RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Genetic structure of the stingless bee Tetragonisca angustula JF bioRxiv FD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory SP 026740 DO 10.1101/026740 A1 Flávio O. Francisco A1 Leandro R. Santiago A1 Yuri M. Mizusawa A1 Benjamin P. Oldroyd A1 Maria C. Arias YR 2015 UL http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2015/10/08/026740.abstract AB The stingless bee Tetragonisca angustula Latreille 1811 is distributed from Mexico to Argentina and is one of the most widespread bee species in the Neotropics. However, this wide distribution contrasts with the short distance traveled by females to build new nests. Here we evaluate the genetic structure of several populations of T. angustula using mitochondrial DNA and microsatellites. These markers can help us to detect differences in the migratory behavior of males and females. Our results show that the populations are highly differentiated suggesting that both females and males have low dispersal distance. Therefore, its continental distribution probably consists of several cryptic species.