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Taxonomic Status of Stingless Bee Lepidotrigona Arcifera (Hymenoptera: Meliponini) From The Southwest China - Tibetan Plateau

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Názov: Taxonomic Status of Stingless Bee Lepidotrigona Arcifera (Hymenoptera: Meliponini) From The Southwest China - Tibetan Plateau
Autori: Yuxin Yao, Xiangyou Tang, Yaohui Li, Huali Song, Yan Jiang, Xinlan Chen, Luo Zha, Wenfeng Wang, Jinshan Xu
Zdroj: Journal of Apicultural Science, Vol 68, Iss 2, Pp 133-142 (2024)
Informácie o vydavateľovi: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2024.
Rok vydania: 2024
Predmety: 0106 biological sciences, 0301 basic medicine, coi, 03 medical and health sciences, lepidotrigona arcifera, QL1-991, phylogenetic relationship, stingless bee, Zoology, 01 natural sciences, 16s rrna
Popis: The stingless bee, Lepidotrigona arcifera, which was first reported in northeast India is a pollinating insect of the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. However, little information about this species is known in terms of taxonomic status as well as detailed morphological characteristics. In this study, we discovered a stingless bee in Tibet that belongs to an Alpine climate region. The morphological comparison with the India stingless bee, confirms that this newly discovered species is L. arcifera from the Tibet plateau. To determine the taxonomic status of this Tibetan stingless bee, we sequenced the 16S rRNA and COI genes of samples from a dozen colonies and compared them to some other known bee species. Phylogenetic analysis shows that Tibetan L. arcifera is grouped with the other stingless bee species and most closely sistered to the stingless bee, L. flavibasis. The genetic distance between Tibetan L. arcifera and the other stingless bee species is approaching those between pairwise bee species belonging to other such bee genera as Bombus and Apis. Hence, our results not only offer new information on species distribution and morphological characteristics of L. arcifera but also confirm its taxonomic status among stingless bees for the first time, which will contribute to understanding the biodiversity of stingless bees in the future.
Druh dokumentu: Article
Jazyk: English
ISSN: 2299-4831
DOI: 10.2478/jas-2024-0008
Prístupová URL adresa: https://doaj.org/article/201017285872402eacdd4efed55f0467
Rights: CC BY
Prístupové číslo: edsair.doi.dedup.....64f3eeb1c3043b4510e89fa16f65b993
Databáza: OpenAIRE
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Abstrakt:The stingless bee, Lepidotrigona arcifera, which was first reported in northeast India is a pollinating insect of the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. However, little information about this species is known in terms of taxonomic status as well as detailed morphological characteristics. In this study, we discovered a stingless bee in Tibet that belongs to an Alpine climate region. The morphological comparison with the India stingless bee, confirms that this newly discovered species is L. arcifera from the Tibet plateau. To determine the taxonomic status of this Tibetan stingless bee, we sequenced the 16S rRNA and COI genes of samples from a dozen colonies and compared them to some other known bee species. Phylogenetic analysis shows that Tibetan L. arcifera is grouped with the other stingless bee species and most closely sistered to the stingless bee, L. flavibasis. The genetic distance between Tibetan L. arcifera and the other stingless bee species is approaching those between pairwise bee species belonging to other such bee genera as Bombus and Apis. Hence, our results not only offer new information on species distribution and morphological characteristics of L. arcifera but also confirm its taxonomic status among stingless bees for the first time, which will contribute to understanding the biodiversity of stingless bees in the future.
ISSN:22994831
DOI:10.2478/jas-2024-0008