Landmark-Based Morphometric Study in the Fore and Hind Wings of an Iranian Race of European Honeybee (Apis mellifera meda)

Lotfali Dolati; Javad Nazemi Rafie; Hoda Khalesro

doi:10.2478/jas-2013-0028

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Landmark-Based Morphometric Study in the Fore and Hind Wings of an Iranian Race of European Honeybee (Apis mellifera meda)

Journal of Apicultural Science

Volume 57 (2013): Issue 2 (December 2013)

By: Lotfali Dolati, Javad Nazemi Rafie and Hoda Khalesro

Open Access

|Dec 2013

Abstract

Honeybee (Apis mellifera ) populations are usually distinguished using standard morphometric methods, mainly based on multivariate analysis of distances and angles. Recently, geometric morphometrics, another method of statistical analysis of shape, has been developed. This research was conducted on European honeybees in Iran in 2012. Multivariate analysis on hind wings identified significant differences between honeybee populations from different areas and significant differences in centroid size of fore wings in different geographical areas (F = 10.6, p = 0.000). Populations from nine areas were classified using discriminate function analysis based on shape variables of fore and hind wings. Crossvalidation tests based on discriminant functions of front wings correctly classified 68.2% of the colonies, and cross-validation tests based on discriminant functions of hind wings correctly classified 43% of the colonies.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jas-2013-0028 | Journal eISSN: 2299-4831 | Journal ISSN: 1643-4439 (formerly 2299-4831)

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Language: English

Page range: 187 - 197

Published on: Dec 31, 2013

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Keywords:

Apis mellifera meda,

fore wing,

geometric morphometrics,

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