Evidence of reproductive isolation confirms that Apis andreniformis (Smith, 1858) is a separate species from sympatric Apis florea (Fabricius, 1787).

• Main Authors: Wongsiri, S., Limbipichai, K., Tangkanasing, P., Mardan, Makhdzir, Rinderer, T., Sylvester, H. A., Koeniger, G., Otis, G.
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Elsevier 1990
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14625/1/Evidence%20of%20reproductive%20isolation%20confirms%20that%20Apis%20andreniformis.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14625/; http://www.apidologie.org/

The species Apis andreniformis (Smith, 1858), the small dwarf honey bee of South-east Asia, is recognized as a valid biological species. This recognition is based on distinctive endophallus characteristics in comparison with sympatric Apis florea (Fabricius, 1787). Additionally, scanning electron mi...