Apinae Plebeia
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 | Plebeia droryana | Santo Antônio do Jacinto, Minas Gerais | Brazil | 17 | 34 | k= 12pseudo-acrocentric + 2acrocentric + 3metacentric; 2k 18metacentric + 16submetacentric | C-banding | FISH (ribosomal, microsatellites probes) | Hoshiba and Imai 1993 Cunha et al. 2021 Cunha et al. 2024 | ||
| Meliponini | Plebeia droryana | Viçosa, Minas Gerais | Brazil | 0.48-0.49 | Tavares et al. 2012 | ||||||
| Meliponini | Plebeia droryana | Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo | Brazil | 0.52 | Tavares et al. 2012 | ||||||
| Meliponini | Plebeia droryana | Iraquara, Bahia | Brazil | 34 | 2k=24metacentric + 8submetacentric + 2subtelocentric; 2k= 18metacentric + 10submetacentric + 6subtelocentric | as Plebeia aff. droryana 1 | Giemsa, C-banding | FISH (ribosomal probe) | Campos et al. 2024 | ||
| Meliponini | Plebeia droryana | Gandu, Bahia | Brazil | 17 | 34 | 2k= 24metacentric + 6submetacentric + 4subtelocentric | as Plebeia aff. droryana 2 | Giemsa, C-banding | FISH (ribosomal probe) | Campos et al. 2024 | |
| Meliponini | Plebeia flavocincta | Licínio de Almeida, Bahia | Brazil | 17 | 34 | 2k= 10metacentric + 18submetacentric + 6subtelocentric | as Plebeia aff. flavocincta; up to 2B chromosomes have been described | Giemsa, C-banding | FISH (ribosomal probe) | Campos et al. 2024 | |
| Meliponini | Plebeia lucii | Viçosa, Minas Gerais | Brazil | 34 | 2k= 22pseudo-acrocentric + 12acrocentric; 2k= 6metacentric + 6submetacentric + 22subtelocentric | 0.43 | C-banding | DAPI/CMA3; FISH (ribosomal, microsatellites probes) | Godoy et al. 2013 Tavares et al. 2012 Cunha et al. 2021 Cunha et al. 2024 | ||
| Meliponini | Plebeia mosquito | Gandu, Bahia | Brazil | 34 | 2k= 24metacentric + 2submetacentric + 8subtelocentric | as Plebeia cf. mosquito | Giemsa, C-banding | FISH (ribosomal probe) | Campos et al. 2024 | ||
| Meliponini | Plebeia phrynostoma | Espírito Santo | Brazil | 34 | 2k= 18pseudo-acrocentric + 10acrocentric + 6metacentric | C-banding | DAPI/CMA3; FISH (ribosomal, microsatellites probes) | Godoy et al. 2013 Cunha et al. 2024 | |||
| Meliponini | Plebeia poecilochroa | Linhares, Nova Almeida, Espírito Santo | Brazil | 17 | 34 | 2k= 12metacentric + 14submetacentric + 8subtelocentric | 1B chromosome has been described | Giemsa, C-banding | DAPI/CMA3; FISH (ribosomal, microsatellites probes) | Andrade et al. 2024 | |
| Meliponini | Plebeia sp.1 | Viçosa, Minas Gerais | Brazil | 34 | Ag-NOR | Maffei et al. 2001 | |||||
| Meliponini | Plebeia sp. | Xapuri, Acre | Brazil | 0.43-0.44 | Tavares et al. 2012 | ||||||
| Meliponini | Plebeia sp. nov. | Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas | Brazil | 34 | 2k= 6metacentric + 2submetacentric + 26subtelocentric | 0.40 | Giemsa | Cunha et al. 2021 |
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
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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]
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Campos, C.L., Teixeira, G.A., Lopes, D.M., Bitencourt, J.A., Bezerra, D.D., Alves, R.M.O., Werneck, H.A., Waldschmidt, A.M. New patterns of polymorphism in the karyotypic analysis of the genus Plebeia (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Apidologie, 55 : pp 45. 2024. DOI: [10.1007/s13592-024-01090-8 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-024-01090-8]
Andrade, B.L.F., Lopes, A.L.G., Teixeira, G.A., Tavares, M.G. Karyotypes and chromosomal mapping of some repetitive DNAs in two stingless bee species (Apidae: Meliponini), with the description of a B chromosome in Plebeia genus. Cytogenetic and Genome Research, 164 : pp 267-275. 2024. DOI: [10.1159/000542295 https://doi.org/10.1159/000542295]