Apinae Oxytrigona

Cytogenetic data

TribeSpeciesSample localCountry(ies)Haploid(n)Diploid(2n)KaryotypeNotesGenome size (pg)Classic cytogenetic dataMolecular cytogenetic dataReferences
MeliponiniOxytrigona flaveolaTangará da Serra, Mato GrossoBrazil342k= 8metacentric + 8submetacentric + 16subtelocentric + 2acrocentricas Oxytrigona cf. flaveolaDAPI/CMA3Krinski et al. 2010  
MeliponiniOxytrigona tatairaPresidente Venceslau, São PauloBrazil17Kerr 1972  

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

Kerr, W.E. Numbers of chromosomes in some species of bees. Journal of the Kansas Entomological society, 45 : pp 111-122. 1972

Krinski, D., Fernandes, A., Rocha, M.P., Pompolo, S.G. Karyotypic description of the stingless bee Oxytrigona cf. flaveola (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponina) of a colony from Tangará da Serra, Mato Grosso State, Brazil. Genetics and Molecular Biology, 33 : pp 494-498. 2010. DOI: [10.1590/S1415-47572010000300020 https://doi.org/10.1590/S1415-47572010000300020]