Cuticular Hydrocarbons of Orchid Bees Males: Interspecific and Chemotaxonomy Variation

Autor(es)

dos Santos, Aline Borba ^[1] ; do Nascimento, Fabio Santos ^[1]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Sao Paulo, FFCLRP, Dept Biol, Lab Comportamento & Ecol Insetos Sociais, BR-14040901 Sao Paulo - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: PLoS One; v. 10, n. 12 DEC 29 2015.
• Citações Web of Science: 3

Resumo

Recent studies have investigated the composition of compounds that cover the cuticle in social insects, but few studies have focused on solitary bees. Cuticular hydrocarbons may provide a tool for chemotaxonomy, and perhaps they can be used as a complement to morphology and genetic characters in phylogenetic studies. Orchid bees (Tribe Euglossini) are a highly diverse group of Neotropical bees with more than 200 species. Here, the cuticular hydrocarbons of 17 species were identified and statistical analysis revealed 108 compounds, which allowed for the taxonomic classification according to the genera. The most significant compounds discriminating the four genera were (Z)-9-pentacosene, (Z, Z)-pentatriacontene- 3, (Z)-9-tricosene, and (Z)-9-heptacosene. The analyses demonstrated the potential use of CHCs to identify different species. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 10/19449-0 - Dinâmica das populações, estrutura genética e química cuticular de Euglossini em fragmentos de Caatinga de Mata Atlântica de Sergipe,Brasil
• Beneficiário: Aline Borba dos Santos
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado
• Processo FAPESP: 10/10027-5 - Mediação comportamental, sinalização química e aspectos fisiológicos reguladores da organização social em himenópteros
• Beneficiário: Fábio Santos do Nascimento
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Jovens Pesquisadores