Honey bees of Ethiopia: Their lineages and subspecies based on morphometrics, mitochondrial DNA, and mandibular gland pheromone analyses

• Walellign Wotro Wanore,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Nairobi, Kenya, Social Insects Research Group, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Christian W.W. Pirk,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Social Insects Research Group, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Abdullahi A. Yusuf,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Social Insects Research Group, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8625-6490

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• Steve B. S. Baleba,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Nairobi, Kenya

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• Mary Chege,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization

  Affiliation International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Nairobi, Kenya

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• Nelly N. Ndungu,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Nairobi, Kenya

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• Abebe J. Wubie,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Nairobi, Kenya, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

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• Workneh Ayalew,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Nairobi, Kenya

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• Beatrice T. Nganso

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: bnganso@icipe.org, ngansobeatrice@gmail.com

  Affiliation International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Nairobi, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6553-0561

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