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Cuticular Hydrocarbons of Orchid Bees Males: Interspecific and Chemotaxonomy Variation

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  • Aline Borba dos Santos
  • Fábio Santos do Nascimento

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Recent studies have investigated the composition of compounds that cover the cuticle in social insects, but few studies have focused on solitary bees. Cuticular hydrocarbons may provide a tool for chemotaxonomy, and perhaps they can be used as a complement to morphology and genetic characters in phylogenetic studies. Orchid bees (Tribe Euglossini) are a highly diverse group of Neotropical bees with more than 200 species. Here, the cuticular hydrocarbons of 17 species were identified and statistical analysis revealed 108 compounds, which allowed for the taxonomic classification according to the genera. The most significant compounds discriminating the four genera were (Z)-9-pentacosene, (Z,Z)-pentatriacontene-3, (Z)-9-tricosene, and (Z)-9-heptacosene. The analyses demonstrated the potential use of CHCs to identify different species.

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  • Aline Borba dos Santos & Fábio Santos do Nascimento, 2015. "Cuticular Hydrocarbons of Orchid Bees Males: Interspecific and Chemotaxonomy Variation," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(12), pages 1-11, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0145070
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145070
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    1. Lucie Vaníčková & Radka Nagy & Antonio Pompeiano & Blanka Kalinová, 2017. "Epicuticular chemistry reinforces the new taxonomic classification of the Bactrocera dorsalis species complex (Diptera: Tephritidae, Dacinae)," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(9), pages 1-14, September.

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