Native Pollinators (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) in Cotton Grown in the Gulf South, United States

Parys, Katherine A.; Esquivel, Isaac L.; Wright, Karen W.; Griswold, Terry; Brewer, Michael J.

doi:10.3390/agronomy10050698

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Native Pollinators (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) in Cotton Grown in the Gulf South, United States

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Katherine A. Parys

^1,*

,

Isaac L. Esquivel

^2,3,

Karen W. Wright

³,

Terry Griswold

⁴ and

Michael J. Brewer

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USDA-ARS, Southern Insect Management Research Unit, Stoneville, MS 38732, USA

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Department of Entomology, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Corpus Christi, TX 78406, USA

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Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA

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USDA-ARS, Pollinating Insects Research Unit, Logan, UT 84322, USA

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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

Agronomy 2020, 10(5), 698; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10050698

Submission received: 24 March 2020 / Revised: 30 April 2020 / Accepted: 8 May 2020 / Published: 14 May 2020

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Pollinator Diversity and Pollination in Agricultural Systems)

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Native bees (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) were sampled using bee bowls in two states to determine biodiversity in commercial cotton fields of the southern United States. In both states, native bee communities found in cotton fields were dominated by generalist pollinators in the genera Agapostemon, Augochloropsis, Halictus, and Lasioglossum (Hymenoptera: Halictidae), and Melissodes (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Melissodes tepaneca (Cresson) was the most abundant species found in cotton fields in both states. Some species collected are known specialists on other plant taxa, suggesting they may be tourist species. Here we provide a baseline species list of native bees found in cotton. Ordination indicated separation between the communities found in the two states when pooled by genus, but these differences were not significant. While cotton is grown in highly managed and disturbed landscapes, our data suggest that a community of common generalist native pollinators persists. Many of these species are also found in other cropping systems across North America.

Keywords: Melissodes tepaneca; Mississippi; bee diversity; Texas; pollinator community

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Parys, K.A.; Esquivel, I.L.; Wright, K.W.; Griswold, T.; Brewer, M.J. Native Pollinators (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) in Cotton Grown in the Gulf South, United States. Agronomy 2020, 10, 698. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10050698

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Parys KA, Esquivel IL, Wright KW, Griswold T, Brewer MJ. Native Pollinators (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) in Cotton Grown in the Gulf South, United States. Agronomy. 2020; 10(5):698. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10050698

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Parys, Katherine A., Isaac L. Esquivel, Karen W. Wright, Terry Griswold, and Michael J. Brewer. 2020. "Native Pollinators (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) in Cotton Grown in the Gulf South, United States" Agronomy 10, no. 5: 698. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10050698

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Parys, K. A., Esquivel, I. L., Wright, K. W., Griswold, T., & Brewer, M. J. (2020). Native Pollinators (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) in Cotton Grown in the Gulf South, United States. Agronomy, 10(5), 698. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10050698

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