Apinae Tetragonisca
Cytogenetic data
Tribe | Species | Sample local | Country(ies) | Haploid(n) | Diploid(2n) | Karyotype | Notes | Genome size (pg) | Classic cytogenetic data | Molecular cytogenetic data | References |
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Meliponini | Tetragonisca angustula | Locality not specified | Brazil | 17 | 34 | k= 14pseudo-acrocentric + 2acrocentric + 1metacentric | as Trigona angustula | C-banding | Hoshiba and Imai 1993   | ||
Meliponini | Tetragonisca angustula | Tangará da Serra, Mato Grosso; Viçosa, Mutum, Minas Gerais | Brazil | 17 | 34 | 2k= 34pseudo-acrocentric | 0.90 | C-banding | DAPI/CMA3; FISH (ribosomal probe, microsatellite probes) | Rocha et al. 2003a  Barth et al. 2011  Tavares et al. 2012  Pereira et al. 2020  Cunha et al. 2023b   | |
Meliponini | Tetragonisca fiebrigi | Tangará da Serra, Mato Grosso; Palotina, Paraná | Brazil | 17 | 34 | 2k= 34pseudo-acrocentric; 2k= 22metacentric + 12submetacentric | up to 7 B chromosomes have been described | C-banding | DAPI/CMA3; FISH (Chromosome Painting, ribosomal probe, repetitive probe, microsatellite probes) | Barth et al. 2011  Lopes et al. 2014  Pereira et al. 2020  Cunha et al. 2023a  Cunha et al. 2023b   |
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
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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]
Barth, A., Fernandes, A., Pompolo, S.G., Costa, M.A. Occurrence of B chromosomes in Tetragonisca Latreille, 1811 (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini): a new contribution to the cytotaxonomy of the genus. Genetics and Molecular Biology, 34 : pp 77-79. 2011. DOI: [10.1590/S1415-47572010005000100 https://doi.org/10.1590/S1415-47572010005000100]
Pereira, J.A., Salomão, T.M.F., Lopes, D.M. Different repetitive DNA sequences make up heterochromatin in Meliponini. Apidologie, 51 : pp 855-860. 2020. DOI: [10.1007/s13592-020-00766-1 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-020-00766-1]
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
Rocha, M.P., Pompolo, S.G., Campos, L.A.O. Citogenética da tribo Meliponini (Hymenoptera, Apidae). UNESC, Criciúma, : pp 311-320. 2003a
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]
Cunha, M.S., Novaes, C.M., Pereira, J.A., Capoco, M.M., Fernandes-Salomão, T.M., Lopes, D.M. Supernumerary B chromosomes of Tetragonisca fiebrigi share repeat content with standard chromosome set of both T. fiebrigi and T. angustula (Apidae: Meliponini). Cytogenetic and Genome Research, : pp . 2023b. DOI: [10.1159/000533431 https://doi.org/10.1159/000533431]
Lopes, D.M., Fernandes, A., Diniz, D., Scudeler, P.E.S., Foresti, F., Campos, L.A.O. Similarity of heterochromatic regions in the stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Meliponini) revealed by chromosome painting. Caryologia, 67 : pp 222-226. 2014. DOI: [10.1080/0144235X.2014.974349 https://doi.org/10.1080/0144235X.2014.974349]