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7 August 2023 Phylogeography and species delimitation of the Asian cavity-nesting honeybees
Yong-Chao Su, Yi-Fan Chiu, Natapot Warrit, Gard W. Otis, Deborah Roan Smith
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We examine phylogenetic relationships among species and populations of Asian cavity-nesting honeybees, emphasizing detection of potential unrecognized species in the geographically widespread Apis cerana Fabricius (Hymenoptera, Apidae). We carried out a phylogenetic analysis of genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) using BEASTv1.8.4 and IQ-TREE 2. Our samples cover the largest geographic area and number of populations of Asian cavity-nesting honey bees sampled to date. We used STRUCTURE, Bayes Factor Delimitation, and discriminant analysis of principal components to infer probable species among populations of cavity-nesting honeybees currently recognized as Apis cerana. Our results support 4 species within A. cerana: the yellow “plains” honeybee of India and Sri Lanka; the lineage inhabiting the oceanic Philippine islands; the Sundaland lineage found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and parts of southeast Asia; and a Mainland lineage, which we provisionally consider A. cerana in a narrow sense.

Yong-Chao Su, Yi-Fan Chiu, Natapot Warrit, Gard W. Otis, and Deborah Roan Smith "Phylogeography and species delimitation of the Asian cavity-nesting honeybees," Insect Systematics and Diversity 7(4), 1-10, (7 August 2023). https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixad015
Received: 14 October 2022; Accepted: 14 July 2023; Published: 7 August 2023
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Apis
biogeography
species delimitation
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