Dataset of wing venation measurements for Apis mellifera caucasica, A. mellifera carnica and A. mellifera mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae), their hybrids and backcrosses

Paweł Węgrzynowicz; Aleksandra Łoś

doi:10.3897/BDJ.8.e53724

Dataset of wing venation measurements for Apis mellifera caucasica, A. mellifera carnica and A. mellifera mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae), their hybrids and backcrosses

Biodivers Data J. 2020 Aug 5:8:e53724. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.8.e53724. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Paweł Węgrzynowicz¹, Aleksandra Łoś^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Research Institute of Horticulture, Skierniewice, Poland Research Institute of Horticulture Skierniewice Poland.
² Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences Kraków Poland.

Abstract

Background: 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.

New information: Baseline dataset for wing venation of hybrids and backcrosses of A. mellifera carnica, A. mellifera caucasica and A. mellifera mellifera.

Keywords: geometric morphometry; honeybee; morphometric analysis; subspecies.

Paweł Węgrzynowicz, Aleksandra Łoś.

Grants and funding

The data was collected as part of the Research Institute of Horticulture's statutory studies.