Phylogenetic relationships and classification of the major lineages of Apoidea (Hymenoptera) : with emphasis on the crabronid wasps / by Gabriel A. R. Melo

Melo, Gabriel A. R.

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“…The cladogram was derived from trees previously published by Alexander (1992) and Melo (1999Melo ( , 2005, with the spermatozoal characters superimposed (see Table 1). Table 1 List of non-polarized character states…”

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“…26. Cladogram for Apoidea families (Sphecidae, Crabronidae and Apidae) and Vespidae modified from Alexander (1992) and Melo (1999Melo ( , 2005, with spermatozoal characters (Table 1).…”

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“…In the revision of Bohart and Menke (1976) all of them were included in a single family, Sphecidae, subdivided into 11 subfamilies. More recently, Melo (1999) recommended the recognition of four sphecid families; the Heterogydae, Ampulicidae, Sphecidae sensu stricto, and Crabronidae, which, together with the Apidae sensu lato (including all bee families), represent the Apoidea. He also proposed five subfamilies for the Crabronidae: Astatinae, Bembicinae, Crabroninae, Pemphredoninae, and Philanthinae.…”

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“…Besides the studies of higher Apoidea phylogeny based on traditional morphological data made by Alexander (1992) and Melo (1999), there is still very little information about the relationships amongst sphecid subgroups. Structural analyses permit a few conclusions, but many aspects of their phylogenetic relationships still remain unclear.…”

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Morphology of testicular and post-testicular spermatozoa in Microstigmus arlei Richards, 1972 and M. nigrophthalmus Melo, 1992 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Pemphredoninae) with phylogenetic consideration

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Arthropod Structure & Development

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The sperm of Microstigmus arlei and Microstigmus nigrophthalmus are twisted in a spiral and consist of two regions: the head, formed by an acrosome and a nucleus, and the flagellum, formed by two asymmetric mitochondrial derivatives, a long centriolar adjunct, an axoneme (9 + 9 + 2) and two accessory bodies. The head shows a characteristic morphology. The acrosome is very long and is basically made up of a paracrystalline structure. In the central head region, the acrosome is inserted into the nucleus, which is observed coiling laterally around the paracrystalline structure. In the subsequent part of the spermatozoon the nucleus appears round in transverse sections, and over some length it is still penetrated by the acrosome until shortly distal to the flagellar insertion. At this point the nucleus forms an inverted cone-shaped projection. These morphological characteristics of acrosome and nucleus of the Microstigmus wasp have not been previously described in Apoidea and are useful for phylogenetic evaluation of this superfamily.

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“…26. Cladogram for Apoidea families (Sphecidae, Crabronidae and Apidae) and Vespidae modified from Alexander (1992) and Melo (1999Melo ( , 2005, with spermatozoal characters (Table 1).…”

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Morphology of testicular and post-testicular spermatozoa in Microstigmus arlei Richards, 1972 and M. nigrophthalmus Melo, 1992 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Pemphredoninae) with phylogenetic consideration

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“…The current classification of the aculeate Hymenoptera places the bees, together with a few other wasp families (the apoid wasps), in the superfamily Apoidea (BROTHERS 1999, MELO 1999. The current most widely used classification for bees (MICHENER 2000) divides them in a number of taxa at the familylevel.…”

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Higher-level bee classifications (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Apidae sensu lato)

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Gonçalves

2005

Rev. Bras. Zool.

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A higher-level classification of bees, in which the entire group is treated as a single family - the Apidae - is advocated here. A total of seven subfamilies, 51 tribes and 27 subtribes are recognized. These subfamilies correspond to the families adopted in the traditional classification. Although the proposed changes do not involve any major rearrangement, basically only changing the rank given to the main groups, the new system makes the classification of bees more consistent with that adopted for other major groups of aculeate Hymenoptera. It also departs from the 19th century practice, perpetuated in the traditional classification, of giving family-status to the main groups of bees. A correspondence table associating the taxon names used in the current traditional classification with those of the revised classification is presented. Scrapterini new tribe (type-genus Scrapter Lepeletier & Serville) is proposed to accommodate the southern African genus Scrapter.

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A new species of the wasp genus Clitemnestra Spinola, 1851 from New Caledonia (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Crabronidae, Bembicinae)

Ohl

2008

Dtsch. Entomol. Z.

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Clitemnestra noumeae Ohl, new species, the first member of the genus known from New Caledonia, is described. The shape of the abdomen is intermediate between Clitemnestra and Ochleroptera, thus enforcing the recognition of only one genus. The new species is compared with the other ‘Ochleroptera‐like’ species from Australasia, which are exclusively known from New Guinea. A key to the ‘Ochleroptera‐like’ species of Clitemnestra from Australasia is provided.

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Phylogenetic relationships and classification of the major lineages of Apoidea (Hymenoptera) : with emphasis on the crabronid wasps / by Gabriel A. R. Melo

Abstract: sphecidae (sensu str1cto) + [apidae (sensu lato) + crabronidae] 35 Sphecidae (sensu stricto) 36 Apidae (sensu lato) + Crabronidae 36 Apic/.e (sensu lato) 38 CRABRON.DAE 38 LITERATURE CITED 43

Cited by 92 publications

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Morphology of testicular and post-testicular spermatozoa in Microstigmus arlei Richards, 1972 and M. nigrophthalmus Melo, 1992 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Pemphredoninae) with phylogenetic consideration

Morphology of testicular and post-testicular spermatozoa in Microstigmus arlei Richards, 1972 and M. nigrophthalmus Melo, 1992 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Pemphredoninae) with phylogenetic consideration

Higher-level bee classifications (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Apidae sensu lato)

A new species of the wasp genus Clitemnestra Spinola, 1851 from New Caledonia (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Crabronidae, Bembicinae)

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