Detailed Record for Lestrimellita sp.

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 Lestrimellita

C-value (pg): 0.46

Method: Flow Cytometry

Cell Type: Brain

Standard Species: Scaptotrigona xantotricha = 0.43pg

References:
Tavares, M.G., C.R. Carvalho, F.A.F. Soares, and A. Fernandes (2010). Detection of diploid males in a natural colony of the cleptobiotic bee Lestrimelitta sp (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Genetics and Molecular Biology 33: 491-493.

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