Crop pollinators in Brazil: a review of reported interactions

TC Giannini, S Boff, GD Cordeiro, EA Cartolano… - Apidologie, 2015 - Springer
Pollinators are important to maintain ecosystem services, being part of the reproduction and
seed formation process of plant species. In this study, we reviewed the literature and …

Morphological characteristics and morphometrics of stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Meliponini) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

M Trianto, H Purwanto - Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity, 2020 - smujo.id
Trianto M, Purwanto H. 2020. Morphological characteristics and morphometrics of Stingless
Bees (Hymenoptera: Meliponini) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 21: 2619-2628 …

Geometric morphometrics of the wing as a tool for assigning genetic lineages and geographic origin to Melipona beecheii (Hymenoptera: Meliponini)

TM Francoy, ML Grassi, VL Imperatriz-Fonseca… - Apidologie, 2011 - Springer
The stingless bee Melipona beecheii presents great variability and is considered a complex
of species. In order to better understand this species complex, we need to evaluate its …

Integrated landmark and outline-based morphometric methods efficiently distinguish species of Euglossa (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Euglossini)

TM Francoy, F de Faria Franco, DW Roubik - Apidologie, 2012 - Springer
Morphometric methods permit identification of insect species and are an aid for taxonomy.
Quantitative wing traits were used to identify male euglossine bees. Landmark-and outline …

Evaluating classification and feature selection techniques for honeybee subspecies identification using wing images

FL da Silva, MLG Sella, TM Francoy… - … and Electronics in …, 2015 - Elsevier
The main pollinator commercially available, ie Apis mellifera, is now facing a severe
population decrease worldwide due to the so-called Colony Collapse Disorder. Measures to …

Evolution of wing shape in hornets: why is the wing venation efficient for species identification?

A Perrard, M Baylac, JM Carpenter… - Journal of Evolutionary …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Wing venation has long been used for insect identification. Lately, the characterization of
venation shape using geometric morphometrics has further improved the potential of using …

Can the shape of the wing help in the identification of African stingless bee species?(Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) Wing geometric morphometrics: a tool for …

N Ndungu, NJ Vereecken, M Gerard, S Kariuki… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Stingless bees are important pollinators of wild and cultivated plants, and they produce
medicinal honey. However, their taxonomy and systematics are still debated and would …

[HTML][HTML] Morphometric analysis of fossil bumble bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombini) reveals their taxonomic affinities

M Dehon, MS Engel, M Gérard, AM Aytekin, G Ghisbain… - ZooKeys, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Bumble bees (Bombus spp.) are a widespread corbiculate lineage (Apinae: Corbiculata:
Bombini), mostly found among temperate and alpine ecosystems. Approximately 260 …

[PDF][PDF] Species description, morphometric measurement and molecular identification of stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: meliponini) in meliponiculture industry in …

H Purwanto, M Trianto - Serangga, 2021 - academia.edu
This study was aimed to identify stingless bees commonly used in meliponiculture in Ciamis
Regency, West Java Province, Indonesia based on morphological, morphometric, and …

Identifying Chagas disease vectors using elliptic Fourier descriptors of body contour: a case for the cryptic dimidiata complex

DD Cruz, E Arellano, D Denis Ávila… - Parasites & vectors, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background Triatoma dimidiata (Reduviidae: Triatominae) is an important vector of
Chagas disease in various countries in the Americas. Phylogenetic studies have defined …