Revisão das espécies de Melipona do grupo fuliginosa (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Apidae, Meliponini)

Camargo, João Maria Franco de; Pedro, Silvia R. M.

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“…g Camargo and Pedro (2007). h Camargo and Pedro (2008 regions are also needed to analyze environmental effects that may determine male and female fitness in highly eusocial insects.…”

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Patterns of sexual size dimorphism in stingless bees: Testing Rensch’s rule and potential causes in highly eusocial bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Meliponini)

Quezada‐Euán

Sanabria‐Urbán

Smith

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Ecology and Evolution

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Eusocial insects offer a unique opportunity to analyze the evolution of body size differences between sexes in relation to social environment. The workers, being sterile females, are not subject to selection for reproductive function providing a natural control for parsing the effects of selection on reproductive function (i.e., sexual and fecundity selection) from other kinds of natural selection. Patterns of sexual size dimorphism (SSD) and testing of Rensch's rule controlling for phylogenetic effects were analyzed in the Meliponini or stingless bees. Theory predicts that queens may exhibit higher selection for fecundity in eusocial taxa, but contrary to this, we found mixed patterns of SSD in Meliponini. Non‐ Melipona species generally have a female‐biased SSD, while all analyzed species of Melipona showed a male‐biased SSD, indicating that the direction and magnitude of the selective pressures do not operate in the same way for all members of this taxon. The phylogenetic regressions revealed that the rate of divergence has not differed between the two castes of females and the males, that is, stingless bees do not seem to follow Rensch's rule (a slope >1), adding this highly eusocial taxon to the various solitary insect taxa not conforming with it. Noteworthy, when Melipona was removed from the analysis, the phylogenetic regressions for the thorax width of males on queens had a slope significantly smaller than 1, suggesting that the evolutionary divergence has been larger in queens than males, and could be explained by stronger selection on female fecundity only in non‐ Melipona species. Our results in the stingless bees question the classical explanation of female‐biased SSD via fecundity and provide a first evidence of a more complex determination of SSD in highly eusocial species. We suggest that in highly eusocial taxa, additional selection mechanisms, possibly related to individual and colonial interests, could influence the evolution of environmentally determined traits such as body size.

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“…g Camargo and Pedro (2007). h Camargo and Pedro (2008 regions are also needed to analyze environmental effects that may determine male and female fitness in highly eusocial insects.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Patterns of sexual size dimorphism in stingless bees: Testing Rensch’s rule and potential causes in highly eusocial bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Meliponini)

Quezada‐Euán

Sanabria‐Urbán

Smith

et al. 2019

Ecology and Evolution

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“…Although fights are common and have serious consequences for bee colonies, little is known about the robbing strategies employed to acquire resources in Meliponini, especially in the case of facultative robber species (Grüter et al, 2016) such as M. fuliginosa. M. fuliginosa bees are widely distributed through the Neotropics, from the Amazonian region to the Atlantic Rain Forest in Brazil, reaching northern Argentina; they are robust eusocial bees, the largest of the genus Melipona, with approximately 15 mm in length (Camargo & Pedro, 2008). They are predominantly black in color and nest inside the trunks or branches of live trees (Roubik, 2006;Camargo & Pedro, 2008).…”

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“…M. fuliginosa bees are widely distributed through the Neotropics, from the Amazonian region to the Atlantic Rain Forest in Brazil, reaching northern Argentina; they are robust eusocial bees, the largest of the genus Melipona, with approximately 15 mm in length (Camargo & Pedro, 2008). They are predominantly black in color and nest inside the trunks or branches of live trees (Roubik, 2006;Camargo & Pedro, 2008).…”

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“…There are also facultative robber species (facultative cleptobiotics) that normally forage on flowers but occasionally invade colonies of other species to steal their food storage. This is the case for species such as Melipona fuliginosa Lepeletier (Nogueira-Neto, 1997;Camargo & Pedro, 2008), Trigona spinipes (Fabricius), Trigona hyalinata (Lepeletier) and Oxytrigona spp. (Nogueira-Neto, 1997).…”

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Plasticity of stingless bee Melipona fuliginosa Lepeletier to obtain food resources in Amazonia

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The stingless bee Melipona fuliginosa Lepeletier is described as being aggressive robber, but there is little information about its raids. Here, we describe two different raids of M. fuliginosa on other Melipona species: Melipona paraensis Ducke and Melipona fasciculata Smith. The robbing behavior was observed in the Volta Grande do Xingu region (Pará) and Carajás National Forest (Pará), and the attacks by M. fuliginosa occurred at the end of the dry season, shortly before the start of the rainy season, a time of flower scarcity. The raid on M. paraensis hive lasted five days and involved no deaths of worker bees of both species; the robbers collected honey and wax. During the pillaging, M. fuliginosa workers dedicated themselves exclusively to this task; their flight activity peaked between 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. but lasted until 6:00 p.m, which is atypical for the species. The raid on M. fasciculata differed from the other event because it led to the extermination of all forager workers of fi ve colonies, however, the brood combs as well as the callow workers were preserved; the robbers collected honey and wax. M. fuliginosa attack defensive and non-defensive colonies, the events can cause severe damage and may lead to death of the victim colony in natural conditions. Flight activity varies from foraging on fl owers during dawn to all day long robbing, showing considerable plasticity to obtain food resources. Robbing behavior could be associated to fl ower scarcity and artificial feeding.

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“…Diferente de outras abelhas eusociais, com pouca diversidade morfológica e comportamental (Apidae, Apini: 11 espécies; Michener 2007), a tribo Meliponini é considerada o maior grupo monofilético dentre as abelhas sociais. É composto por mais de 500 espécies, em 61 gêneros (Camargo & Pedro 2008, Rasmussen & Cameron 2007. Essa diversidade em abelhas sem ferrão (Meliponini) se estende para os aspectos morfológicos e comportamentais, com populações de dezenas a milhares de indivíduos, diferentes estratégias de defesa e forrageamento, tamanho corporal de 1.8 a 3.5mm de comprimento e associações com outras espécies (Michener 1974, Sakagami 1982, Johnson 1983, Wille 1983, Nogueira-Neto 1997, Batista 2003, Roubik 2006, Barth et al 2008.…”

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Mecanismos e estratégias de defesa em Tetragonisca angustula (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

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AgradecimentosMae, pai, vocês são minha vida. Não existem palavras suficientes para agradecer tamanho apoio. Obrigada por sempre estarem presentes, por todos os sacrifícios, por me incentivarem a buscar o melhor, vocês são minha base.As amizades construídas durante todo este tempo, obrigada por compartilharem os almoços, por tantas gargalhadas, baladinhas. Muito obrigada por serem companheiros e pacientes quando foi mais necessário. Por tornarem as coisas muito mais divertidas. Aos antigos estagiários do laboratório, que hoje são mestrandos e seguem trabalhando com comportamentos de insetos sociais. Obrigada Jeff, Will, Pepito que estavam sempre dispostos a dar uma mãozinha na realização dos testes.Aos mestres e doutores por me ensinarem tanto, por me auxiliar com os testes estatísticos, com a redação e conclusão deste trabalho. Obrigada Diego, Bruno, Lohan, vocês foram muito importantes, obrigada pelo apoio, pela dedicação e paciência.Ao Christopher, Francisca e Robbie pela incrível ajuda no início dos meus estudos, ideias e momentos de reflexão, acompanhamento, amparo e por todo carinho.Ao Sidnei, Nelsin, você foi essencial não só nas questões do projeto, mas também nas questões da vida, obrigada por me fazer enxergar as coisas de outra maneira e por alegrar o laboratório sempre assoviando pelos corredores.Ao Prof. Dr. Fabio Santos Nascimento pela oportunidade de desenvolver esse trabalho, pela orientação, compreensão, apoio e paciência.A Renata e a Vera que sempre conseguiam tirar nossas duvidas, a correr com os prazos, por entender o desespero dos pós-graduandos. A Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciencias e Letras de Ribeirão Preto/SP e ao Programa de Pósgraduação em Entomologia, por tornar possível o trabalho desenvolvido e pelo suporte oferecido. Ao CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnológico) pelo financiamento. O meu muito obrigada RESUMO Santos, L.L.G. Mecanismos e estratégias de defesa em Tetragonisca angustula (Hymenoptera: Apidae). 2019. 90pg. Dissertação (Mestrado). Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo.Os ninhos de insetos sociais contêm recursos valiosos armazenados e são frequentemente alvos de outros animais. As abelhas sem ferrão (Meliponini) apresentam muitas adaptações organizacionais para a defesa do ninho. A espécie Tetragonisca angustula possui uma sofisticada estratégia de defesa da colônia executada por opérárias diferencialmente maiores (polietismo morfológico) em comparação com as demais da mesma casta. Essas guardas podem adotar duas estratégias distintas, pairando perto da entrada (guardas voadoras, GV) ou sentado no tubo de entrada (guardas fixas, GF). Ambos os tipos de guardas atacam inimigos em potencial, reconhecidos por suas cores e odores, que tentam invadir o ninho. As sensilas das antenas são responsáveis por perceber os estímulos químicos dispersos no ar. Nesse sentido, o tamanho corporal pode influenciar a eficácia de reconhecimento de indivíduos hetero e coespecíficos, pois quanto maior a superfície antenal ...

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Revisão das espécies de Melipona do grupo fuliginosa (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Apidae, Meliponini)

Cited by 22 publications

References 39 publications

Patterns of sexual size dimorphism in stingless bees: Testing Rensch’s rule and potential causes in highly eusocial bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Meliponini)

Patterns of sexual size dimorphism in stingless bees: Testing Rensch’s rule and potential causes in highly eusocial bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Meliponini)

Plasticity of stingless bee Melipona fuliginosa Lepeletier to obtain food resources in Amazonia

Mecanismos e estratégias de defesa em Tetragonisca angustula (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

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