Apinae Scaptotrigona
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 | Scaptotrigona barrocoloradensis | Although cited as “from Brazil”, this species does not occur in this Country | Brazil | 17 | 34 | k= 6pseudo-acrocentric + 8acrocentric + 3metacentric | as Trigona barrocoloralensis | C-banding | Hoshiba and Imai 1993 | ||
| Meliponini | Scaptotrigona bipunctata | Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo | Brazil | 0.40-0.44 | Tavares et al. 2012 | ||||||
| Meliponini | Scaptotrigona depilis | Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo | Brazil | 34 | 2k= 26acrocentric + 8pseudo-acrocentric | 0.39-0.41 | C-banding | Rocha et al. 2003a Tavares et al. 2012 | |||
| Meliponini | Scaptotrigona postica | Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo | Brazil | 34 | 2k= 22acrocentric + 12pseudo-acrocentric | C-banding | Rocha et al. 2003a | ||||
| Meliponini | Scaptotrigona totobi | Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas | Brazil | 34 | 2k= 8metacentric + 6submetacentris + 20subtelocentric | as Scaptotrigona cf. polysticta | 0.52 | Giemsa | Cunha et al. 2021 | ||
| Meliponini | Scaptotrigona tubiba | Urbano Santos, Maranhão | Brazil | 0.45 | Tavares et al. 2012 | ||||||
| Meliponini | Scaptotrigona xanthotricha | Camacan, Valença, Bahia; Piranga, Viçosa, Minas Gerais | Brazil | 17 | 34 | variable among populations | 0.42-0.44 | C-banding, Ag-NOR | DAPI/CMA3; FISH (ribosomal, microsatellites, satellite probes) | Rocha et al. 2003a Duarte et al. 2009 Lopes et al. 2009 Tavares et al. 2012 Cunha et al. 2021 Cunha et al. 2024 Serra et al. 2023 Vignati et al. 2025 | |
| Meliponini | Scaptotrigona sp. | São José do Sabugi, Paraíba | Brazil | 34 | 2k= 18acrocentric + 16pseudo-acrocentric | C-banding | DAPI/CMA3 | Rocha et al. 2003a | |||
| Meliponini | Scaptotrigona sp. | Pará | Brazil | 34 | 2k= 10metacentric + 6submetacentric + 18 subtelocentric | Giemsa | FISH (ribosomal, microsatellites probes) | Cunha et al. 2021 Cunha et al. 2024 |
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]
Lopes, D.M., Carvalho, C.R., Clarindo, W.R., Praça, M.M., Tavares, M.G. Genome size estimation of three stingless bee species (Hymenoptera, Meliponinae) by flow cytometry. Apidologie, 40 : pp 517-523. 2009. DOI: [10.1051/apido/2009030 https://doi.org/10.1051/apido/2009030]
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Hoshiba, H., Imai, H. Chromosome evolution of bees and wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) on the basis of C-banding pattern analyses. Japanese Journal of Entomology, 61 : pp 465-492. 1993
Duarte, O.M.P., Martins, C.C.C., Waldschmidt, A.M., Costa, M.A. Occurrence of multiple nucleolus organizer regions and intraspecific karyotype variation in Scaptotrigona xanthotricha Moure (Hymenoptera, Meliponini). Genetics and Molecular Research, 8 : pp 831-839. 2009. DOI: [10.4238/vol8-3gmr598 https://doi.org/10.4238/vol8-3gmr598]
Rocha, M.P., Pompolo, S.G., Campos, L.A.O. Citogenética da tribo Meliponini (Hymenoptera, Apidae). UNESC, Criciúma, : pp 311-320. 2003a