Xylocopini
Cytogenetic data
| Species | Sample local | Country(ies) | Haploid(n) | Diploid(2n) | Karyotype | Notes | Genome size (pg) | Classic cytogenetic data | Molecular cytogenetic data | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceratina calcarata | Guelph, Ontario | Canada | 0.68 | Ardila-Garcia et al. 2010 | ||||||
| Ceratina dentipes | Matsue, Shimane | Japan | 17.0 | 34.0 | k= 15pseudo-acrocentric + 2metacentric | C-banding | Hoshiba and Imai 1993 | |||
| Ceratina dupla | Guelph, Ontario | Canada | 0.59 | Ardila-Garcia et al. 2010 | ||||||
| Ceratina flavipes | Itabashi-ku, Tokyo; Matsue, Shimane; Sendai, Miyagi | Japan | 17.0 | 34.0 | k= 12pseudo-acrocentric + 5metacentric | C-banding | Hoshiba and Imai 1993 | |||
| Ceratina japonica | Matsue, Shimane | Japan | 17.0 | 34.0 | k= 16pseudo-acrocentric + 1metacentric | C-banding | Hoshiba and Imai 1993 | |||
| Ceratina megastigmata | Matsue, Shimane | Japan | 17.0 | 34.0 | k= 16pseudo-acrocentric + 1metacentric | C-banding | Hoshiba and Imai 1993 | |||
| Ceratina okinawana | Iriomote, Okinawa | Japan | 17.0 | 34.0 | presence of polimorphic chromosomes with different C-banding patterns | C-banding | Hoshiba and Imai 1993 | |||
| Ceratina smaragdula | Matsue, Shimane | Japan | 14.0 | 28.0 | k= 14pseudo-acrocentric | as Pithitis smaragdula | C-banding | Hoshiba and Imai 1993 | ||
| Exoneura robusta | Dandenong Ranges of Victoria | Australia | 26.0 | Bousjein et al. 2019 | ||||||
| Xylocopa appendiculata | Kamakura and Sagamihara, Kanagawa | Japan | 17.0 | 34.0 | k= 13acrocentric + 4metacentric | C-banding | Hoshiba and Imai 1993 | |||
| Xylocopa fenestrata | Ludhiana | India | 16.0 | 32.0 | as Xylocopa fenesterata | Kumbkarni 1965 | ||||
| Xylocopa virginica | Orlando, Florida | United States | as Xylocopa virginica krombeini | 0.69 | Ardila-Garcia et al. 2010 |
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
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
Ardila-Garcia, A.M., Umphrey, G.J., Gregory, T.R. An expansion of the genome size dataset for the insect order Hymenoptera, with a first test of parasitism and eusociality as possible constraints. Insect Molecular Biology, 19 : pp 337-346. 2010. DOI: [10.1111/j.1365-2583.2010.00992.x https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2583.2010.00992.x]
Bousjein, N.S., Zahed, M.A., & Oryan, S. The first contribution to karyotyping of the Australian allodapine bee Exoneura robusta. Journal of Apicultural Research, : pp 1-3. 2019. DOI: [10.1080/00218839.2019.1637225 https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2019.1637225]
Kumbkarni, C.G. Cytological studies in Hymenoptera: Part II: Cytology of parthenogenesis in the carpenter-bee, Xylocopa fenesterata Fabre. Cytologia, 30 : pp 222-228. 1965. DOI: [10.1508/cytologia.30.222 https://doi.org/10.1508/cytologia.30.222]