Karyotype description of Cephalotrigona femorata Smith (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and the C-banding pattern as a specific marker for Cephalotrigona

Authors

  • Rodrigo Vieira Miranda Universidade Federal de Viçosa
  • Anderson Fernandes Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso
  • Denilce Meneses Lopes Universidade Federal de Viçosa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v60i1.125-127

Keywords:

Hymenoptera, stingless bees, cytogenetics, heterochromatin,

Abstract

Cephalotrigona femorata (Smith, 1854) was submitted to cytogenetic techniques to study and describe its karyotype. Conventional staining allowed the counting (2n=34) and observation of chromosome morphology. The amount and distribution of heterochromatin in this species was different from Cephalotrigona capitata (Smith, 1854), another species of the genus already analyzed. Our results indicate that heterochromatin a potential marker for the genus, at least for the species found in Brazil. This region was marked by DAPI, revealing a high content of A:T. The CMA3 marked two pairs, and it seems to be  polymorphic in one pair.

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Author Biographies

Rodrigo Vieira Miranda, Universidade Federal de Viçosa

Departamento de Biologia Geral

Anderson Fernandes, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso

Departamento de Ciências Biológicas

Denilce Meneses Lopes, Universidade Federal de Viçosa

Departamento de Biologia Geral

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Published

2013-03-27

How to Cite

Miranda, R. V., Fernandes, A., & Lopes, D. M. (2013). Karyotype description of Cephalotrigona femorata Smith (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and the C-banding pattern as a specific marker for Cephalotrigona. Sociobiology, 60(1), 125–127. https://doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v60i1.125-127

Issue

Vol. 60 No. 1 (2013)

Section

Short Note

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