Detailed Record for Melipona rufiventris

Common Name: Stingless bee

Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Hexapoda / Class Insecta / Sub Class Pterygota / Infra Class Neoptera / Super Order Holometabola / Order Hymenoptera / Family Apidae / Genus Melipona

C-value (pg): 0.93

Method: Flow Cytometry

Cell Type: Brain

Standard Species: Scaptotrigona xantotricha = 0.43pg

References:
Lopes, D.M., C.R. de Carvalho, W.R. Clarindo, M.M. Praca, and M.G. Tavares (2009). Genome size estimation of three stingless bee species (Hymenoptera, Meliponinae) by flow cytometry. Apidologie 40: 517-523.

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