The morphometric affinities of Apis cerana of the Hindu Kush and Himalayan regions of western Asia

Sarah E. Radloff , Randall Hepburn , Stefan Fuchs

A multivariate morphometric analysis of Apis cerana populations of the Hindu Kush in Afghanistan and Pakistan and of Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh in India revealed two statistically distinct morphoclusters, a Hindu Kush/Kashmir group and a Himachal Pradesh group. High intercolonial variances at three localities are associated with regions of major climatic zone change, hence ecological instability.

Mots clés: Apis cerana; honeybees; morphoclusters; western Asia

Domaines: Zoologie des invertébrés; Biodiversité; Ecologie, Environnement; Science des productions animales

Sarah E. Radloff, Randall Hepburn, Stefan Fuchs. The morphometric affinities of Apis cerana of the Hindu Kush and Himalayan regions of western Asia. Apidologie, 2005, 36 (1), pp.25-30. ⟨hal-00892113⟩