Geometric morphometrics of the wing as a tool for assigning genetic lineages and geographic origin to Melipona beecheii (Hymenoptera: Meliponini)

Autor(es)

Francoy, Tiago Mauricio ^[1] ; Grassi, Marina Lopes ^[2] ; Imperatriz-Fonseca, Vera Lucia ^[3] ; de Jesus May-Itza, William ^[4] ; Quezada-Euan, Jose Javier G. ^[4]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Escola Artes Ciencias & Humanidades, BR-03828000 Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Filosofia Ciencias & Letras Ribeirao Preto, BR-14040901 Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[3] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Biociencias, BR-05508090 Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[4] Univ Autonoma Yucatan, Dept Apicultura Campus Ciencias Biol & Agropecuar, Merida 97000 - Mexico

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Apidologie; v. 42, n. 4, p. 499-507, AUG 2011.
• Citações Web of Science: 33

Resumo

The stingless bee Melipona beecheii presents great variability and is considered a complex of species. In order to better understand this species complex, we need to evaluate its diversity and develop methods that allow geographic traceability of the populations. Here we present a fast, efficient, and inexpensive means to accomplish this using geometric morphometrics of wings. We collected samples from Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica and we were able to correctly assign 87.1% of the colonies to their sampling sites and 92.4% to their haplotype. We propose that geometric morphometrics of the wing could be used as a first step analysis leaving the more expensive molecular analysis only to doubtful cases. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 04/15801-0 - Biodiversidade e uso sustentável de polinizadores, com ênfase em abelhas Meliponini
• Beneficiário: Vera Lucia Imperatriz-Fonseca
• Linha de fomento: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Programa BIOTA - Temático