A MORFOMETRIA NO ESTUDO COMPARATIVO DE ABELHAS NATIVAS

Abstract

Morphometry is a mathematical study of the physical forms that confirm the morphological variations in species of species in kind and contrasts between different species. Native bees also known as indigenous and scientifically known as meliponine. Certain actions related to bees are directly or indirectly related to conservation and environmental preservation. A study was carried out in the evaluation of native species in relation to the weather in order to find out if this could affect the evolution of these individuals and to define morphometrically the differences between the species Melipona quadrifasciata, Melipona subnitida, Frieseomelitta doederleini and Melipona scutellaris. Samples were collected in the cities of Patos and Areia, in the state of Paraíba. For morphometric measurements, parts of bees placed on slides were removed and the microscope was used to obtain the images and directed to the program to be measured. Statistical analyzes made by software R3.4, using ANOVA, main component analysis, cluster analysis and tree classification. It was pointed out a high correlation between the studied variables and through this the formation of distinct groups occurred. Through some results of measurements it is possible to perceive the relationship of these variables with the flora, both in level and in the size of the structures. The plant-insect relationship is of great importance to bees. Morphometric similarities are found in uruçu bees, even when nesting at different sites, with morphometric similarities.