Apinae Leurotrigona
Cytogenetic data
| Tribe | Species | Sample local | Country(ies) | Haploid(n) | Diploid(2n) | Karyotype | Notes | Genome size (pg) | Classic cytogenetic data | Molecular cytogenetic data | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meliponini | Leurotrigona muelleri | Passos, Senador Mourão, Minas Gerais; Cajuru, São Paulo; Itacajá, Tocantins | Brazil | 8 | 16 | 2k= 14metacentric + 2acrocentric | 0.35 | Giemsa, C-banding | FISH (ribosomal, microsatellites, satellite probes) | Pompolo and Campos 1995 Cunha et al. 2021 Cunha et al. 2024 Vignati et al. 2025 | |
| Meliponini | Leurotrigona muelleri | Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo | Brazil | 0.31-0.32 | Tavares et al. 2012 | ||||||
| Meliponini | Leurotrigona pusilla | Manaus, Amazonas | Brazil | 30 | 2k= 10metacentric + 14submetacentric + 6acrocentric | C-banding | Pompolo and Campos 1995 |
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
Pompolo, S.G., Campos, L.A.O. Karyotypes of two species of stingless bees, Leurotrigona muelleri and Leurotrigona pusilla (Hymenoptera, Meliponinae). Revista Brasileira de Genética, 18 : pp 181-184. 1995
Cunha, M.S., Garcia, M.V.B., Campos, L.A.O., Lopes, D.M. Cytotaxonomy and karyotype evolution in Neotropical Meliponini (Hymenoptera: Apidae) inferred by chromosomal mapping of 18S rDNA and five microsatellites. Journal of Apicultural Research, 63 : pp 208-218. 2024. DOI: [10.1080/00218839.2023.2179228 https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2023.2179228]
Vignati, Z.B.M., Teixeira, G.A., Cunha, M.S., Pereira, J.A., Lopes, D.M. Cytogenomics of Frieseomelitta varia (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and the sharing of a satellite DNA family in several Neotropical Meliponini genera. Genes, 16 : pp 86. 2025. DOI: [10.3390/genes16010086 https://doi.org/10.3390/genes16010086]
Cunha, M.S., Soares, F.A.F., Clarindo, W.R., Campos, L.A.O., Lopes, D.M. Robertsonian rearrangements in Neotropical Meliponini karyotype evolution (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Insect Molecular Biology, 30 : pp 379-389. 2021. DOI: [10.1111/imb.12702 https://doi.org/10.1111/imb.12702]
Tavares, M.G., Carvalho, C.R., Soares, F.A.F., Campos, L.A.O. Genome size diversity in stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Meliponini). Apidologie, 43 : pp 731-736. 2012. DOI: [10.1007/s13592-012-0145-x https://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-012-0145-x]