Taxonomy of Tribe Meliponini Lepeletier, 1836
Stingless bees
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 4179
190570
2444470 | Families
Genera
Species |
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 3816
189502
2439455 | Families
Genera
Species |
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 3399
186457
2415487 | Families
Genera
Species |
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 1891
142849
2048615 | Families
Genera
Species |
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 319
21125
328720 | Families
Genera
Species |
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 165
17348
314830 | Families
Genera
Species |
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 62
6400
167168 | Families
Genera
Species |
Superfamily
| Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees | 23
2371
70836 | Families
Genera
Species | | Group | Apiformes
Brothers, 1975
Bees | 11
1621
47904 | Families
Genera
Species | | Family | Apidae
Latreille, 1802
Bumble bees, Carpenter Bees, Cuckoo Bees, Digger Bees | 464
16456 | Genera
Species | | Subfamily | Apinae
Latreille, 1802
Bumble Bees, Digger Bees, Honey bees, Long-horned Bees | 219
11594 | Genera
Species | | Tribe | Meliponini
Lepeletier, 1836
Stingless bees | 57
1410 | Genera
Species |
Subnodes of Meliponini Lepeletier, 1836 | Genus | Aphaneura
Westwood, 1832 ⇒ Trigona
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Apotrigona
Moure, 1961
| 6 | Species | | Genus | Austroplebeia
Moure, 1961
| 11 | Species | | Genus | Axestotrigona
Moure, 1961
| 14 | Species | | Genus | Camargoia
Moure, 1989
| 4 | Species | | Genus | Celetrigona
Moure, 1950
| 4 | Species | | Genus | Cephalotrigona
Schwarz, 1940
| 6 | Species | | Genus | Cleptotrigona
Moure, 1961
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Dactylurina
Cockerell, 1934
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Duckeola
Moure, 1944
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Friesella
Moure, 1946
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Frieseomelitta
von Ihering, 1912
| 19 | Species | | Genus | Geniotrigona
Moure, 1961
| 5 | Species | | Genus | Geotrigona
Moure, 1943
| 30 | Species | | Genus | Heterotrigona
Schwarz, 1939
| 36 | Species | | Genus | Homotrigona
Moure, 1961
| 14 | Species | | Genus | Hypotrigona
Cockerell, 1934
| 20 | Species | | Genus | Lepidotrigona
Schwarz, 1939
| 26 | Species | | Genus | Lestrimelitta
Friese, 1903
| 26 | Species | | Genus | Leurotrigona
Moure, 1950
| 5 | Species | | Genus | Liotrigona
Moure, 1961
| 16 | Species | | Genus | Lisotrigona
Moure, 1961
| 8 | Species | | Genus | Lophotrigona
Moure, 1961
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Meliplebeia
Moure, 1961
| 15 | Species | | Genus | Melipona
Illiger, 1806
| 232 | Species | | Genus | Meliponula
Cockerell, 1934
| 21 | Species | | Genus | Meliwillea
Roubik, Segura & Camargo, 1997
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Mourella
Schwarz, 1946
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Nannotrigona
Cockerell, 1922
| 16 | Species | | Genus | Nogueirapis
Moure, 1953
| 7 | Species | | Genus | Odontotrigona
Moure, 1961 ⇒ Tetragona
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Oxytrigona
Cockerell, 1917
| 13 | Species | | Genus | Papuatrigona
Michener & Sakagami, 1990
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Paratrigona
Schwarz, 1938
| 40 | Species | | Genus | Paratrigonoides
Camargo & Roubik, 2005
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Pariotrigona
Moure, 1961
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Partamona
Schwarz, 1939
| 37 | Species | | Genus | Platytrigona
Moure, 1961
| 6 | Species | | Genus | Plebeia
Schwarz, 1938
| 60 | Species | | Genus | Plebeiella
Moure, 1961
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Plebeina
Moure, 1961
| 5 | Species | | Genus | Plectoplebeia
Melo, 2016
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Ptilotrigona
Moure, 1951
| 3 | Species | | Genus | Scaptotrigona
Moure, 1942
| 58 | Species | | Genus | Scaura
Schwarz, 1938
| 10 | Species | | Genus | Schwarziana
Moure, 1943
| 6 | Species | | Genus | Schwarzula
Moure, 1946
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Sundatrigona ♰
Inoue & Sakagami, 1993
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Tetragona
Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville, 1828
| 24 | Species | | Genus | Tetragonilla
Moure, 1961
| 4 | Species | | Genus | Tetragonisca
Moure, 1946
| 7 | Species | | Genus | Tetragonula
Moure, 1961
| 45 | Species | | Genus | Tetrigona
Moure, 1961
| 5 | Species | | Genus | Trichotrigona
Camargo & Moure, 1983
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Trigona ♰
Jurine, 1807
Vulture bees | 472 | Species | | Genus | Trigonisca
Moure, 1950
| 45 | Species | | Genus | Wallacetrigona
Engel & Rasmussen, 2017
| 1 | Species |
Synonyms
Native, vernacular names and spellings of Meliponini
| German | Stachellose Bienen, Stachellose Honigbienen | | English | Stingless bees |
Distribution and Species lists of Meliponini Lepeletier, 1836
Distribution on islands
Links, sources and further information Meliponini at itis.gov
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