Determinação das castas em Scaptotrigona postica (Latreille) (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini): diferenciação do ovário

Santos, Thaís da Cruz Alves dos; Cruz-Landim, Carminda da

doi:10.1590/S0101-81752002000300007

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Both castes of Scaptotrigolia postica (Latreille, 1804) possess four ovarioles in each ovary. Queen and workers have the same ovarian development during the larvallife, but in lhe late larval stage the queen ovary beco me larger. During pupation a higher rate of cell division is observed in queen ovarioles and a higher rale of cell death in workers. Newly emerged workers have short ovarioles with differenriatcd germarium and vitellarium while queens have very long ovarioles with only germarium. Caste deterrnination in rhis species of bee is trophic, but lhe food does not differ in quality, only in quantiry. The food differences only beco me effecri ve by the end of larval stage when the queen larvae have lhe opportunity of eat more. In this way lhe ovary differentiation, between workers and queens. In this species, only occurs frorn lhe end of larval stage, mainly during pupation. Although the ovaries of workers are smaller, they are precocious in relation to queens, since nurse workers, 5 10 20 days, old may lay eggs. The eggs laid by the workers may be trophic or functional. These eggs may be distinguished by lhe aspect ofthe yolk. Older forager workers have degenerated ovaries.

Stingless beco castes; ovary differentiation; cell division; cell dearh

Determinação das castas em Scaptotrigona postica (Latreille) (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini): diferenciação do ovário

Caste determination in Scaptotrigona postica (Latreille) (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini): the ovarian differentiation

Thaís da Cruz Alves dos Santos^I,II; Carminda da Cruz-Landim^I

^IDepartamento de Biologia, Instituto de Biociências de Rio Claro, Universidade Estadual Paulista. Caixa Postal 199, 13506-900 Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brasil. E-mail: tcsantos@yahoo.com; cclandim@rc.unesp.br

^IIBolsista CNPq

ABSTRACT

Both castes of Scaptotrigolia postica (Latreille, 1804) possess four ovarioles in each ovary. Queen and workers have the same ovarian development during the larvallife, but in lhe late larval stage the queen ovary beco me larger. During pupation a higher rate of cell division is observed in queen ovarioles and a higher rale of cell death in workers. Newly emerged workers have short ovarioles with differenriatcd germarium and vitellarium while queens have very long ovarioles with only germarium. Caste deterrnination in rhis species of bee is trophic, but lhe food does not differ in quality, only in quantiry. The food differences only beco me effecri ve by the end of larval stage when the queen larvae have lhe opportunity of eat more. In this way lhe ovary differentiation, between workers and queens. In this species, only occurs frorn lhe end of larval stage, mainly during pupation. Although the ovaries of workers are smaller, they are precocious in relation to queens, since nurse workers, 5 10 20 days, old may lay eggs. The eggs laid by the workers may be trophic or functional. These eggs may be distinguished by lhe aspect ofthe yolk. Older forager workers have degenerated ovaries.

Key words: Stingless beco castes, ovary differentiation, cell division, cell dearh

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______. 2002. Morphological Characterization ofcell death duringthe ovary differentiation in worker honeybee. Cell Biol. Internat. 26 (3): 243-251.
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______. 1966. Estudo comparativo do comportamento de várias espécies de abelhas sem ferrão, com especial referência ao processo de aprovisionamento e postura das células. Ci. Cult., São Paulo, 18 (3): 283-296.
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SOMMEIJER, M.J.; J.W. VANVEEN & R. SEWMAR. 1990. The intranidal activity of males of Melipona with some remarks about male production in stingless bees. Actes Coll. Insect. Sociaux 6: 63-67.
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[2] BEGO, L.R. 1982. On social regulation in Nannotrigona (Scaptotrigona) postica Latreille, with special reference to male production cycles (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponinae). Bol. Zool. Univ. São Paulo, São Paulo, 7: 181-196.

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[12] RACHINSKY,A. & K. HARTFELDER. 1990. Corpora allata, a prime regulating element for caste-specific juvenile hormone titre in honeybee larvae (Apis mellifera camica). Jour. Insect Physiol. 36: 189-194.

[13] ______. 1991. Differential production ofjuvenile hormone and its desoxy precursor by corpora allata of honeybees during a criticai caste development. Naturwiss 78: 270-272.

[14] REGINATO, R.D. & C CRUZ-LANDIM. 2001. Differentiation of the worker's ovary in Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera, Apidae) during life of larvae. Invert. Reprod. Develop. 39 (2): 127-134.

[15] ______. 2002. Morphological Characterization ofcell death duringthe ovary differentiation in worker honeybee. Cell Biol. Internat. 26 (3): 243-251.

[16] ______. 1998. Desenvolvimento ovariano em larvas de operárias de Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Anais Terceiro Encontro sobre Abelhas, Ribeirão Preto, p.122-I27.

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[21] ______. 1966. Estudo comparativo do comportamento de várias espécies de abelhas sem ferrão, com especial referência ao processo de aprovisionamento e postura das células. Ci. Cult., São Paulo, 18 (3): 283-296.

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[23] SILVA, D.L.N. 1977. Estudos bionômicos em colônias mistas de Meliponinae (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Bol. Zool., São Paulo, 2: 7-106.

[24] SNODGRASS, R.E. 1956. Anatomy of the honeybee. Ithaca, Comstock Publishing Associates, 334p.

[25] SOMMEIJER, M.J.; T.X. CHINA & F.J.A. MEEUWSEN. 1999. Behavioral data on the production of males by workers in the stingless bee Melipona favosa (Apidae, Meliponinae). Insect Sociaux 46: 92-93.

[26] SOMMEIJER, M.J. & N.W.M. VANBUREN.1992. Male production by laying workers in queenright colonies of Melipona favosa (Apidae, Meliponinae), p. 64-72. In: J. BILLEN (Ed). Biol. evolut. Soe, insect. Leuven, University Press.

[27] SOMMEIJER, M.J.; J.W. VANVEEN & R. SEWMAR. 1990. The intranidal activity of males of Melipona with some remarks about male production in stingless bees. Actes Coll. Insect. Sociaux 6: 63-67.

[28] STAURENGO-DA-CUNHA, M.A. 1977. Ovarian development in Scaptoirigona postica Latreille (Hymenoptera, Apidae) - I. Morphological study. Dusenia 10 (4): 205- 215.

[29] VANVEEN, JW, H. ARCE & M.J. SOMMEIJER.1990. Tropical bee-keeping: The production of males in stingless bees (Melipona). Proc. Exp. Appl. Entomol., Amsterdam, 1: 171-176.

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