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Description of an ancient social bee trapped in amber using diagnostic radioentomology

Greco, M. ; Welz, P. ; Siegrist, M. ; Ferguson, S. ; Gallmann, P. ; Roubik, D. ; Engel, M.

In: Insectes Sociaux, 2011, vol. 58, no. 4, p. 487-494

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    Titel
    • Description of an ancient social bee trapped in amber using diagnostic radioentomology
    Autor
    • Greco, M.. INVERT Group, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Bath, BA2 7AY, Bath, UK
    • Welz, P.. Institute for Surgical Technology and Biomechanics, University of Bern, 3014, Bern, Switzerland
    • Siegrist, M.. Bone Biology Group, Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, 3010, Bern, Switzerland
    • Ferguson, S.. Institute for Surgical Technology and Biomechanics, University of Bern, 3014, Bern, Switzerland
    • Gallmann, P.. Swiss Bee Research Centre, Agroscope Liebefeld-Posieux Research Station (ALP), 3033, Bern, Switzerland
    • Roubik, D.. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancón, Republic of Panama
    • Engel, M.. Division of Entomology (Paleoentomology), Natural History Museum, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, 1501 Crestline Drive-Suite 140, 66049-2811, Lawrence, KS, USA
    Dokumententyp
    • Postprint
    Sprache
    • Englisch
    Veröffentlicht in
    • Insectes Sociaux, 2011, vol. 58, no. 4, p. 487-494. SP Birkhäuser Verlag Basel
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    OAI-PMH-ID
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:320374
    Summary
    The application of non-invasive imaging technologies using X-radiation (diagnostic radioentomology, ‘DR') is demonstrated for the study of amber-entombed social bees. Here, we examine the external and internal morphology of an Early Miocene (Burdigalian) stingless bee (Apinae: Meliponini) from the Dominican Republic using non-destructive X-ray microtomography analysis. The study permits the accurate reconstruction of features otherwise obscured or impossible to visualize without destroying the sample and allows diagnosis of the specimen as a new species, Proplebeia adbita Greco and Engel