Variation morphogeometrics of Africanized honey bees (Apis mellifera) in Brazil

Nunes, Lorena Andrade; Araújo, Edilson Divino de; Marchini, Luís Carlos; Moreti, Augusta Carolina de Camargo Carmello

doi:10.1590/s0073-47212012005000002

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“…Recently, the utilization of geometric morphometrics has increased in population (Tilde et al 2000, Francoy et al 2006, Nunes et al 2008, Nunes et al 2012, heritability (Monteiro et al 2002), evolutionary (Bonatti et al 2014) and reproductive (Carvalho et al 2011) studies of bees. These reports have shown that geometric morphometric data are effective in the identification of groups and lineages (Francoy et al 2008, Francoy et al 2009, Bischoff et al 2009).…”

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Variation of fore wing shape in Melipona mandacaia Smith, 1863 (Hymenoptera, Meliponini) along its geographic range

Prado-Silva¹,

Nunes²,

Alves³

et al. 2016

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Melipona mandacaia is a stingless bee species responsible for the pollination of many native plants in Brazil, South America. In spite of its ecological and economic importance, natural populations of M. mandacaia have been depleted because of deforestation. In order to evaluate the interpopulation morphometric structure of remaining populations, we carried out geometric morphometric studies based on fore wing shape in this native bee species. The grouping analysis by UPGMA revealed three distinct clusters and significant differences in fore wing size were observed (p<0.001) among populations. The three groups were also reflected in the first two principal components explaining about 60% of the total variation. These results indicate differentiation among populations, which can be regarded as unique management units. Therefore, efforts should be directed to the conservation of local populations of M. mandacaia to avoid the negative impacts of loss in pollination over plant species and environmental services.

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“…Furthermore, the geometric morphometrics of wings have been useful to establish the geographic origin of individuals of a single species (Bischoff et al 2009, Nunes et al 2012.…”

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Variation of fore wing shape in Melipona mandacaia Smith, 1863 (Hymenoptera, Meliponini) along its geographic range

Prado-Silva¹,

Nunes²,

Alves³

et al. 2016

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“…Although a wide range of bee taxa have been studied this way (Aytekin et al, 2007;Tofilski, 2008;Francoy et al, 2009;Owen, 2012;Falamarzi et al, 2016), the stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini) have received special attention from bee researchers (Francoy et al, 2009;Combey et al, 2013;Vijayakumar & Jayaraj, 2013). Most approaches have involved the use of GM as a taxonomic or ecological tool to discriminate populations, lineages, species and genera of stingless bees (Francisco et al, 2008;Nunes et al, 2012;Bonatti et al, 2014;Lima et al, 2016;Sousa et al, 2016;Galaschi-Teixeira et al, 2018).…”

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Geometric morphometrics of the forewing shape and size discriminate Plebeia species (Hymenoptera: Apidae) nesting in different substrates

Santos

Marques

et al. 2019

Systematic Entomology

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Historically, studies evaluating morphological diversity in stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae: Meliponini) by geometric morphometrics have been used to successfully discriminate taxa and/or populations. Moreover, the use of geometric morphometrics to evaluate phylogenetic morphological variation among stingless bee species has received less attention. Here, we used geometric morphometrics to assess taxonomic discrimination and putative phylogenetic signals for six diapausing stingless bee species (Plebeia) occurring in southern Brazil. In all, 12 landmarks were captured from forewings of P. droryana, P. saiqui, P. emerina, P. remota, P. nigriceps and P. wittmanni. Our data show that the centroid size of the forewings reliably discriminated, for example, between P. droryana and P. emerina from P. saiqui. Moreover, this trait does not have a significant phylogenetic signal. In turn, we found that the overall accuracy in discriminating between the six Plebeia species according to forewing shape was 84%, while the confusion matrix achieved 71%. Interestingly, our discriminant analysis separated Plebeia species nesting in tree cavities from those nesting under granitic rocks. The latter group has second cubital (landmarks = 5, 6, 7), first medial (landmarks = 2, 3, 8) and first submarginal cells (landmarks = 3, 4, 9, 10) that are larger than those of species nesting in trees. The forewing shape showed a strong phylogenetic signal, therefore suggesting that its variation may be due to an evolutionary history shared between Plebeia species studied here rather than to environmental features. This work sheds light on the value of forewing size and shape attributes in discriminating Plebeia species within same genus. We suggest that landmarks separating different taxonomic groups could be incorporated into dichotomous keys to help in identifying clades of complex resolution.

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“…Geometric morphometrics also enables the analysis of correlations between the form and size of structures and the patterns of distribution of individuals across various geographical areas as well as with the patterns of diversification of their life histories. As morphometric variations among insect populations are generally associated with differences in geographical and environmental variables, this methodology has proved to be very useful in this group of organisms (Nunes et al 2012, Romero et al 2014, Prado-Silva et al 2016.…”

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Morphometric variation among males of Orphulella punctata (De Geer, 1773) (Acrididae: Gomphocerinae) from different biomes in Brazil

Silva¹,

Nunes²,

Batista³

et al. 2018

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The objective of the present study was to examine variation in the shape and size of pronotum, hind femur, and head in the males of Orphulellapunctata (De Geer, 1773) from three different Brazilian biomes: the Cerrado, the Atlantic Forest, and the Pantanal. A total of 150 specimens were analyzed from three populations. The results of MANOVA indicated significant differences (p<0.01) in the shape of the analyzed structures of O.punctata from the different biomes. The results of ANOVA demonstrated significant differences (p<0.05) in the size of all analyzed structures. Pearson’s correlation analyses among the different structures and the environmental variables revealed that the shape of pronotum, hind femur, and head (dorsal view), as well as the size of pronotum and head (dorsal and lateral views) varied with the geographic longitude, while the shape of hind femur and head (dorsal view) showed a significant negative correlation with size. Results indicated that the shape and size of the analyzed structures, in general, were influenced by the geographical variables.

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Variation morphogeometrics of Africanized honey bees (Apis mellifera) in Brazil

Cited by 16 publications

References 24 publications

Variation of fore wing shape in Melipona mandacaia Smith, 1863 (Hymenoptera, Meliponini) along its geographic range

Variation of fore wing shape in Melipona mandacaia Smith, 1863 (Hymenoptera, Meliponini) along its geographic range

Geometric morphometrics of the forewing shape and size discriminate Plebeia species (Hymenoptera: Apidae) nesting in different substrates

Morphometric variation among males of Orphulella punctata (De Geer, 1773) (Acrididae: Gomphocerinae) from different biomes in Brazil

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