Pollinators biodiversity and the wings of the Meliponini

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Pollinators biodiversity and the wings of the
Meliponini
Tiago Francoy Vera L. I. Fonseca
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J-ABIS
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J-ABIS
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ABIS and the Meliponini...
Plebeia remota
Apis mellifera
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Geometric Morphometrics
Species 1
Species 2
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Species 1
Species 2
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First results with bees.

• Morphological changes in wings of Africanized
  bees over time. (Francoy et al., 2006).

85 of correct subspecific identifications.
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First results in Meliponini
Absence of gene flow between Plebeia remota
populations
94 of correct identifications
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Plebeia species.
86 of correct identifications
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N. testaceicornis sub-populations.
77 correct identification
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Sex differentiation in Plebeia flavocincta.
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Objectives

• Identification and mapping of discriminative
  landmarks among the stingless bees

• Creation of a model for stingless bees species
  recognition through wing morphometrics

• Development of an automated system to integrate
  the analyses and make identifications easier.