Apinae Meliponula
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 | Meliponula becarii | Massinga | Moçambique | 17 | as Meliplebeia becarii | Kerr 1972 | |||||
| Meliponini | Meliponula bocandei | Dande and Luanda | Angola | 18 | as Trigona (Meliponula) bocandei | Kerr and Araujo 1957 | |||||
| Meliponini | Meliponula ferruginea | Zango and Luanda | Angola | 18 | as Trigona erithra togoensis | Kerr and Araujo 1957 |
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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Histogram
Bibliography
Kerr, W.E. Numbers of chromosomes in some species of bees. Journal of the Kansas Entomological society, 45 : pp 111-122. 1972
Kerr, W.E., Araújo, V.P. Contribuição ao estudo citológico dos Apoidea. Garcia da Orta, 5 : pp 431-433. 1957