Mediterranean lineage endemism, cold-adapted palaeodemographic dynamics and recent changes in population size in two solitary bees of the genus Anthophora

Černá, Kateřina; Munclinger, Pavel; Vereecken, Nicolas J.; Straka, Jakub

doi:10.1007/s10592-017-0952-8

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“…The host, A. villosula , of the M. chinensis was previously identified as A. plumipes in having a similar appearance, but distinguished through molecular analysis (Černá et al . 2017).…”

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Insight on kleptoparasitic bee, Melecta chinensis (hymenoptera: Apidae), in the Republic of Korea: Morphology, biology and molecular characteristics

Kim,

Lim,

Park

et al. 2024

Entomological Research

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This study focused on a kleptoparasitic bee, Melecta chinensis, which is not well‐known in the Republic of Korea. We provided a detailed morphological illustration of the adult bees and their nesting biological characteristics with distributional data. Additionally, the complete mitochondrial genome of the species is presented for the first time, and its phylogenetic position within the family Apidae is estimated.As a result, we could suggest a full redescription of M. chinenesis for identification and a newly reported potential flower host for it. In addition, the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of M. chinensis is revealed as 15,489 base pairs (bp) long, with 35 eukaryotic mitochondrial genes (13PCGs, 2 rRNAs, and 20 tRNAs) and a 706 bp AT‐rich region. The overall base composition is 75.82% AT and 24.18% GC. The 13 protein‐coding genes (PCGs) started with a typical ATN codon (ATA in nine genes and ATG in four genes) and terminated with TNN (TAN in 10 genes and TTT in one gene) or ANN (AAC in one gene and ATT in one gene). The phylogenetic results based on 13 PCGs showed that M. chinensis is distantly positioned to bumble bees (Bombus) and honey bees (Apis) but closely related to a stingless bee, Frieseomelitta varia, within the family.

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“…The host, A. villosula , of the M. chinensis was previously identified as A. plumipes in having a similar appearance, but distinguished through molecular analysis (Černá et al . 2017).…”

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Insight on kleptoparasitic bee, Melecta chinensis (hymenoptera: Apidae), in the Republic of Korea: Morphology, biology and molecular characteristics

Kim,

Lim,

Park

et al. 2024

Entomological Research

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“…gigas exhibited interglacial contractions and glacial expansions, similar to the dynamics of other cold‐adapted bees typical of ice ages, e.g., Apis mellifera sinisxinyuan n. ssp. (Chen et al, 2016 ), Anthophora plumipes (Černá et al, 2017 ), and some bumblebees (Dellicour et al, 2017 ). In the interglacial periods, C .…”

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Population genomics and phylogeography of Colletes gigas, a wild bee specialized on winter flowering plants

Zhao

et al. 2022

Ecology and Evolution

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Diet specialization may affect the population genetic structure of pollinators by reducing gene flow and driving genetic differentiation, especially in pollen‐specialist bees. Colletes gigas is a pollen‐specialist pollinator of Camellia oleifera , one of the most important staple oil crops in China. Ca . oleifera blooms in cold climates and contains special compounds that make it an unusable pollen source to other pollinators. Thus, C . gigas undoubtedly plays a key role as the main pollinator of Ca . oleifera , with biological and economic significance. Here, we use a population genomic approach to analyze the roles of geography and climate on the genetic structure, genetic diversity, and demographic history of C . gigas . A total of 1,035,407 SNPs were identified from a 582.77 Gb dataset. Clustering and phylogenetic analyses revealed a marked genetic structure, with individuals grouped into nine local clusters. A significant isolation by distance was detected by both the Mantel test ( R = .866, p = .008) and linear regression ( R 2 = .616, p < .001). Precipitation and sunshine duration were positively and significantly ( R ≥ .765, p ≤ .016) correlated with observed heterozygosity ( H o ) and expected heterozygosity ( H e ). These results showed that C . gigas populations had a distinct phylogeographic pattern determined by geographical distance and environmental factors (precipitation and sunshine duration). In addition, an analysis of paleogeographic dynamics indicated that C . gigas populations exhibited patterns of glacial expansion and interglacial contraction, likely resulting from post‐glacial habitat contraction and fragmentation. Our results indicated that the peculiar phylogeographic patterns in C . gigas populations may be related to their specialization under long‐term adaptation to host plants. This work improves our understanding of the population genetics in pollen‐specialist bees. The distinct genetic clusters identified in this study should be taken into consideration for the protection and utilization of this specialized crop pollinator.

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“…Nor can surveillance reliably estimate local population size for any species because such estimates require mark‐recapture techniques and/or molecular methods (Portman et al ., 2020). Presently, the few estimates available for local population sizes of native bee species are due to field studies (Tepedino, 1981; Larsson & Franzen, 2008; Franzen & Nilsson, 2013; Hennessey et al ., 2020, 2021) or to genetic studies of effective population size (reviewed in the study by Zayed, 2009; Černá et al ., 2017). Such demographic information is certainly needed but only studies of individual species, and not surveillance monitoring, will give it to us.…”

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Intensive monitoring for bees in North America: indispensable or improvident?

Tepedino

Portman

2021

Insect Conserv Diversity

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Continued reports of bee declines have prompted repeated calls for a national monitoring programme in the United States. Here, we argue that such a large‐scale surveillance monitoring programme would consume inordinate resources without providing the sought‐after data in a meaningful time period. Surveillance monitoring cannot provide reliable and timely measures of absolute or relative population size, species richness or diversity, host plant and nest site preferences or typical foraging ranges. In addition, the multitude of specimens captured by the passive traps commonly used to surveil overwhelm our identification capacity and, in some cases, may even accelerate species decline. Conversely, surveillance monitoring should be pursued when data can be collected non‐lethally for readily identifiable species or species groups (e.g., bumble bees) or when widely distributed sentinel plants can be observed (e.g., sunflowers). Lethal collections should continue at appropriate temporal intervals but only at a limited number of representative areas with accurate historic records. We advocate that emphasis be placed on a targeted, natural‐history approach aimed at addressing specific hypotheses and exploring solutions to conservation management problems. We already know enough about the drivers of bee decline to formulate and test potential solutions. While additional information is of value in understanding bee diversity, distributions and evolution, we do not need it to begin to take action; we should be focusing on the best ways to help bee species endure rather than attempting to accumulate even more evidence that they are in trouble.

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Mediterranean lineage endemism, cold-adapted palaeodemographic dynamics and recent changes in population size in two solitary bees of the genus Anthophora

Cited by 11 publications

References 84 publications

Insight on kleptoparasitic bee, Melecta chinensis (hymenoptera: Apidae), in the Republic of Korea: Morphology, biology and molecular characteristics

Insight on kleptoparasitic bee, Melecta chinensis (hymenoptera: Apidae), in the Republic of Korea: Morphology, biology and molecular characteristics

Population genomics and phylogeography of Colletes gigas, a wild bee specialized on winter flowering plants

Intensive monitoring for bees in North America: indispensable or improvident?

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