Biodiversity Data Journal :
Data Paper (Biosciences)
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Corresponding author: Aleksandra Łoś (los-aleksandra@o2.pl)
Academic editor: Laurence Packer
Received: 28 Apr 2020 | Accepted: 24 Jul 2020 | Published: 05 Aug 2020
© 2020 Paweł Węgrzynowicz, Aleksandra Łoś
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Citation:
Węgrzynowicz P, Łoś A (2020) Dataset of wing venation measurements for Apis mellifera caucasica, A. mellifera carnica and A. mellifera mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae), their hybrids and backcrosses. Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e53724. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e53724
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Wing venation is used as a tool in honeybee (Apis mellifera L., 1758) subspecies identification. The presented dataset concerns nineteen landmarks located at honeybee worker's forewing vein junctions. Landmarks of Apis mellifera caucasica Pollmann, 1889, A. mellifera carnica Pollmann, 1879 and A. mellifera mellifera Linnaeus, 1758, their hybrids and backcrosses were measured. In total, data from 9590 wings were collected. The dataset could be used in geometric morphometric analysis, studies of degree of inheritance of morphological features and, after further development and supplementation with other local subspecies and hybrids, can contribute to in-depth evolutionary research on honeybees.
Baseline dataset for wing venation of hybrids and backcrosses of A. mellifera carnica, A. mellifera caucasica and A. mellifera mellifera.
morphometric analysis, geometric morphometry, honeybee, subspecies
Wing venation is commonly analysed as an important characteristic of insect species (e.g.
The original colonies of subspecies came from long-term breeding. Apis mellifera carnica and A. mellifera caucasica come from colonies maintained within a selection carried out by the Research Institute of Horticulture. A. mellifera mellifera was supplied from a conservation breeding programme supervised by the National Animal Husbandry Center (https://www.kchz.agro.pl/wykaz-ksiegi-1_03_2019_1/). These subspecies are commonly maintained in Poland. Methodology described by
The Institute of Horticulture, Apiculture Division in Puławy, Poland. Altitude above sea level: 137 m.
51.246 Latitude; 21.581 Longitude.
Wing venation is a suite of characteristics that allows the identification of subspecies. Locally-sustained bees of A. m. caucasica, A. m. carnica and A. m. mellifera with stabilised wing parameters were used to create hybrid and backcrossed workers and all were included in our baseline dataset.
Beekeeping seasons in Poland.
Column label | Column description |
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No. | serial number |
Queen/Colony ID | Queen/Colony ID |
Maternal origin ID | Maternal origin ID |
Fatherly origin ID | Paternalorigin ID |
GENOTYPE | GENOTYPE - short name which is described in the "Genotype_description" set |
WINGS ID | WINGS ID - individual ID given to each sample from a combination of: "No.", "Queen/Colony ID", "Maternal origin ID", "Fatherly origin ID", "GENOTYPE" |
x0, y0 - x18, y18 | Parameter coordinates (in separate columns) |
Column label | Column description |
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GENOTYPE | GENOTYPE |
Number of measured wings | Number of measured wings |
Colonies amount | Colonies amount |
Abbreviation description | Abbreviation description [P0, P1 - parental generations, F1 - hybrid generation, BC - backcrosses generation; lowercase letters represent the subspecies: first letter: parental-queen, second letter: paternal-drone (m - A. m. mellifera, k - A. m. carnica, c - A. m. caucasica)] |
We would like to thank the entire scientific and technical team of the Apiculture Division (Research Institute of Horticulture, Skierniewice, Poland) for help in breeding works, as well as for all directions and support. The reviewers and editors have given us extremely valuable guidance and significantly improved the quality of our paper for which we are extremely grateful.
PW designed and implemented a research project that enabled data collection, conducted measurements, prepared the dataset and supervised writing of the manuscript. AŁ conceived the research, prepared the dataset for publication and helped write the manuscript. Both authors agree with the final version of the manuscript and declare no conflict of interest.
Descriptions of the abbreviated names of the genotypes used in the dataset of wing venation measurements.
The database contains the x and y coordinates obtained with DrawWing sofware for 19 vein junctions on the right wing of worker honeybees (38 coordinates for each wing). The analysed wings originate from offspring of 200 queens with 24 different genotypes representing all possible hybrid and backcrosses combinations of Apis mellifera carnica, A. mellifera caucasica and A. mellifera mellifera subspecies. Results from a total of 9590 wings are presented in the dataset.