Apinae Plebeia
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 | Plebeia droryana | Santo Antônio do Jacinto, Minas Gerais | Brazil | 17 | 34 | k= 12pseudo-acrocentric + 2acrocentric + 3metacentric; 2k 18metacentric + 16submetacentric | C-banding | FISH (ribosomal probe, microsatellite probes) | Hoshiba and Imai 1993 Cunha et al. 2021 Cunha et al. 2023a | ||
| Meliponini | Plebeia droryana | Viçosa, Minas Gerais | Brazil | 0.48-0.49 | Tavares et al. 2012 | ||||||
| Meliponini | Plebeia droryana | Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo | Brazil | 0.52 | Tavares et al. 2012 | ||||||
| Meliponini | Plebeia lucii | Viçosa, Minas Gerais | Brazil | 34 | 2k= 22pseudo-acrocentric + 12acrocentric; 2k= 6metacentric + 6submetacentric + 22subtelocentric | 0.43 | C-banding | DAPI/CMA3; FISH (ribosomal probe, microsatellite probes) | Godoy et al. 2013 Tavares et al. 2012 Cunha et al. 2021 Cunha et al. 2023a | ||
| Meliponini | Plebeia phrynostoma | Espírito Santo | Brazil | 34 | 2k= 18pseudo-acrocentric + 10acrocentric + 6metacentric | C-banding | DAPI/CMA3; FISH (ribosomal probe, microsatellite probes) | Godoy et al. 2013 Cunha et al. 2023a | |||
| Meliponini | Plebeia sp.1 | Viçosa, Minas Gerais | Brazil | 34 | Ag-NOR | Maffei et al. 2001 | |||||
| Meliponini | Plebeia sp. | Xapuri, Acre | Brazil | 0.43-0.44 | Tavares et al. 2012 | ||||||
| Meliponini | Plebeia sp. nov. | Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas | Brazil | 34 | 2k= 6metacentric + 2submetacentric + 26subtelocentric | 0.40 | Giemsa | Cunha et al. 2021 |
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
Tavares, M.G., Carvalho, C.R., Soares, F.A.F., Campos, L.A.O. Genome size diversity in stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Meliponini). Apidologie, 43 : pp 731-736. 2012. DOI: [10.1007/s13592-012-0145-x https://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-012-0145-x]
Maffei, E.M.D., Pompolo, S.G., Silva-Jr, J.C., Caixeiro, A.P.A., Rocha, M.P., Dergam, J.A. Silver staining of nucleolar organizer regions (NORs) in some species of Hymenoptera (bees and parasitic wasps) and Coleoptera (lady beetle). Cytobios, 104 : pp 119-125. 2001
Godoy, D.C., Ferreira, R.P., Lopes, D.M. Chromosomal variation and cytogenetics of Plebeia lucii and P. phrynostoma (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Florida Entomologist, 96 : pp 1559-1566. 2013. DOI: [10.1653/024.096.0439 https://doi.org/10.1653/024.096.0439]
Cunha, M.S., Soares, F.A.F., Clarindo, W.R., Campos, L.A.O., Lopes, D.M. Robertsonian rearrangements in Neotropical Meliponini karyotype evolution (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Insect Molecular Biology, 30 : pp 379-389. 2021. DOI: [10.1111/imb.12702 https://doi.org/10.1111/imb.12702]
Cunha, M.S., Garcia, M.V.B., Campos, L.A.O., Lopes, D.M. Cytotaxonomy and karyotype evolution in Neotropical Meliponini (Hymenoptera: Apidae) inferred by chromosomal mapping of 18S rDNA and five microsatellites. Journal of Apicultural Research, : pp . 2023a. DOI: [10.1080/00218839.2023.2179228 https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2023.2179228]
Hoshiba, H., Imai, H. Chromosome evolution of bees and wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) on the basis of C-banding pattern analyses. Japanese Journal of Entomology, 61 : pp 465-492. 1993