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Meliponini
Stingless bees (SB), sometimes called stingless honey bees or simply meliponines, are a large group of bees (from about 462 to 552 described species), comprising the Tribe (biology), tribe Meliponini (or subtribe Meliponina according to other authors). They belong in the Family (biology), family Apidae (subfamily Apinae), and are closely related to common honey bees (HB, tribe Apini), orchid bees (tribe Euglossini), and bumblebees (tribe Bombini). These four bee tribes belong to the Pollen basket, corbiculate bees Monophyly, monophyletic group. Meliponines have stingers, but they are highly reduced and cannot be used for defense, though these bees exhibit other defensive behaviors and mechanisms. Meliponines are not the only type of bee incapable of stinging: all male bees and many female bees of several other families, such as Andrenidae and Megachilidae (tribe Dioxyini), also cannot sting. Some stingless bees have powerful mandibles and can inflict painful bites. Some species ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frieseomelitta
''Frieseomelitta'' is a stingless bee (Meliponini) genus in the family Apidae. It currently contains about 16 described species: * ''Frieseomelitta dispar'' * ''Frieseomelitta doederleini'' * ''Frieseomelitta flavicornis'' * ''Frieseomelitta francoi'' * ''Frieseomelitta freiremaiai'' * ''Frieseomelitta languida'' * ''Frieseomelitta lehmanni'' * ''Frieseomelitta longipes'' * ''Frieseomelitta meadewaldoi'' * ''Frieseomelitta nigra'' * ''Frieseomelitta paranigra'' * ''Frieseomelitta paupera'' * ''Frieseomelitta portoi'' * ''Frieseomelitta silvestrii'' * ''Frieseomelitta trichocerata'' * ''Frieseomelitta varia''Enrico de LazaroScientists Sequence Genome of Brazilian Stingless Bee on: sci-news, Sep 1, 2020.Flávia C. de Paula Freitas, Anete P. Lourenço, Daniel G. Pinheiro ''et al.''The nuclear and mitochondrial genomes of ''Frieseomelitta varia'' – a highly eusocial stingless bee (Meliponini) with a permanently sterile worker caste In: BMC Genomics 21, 386; Jun 3, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austroplebeia
''Austroplebeia'' is a stingless bee (Meliponini) genus in the family Apidae. The genus was erected by Jesus Santiago Moure in 1961.BioStor /ref> The genus comprises five described species endemic to Australia and New Guinea. ''Austroplebeia'' are more closely related to the African stingless bees than rest of the species found in Asia and Australia. The species of ''Austroplebeia'' are difficult to separate reliably by body size or morphology except for ''Austroplebeia cincta, A. cincta'' whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lestrimelitta
''Lestrimelitta'' is a genus of stingless bees found in the Neotropics, from Mexico to Brazil and Argentina, with about 20 known species. They are small, shining black species from 4 to 7 mm in length, with rounded heads and reduced pollen baskets. Unlike most eusocial bees, they do not gather their own pollen and nectar from flowers, thus are not pollinator A pollinator is an animal that moves pollen from the male anther of a flower to the female carpel, stigma of a flower. This helps to bring about fertilization of the ovules in the flower by the male gametes from the pollen grains. Insects are ...s, but instead they invade the colonies of other stingless bee species and rob their pollen and honey stores (a phenomenon called " cleptobiosis"). They do not initiate their own nests, but they will "evict" another stingless bee colony from its nest (usually in a tree cavity), and convert the pre-existing nest to house their own colony. Selected taxa *'' Lestrimelitta cat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duckeola
''Duckeola'' is a genus of bees belonging to the family Apidae Apidae is the largest family within the superfamily Apoidea, containing at least 5700 species of bees. The family includes some of the most commonly seen bees, including bumblebees and honey bees, but also includes stingless bees (also used for .... The species of this genus are found in Southern America. Species: *'' Duckeola ghilianii'' *'' Duckeola pavani'' References Meliponini Bee genera {{apinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friesella
''Friesella'' is a genus of bees belonging to the family Apidae. The species of this genus are found in South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o .... Species: * ''Friesella schrottkyi'' (Friese, 1900) References Meliponini Bee genera {{apinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camargoia
''Camargoia'' is a genus of bees belonging to the family Apidae Apidae is the largest family within the superfamily Apoidea, containing at least 5700 species of bees. The family includes some of the most commonly seen bees, including bumblebees and honey bees, but also includes stingless bees (also used for .... The species of this genus are found in Southern America. Species: *'' Camargoia camargoi'' *'' Camargoia nordestina'' *'' Camargoia pilicornis'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q4035784 Meliponini Bee genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celetrigona
''Celetrigona'' is a genus of bees belonging to the family Apidae Apidae is the largest family within the superfamily Apoidea, containing at least 5700 species of bees. The family includes some of the most commonly seen bees, including bumblebees and honey bees, but also includes stingless bees (also used for .... Species: *'' Celetrigona euclydiana'' *'' Celetrigona hirsuticornis'' *'' Celetrigona longicornis'' References Meliponini Bee genera {{Apidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cephalotrigona
''Cephalotrigona'' is a genus of bees belonging to the family Apidae Apidae is the largest family within the superfamily Apoidea, containing at least 5700 species of bees. The family includes some of the most commonly seen bees, including bumblebees and honey bees, but also includes stingless bees (also used for .... The species of this genus are found in Central and South America. Species: *'' Cephalotrigona capitata'' *'' Cephalotrigona eburneiventer'' *'' Cephalotrigona femorata'' *'' Cephalotrigona oaxacana'' *'' Cephalotrigona zexmeniae'' References GBIF{{Taxonbar, from=Q4035974 Meliponini Bee genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leurotrigona
''Leurotrigona'' is a genus of bees belonging to the family Apidae Apidae is the largest family within the superfamily Apoidea, containing at least 5700 species of bees. The family includes some of the most commonly seen bees, including bumblebees and honey bees, but also includes stingless bees (also used for .... The species of this genus are found in South America. Species: *'' Leurotrigona crispula'' *'' Leurotrigona gracilis'' *'' Leurotrigona muelleri'' *'' Leurotrigona pusilla'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q4042823 Meliponini Bee genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geotrigona
''Geotrigona'' is a genus of bees belonging to the family Apidae Apidae is the largest family within the superfamily Apoidea, containing at least 5700 species of bees. The family includes some of the most commonly seen bees, including bumblebees and honey bees, but also includes stingless bees (also used for .... The species of this genus are found in South America. Species: *'' Geotrigona acapulconis'' *'' Geotrigona aequinoctialis'' *'' Geotrigona argentina'' *'' Geotrigona chiriquiensis'' *'' Geotrigona fulvatra'' *'' Geotrigona fulvohirta'' *'' Geotrigona fumipennis'' *'' Geotrigona joearroyoi'' *'' Geotrigona kaba'' *'' Geotrigona kraussi'' *'' Geotrigona kwyrakai'' *'' Geotrigona leucogastra'' *'' Geotrigona lutzi'' *'' Geotrigona mattogrossensis'' *'' Geotrigona mombuca'' *'' Geotrigona subfulva'' *'' Geotrigona subgrisea'' *'' Geotrigona subnigra'' *'' Geotrigona subterranea'' *'' Geotrigona tellurica'' *'' Geotrigona terricola'' *'' Geotrigona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dactylurina
''Dactylurina'' is a genus of bees Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey. Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamil ... first described in 1934. References Meliponini Bee genera {{Apinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolichotrigona
''Dolichotrigona'' is a genus of bees belonging to the family Apidae Apidae is the largest family within the superfamily Apoidea, containing at least 5700 species of bees. The family includes some of the most commonly seen bees, including bumblebees and honey bees, but also includes stingless bees (also used for .... Species: *'' Dolichotrigona longitarsis'' *'' Dolichotrigona martinezi'' *'' Dolichotrigona schulthessi'' *'' Dolichotrigona mendersoni'' *'' Dolichotrigona clavicornis'' *'' Dolichotrigona rondoni'' *'' Dolichotrigona tavaresi'' *'' Dolichotrigona browni'' *'' Dolichotrigona moratoi'' *'' Dolichotrigona chachapoya'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q5812409 Meliponini Bee genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
