Sympatric cleptobiotic stingless bees have species-specific cuticular profiles that resemble their hosts

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Manuel Vázquez
David Muñoz
Rubén Medina
Robert J. Paxton
Favizia Freitas de Oliveira
José Javier G. Quezada-Euán
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[1] Campus de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias,Departamento de Apicultura Tropical
[2] Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán,Facultad de Ingeniería Química
[3] Campus de Ingenierías y Ciencias Exactas,Institute für Biology
[4] Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales Agrícolas y Pecuarias (INIFAP),Laboratório de Bionomia, Biogeografia e Sistemática de Insetos (BIOSIS), Museu de História Natural da Bahia (MHNBA), Instituto de Biologia
[5] Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg,undefined
[6] Universidade Federal da Bahia,undefined
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Stingless bees are the largest group of eusocial pollinators with diverse natural histories, including obligate cleptobionts (genus Lestrimelitta) that completely abandoned flower visitation to rely on other stingless bees for food and nest materials. Species of Lestrimeliita are thought to specialize upon different host species, and deception through chemical similarity has been proposed as a mechanism to explain this phenomenon. In the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, Scaptotrigona pectoralis is a species chemically distinct from, and not preferred as a host by, locally widespread Lestrimeliita niitkib; witnessing attacks on S. pectoralis colonies offered the opportunity to test the sensory deception hypothesis to cletoparasitism. Analysis of cuticular profiles revealed that the Lestrimelitta attacking S. pectoralis differed significantly in odour bouquet to L. niitkib and, in contrast, it resembled that of S. pectoralis. Further analyses, including morphometrics, mtDNA barcoding, and the examination of taxonomic features, confirmed the existence of two sympatric Lestrimelitta species. The results give support to the hypothesis of chemical deception as a cleptobiotic strategy in Lestrimelitta sp. This is the first evidence that sympatric cleptobionts of the same genus select hosts in accordance with species-specific cuticular profiles, with possible consequences for ecological adaptation and the evolution of these remarkable organisms and the community of stingless bee hosts.
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