Table 3.
Potential positive impacts of non-Apis or Bombus species, including agricultural pollination, biocontrol of pest species, ability to encourage scientific research in lab-reared studies, as bioindicators, or for studies of natural history, and resilience to human disturbance and climate change. Bold and underlined text refers to citations with an empirical component while unbolded text refers to papers that refer to impacts only from a hypothetical standpoint. Light grey shading indicates species for which neither positive nor negative impacts have been recorded, while dark grey indicates species for which only negative impacts have been recorded. “But see” refers to manuscripts that show evidence or describe the opposite of the effect.
| Non-native Species | Agricultural Pollination | Biocontrol | Lab Reared | Bioindicators | Natural History | Resilience |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colletidae | ||||||
| Chilicola rostrata | ||||||
| Hylaeus albonitens | ||||||
| Hylaeus hyalinatus | [77] | |||||
| Hylaeus leptocephalus | ||||||
| Hylaeus punctatus | ||||||
| Hylaeus strenuus | ||||||
| Hylaeus (Prosopis) variegates ¥ | ||||||
| Hyleoides concinna | ||||||
| Andrenidae | ||||||
| Andrena wilkella | [31] | [107] | ||||
| Halictidae | ||||||
| Halictus tectus | ||||||
| Lasioglossum eleutherense | ||||||
| Lasioglossum imbrex | ||||||
| Lasioglossum impavidum | ||||||
| Lasioglossum leucozonium | [108] * | |||||
| Lasioglossum microlepoides | ||||||
| Nomia melanderi | [103],[109,110] | |||||
| Megachilidae | ||||||
| Afranthidium repetitum | ||||||
| Anthidium manicatum | [111] | |||||
| Anthidium oblongatum | ||||||
| Anthidium vigintiduopunctatum | [26] | |||||
| Chelostoma campanularum ** | ||||||
| Chelostoma rapunculi ** | ||||||
| Coelioxys coturnix | ||||||
| Heriades truncorum | [112] | |||||
| Hoplitis adunca | ||||||
| Hoplitis anthocopoides ** | ||||||
| Lithurgus bractipes | [26] | |||||
| Lithurgus chrysurus ** | ||||||
| Lithurgus huberi ** | ||||||
| Lithurgus scabrosus | [26] | |||||
| Megachile apicalis ** | ||||||
| Megachile australis | [26] | |||||
| Megachile concinna ** | [113] | |||||
| Megachile ericetorum | ||||||
| Megachile fullawayi | ||||||
| Megachile gentilis | [31] | |||||
| Megachile lanata | ||||||
| Megachile rotundata ** | [26,31],[38],[73,109,114],[115],[116] | [116,117,118,119] | [120] | |||
| Megachile rufipennis | ||||||
| Megachile sculpturalis | ||||||
| Megachile timberlakei | ||||||
| Megachile umbripenne | [26] | |||||
| Osmia caerulescens | ||||||
| Osmia cornifrons | [109,114,121],[122,123,124] | [125,126,127] | ||||
| Osmia cornuta ¥ | [109],[128],[129] | [130] | [131] | [104] | ||
| Osmia ribifloris | [19],[38] | |||||
| Osmia taurus | ||||||
| Pseudoanthidium nana ** | ||||||
| Apidae | ||||||
| Amegilla pulchra | ||||||
| Anthophora plumipes | [132] | |||||
| Braunsapis puangensis | [52,133] | [52,53,133] | ||||
| Centris nitida | [56] | |||||
| Ceratina arizonensis | ||||||
| Ceratina cobaltina ¥ | ||||||
| Ceratina dallatorreana | ||||||
| Ceratina dentipes | ||||||
| Ceratina smaragdula | [134] | |||||
| Euglossa dilemma | [135] | |||||
| Peponapis pruinosa ** | [59] | |||||
| Plebia frontalis ¥ | ||||||
| Triepeolus remigatus | ||||||
| Xenoglossa strenua | [136] | |||||
| Xylocopa appendiculata | ||||||
| Xylocopa augusti | ||||||
| Xylocopa sonorina | [31] | |||||
| Xylocopa tabaniformis parkinsoniae | ||||||
| Xylocopa tranquebarorum |
* Dissertation; ** oligolectic; ¥ establishment uncertain.