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Tipo: | Artigo |
Título: | A comparative study of the proventricular structure in corbiculate apinae (Hymenoptera, Apidae) |
Autor(es): | Serrão, J.E. |
Abstract: | The present study compares the proventricular structure, analyzed under scanning electronic microscope (SEM), among tribes of corbiculate Apinae. Fifty-one species of stingless bees (Meliponini), one species of honeybee (Apini), three species of bumblebees (Bombini) and seven species of orchid bees (Euglossini), were analyzed as in-group, and one species of sphecid wasp (Sphecidae) and two species of Halictidae bees, as out-groups. The proventricular bulb presents a basic morphology pattern similar to that of other Hymenoptera such as ants and wasps, being a symplesiomorphy for bees. The shape of proventricular folds constitutes a synapomorphy for Meliponini and an autapomorphy for Apini. The shape of hair-like projections of the cuticle that lines the proventriculus is a synapomorphy for Meliponini and Apini. These proventricular data corroborate the monophyly of the tribe Meliponini and the hypothesis that recognizes only one tribe for stingless bees. In addition, Meliponini+Apini constitutes a monophyletic group and Bombini+Euglossini another monophyletic group. The results confirm that internal morphology is a character that can be used in studies of the phylogeny in insects and the use of SEM as a powerful tool in these analyses. |
Palavras-chave: | Alimentary canal Apini Bees Bombini Euglossin Meliponini Phylogeny Proventriculus SEM |
Editor: | Micron |
Tipo de Acesso: | Elsevier Science Ltd. |
URI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/S0968-4328(00)00014-7 http://www.locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/19691 |
Data do documento: | 8-Mar-2000 |
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