Two new records of Gynandromorphs in Xylocopa (Hymenoptera, Apidae s.l.)

Authors

  • Rony Peterson Santos Almeida Museu Paraense "Emílio Goeldi" (MPEG), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia (PPGZOOL), Coordenação de Ciências da Terra e Ecologia (CCTE). Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS), Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde (CCBS), Departamento de Biologia (DBI), Laboratório de Entomologia (LABENTO). http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0681-0357
  • Luis Anderson Ribeiro Leite Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS), Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde (CCBS), Departamento de Biologia (DBI), Laboratório de Entomologia (LABENTO). http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3702-4925
  • Kelli dos Santos Ramos Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Museu de Zoologia (MZUSP). http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1453-5885

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2018.58.17

Keywords:

Anomaly, Brazil, Carpenter bee, Morphology, Neoxylocopa.

Abstract

Two new records of gynandromorphs in Xylocopa Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Gynandromorphs are deviant morphological individuals with genetically distinct male and female tissues. Records of sex anomalies seems to be important to better understand the mechanisms regulating phenotypic expression. Herein, two new cases of gynandromorphs in carpenter bee species of Xylocopa from Brazil are described and figured: a mixed gynandromorph of the X. (Neoxylocopa) brasilianorum (Linnaeus, 1767) from São Paulo and a bilateral gynandromorph of the X. (Neoxylocopa) ordinaria Smith, 1874 from Sergipe.

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Author Biographies

  • Rony Peterson Santos Almeida, Museu Paraense "Emílio Goeldi" (MPEG), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia (PPGZOOL), Coordenação de Ciências da Terra e Ecologia (CCTE). Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS), Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde (CCBS), Departamento de Biologia (DBI), Laboratório de Entomologia (LABENTO).
    Avenida Perimetral, 1.901, Terra Firme, CEP 66077-830, Belém, PA, Brasil.
    Avenida Marechal Rondon, s/nº, Jardim Rosa Elze, CEP 49100-000, São Cristóvão, SE, Brasil.
  • Luis Anderson Ribeiro Leite, Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS), Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde (CCBS), Departamento de Biologia (DBI), Laboratório de Entomologia (LABENTO).
    Avenida Marechal Rondon, s/nº, Jardim Rosa Elze, CEP 49100-000, São Cristóvão, SE, Brasil.
  • Kelli dos Santos Ramos, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Museu de Zoologia (MZUSP).
    Avenida Nazaré, 481, Ipiranga, CEP 04263-000, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.

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2018-03-06

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Almeida, R. P. S., Leite, L. A. R., & Ramos, K. dos S. (2018). Two new records of Gynandromorphs in Xylocopa (Hymenoptera, Apidae s.l.). Papéis Avulsos De Zoologia, 58, e20185817. https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2018.58.17