---
_id: '695'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: It has been known since Stefan Vogel's observations in 1969 that solitary
    female oil bees collect fatty floral oils from specialized oil-secreting plants
    with the aid of hairy patches on either their legs or abdomen, a reward used as
    food for their larvae and/or to line their brood cells. Similar adaptations are
    also known from male oil bees, although the purpose of their oil-collecting behavior
    has not yet been clarified. Here, we describe a novel pollination system involving
    male Paratetrapedia oil bees and the tropical herb Anthurium acutifolium. We present
    ultrastructural morphological details of bee and plant structures involved in
    this interaction and the composition of floral scents likely mediating pollinator
    attraction. Inflorescences of A. acutifolium were visited almost exclusively by
    male P. chocoensis oil bees. The bees mopped with a hairy patch of their abdominal
    sterna 3 across the inflorescence surface. During this activity on both staminate
    and pistillate stage inflorescences, bees’ abdomens and legs became loaded with
    pollen and contacted receptive stigmas. In contrast to what has been observed
    in other angiosperms visited for the collection of fatty floral oils, the inflorescences/flowers
    of A. acutifolium do not have structures specialized in oil secretion, i.e., elaiophores.
    These inflorescences, nonetheless, were strongly scented during the time interval
    they were visited by the bees. Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) analyses
    of dynamic headspace floral samples revealed that inflorescences of both anthetic
    phases emitted scent bouquets consisting mainly of aliphatic esters, indole and
    uncommmon terpenoids (megastigmanes). Interestingly enough, our data suggest that
    the unusual floral scent of A. acutifolium is a perfume reward collected by male
    P. chocoensis oil bees. This pollination system thus bears a remarkable resemblence
    with the interactions between perfume-collecting male euglossine bees and their
    preferred flowers, discovered by Stefan Vogel half a century ago.
author:
- first_name: Florian
  full_name: Etl, Florian
  last_name: Etl
- first_name: Anna
  full_name: Franschitz, Anna
  id: 480826C8-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Franschitz
- first_name: Antonio
  full_name: Aguiar, Antonio
  last_name: Aguiar
- first_name: Jürg
  full_name: Schönenberger, Jürg
  last_name: Schönenberger
- first_name: Stefan
  full_name: Dötterl, Stefan
  last_name: Dötterl
citation:
  ama: 'Etl F, Franschitz A, Aguiar A, Schönenberger J, Dötterl S. A perfume collecting
    male oil bee? Evidences of a novel pollination system involving Anthurium acutifolium
    Araceae and Paratetrapedia chocoensis Apidae Tapinotaspidini. <i>Flora: Morphology,
    Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants</i>. 2017;232:7-15. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2017.02.020">10.1016/j.flora.2017.02.020</a>'
  apa: 'Etl, F., Franschitz, A., Aguiar, A., Schönenberger, J., &#38; Dötterl, S.
    (2017). A perfume collecting male oil bee? Evidences of a novel pollination system
    involving Anthurium acutifolium Araceae and Paratetrapedia chocoensis Apidae Tapinotaspidini.
    <i>Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants</i>. Elsevier.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2017.02.020">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2017.02.020</a>'
  chicago: 'Etl, Florian, Anna Franschitz, Antonio Aguiar, Jürg Schönenberger, and
    Stefan Dötterl. “A Perfume Collecting Male Oil Bee? Evidences of a Novel Pollination
    System Involving Anthurium Acutifolium Araceae and Paratetrapedia Chocoensis Apidae
    Tapinotaspidini.” <i>Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants</i>.
    Elsevier, 2017. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2017.02.020">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2017.02.020</a>.'
  ieee: 'F. Etl, A. Franschitz, A. Aguiar, J. Schönenberger, and S. Dötterl, “A perfume
    collecting male oil bee? Evidences of a novel pollination system involving Anthurium
    acutifolium Araceae and Paratetrapedia chocoensis Apidae Tapinotaspidini,” <i>Flora:
    Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants</i>, vol. 232. Elsevier,
    pp. 7–15, 2017.'
  ista: 'Etl F, Franschitz A, Aguiar A, Schönenberger J, Dötterl S. 2017. A perfume
    collecting male oil bee? Evidences of a novel pollination system involving Anthurium
    acutifolium Araceae and Paratetrapedia chocoensis Apidae Tapinotaspidini. Flora:
    Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants. 232, 7–15.'
  mla: 'Etl, Florian, et al. “A Perfume Collecting Male Oil Bee? Evidences of a Novel
    Pollination System Involving Anthurium Acutifolium Araceae and Paratetrapedia
    Chocoensis Apidae Tapinotaspidini.” <i>Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional
    Ecology of Plants</i>, vol. 232, Elsevier, 2017, pp. 7–15, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2017.02.020">10.1016/j.flora.2017.02.020</a>.'
  short: 'F. Etl, A. Franschitz, A. Aguiar, J. Schönenberger, S. Dötterl, Flora: Morphology,
    Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants 232 (2017) 7–15.'
date_created: 2018-12-11T11:47:58Z
date_published: 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2021-01-12T08:09:44Z
day: '01'
doi: 10.1016/j.flora.2017.02.020
extern: '1'
intvolume: '       232'
language:
- iso: eng
month: '07'
oa_version: None
page: 7 - 15
publication: 'Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants'
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - '03672530'
publication_status: published
publisher: Elsevier
publist_id: '7007'
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: A perfume collecting male oil bee? Evidences of a novel pollination system
  involving Anthurium acutifolium Araceae and Paratetrapedia chocoensis Apidae Tapinotaspidini
type: journal_article
user_id: 4435EBFC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
volume: 232
year: '2017'
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