, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 74078, U.S.A..
Zootaxa. 2017 Mar 10;4242(2):255-280. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4242.2.3.
Our objective was to document potential wild pollinating insects in south central Nebraska. This intensively cultivated region is known as the Rainwater Basin and contains some of the most endangered wetland systems in North America. We used blue vane traps to passively collect insects and insect nets to actively collect on flowering plants from April through October in 2014 and 2015. Habitat types included playa wetlands, adjacent mixed and tallgrass prairies, and agricultural fields. Over 112,000 insects were collected; Hymenoptera represented 78% of the total, and the families Apidae and Halictidae comprised 99% of the total melittofauna. Insects from 13 orders were collected, but Hymenoptera, Diptera, and Coleoptera were the most abundant potential pollinators.
我们的目标是记录内布拉斯加州中南部潜在的野生传粉昆虫。这个集约化耕种的地区被称为雨水盆地，包含北美一些最濒危的湿地系统。我们在2014年和2015年的4月至10月期间，使用蓝色风向标诱捕器被动收集昆虫，并使用昆虫网在开花植物上主动收集昆虫。栖息地类型包括普拉亚湿地、相邻的混合和高草草原以及农田。共收集了超过112,000只昆虫；膜翅目占总数的78%，蜜蜂科和隧蜂科占整个蜜蜂类群的99%。收集到了来自13个目的昆虫，但膜翅目、双翅目和鞘翅目是最丰富的潜在传粉者。
