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Apidologie
Volume 28, Number 5, 1997
Intra-specific variation in the honeybee
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| Page(s) | 295 - 307 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/apido:19970506 | |
Apidologie 28 (1997) 295-307
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19970506
a Länderinstitut für Bienenkunde, Friedrich-Engels-Straße 32, D-16540 Hohen Neuendorf
b Institut für Bienenkunde (Polytechnische Gesellschaft), JW Goethe Universität, Frankfurt am Main, D-61440 Oberursel, Germany
Key words: Apis mellifera / morphometry / microtaxonomy / subspecies
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19970506
Morphometric studies on the microtaxonomy of the species Apis mellifera L
D. Kauhausen-Kellera, F. Ruttnerb and R. Kelleraa Länderinstitut für Bienenkunde, Friedrich-Engels-Straße 32, D-16540 Hohen Neuendorf
b Institut für Bienenkunde (Polytechnische Gesellschaft), JW Goethe Universität, Frankfurt am Main, D-61440 Oberursel, Germany
Abstract - A principal components analysis was performed on 252 samples of Apis mellifera collected from various geographic locations. The result is presented for the first time as a computer generated three-dimensional figure resembling a tripod, with each distinct branch and stem representing one of the four major regions: tropical Africa, western Mediterranean and northern Europe, central Mediterranean and southeastern Europe ending in A m carnica, and the Near East ending in A m caucasica.
Key words: Apis mellifera / morphometry / microtaxonomy / subspecies