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Tipo: Artigo
Título: Conservation study of an endangered stingless bee (Melipona capixaba—Hymenoptera: Apidae) with restricted distribution in Brazil
Autor(es): Nogueira, Juliano
Ramos, Josemar de Carvalho
Benevenuto, Juliana
Resende, Helder Canto
Campos, Lucio Antonio de Oliveira
Tavares, Mara Garcia
Fernandes-Salomão, Tânia Maria
Abstract: Melipona capixaba, popularly known as “uruçu preta”, is a stingless bee restricted to the mountainous Atlantic Rainforest areas of Espírito Santo State, Brazil. Due to the endemism and small population size, this species discovered in 1994 is now considered “vulnerable to extinction”. Using ISSR, PCR–RFLP and microsatellites markers, we studied the genetic variability and structure of M. capixaba from 88 colonies collected throughout the distribution area of the species within Espírito Santo State. The microsatellite, ISSR and mitochondrial haplotype analyses showed that M. capixaba has low genetic variability compared to other insect species. The molecular analyses also indicated a high genetic similarity among the M. capixaba samples, with no clear pattern of structuring. The analyses of molecular variance results indicated that most of the total genetic variation in M. capixaba was explained by the genetic diversity within local populations. Results suggest that the analyzed samples could be treated as a single population for preservation purposes. Thus, given its endemism, local adaptation and low number of natural colonies, efforts for the conservation of M. capixaba should focus on preservation and increasing the number of colonies in the wild, so that M. capixaba can support constant captures and the effects of habitat deforestation in Espírito Santo State.
Palavras-chave: Conservation genetics
Habitat fragmentation
ISSR
Meliponini
Microsatellites
Editor: Journal of Insect Conservation
Tipo de Acesso: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
URI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10841-014-9639-3
http://www.locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/22411
Data do documento: 25-Jun-2014
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