Apinae Frieseomelitta
Cytogenetic data
| Tribe | Species | Sample local | Country(ies) | Haploid(n) | Diploid(2n) | Karyotype | Notes | Genome size (pg) | Classic cytogenetic data | Molecular cytogenetic data | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meliponini | Frieseomelitta dispar | Ilhéus, Jequié, Bahia | Brazil | 15 | 30 | 2k= 6metacentric + 4acrocentric + 20pseudo-acrocentric | C-banding | DAPI/CMA3; FISH (microsatellite probes) | Carvalho and Costa 2011 Santos et al. 2018 | ||
| Meliponini | Frieseomelitta doederleini | Santana do Seridó, Rio Grande do Norte; Canavieiras, Bahia | Brazil | 30 | 2k= 4metacentric + 4acrocentric + 22pseudo-acrocentric | C-banding | DAPI/CMA3 | Rocha et al. 2003a Nascimento et al. 2020 | |||
| Meliponini | Frieseomelitta doederleini | Nova Ibiá, Bahia | Brazil | 30 | 2k = 4metacentric + 4acrocentric + 22pseudo-acrocentric | C-banding | DAPI/CMA3; FISH (microsatellite probes) | Santos et al. 2018 | |||
| Meliponini | Frieseomelitta francoi | Cairu and Santa Inês, Bahia | Brazil | 15 | 30 | 2k= 6metacentric + 4acrocentric + 20pseudo-acrocentric | C-banding | DAPI/CMA3; FISH (microsatellite probes) | Carvalho and Costa 2011 Santos et al. 2018 | ||
| Meliponini | Frieseomelitta languida | Arcos, Divinópolis, Minas Gerais | Brazil | 30 | 2k= 4metacentric + 4acrocentric + 22pseudo-acrocentric; 2k= 14metacentric + 14submetacentric + 2subtelocentric | C-banding | FISH (ribosomal probe, microsatellite probes) | Rocha et al. 2003a Rocha et al. 2003a Cunha et al. 2021 Cunha et al. 2023a | |||
| Meliponini | Frieseomelitta longipes | Belém, Pará | Brazil | 34 | 2k= 8metacentric + 12acrocentric + 14pseudo-acrocentric | DAPI/CMA3 | Nascimento et al. 2020 | ||||
| Meliponini | Frieseomelitta meadewaldoi | Nova Ibiá, Bahia | Brazil | 30 | 2k = 8metacentric + 4acrocentric + 18pseudo-acrocentric | C-banding | DAPI/CMA3; FISH (microsatellite probes) | Santos et al. 2018 Santos et al. 2018 | |||
| Meliponini | Frieseomelitta portoi | Rio Branco, Acre | Brazil | 30 | 2k = 4metacentric + 26acrocentric | DAPI/CMA3 | Nascimento et al. 2020 | ||||
| Meliponini | Frieseomelitta sp. n. | Jequié, Bahia | Brazil | 30 | 2k = 4metacentric + 4acrocentric + 22pseudo-acrocentric | 0.44 | C-banding | DAPI/CMA3; FISH (microsatellite probes) | Tavares et al. 2012 Santos et al. 2018 | ||
| Meliponini | Frieseomelitta sp. | Brasília, Distrito Federal | Brazil | 30 | 2k = 18metacentric + 10submetacentric + 2subtelocentric | Giemsa | FISH (ribosomal probe, microsatellite probes) | Cunha et al. 2021 Cunha et al. 2023a | |||
| Meliponini | Frieseomelitta sp.1 | Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas | Brazil | 30 | 2k = 20metacentric + 10submetacentric | 0.54 | Giemsa | FISH (ribosomal probe, microsatellite probes) | Cunha et al. 2021 Cunha et al. 2023a | ||
| Meliponini | Frieseomelitta sp.2 | Iranduba, Amazonas | Brazil | 30 | 2k = 20metacentric + 10submetacentric | Giemsa | FISH (ribosomal probe, microsatellite probes) | Cunha et al. 2021 Cunha et al. 2023a | |||
| Meliponini | Frieseomelitta trichocerata | Juína, Mato Grosso | Brazil | 30 | 2k = 6metacentric + 20acrocentric + 4pseudo-acrocentric | DAPI/CMA3 | Nascimento et al. 2020 | ||||
| Meliponini | Frieseomelitta varia | Divinópolis, Uberlândia, Lontra, Viçosa, Minas Gerais | Brazil | 30 | 2k= 4metacentric + 4acrocentric + 22pseudo-acrocentric; 2k= 16metacentric + 12submetacentric + 2subtelocentric | C-banding | DAPI/CMA3; FISH (ribosomal probe, microsatellite probes, repetitive probe) | Rocha et al. 2003a Santos et al. 2018 Pereira et al. 2020 Cunha et al. 2023a | |||
| Meliponini | Frieseomelitta varia | Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo; Bocaiúva, Minas Gerais | Brazil | 0.46-0.48 | Tavares et al. 2012 |
Chromosome classification: Levan et al. (1964): metacentric (m), submetacentric (sm), subtelocentric (st), or acrocentric (a). Imai (1991): metacentric (M) or acrocentric (A), with a variety of forms depending on the position of the heterochromatin on the karyotype.
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Bibliography
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Rocha, M.P., Pompolo, S.G., Campos, L.A.O. Citogenética da tribo Meliponini (Hymenoptera, Apidae). UNESC, Criciúma, : pp 311-320. 2003a
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