HAYATI Journal of Biosciences
Vol. 29 No. 5 (2022): September 2022

Landmark-Based Geometric Morphometric of Apis dorsata and A. d. binghami Wing Venation in Indonesian Archipelagos

Innayah Zahara (Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, IPB University, Bogor, Indonesia)
Fahri Fahri (Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Tadulako University, Palu, Indonesia)
Jacobus S.A Lamerkabel (Study Program of Agrotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Pattimura University, Ambon, Indonesia)
Qashiratuttarafi Qashiratuttarafi (Indonesian Apicultural Association, Jakarta, Indonesia)
Berry Juliandi (Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, IPB University, Bogor, Indonesia)
Rika Raffiudin (Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, IPB University, Bogor, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
09 Jun 2022

Abstract

The giant honey bee Apis dorsata has a vast distribution in Asia, including in the Indonesian archipelagos, whereas A. d. binghami is endemic to Sulawesi Island. This research aimed to analyze the variations of landmarks in wing venation of A. dorsata from Sumatra, Belitung, Java, Sumbawa, Moluccas islands, and A. d. binghami in Sulawesi, based on geometric morphometric analysis. Nineteen landmarks from 200 wing venations were analyzed using Thin Plate Spline software. Our study found landmarks 16 and 17, known as Cubital Index in traditional morphometrics, contributed to the wing shape of A. dorsata and A. d. binghami Among all samples, these two landmarks show high displacement in the wing shape of A. d. binghami in Sulawesi and A. dorsata in the Moluccas. On the contrary, we found that the Sumatra, Belitung, and Java Apis dorsata revealed low displacement in the deformation grid; resulting in their shapes being more similar to the reference landmark. The variations of wing shape separate A. d. binghami from Sulawesi and Sumbawa in the Principle Component Analysis and agreement with the Neighbor-joining tree. Therefore, the geometric morphometric based on landmarks of wing venation is a powerful tool to discriminate the subspecies level of A. dorsata.

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hayati

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Subject

Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry Earth & Planetary Sciences

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HAYATI Journal of Biosciences (HAYATI J Biosci) publishes articles and short communication in tropical bioscience fields such as development, biotechnology, biodiversity and environmental issues. HAYATI J Biosci covers wide range of all life forms topics including virus, microbes, fungi, plants, ...