Meliponini

Cytogenetic data

Species	Sample local	Country(ies)	Haploid(n)	Diploid(2n)	Karyotype	Notes	Genome size (pg)	Classic cytogenetic data	Molecular cytogenetic data	References
Austroplebeia australis	Sidney	Australia		36				C-banding	FISH (ribosomal probe, repetitive probe, microsatellite probes)	Pereira et al. 2020 Travenzoli et al. 2022
Camargoia nordestina	Brejo da Conceição, Piauí	Brazil		34	2k= 22acrocentric + 12pseudo-acrocentric			C-banding		Rocha et al. 2003a
Celetrigona longicornis	Nova Xavantina, Mato Grosso	Brazil		30	2k= 18metacentric + 12submetacentric		0.46-0.49	Giemsa	FISH (ribosomal probe, microsatellite probes)	Tavares et al. 2012 Cunha et al. 2021 Cunha et al. 2023a
Cephalotrigona capitata	Piranga, Viçosa, Minas Gerais	Brazil		34	2k= 18acrocentric + 16pseudo-acrocentric; 2k= 30metacentric + 4acrocentric			C-banding	DAPI/CMA3; FISH ( ribosomal probe, microsatellite probes)	Rocha et al. 2003a Cunha et al. 2021 Tavares et al. 2023 Cunha et al. 2023a
Cephalotrigona femorata	Urbano Santos, Maranhão	Brazil		34	2k= 34pseudo-acrocentric; 2k= 24metacentric + 6submetacentric + 4subtelocentric		0.55	C-banding	DAPI/CMA3; FISH (ribosomal probe, microsatellite probes)	Tavares et al. 2012 Miranda et al. 2013 Cunha et al. 2021 Cunha et al. 2023a
Cleptotrigona cubiceps	Zango and Luanda	Angola	18			as Lestrimelitta cubiceps				Kerr and Araujo 1957
Dactylurina staudingeri	Ilonga	Tanzânia	17							Kerr 1972
Duckeola ghiliani	Presidente Figueiredo, Manaus, Amazonas	Brazil	15	30	2k= 14metacentric + 12submetacentric + 4subtelocentric	as Frieseomelitta (Duckeola) ghiliani	0.48	Giemsa	FISH (ribosomal probe, microsatellite probes)	Kerr 1972 Cunha et al. 2021 Cunha et al. 2023a
Friesella schrottkyi	Pedregulho, Cunha, São Paulo; Viçosa, Rio Paranaíba, Minas Gerais	Brazil		34	2k= 10metacentric + 12submetacentric + 12subtelocentric		0.42-0.44	C-banding	DAPI/CMA3; FISH (microsatellite and ribosomal probes)	Tavares et al. 2012 Elizeu et al. 2021
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
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
Frieseomelitta doederleini	Nova Ibiá, Bahia	Brazil		30	2k = 4metacentric + 4acrocentric + 22pseudo-acrocentric			C-banding	DAPI/CMA3; FISH (microsatellite probes)	Santos et al. 2018
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
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
Frieseomelitta longipes	Belém, Pará	Brazil		34	2k= 8metacentric + 12acrocentric + 14pseudo-acrocentric				DAPI/CMA3	Nascimento et al. 2020
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
Frieseomelitta portoi	Rio Branco, Acre	Brazil		30	2k = 4metacentric + 26acrocentric				DAPI/CMA3	Nascimento et al. 2020
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
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
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
Frieseomelitta sp.2	Iranduba, Amazonas	Brazil		30	2k = 20metacentric + 10submetacentric			Giemsa	FISH (ribosomal probe, microsatellite probes)	Cunha et al. 2021 Cunha et al. 2023a
Frieseomelitta trichocerata	Juína, Mato Grosso	Brazil		30	2k = 6metacentric + 20acrocentric + 4pseudo-acrocentric				DAPI/CMA3	Nascimento et al. 2020
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
Frieseomelitta varia	Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo; Bocaiúva, Minas Gerais	Brazil					0.46-0.48			Tavares et al. 2012
Geotrigona mombuca	Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo	Brazil	15		k= 2metacentric + 6acrocentric + 7pseudo-acrocentric			C-banding		Rocha et al. 2003a
Geotrigona subterranea	Passos, Lontra, Minas Gerais	Brazil		34	k= 14metacentric + 10submetacentric + 10subtelocentric		0.83	Giemsa	FISH (ribosomal probe, microsatellite probes)	Cunha et al. 2021 Cunha et al. 2023a
Hypotrigona gribodoi	Luanda; Massinga	Angola; Moçambique	14 or 15			as Hypotrigona brausi				Kerr 1972 Kerr and Silveira 1972
Lestrimelitta limao	Divinópolis, Minas Gerais	Brazil		28	2k= 6metacentric + 6acrocentric + 16pseudo-acrocentric; 2k= 18metacentric + 10submetacentric			C-banding	FISH (ribosomal probe, microsatellite probes)	Rocha et al. 2003a Cunha et al. 2021 Cunha et al. 2023a
Lestrimelitta sp.	Domingos Martins, Espírito Santo	Brazil		28	2k= 18metacentric + 10submetacentric		0.463	Giemsa	FISH (ribosomal probe, microsatellite probes)	Tavares et al. 2010a Cunha et al. 2021 Cunha et al. 2023a
Lestrimelitta sulina	Lavras, Minas Gerais	Brazil					0.53			Cunha et al. 2021
Leurotrigona muelleri	Passos, Senador Mourão, Minas Gerais; Cajuru, São Paulo; Itacajá, Tocantins	Brazil	8	16	2k= 14metacentric + 2acrocentric		0.35	C-banding	FISH (ribosomal probe, microsatellite probes)	Pompolo and Campos 1995 Cunha et al. 2021 Cunha et al. 2023a
Leurotrigona muelleri	Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo	Brazil					0.31-0.32			Tavares et al. 2012
Leurotrigona pusilla	Manaus, Amazonas	Brazil		30	2k= 10metacentric + 14submetacentric + 6acrocentric			C-banding		Pompolo and Campos 1995
Melipona amazonica	Iranduba, Amazonas	Brazil		18	2k= 10metacentric + 6submetacentric + 2subtelocentric		0.31	Giemsa		Cunha et al. 2021
Melipona asilvai	Pedra de Maria da Cruz, Minas Gerais; Santana do Seridó, Rio Grande do Norte	Brazil	9	18	2k= 6metacentric + 10submetacentric + 2acrocentric			C-banding, Ag-NOR	DAPI/CMA3; FISH (microsatellite probes, ribosomal probe)	Rocha and Pompolo 1998 Rocha et al. 2002 Rocha et al. 2007 Travenzoli et al. 2019a Pereira et al. 2021a
Melipona asilvai	São João do Sabugi, Paraíba	Brazil					0.26-0.29			Tavares et al. 2010b Tavares et al. 2012
Melipona bicolor	Cunha, São Paulo; Viçosa, Minas Gerais	Brazil	9	18	2k= 6metacentric + 8submetacentric + 4acrocentric		0.25-0.28	C-banding	DAPI/CMA3; FISH (C0t-1 probe, microsatellite probes, ribosomal probe, repetitive probe)	Rocha and Pompolo 1998 Rocha et al. 2002 Tavares et al. 2010b Tavares et al. 2012 Andrade-Souza et al. 2018 Travenzoli et al. 2019a Cunha et al. 2020 Pereira et al. 2021a
Melipona capixaba	Venda Nova do Imigrante, Espírito Santo	Brazil	9	18	high heterochromatin content species			C-banding	DAPI/CMA3	Rocha and Pompolo 1998 Rocha et al. 2002
Melipona capixaba	Domingos Martins, Espírito Santo	Brazil		18	high heterochromatin content species		1.38		FISH (microsatellite probes, ribosomal probe)	Tavares et al. 2010b Travenzoli et al. 2019a Pereira et al. 2021a
Melipona captiosa	Rio Branco, Acre	Brazil	9	18	high heterochromatin content species			C-banding		Rocha and Pompolo 1998
Melipona crinita	Rio Branco, Xapuri, Acre	Brazil	9	18	high heterochromatin content species		0.73	C-banding	DAPI/CMA3; FISH (ribosomal probe)	Rocha et al. 2002 Tavares et al. 2010b Andrade-Souza et al. 2018
Melipona eburnea	Xapuri, Acre	Brazil					1.11			Tavares et al. 2010b
Melipona fasciculata	São Luis, Urbano Santos, Maranhão; Belém, Altamira, Pará	Brazil	9	18	high heterochromatin content species	as Melipona compressipes in Rochaetal2002	0.82-0.84	C-banding	DAPI/CMA3; FISH (C0t-1 probe, microsatellite probes, ribosomal probe, repetitive probe)	Rocha et al. 2002 Lopes et al. 2011 Tavares et al. 2012 Andrade-Souza et al. 2018 Travenzoli et al. 2019a Cunha et al. 2020 Pereira et al. 2021a Cunha et al. 2021 Cunha et al. 2023a
Melipona fasciculata	Piripiri, Piauí	Brazil				as Melipona compressipes	0.78			Tavares et al. 2010b
Melipona favosa	Locality not specified	Suriname	9	18	2k= 12metacentric + 4submetacentric + 2acrocentric	Suriname (referred as Surinum)		C-banding		Hoshiba 1988 Hoshiba and Imai 1993
Melipona flavolineata	Urbano Santos, Maranhão; Belém, Pará; Capixaba, Brasiléia, Xapuri, Acre	Brazil	9	18	high heterochromatin content species		0.98	C-banding	DAPI/CMA3; FISH (C0t-1 probe, microsatellite probes, ribosomal probe, repetitive probe)	Lopes et al. 2011 Tavares et al. 2012 Andrade-Souza et al. 2018 Travenzoli et al. 2019a Cunha et al. 2020 Pereira et al. 2021a
Melipona fuliginosa	Urbano Santos, Maranhão	Brazil	9	18	high heterochromatin content species			C-banding	DAPI/CMA3; FISH (microsatellite probes, ribosomal probe)	Lopes et al. 2011 Travenzoli et al. 2019a Pereira et al. 2021a
Melipona fulva	Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas	Brazil		18	high heterochromatin content species			Giemsa	FISH (C0t-1 probe, ribosomal probe, microsatellite probes)	Cunha et al. 2020 Cunha et al. 2021 Cunha et al. 2023a
Melipona fuscopilosa	Rio Branco and Xapuri, Acre	Brazil	9	18	high heterochromatin content species		1.10	C-banding	DAPI/CMA3; FISH (ribosomal probe)	Rocha and Pompolo 1998 Rocha et al. 2002 Tavares et al. 2010b Andrade-Souza et al. 2018
Melipona grandis	Xapuri, Acre	Brazil		18	high heterochromatin content species		0.95		DAPI/CMA3; FISH (ribosomal probe)	Tavares et al. 2010b Andrade-Souza et al. 2018
Melipona interrupta	Manaus, Amazonas	Brazil	9			as Melipona compressipes manaosensis				Kerr 1972
Melipona interrupta	Iranduba, Itacoatiara, Amazonas	Brazil		18	high heterochromatin content species		0.80	C-banding	DAPI/CMA3; FISH (C0t-1 probe, microsatellite probes, ribosomal probe)	Travenzoli et al. 2019b Cunha et al. 2020 Cunha et al. 2021
Melipona lateralis	Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas	Brazil	11	22	high heterochromatin content species		0.87	Giemsa	FISH (C0t-1 probe, ribosomal probe, microsatellite probes)	Cunha et al. 2020 Cunha et al. 2021 Cunha et al. 2023a
Melipona nebulosa	Xapuri, Acre	Brazil		18	high heterochromatin content species				DAPI/CMA3; FISH (ribosomal probe)	Andrade-Souza et al. 2018
Melipona mandacaia	Irecê, Uauá, Bahia	Brazil	9	18	2k= 2metacentric + 14submetacentric + 2acrocentric; 2k= 4metacentric + 12submetacentric + 2acrocentric		0.33-0.35	C-banding	DAPI/CMA3; FISH (ribosomal probe)	Rocha et al. 2003b Tavares et al. 2010b Tavares et al. 2012 Pereira et al. 2021a
Melipona marginata	Caeté, Viçosa, Minas Gerais	Brazil	9	18				C-banding, Ag-NOR	DAPI/CMA3	Rocha and Pompolo 1998 Maffei et al. 2001 Rocha et al. 2002
Melipona marginata	Cunha, São Paulo	Brazil					0.28			Tavares et al. 2010b
Melipona mondury	Diogo Vasconcelos, Itamarandiba, Rio Vermelho, Viçosa, Minas Gerais; Rio Bonito, Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	9	18	high heterochromatin content species		0.94-0.95	C-banding	DAPI/CMA3; FISH (C0t-1 probe, microsatellite probes, ribosomal probe, repetitive probe)	Lopes et al. 2008 Lopes et al. 2009 Tavares et al. 2012 Andrade-Souza et al. 2018 Travenzoli et al. 2019a Pereira et al. 2020 Cunha et al. 2020 Pereira et al. 2021a
Melipona paraensis	Altamira, Pará	Brazil	9	18	high heterochromatin content species			C-banding	DAPI/CMA3; FISH (C0t-1 probe, microsatellite probes, ribosomal probe)	Cunha et al. 2018 Travenzoli et al. 2019a Cunha et al. 2020 Pereira et al. 2021a
Melipona puncticollis	Altamira, Pará	Brazil	9	18	2k= 4metacentric + 12submetacentric + 2acrocentric			C-banding	DAPI/CMA3; FISH (C0t-1 probe, microsatellite probes, ribosomal probe, repetitive probe)	Cunha et al. 2018 Travenzoli et al. 2019a Cunha et al. 2020 Pereira et al. 2021a
Melipona quadrifasciata	Pocinhos do Rio Verde, Minas Gerais; Santana de Parnaiba, São Paulo	Brazil	9	18		as Melipona quadrifasciata anthidioides		G-banding		Kerr 1972 Tambasco et al. 1979
Melipona quadrifasciata	Caeté, Viçosa, Minas Gerais; Brejo Grande, Sergipe	Brazil	9	18	2k= 4metacentric + 12submetacentric + 2acrocentric		0.25-0.27	C-banding	DAPI/CMA3; FISH (C0t-1 probe, microsatellite probes, ribosomal probe, repetitive probes)	Rocha and Pompolo 1998 Rocha et al. 2002 Tavares et al. 2010b Silva et al. 2012 Tavares et al. 2012 Andrade-Souza et al. 2018 Travenzoli et al. 2019a Cunha et al. 2020 Pereira et al. 2021a Pereira et al. 2021b
Melipona quinquefasciata	Ceará; Cristalina, Luizlândia, Goiás; Brasília, Distrito Federal; Bicas, Piumhi, Januária, Caeté, Minas Gerais	Brazil	9	18	2k= 10metacentric + 6submetacentric + 2acrocentric; 2k= 8metacentric + 6submetacentric + 4subtelocentric	up to 4 B chromosomes have been described	0.67-0.70	C-banding	DAPI/CMA3; FISH (C0t-1 probe, microsatellite probes, ribosomal probe, repetitive probes)	Kerr 1972 Rocha et al. 2007 Tavares et al. 2010b Tavares et al. 2012 Silva et al. 2018 Travenzoli et al. 2019a Cunha et al. 2020 Pereira et al. 2021a Cunha et al. 2021 Cunha et al. 2023a
Melipona rufiventris	Guimarânia, Minas Gerais	Brazil	9	18	high heterochromatin content species	1 B chromosome has been described	0.93	C-banding	DAPI/CMA3; FISH (C0t-1 probe, microsatellite probes, chromosome painting, ribosomal probe, repetitive probe)	Lopes et al. 2008 Lopes et al. 2009 Lopes et al. 2014 Travenzoli et al. 2019a Cunha et al. 2020 Pereira et al. 2021a
Melipona cf. rufiventris	Iranduba, Amazonas	Brazil		18	high heterochromatin content species			Giemsa	FISH (ribosomal probe, microsatellite probes)	Cunha et al. 2021 Cunha et al. 2023a
Melipona scutellaris	Ilhéus, Lençóis, Encruzilhada, Bahia; Rio Claro, São Paulo; Pilões, Paraíba	Brazil	9	18	high heterochromatin content species		1.08	C-banding	DAPI/CMA3; FISH (C0t-1 probe, ribosomal probe, U2 snDNA probe, microsatellite probes, repetitive probes)	Rocha and Pompolo 1998 Rocha et al. 2002 Tavares et al. 2010b Andrade-Souza et al. 2018 Piccoli et al. 2018 Travenzoli et al. 2019a Pereira et al. 2021a Cunha et al. 2021 Pereira et al. 2021b Cunha et al. 2023a
Melipona seminigra	Rio Branco, Acre	Brazil		22	high heterochromatin content species	as Melipona seminigra abunensis			DAPI/CMA3; FISH (ribosomal probe)	Andrade-Souza et al. 2018
Melipona seminigra	Nova Xavantina, Mato Grosso	Brazil					0.85			Tavares et al. 2010b
Melipona seminigra	Iranduba, Manaus, Amazonas	Brazil	11	22	high heterochromatin content species	as Melipona seminigra merrillae	0.92	C-banding, Ag-NOR	DAPI/CMA3; FISH (C0t-1 probe, ribosomal probe, microsatellite probes)	Francini et al. 2011 Cunha et al. 2018 Cunha et al. 2020 Barbosa et al. 2021 Cunha et al. 2021
Melipona seminigra	Altamira, Santarém, Pará	Brazil	11	22	high heterochromatin content species	as Melipona seminigra pernigra		C-banding	DAPI/CMA3; FISH (ribosomal probe, microsatellite probes)	Cunha et al. 2018 Andrade-Souza et al. 2018 Travenzoli et al. 2019a Pereira et al. 2021a Cunha et al. 2023a
Melipona subnitida	Mossoro, Santana do Seridó, Rio Grande do Norte	Brazil	9	18	2k= 4metacentric + 10submetacentric + 4acrocentric		0.27	C-banding	DAPI/CMA3; FISH (microsatellite probes, ribosomal probe)	Kerr 1972 Rocha et al. 2002 Tavares et al. 2010b Travenzoli et al. 2019a Pereira et al. 2021a
Melipona sp.	Brasília, Distrito Federal	Brazil		18	2k= 10metacentric + 6submetacentric + 2acrocentric			Giemsa	FISH (ribosomal probe, microsatellite probes)	Cunha et al. 2021 Cunha et al. 2023a
Meliponula becarii	Massinga	Moçambique	17			as Meliplebeia becarii				Kerr 1972
Meliponula bocandei	Dande and Luanda	Angola	18			as Trigona (Meliponula) bocandei				Kerr and Araujo 1957
Meliponula ferruginea	Zango and Luanda	Angola	18			as Trigona erithra togoensis				Kerr and Araujo 1957
Mourella caerulea	Canguçú, Rio Grande do Sul	Brazil	17	34	k= 11acrocentric + 6pseudo-acrocentric			C-banding		Rocha et al. 2003a
Nannotrigona punctata	Altamira, Pará	Brazil		34	2k= 12metacentric + 6submetacentric + 16subtelocentric			Giemsa	FISH (ribosomal probe, microsatellite probes)	Cunha et al. 2021 Cunha et al. 2023a
Nannotrigona sp.	Porto Seguro, Bahia	Brazil		34	2k= 20acrocentric + 14pseudo-acrocentric			C-banding	DAPI/CMA3	Rocha et al. 2003a
Nannotrigona sp.	Xapuri, Acre	Brazil					0.45			Tavares et al. 2012
Nannotrigona testaceicornis	Viçosa, Januária, Minas Gerais	Brazil	17	34	variable among populations		0.49-0.53	C-banding	DAPI/CMA3; FISH (ribosomal probe, microsatellite probes, repetitive probe)	Hoshiba and Imai 1993 Rocha et al. 2003a Tavares et al. 2012 Pereira et al. 2020 Cunha et al. 2021 Cunha et al. 2023a
Oxytrigona flaveola	Tangará da Serra, Mato Grosso	Brazil		34	2k= 8metacentric + 8submetacentric + 16subtelocentric + 2acrocentric	as Oxytrigona cf. flaveola			DAPI/CMA3	Krinski et al. 2010
Oxytrigona tataira	Presidente Venceslau, São Paulo	Brazil	17							Kerr 1972
Parapartamona brevipilosa	Baeza and Cosanga, Napo	Ecuador		32	all metacentric or submetacentric					Bravo and Arcos 1991
Parapartamona zonata	Chiriboga and Tandayapa, Pichincha	Ecuador	16	32	all metacentric or submetacentric					Bravo and Arcos 1991
Paratrigona lineata	Passos, Minas Gerais	Brazil					0.49			Cunha et al. 2021
Paratrigona sp.	Rio Paranaíba, Minas Gerais	Brazil					0.44			Cunha et al. 2021
Paratrigona subnuda	Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo	Brazil		34	2k= 24acrocentric + 10pseudo-acrocentric			C-banding		Rocha et al. 2003a
Paratrigona subnuda	Viçosa, Minas Gerais	Brazil					0.26			Tavares et al. 2012
Partamona ailyae	Nova Xavantina, Juína, Mato Grosso	Brazil	17	34	2k= 22metacentric + 12submetacentric	as Partamona aylae		C-banding	DAPI/CMA3; FISH (ribosomal probe)	Brito-Ribon et al. 1999 Goncalves et al. 2020
Partamona auripennis	Altamira, Redenção, Pará	Brazil		34	2k= 20metacentric + 12submetacentric + 2subtelocentric			C-banding	FISH (ribosomal probe, microsatellite probes)	Novaes et al. 2021a Tavares et al. 2023
Partamona chapadicola	Urbano Santos, Maranhão	Brazil	17	34	2k= 24metacentric + 10submetacentric		0.63	C-banding	DAPI/CMA3; FISH (microsatellite probes, ribosomal probe)	Tavares et al. 2012 Lopes et al. 2020
Partamona cupira	Guimarânia, Minas Gerais	Brazil		34	2k= 10metacentric + 22submetacentric + 2acrocentric	1 B chromosome has been described		C-banding	DAPI/CMA3	Marthe et al. 2010
Partamona gregaria	Novo Progresso, Pará	Brazil	17	34	2k= 28metacentric + 6submetacentric			C-banding	FISH (ribosomal probe)	Novaes et al. 2021a
Partamona helleri	Cruz das Almas, Itacaré, Jequié, Cravolândia, Macarani, Bahia; Santa Teresa, Itarana, Governador Lindemberg, Linhares, Espírito Santo; Natividade, Porciúncula, Rio de Janeiro; Araponga, Guaraciaba, Juiz de Fora, Pedra do Anta, Piranga, Porto Firme, Rio Vermelho, São Miguel do Anta, Viçosa, Ponte Nova, Antônio Prado de Minas, Carangola, Cataguases, Marliéria, Jaguaraçú, Minas Gerais; Recife, Ceará	Brazil	17	34	mostly metacentric or submetacentric	up to 7 B chromosomes have been described	0.55-0.609	C-banging, Ag-NOR	DAPI/CMA3; FISH (chromosome painting, ribosomal probe, repetitive and microsatellite probes)	Costa et al. 1992 Brito et al. 1997 Tosta et al. 2004 Brito et al. 2005 Tosta et al. 2007 Martins et al. 2009 Tavares et al. 2012 Martins et al. 2013 Martins et al. 2014 Tosta et al. 2014 Pereira et al. 2020 Lopes et al. 2020 Goncalves et al. 2020 Novaes et al. 2021b Tavares et al. 2023
Partamona mulata	Cuiabá, Mato Grosso	Brazil	17	34	mostly metacentric or submetacentric			C-banding	DAPI/CMA3	Brito-Ribon et al. 1999
Partamona nhambiquara	Nova Xavantina, Tangará da Serra, Mato Grosso	Brazil	17	34	2k= 24metacentric + 10submetacentric			C-banding	DAPI/CMA3; FISH (microsatellite probes, ribosomal probe)	Brito-Ribon et al. 1999 Lopes et al. 2020
Partamona peckolti	San Francisco de Las Pampas village, Cotopaxi province	Ecuador		34				C-banding	DAPI/CMA3	Brito et al. 2003
Partamona rustica	Januária, Lontra, Minas Gerais	Brazil		34	2k= 28metacentric + 6submetacentric	1B chromosome has been described	0.57-0.59			Tavares et al. 2012 Tosta et al. 2014 Novaes et al. 2021a Tavares et al. 2023
Partamona seridoensis	Sant’Ana do Seridó, Rio Grande do Norte	Brazil	17	34	mostly metacentric or submetacentric			C-banding	DAPI/CMA3; FISH (ribosomal probe)	Brito et al. 2005
Partamona sooretamae	Presidente Tancredo Neves, Uruçuca, Bahia	Brazil		34	2k= 20metacentric + 14submetacentric				DAPI/CMA3; FISH (ribosomal probe)	Goncalves et al. 2020
Partamona vicina	Nova Xavantina, Mato Grosso	Brazil	17	34	mostly metacentric or submetacentric			C-banding	DAPI/CMA3	Brito-Ribon et al. 1999
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
Plebeia droryana	Viçosa, Minas Gerais	Brazil					0.48-0.49			Tavares et al. 2012
Plebeia droryana	Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo	Brazil					0.52			Tavares et al. 2012
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
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
Plebeia sp.1	Viçosa, Minas Gerais	Brazil		34				Ag-NOR		Maffei et al. 2001
Plebeia sp.	Xapuri, Acre	Brazil					0.43-0.44			Tavares et al. 2012
Plebeia sp. nov.	Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas	Brazil		34	2k= 6metacentric + 2submetacentric + 26subtelocentric		0.40	Giemsa		Cunha et al. 2021
Plebeina hildebrandti	Moamba	Moçambique	18			as Plebeia (Plebeia) denoiti				Kerr 1972
Ptilotrigona lurida	Manaus, Amazonas	Brazil	11		k= 6metacentric + 3acrocentric + 2pseudo-acrocentric			C-banding		Rocha et al. 2003a
Scaptotrigona barrocoloradensis	Although cited as “from Brazil”, this species does not occur in this Country	Brazil	17	34	k= 6pseudo-acrocentric + 8acrocentric + 3metacentric	as Trigona barrocoloralensis		C-banding		Hoshiba and Imai 1993
Scaptotrigona bipunctata	Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo	Brazil					0.40-0.44			Tavares et al. 2012
Scaptotrigona depilis	Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo	Brazil		34	2k= 26acrocentric + 8pseudo-acrocentric		0.39-0.41	C-banding		Rocha et al. 2003a Tavares et al. 2012
Scaptotrigona cf. polysticta	Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas	Brazil		34	2k= 8metacentric + 6submetacentris + 20subtelocentric		0.52	Giemsa		Cunha et al. 2021
Scaptotrigona postica	Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo	Brazil		34	2k= 22acrocentric + 12pseudo-acrocentric			C-banding		Rocha et al. 2003a
Scaptotrigona tubiba	Urbano Santos, Maranhão	Brazil					0.45			Tavares et al. 2012
Scaptotrigona xanthotricha	Camacan, Valença, Bahia; Piranga, Viçosa, Minas Gerais	Brazil	17	34	variable among populations		0.42-0.44	C-banding, Ag-NOR	DAPI/CMA3; FISH (ribosomal probe, microsatellite probes)	Rocha et al. 2003a Duarte et al. 2009 Lopes et al. 2009 Tavares et al. 2012 Cunha et al. 2021 Cunha et al. 2023a Serra et al. 2023
Scaptotrigona sp.	São José do Sabugi, Paraíba	Brazil		34	2k= 18acrocentric + 16pseudo-acrocentric			C-banding	DAPI/CMA3	Rocha et al. 2003a
Scaptotrigona sp.	Pará	Brazil		34	2k= 10metacentric + 6submetacentric + 18 subtelocentric			Giemsa	FISH (ribosomal probe, microsatellite probes)	Cunha et al. 2021 Cunha et al. 2023a
Scaura latitarsis	Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo	Brazil		34	2k= 14acrocentric + 20pseudo-acrocentric		0.43-0.44	C-banding		Rocha et al. 2003a Tavares et al. 2012
Schwarziana quadripunctata	Viçosa, Minas Gerais	Brazil		34	2k= 18acrocentric + 16pseudo-acrocentric; 2k= 14metacentric + 8submetacentric + 12subtelocentric		0.67	C-banding	FISH (ribosomal probe, microsatellite probes)	Rocha et al. 2003a Cunha et al. 2021 Cunha et al. 2023a
Schwarziana sp.	Domingos Martins, Espírito Santo	Brazil					0.65			Tavares et al. 2012
Tetragona clavipes	Viçosa, Minas Gerais	Brazil		34	2k= 6acrocentric + 28pseudo-acrocentric			C-banding	DAPI/CMA3	Rocha et al. 2003a
Tetragona elongata	Viçosa, Minas Gerais	Brazil		34	2k= 18metacentric + 14submetacentric + 2subtelocentric				FISH (ribosomal probe, microsatellite probes)	Tavares et al. 2023
Tetragonisca angustula	Locality not specified	Brazil	17	34	k= 14pseudo-acrocentric + 2acrocentric + 1metacentric	as Trigona angustula		C-banding		Hoshiba and Imai 1993
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
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
Tetragonula minangkabau	Although cited as “from Brazil”, this species does not occur in this Country	Brazil	20	40	k= 7pseudo-acrocentric + 7acrocentric + 6metacentric	as Trigona minangkabau		C-banding		Hoshiba and Imai 1993
Trigona branneri	Cuiabá, Mato Grosso	Brazil	17	34	2k= 16acrocentric + 16pseudo-acrocentric + 2metacentric			C-banding	CMA3	Costa et al. 2004
Trigona braueri	Pedra Branca, Bahia	Brazil		32	2k= 2metacentric + 4acrocentric + 26pseudo-acrocentric	as Trigona fulviventris		C-banding	DAPI/CMA3	Domingues et al. 2005
Trigona chanchamayoensis	Cuiabá, Tangará da Serra, Mato Grosso	Brazil	17	34	2k= 20acrocentric + 12pseudo-acrocentric + 2metacentric			C-banding	CMA3	Costa et al. 2004 Fernandes et al. 2013b
Trigona fuscipennis	Florestal, Minas Gerais	Brazil		34	2k= 26metacentric + 6submetacentric + 2subtelocentric	as Trigona aff. fuscipennis		C-banding	FISH (ribosomal probe, microsatellite probe, repetitive probe)	Teixeira et al. 2023 Pereira et al. 2023
Trigona hyalinata	Cuiabá, Mato Grosso; Viçosa, Minas Gerais	Brazil	17	34	2k= 6acrocentric + 28pseudo-acrocentric; 2k= 26metacentric + 8submetacentric		0.53	C-banding	FISH (ribosomal probe, microsatellite probe, repetitive probe)	Costa et al. 2004 Cunha et al. 2021 Cunha et al. 2023a Teixeira et al. 2023
Trigona hypogea	Altamira, Pará	Brazil		34	2k= 24metacentric + 8submetacentric + 2subtelocentric			C-banding	FISH (ribosomal probe, microsatellite probe)	Teixeira et al. 2023
Trigona pallens	Urbano Santos, Maranhão; Altamira, Pará	Brazil		34	2k= 26metacentric + 6submetacentric + 2subtelocentric		0.81	C-banding	FISH (ribosomal probe, microsatellite probe, repetitive probe)	Tavares et al. 2012 Teixeira et al. 2023 Pereira et al. 2023
Trigona recursa	Luislândia, Januária, Minas Gerais; Cuiabá, Mato Grosso	Brazil	17	34	variable among populations			C-banding	CMA3; FISH (ribosomal probe, microsatellite probe, repetitive probe)	Rocha et al. 2003a Costa et al. 2004 Cunha et al. 2021 Cunha et al. 2023a Pereira et al. 2023
Trigona sp.	Cônego Marinho, Minas Gerais	Brazil	17		k= 2acrocentric + 15pseudo-acrocentric	as Trigona cfr. fuscipennis		C-banding		Rocha et al. 2003a
Trigona sp.	Urbano Santos, Maranhão	Brazil				as Trigona fulviventris	0.70			Tavares et al. 2012
Trigona spinipes	Bandeira, Januária, Janaúba, Bocaiúva, Mutum, Raul Soares, Florestal, Viçosa, Minas Gerais; Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo; Palotina, Paraná; Coaraci, Bahia; Milagres, Ceará	Brazil	17	34	variable among populations		0.42-0.44	C-banding	DAPI/CMA3; FISH (ribosomal probe, microsatellite probe, repetitive probe)	Rocha et al. 2003a Tavares et al. 2012 Barboza and Costa 2021 Tavares et al. 2021 Pereira et al. 2023
Trigona truculenta	Altamira, Pará	Brazil		34	2k= 18metacentric + 14submetacentric + 2subtelocentric			C-banding	FISH (ribosomal probe, microsatellite probe)	Teixeira et al. 2023
Trigona williana	Altamira, Pará	Brazil		34	2k= 26metacentric + 6submetacentric + 2subtelocentric			C-banding	FISH (ribosomal probe, microsatellite probe, repetitive probe)	Teixeira et al. 2023 Pereira et al. 2023
Trigonisca sp.	Urbano Santos, Maranhão	Brazil	15	30	k= 4metacentric + 8submetacentric + 18subtelocentric			Giemsa	FISH (ribosomal probe, microsatellite probes)	Cunha et al. 2021 Cunha et al. 2023a

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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