Morphological comparison of the dwarf honey bees of southeastern Thailand and Palawan, Philippines

Rinderer, Thomas E.; Oldroyd, B.P.; Wongsiri, S.; Sylvester, H.A..; Guzman, L. I de; Stelzer, J.A.; Riggio, RM . Honey-Bee Breeding, Agricultural Research Service

Morphological comparison of the dwarf honey bees of southeastern Thailand and Palawan, Philippines

2000

Morphological descriptions using measurements common to honey bee taxonomy are provided for Apis andreniformis Smith (1858) from southeastern Thailand and Palawan, Philippines and Apis florea Fabricius (1787) from southeastern Thailand. Overall, A andreniformis has a very different morphology from the sympatric A florea and from all other well-described species of honey bees. One difference, the color of the scutellum, although not species specific, is sufficient in many cases to facilitate field identifications. Very few morphological differences occurred between the Thai and the Philipine populations of A. andreniformis.

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animal morphology apis florea taxonomy wings

Bibliographic information

Pagination

p. 63-70

Language

English

Note

Summary (En)

2 ill., 1 table

Type

Summary; Non-Conventional

Source

Biodiversity of honey bees in Thailand Vol. 3, Chulalongkorn Univ., Bangkok (Thailand). Faculty of Science. Dept. of BiologyThailand's National Science and Technology Development Agency.- Bangkok (Thailand), 2000.- ISBN 974-639-395-2.- p. 63-70

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