Abstract
Background: Stingless bees is one group of eusocial insects living together in the hive. There are around 46 species of stingless bee in Indonesia with different morphological, morphometric and hive structure characteristics. This study aimed to describe the morphological, morphometric and beehives structure of Tetragonula laeviceps from Yogyakarta. Methods: Survey method is used by taking three sampling points of bamboo, house building and livestock crates in Bantul Regency. Sampling points determined by Purposive sampling method. An XSZ-107 BN binocular microscope analyzed samples of T. laeviceps with Optilab viewer and Image Raster software. Results: The results showed morphological characters of T. laeviceps are dominated shiny-black body, brownish-yellow antennas, klipeus on a head covered by fine silver hair, brownish-yellow mandible with two teeth, mesonotum in thorax covered by brownish to black hair, scutellum extended to propodeum, the ribbon of hair on the dorsal thorax is not very clear, and the hind tibia is rather hairy. Morphometric of T. laeviceps included body length between 3.44 - 3.76 mm, head width 1.55 - 1.70 mm, front wing length with tegula 3.76 - 4.37 mm, length of rear limbs tibia 1.37-1.57 mm, and the number of hamuli as many as 5. The beehive structure consisted of oval-shaped entrance formed funnel and varying internal hive in terms of the number of saplings, pollen cells, and honey cells. Conclusions: T. laeviceps have morphological, morphometric and hive structure characteristics that are different from other species and variated compared to similar species from other regions.
 
Highlights
Stingless bees are a eusocial insect that lives together in a colony and has many important life roles
One species of stingless bees is Tetragonula laeviceps, spread across in island, one of them in Java to be precise in Bantul Regency, Special Region of Yogyakarta Province
This study described morphological characteristics, morphometric, and nest structure of T. laeviceps from Bantul Regency, Special Region of Yogyakarta Province
Summary
Stingless bees are a eusocial insect that lives together in a colony and has many important life roles. Stingless bees include bees with a large number of genera, which is about 55 genera divided into 61 sub-genera with different morphological, morphometric, and nest structure characters for each species The number of hamuli 5 per hindwing (Cockerell 1911; Smith 2012; Trianto, M., & Purwanto 2020) In nature, this bee has a morphometric size that varies from region to region. There are around 46 species of stingless bee in Indonesia with different morphological, morphometric and hive structure characteristics. Di Indonesia terdapat sekitar 46 spesies lebah tanpa sengat dengan karakter morfologi, morfometri dan struktur sarang yang berbeda. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan karakter morfologi, morfometri dan struktur sarang lebah tanpa sengat Tetragonula laeviceps dari Yogyakarta. Kesimpulan: Lebah tanpa sengat T. laeviceps memiliki karakter morfologi, morfometri dan
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