Journal
APIDOLOGIE
Volume 46, Issue 5, Pages 644-653Publisher
SPRINGER FRANCE
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-015-0352-3
Keywords
Bombus; decline; diploidmales; wing shape; geometric morphometrics
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- STEP-Status and Trends of European Pollinators (EC) [244090]
- SUPER-B COST ACTION [FA 1305]
- Naturalis Biodiversity Center
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Presence of diploid males in wild bees reflects inbreeding and provides information about the health status of a colony or population. Detection of diploid males, and discrimination from haploid males and workers, has, however, been limited to molecular diagnostics. Here we present a novel method based on differences in wing shape, e.g., venation patterns in wings. The method is easy to apply and results, for Bombus terrestris, in very high discrimination success. Possible applications of the method are discussed.
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