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<journal-id>2225-8787</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación ]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Cien. Tec. In.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2225-8787</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Mayor Real y Pontificia de San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2225-87872024000100001</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.56469/rcti.v22i29.949</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Reconocimiento de parentesco Intraespecífico e Interespecífico de Scaptotrigona aff. postica (APIDAE: MELIPONINI)]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Intraspecific and Interspecific kinship recognition in Scaptotrigona aff. postica (APIDAE: MELIPONINI)]]></article-title>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Morales-Acosta]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sara]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mondino]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Raquel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Torres-Mostacedo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J. Aylin]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Adler]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Marcia]]></given-names>
</name>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>05</month>
<year>2024</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>05</month>
<year>2024</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>22</volume>
<numero>29</numero>
<fpage>1</fpage>
<lpage>8</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.bo/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2225-87872024000100001&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.bo/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2225-87872024000100001&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.bo/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2225-87872024000100001&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Las abejas sin aguijón tienen una gran importancia en la región de América Central y Sud América por su diversidad, potencial polinizador y producción de miel. Son abejas eusociales organizadas en castas donde cada colonia tiene una sola reina. Surge la pregunta si es que estas pueden reconocer y discriminar entre miembros de la misma colmena, de colmenas emparentadas de la misma especie, como también individuos de otra especie. En este trabajo se midió el reconocimiento de parentesco entre abejas sin aguijón basados en el número de interacciones negativas que tenían entre sí en un tiempo definido y utilizando un Índice de Agresividad. Para esto se hizo interactuar a dos individuos guardianes de Scaptotrigona aff. postica de la misma colmena, de una colmena emparentada, de una colmena no emparentada y con un individuo de otra especie (Tetragonisca fiebrigi) para registrar sus comportamientos en el tiempo y definir si sus interacciones son amigables o agresivas. Se encontró que, con miembros de colmenas no emparentadas y de diferente especie, S. aff. postica tienen muchas más interacciones agresivas que con miembros de la misma colmena o de colmenas emparentadas. Esto nos indica que S. aff. postica presenta reconocimiento de parentesco y puede discriminar individuos intraespecíficamente en relación a este factor, como también reconocer y discriminar individuos de otra especie del mismo grupo.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Stingless bees are of great importance in the Central- and South American region for their diversity, pollination potential and honey production. They are eusocial bees organized in castes where each colony has a single queen. We ask whether they can recognize and discriminate between members of the same hive, related hives and other species. In this work, kinship recognition among stingless bees was measured based on the number of negative interactions they have with each other over time and using an Aggressivity Index. For this, one guardian of Scaptotrigona aff. postica were confronted with a guardian of the same hive, of a related hive, of an unrelated hive and with an individual of another species (Tetragonisca fiebrigi) to record their behaviors over time and define whether their interactions are friendly or aggressive. It was found that, with members of unrelated hives and different species, S. aff. postica have many more aggressive interactions than with members of the same hive or related hives. This tells us that bees S. aff. postica can potentially recognize members to whom they are related.]]></p></abstract>
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