Population structure and classification ofApis cerana
| Autor: | Ken Tan, Viktor Kuznetsov, Soesilawati Hadisoesilo, H. Randall Hepburn, Michael S. Engel, Sarah E. Radloff, Colleen Hepburn, Stefan Fuchs |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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0106 biological sciences
Steppe Biogeography sous-espèce biogéographie [SDV.BID]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity Rainforest Biology Subspecies 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences biogeography---Apis cerana Apis cerana [SDV.EE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology environment Morphometrics geography geography.geographical_feature_category morphometrics analyse morphométrique Ecology 15. Life on land biology.organism_classification [SDV.BA.ZI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Invertebrate Zoology 010602 entomology Deciduous [SDV.SA.SPA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Animal production studies Insect Science subspecies Taxonomy (biology) |
| Zdroj: | Apidologie Apidologie, Springer Verlag, 2010, 41 (6), ⟨10.1051/apido/2010008⟩ |
| ISSN: | 1297-9678 0044-8435 |
| DOI: | 10.1051/apido/2010008 |
| Popis: | International audience; Multivariate morphometric analyses of Apis cerana Fabricius, 1793 across its full geographical range were performed. Principal components plots did not reveal distinct morphoclusters. Further substructuring of the principal component plots could not initially be derived but only by introducing local labelling did it reveal six main morphoclusters. We apply geographically based common epithets to the morphoclusters and designate them as: as "Northern cerana", "Himalayan cerana" "Indian plains cerana" "Indo-chinese cerana" "Philippine cerana"and "Indo-Malayan cerana". A. cerana naturally occurs in climatic zones ranging from rainforest, savanna, steppe, grasslands and deciduous forest to taiga. The distributions of the morphoclusters are related to these physiographic and climatic factors. The taxonomy of A. cerana is formally revised and synonymous specific and infraspecific names summarized. |
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