Apinae Tetragona
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 | Tetragona clavipes | Viçosa, Minas Gerais | Brazil | 34 | 2k= 6acrocentric + 28pseudo-acrocentric | C-banding | DAPI/CMA3 | Rocha et al. 2003a | |||
| Meliponini | Tetragona elongata | Viçosa, Minas Gerais | Brazil | 34 | 2k= 18metacentric + 14submetacentric + 2subtelocentric | Giemsa | FISH (ribosomal, microsatellites, satellite probes) | Tavares et al. 2023 Vignati et al. 2025 |
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
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]
Tavares, M.G., Oliveira, E.R., Elizeu, A.M., Novaes, C.M., Travenzoli, N.M., Lopes, D.M. Comparative molecular cytogenetics in five species of stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 302 : pp 37-42. 2023. DOI: [10.1016/j.jcz.2022.11.008 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2022.11.008]
Rocha, M.P., Pompolo, S.G., Campos, L.A.O. Citogenética da tribo Meliponini (Hymenoptera, Apidae). UNESC, Criciúma, : pp 311-320. 2003a