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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0065-1737</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Acta zoológica mexicana]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Acta Zool. Mex]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0065-1737</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto de Ecología A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0065-17372024000100115</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.21829/azm.2024.4012626</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Cría in vitro de reinas de la abeja Nannotrigona perilampoides (Cresson, 1878) (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponinae): efecto del alimento, edad de las obreras y la esterilidad]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[In vitro breeding of queens of the bee Nannotrigona perilampoides (Cresson, 1878) (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponinae): effect of food, age of workers and sterility]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Rubio-Alonso]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Armando]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Liedo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Pablo]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Solórzano]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Erik de Jesús]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sánchez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Daniel]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,El Colegio de la Frontera Sur  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Tapachula Chiapas]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2024</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2024</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>40</volume>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0065-17372024000100115&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0065-17372024000100115&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0065-17372024000100115&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Las abejas sin aguijón tienen importancia ecológica, económica y cultural en las zonas tropicales, pero su uso para la polinización de cultivos es limitado debido a restricciones para su reproducción a gran escala. El desarrollo de técnicas para su reproducción masiva es crucial para su integración comercial en la agricultura. El objetivo de este trabajo fue determinar la cantidad óptima de alimento larval para la cría in vitro de reinas, el efecto de la edad de las obreras en la aceptación de estas reinas y la importancia de la esterilidad en la implementación de la cría de reinas in vitro de Nannotrigona perilampoides, una especie de abeja sin aguijón con potencial para la polinización de tomate en el sur-sureste de México. Larvas de primer estadio se colocaron en placas estériles de 96 pocillos, con 38, 40, 42, 44, 46 y 48 &#956;l de alimento para larvas y se mantuvieron en condiciones controladas de laboratorio. Las reinas que emergieron se introdujeron en colonias de fecundación con obreras de tres configuraciones de edades, jóvenes, adultas y mixtas. La emergencia de reinas varió del 30 al 100% en función de las cantidades de alimento administradas y de las condiciones de esterilidad al momento de traslarve. La cantidad óptima de alimento para larvas osciló entre 40 y 42 &#956;l, además de que el tamaño de las reinas correlacionó positivamente con la cantidad de alimento suministrado. Las reinas fueron aceptadas en todos los núcleos de apareamiento, y se observó oviposición en tres de ellos, correspondientes a las reinas de los tratamientos de 38, 42 y 44 &#956;l. La edad de las obreras no tuvo efecto en la aceptación de reinas, incluso en tres núcleos se observaron reinas fisogástricas. Se obtuvo mayor emergencia en los tratamientos con las condiciones de esterilidad más estrictas. Estos resultados muestran la posibilidad de formación de colonias mediante la cría in vitro de reinas de N. perilampoides con la técnica desarrollada]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Despite stingless bees have significant ecological, economic, and cultural importance in tropical areas, they are not used extensively for crop pollination due to limitations in their reproduction on a large scale. Thus, the development of techniques for mass reproduction is crucial for their integration into agriculture. The objective of this work was to determine the effect of larval food quantity, workers age and sterility conditions on in vitro rearing of queens and their acceptance in mating nuclei, in the stingless bee Nannotrigona perilampoides, a stingless bee species used for tomato pollination in the southern-southeast region of Mexico. First instar larvae were placed in sterile 96-well plates, with 38, 40, 42, 44, 46 and 48 &#956;l of larval food, and kept in controlled laboratory conditions. Emergency of queens ranged from 30 to 100%, and queen size correlated positively with the amount of food supplied. The optimal amount of larval food was found to be between 40 and 42 &#956;l. Queens were accepted in all mating nuclei, and oviposition was observed in three of them, corresponding to queens from 38, 42, and 44 &#956;l treatments. Age of workers in mating nuclei had no effect on queen acceptance. The presence of physogastric queens was observed in three of the nuclei. A higher queen emergence proportion was achieved in treatments with stricter sterility conditions. Our results demonstrate the possibility of colony formation through in vitro rearing of N. perilampoides queens with the protocol developed in this study.]]></p></abstract>
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