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ABSTRACT
Bee A. cerana is one type of bee that is only growing forest area of subtropical and
tropical Asia and is not found outside of Asia. A. cerana live in a colony, consisting of a queen
bee, worker bees and drones. Measurement of morphological characters of a bee is very important
for bee taxonomists to put a kind of bees into a particular caste. In morphological studies, the
worker bees have always been a trial sample because the worker bees in the day-to-day activities
related to the environment. In connection with it has done research on Morphology Study Worker
bee Apis cerana (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in the island of Siberut Mentawai islands district in
January-March 2014, with the aim to determine the morphology of A. cerana workers. This study
uses descriptive survey method is by way of direct collection of A. cerana were found in the
location of research. Further more the morphometric measurements in the laboratory with the
following results: the average size of the chest width lm 321.37, 1110.36 in total body length lm,
782 lm long front wing, rear wing 568.29 lm long, long hind leg: femur 173.23 lm, lm 72.32 tibia,
metatarsus 152.59 lm length, width metatarsus 76.55 lm, cubital index value of 5.19 lm.
Tabel 1. Rata-rata Ukuran Karakter Morfologi Lebah Pekerja A. cerana di Mentawai dan di
Padang Pariaman*.
No Karakter Mentawai Pariaman* Selisih
a. Tubuh
1 Lebar Dada 321,37 344,2 22,83
2 Panjang Tubuh Total 1110,36 1092,42 17,94
b. Sayap depan
3 Panjang sayap depan 782 736,07 45,93
4 Cu 106,55 123,2 16,65
5 Cu a = R4 54,75 70,83 16.08
6 Cu b 10,71 5,91 4,8
7 R 58,08 46,45 11,63
8 Rs 1 65,48 51,58 13,9
9 Rs 2 102,67 77,74 24,93
10 Wr 41,45 45,39 3,94
11 R1 214 252,07 38,07
12 R2 65,09 77,37 12,28
13 R3 105,45 153,4 47,95
c. Sayap belakang
14 Panjang sayap belakang 568,29 414,26 154,03
15 ML 81,8 95,13 13,33
16 LBH 83,15 100,17 17,02
17 NH 17,18 16,93 0,25
18 RL 102,43 119,93 17,5
19 VL 85,44 22,63 62,81
d. Kaki belakang
20 Fe 173,23 199,93 26,7
21 Ti 72,32 87,4 15,08
22 Lm 152,59 165,8 13,21
23 Wm 76,55 88,71 12,16