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| Author(s): |
Juliana Stephanie Galaschi Teixeira
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | Ribeirão Preto. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (PCARP/BC) |
| Defense date: | 2015-05-07 |
| Examining board members: |
Tiago Mauricio Francoy;
Marcia Maria Gentile Bitondi;
Betina Blochtein;
Ademilson Espencer Egea Soares
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| Advisor: | Tiago Mauricio Francoy |
| Abstract | |
Mourella caerulea and Plebeia nigriceps are two stingless bees with occurrence in the South region of Brazil. The first is commonly known as mirim-de-chão or bieira and the second is known as mirim nigriceps. Both species are important pollinators of native flora and crops. M. caerulea is related to Pampa biome and place nests on the ground. P. nigriceps occurs in both Pampa biome and Atlantic Rain Forest. This thesis had the objective of to evaluate the population variability of these species through three techniques: geometric morphometrics of wing, cuticular hydrocarbons (CHC) profiles and sequencing of fragments from mitochondrial DNA genes. We collected workers from 24 colonies for M. caerulea from five localities, and 53 colonies of P. nigriceps from eight localities in Rio Grande do Sul State. For the geometric morphometrics analysis, we used 13 landmarks plotted in the right forewing of five to 20 workers per nest. The fragments of mtDNA genes used for the molecular approach were from Cytochrome Oxidase I for M. caerulea and Cytochrome B for P. nigriceps. The morphometric approach discriminated the populations of M. caerulea from different localities (<0,0001). The morphometric distances are correlated to geographic distances and go along with the physiographic regions of Pampa biome. CHC profiles differentiated the colonies of M. caerulea from different localities, but chemical distances are not in agreement with geographic distances. We found six haplotypes (all exclusives) with a nucleotide diversity of 0.01631 and a haplotype diversity (Hd) of 0.74. For P. nigriceps, morphometric analysis was significant separating localities and in accordance with the geographic distances and biomes. CHC distinguished the colonies, but there was no significant correlation between this result and the geographic distances or biomes. mtDNA revealed 17 haplotypes (all exclusives) with a nucleotide diversity of 0.0147 and a haplotype diversity (Hd) of 0.94. The discovery of different exclusives haplotypes, the morphometric and CHC profiles when comparing population belonging to different biomes indicate that we need to give a particular attention for these species at the moment of create conservation strategies for both biomes from Rio Grande do Sul. M. caerulea deserves a special concern once it is the only species of the monospecific genera, and its populations are distant between themselves. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 11/02434-2 - Characterization of population of Mourella caerulea (Friese, 1900) (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) by geometric morphometric wing, analysis of cuticular hydrocarbons and mtDNA. |
| Grantee: | Juliana Stephanie Galaschi Teixeira |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |