Table 1 Thirty most frequent taxa in ASVs, their habitats and habits (tree, shrub, subshrub, climber, hemiparasite), presence in pollen or honey and floral resource offered (P: pollen; N: nectar; O: oil; R: resin). Habitat data from floristic inventory in this study; numbers in parenthesis represent a record in each RBS plot (forest plots surveyed: 6; savanna plots surveyed: 11). Habit data from Flora & Funga do Brasil (2023).

From: Contrasting patterns of foraging behavior in neotropical stingless bees using pollen and honey metabarcoding

Higher taxon

Species

Habitat

Habit

Honey

Pollen

Floral reward

Asteraceae

Baccharis dracunculifolia

Savanna (0)

Shrub

SP, TA

ALL

PN

Myrtaceae

Blepharocalyx salicifolius

Savanna (7)

Forest (1)

Tree, shrub

ALL

ALL

P

Malpighiaceae

Byrsonima basiloba

Savanna (1)

Shrub

MR, TA

TA

PO

Malpighiaceae

Byrsonima pachyphylla

Savanna (8)

Tree, shrub

SP, TA

ALL

PO

Clusiaceae

Clusia criuva

Forest (1)

Tree, shrub

SP, TA

SP, TA

PR

Euphorbiaceae

Croton conduplicatus

Savanna (0)

Shrub, subshrub

ALL

TA

PN

Myrtaceae

Eucalyptus sp.

Cultivated

Tree, shrub

ALL

ALL

PN

Nyctaginaceae

Guapira graciliflora

Savanna (6)

Tree, shrub

ALL

ALL

PN

Chloranthaceae

Hedyosmum brasiliense

Forest (4)

Tree, shrub

SP, TA

ALL

P

Melastomataceae

Leandra polystachya

Savanna (1)

Shrub, subshrub

MR, SP

MR, SP

P

Euphorbiaceae

Mabea fistulifera

Savanna (1)

Tree, shrub

ALL

SP, TA

PN

Euphorbiaceae

Maprounea guianensis

Savanna (9)

Tree

SP, TA

ALL

P

Sapindaceae

Matayba guianensis

Savanna (3) Forest (1)

Tree, shrub

ALL

ALL

PN

Melastomataceae

Miconia hirtella

Forest (2)

Tree, shrub

MR

MR, SP

PN

Melastomataceae

Miconia leucocarpa

Savanna (2)

Tree, shrub

ALL

MR, SP

P

Melastomataceae

Miconia stenostachya

Savanna (2)

Shrub

ALL

ALL

P

Myrtaceae

Myrcia guianensis

Savanna (9)

Tree, shrub, subshrub

MR, SP

ALL

P

Myrtaceae

Myrcia linearifolia

Savanna (9)

Shrub, subshrub

ALL

ALL

P

Myrtaceae

Myrcia pinifolia

Savanna (0)

Shrub

ALL

ALL

P

Myrtaceae

Myrcia tomentosa

Savanna (2) Forest (2)

Tree, shrub

SP

SP, TA

P

Primulaceae

Myrsine sp.

?

?

ALL

SP, TA

P

Myrtaceae

Myrtaceae sp.

?

?

ALL

ALL

?

Piperaceae

Piper aduncum

Forest (1)

Tree, shrub

ALL

ALL

P

Phyllanthaceae

Richeria grandis

Forest (5)

Tree, shrub

ALL

ALL

PN

Rosaceae

Rubus urticifolius

Forest 4)

Climber, shrub, subshrub

ALL

ALL

PN

Loranthaceae

Struthanthus/Psittacanthus sp.

?

Hemiparasite

ALL

ALL

PN

Fabaceae

Stryphnodendron sp.

Savanna (8)

?

MR, SP

ALL

PN

Myrtaceae

Syzygium cumini

Forest (2 cultivated)

Tree

ALL

ALL

PN

Anacardiaceae

Tapirira guianensis

Forest (1)

Savanna (3)

Tree

ALL

ALL

PN

Anacardiaceae

Toxicodendron succedaneum

Cultivated (0)

Tree

SP, TA

SP, TA

PN