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Checklist for Tribe Meliponini Lepeletier, 1836 (Stingless bees)
and region Asia (Eurasia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1424
46886
383801
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1418
46814
383608
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1295
46047
379980
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
722
33667
307519
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
123
4517
38809
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
95
3988
36842
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
33
1317
21141
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
13
434
11326
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyApidae
Latreille, 1802
Bumble bees, Carpenter Bees, Cuckoo Bees, Digger Bees
111
1992
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyApinae
Latreille, 1802
Bumble Bees, Digger Bees, Honey bees, Long-horned Bees
75
1333
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeMeliponini
Lepeletier, 1836
Stingless bees
25
112
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Asia
25 Genera with 112 Species
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Austroplebeia Moure, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Axestotrigona Moure, 18361SpeciesTaxom
Geniotrigona Moure, 18573SpeciesTaxom
Heterotrigona Schwarz, 18658SpeciesTaxom
Homotrigona Moure, 18368SpeciesTaxom
Hypotrigona Cockerell, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Lepidotrigona Schwarz, 185711SpeciesTaxom
Lestrimelitta Friese, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Liotrigona Moure, 1961
0SpeciesTaxom
Lisotrigona Moure, 19205SpeciesTaxom
Lophotrigona Moure, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Meliponula Cockerell, 18361SpeciesTaxom
Nannotrigona Cockerell, 18362SpeciesTaxom
Odontotrigona Moure, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Pariotrigona Moure, 19392SpeciesTaxom
Platytrigona Moure, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Plebeia Schwarz, 19952SpeciesTaxom
Plebeina Moure, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Scaptotrigona Moure, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Sundatrigona Inoue & Saka..., 19372SpeciesTaxom
Tetragonilla Moure, 18572SpeciesTaxom
Tetragonula Moure, 197834SpeciesTaxom
Tetrigona Moure, 18365SpeciesTaxom
Trigona Jurine, 1913Vulture bees18SpeciesTaxom
Wallacetrigona Engel & Rasm..., 19891SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Asia
112 Species and 1 Subspecies
Austroplebeia cincta Mocsáry, 1898
Axestotrigona ferruginea Lepeletier, 1836
Geniotrigona incisa Sakagami & I..., 1989
Geniotrigona lacteifasciata Cameron, 1902
Geniotrigona thoracica Smith, 1857
Heterotrigona bakeri Cockerell, 1919
Heterotrigona erythrogastra Cameron, 1902
Heterotrigona hobbyi Schwarz, 1937
Heterotrigona itama Cockerell, 1918
Heterotrigona lieftincki Sakagami & I..., 1987
Heterotrigona moorei Schwarz, 1937
Heterotrigona paradisaea Engel & Rasm..., 2017
Heterotrigona planifrons Smith, 1865Black-and-yellow cuthona
Homotrigona apicalis Smith, 1857
Homotrigona binghami Schwarz, 1937
Homotrigona canifrons Smith, 1857
Homotrigona fimbriata Smith, 1857
Homotrigona haematoptera Cockerell, 1920
Homotrigona melanoleuca Cockerell, 1929
Homotrigona peninsularis Cockerell, 1927
Homotrigona vidua Lepeletier, 1836
Hypotrigona ruspolii Magretti, 1898
Lepidotrigona arcifera Cockerell, 1929
Lepidotrigona doipaensis Schwarz, 1939
Lepidotrigona flavibasis Cockerell, 1929
Lepidotrigona hoozana Strand, 1913
Lepidotrigona latipes Friese, 1900
Lepidotrigona nitidiventris Smith, 1857
Lepidotrigona palavanica Cockerell, 1915
Lepidotrigona satun Attasopa & B..., 2018
Lepidotrigona terminata Smith, 1878
Lepidotrigona trochanterica Cockerell, 1920
Lepidotrigona ventralis Smith, 1857
Lestrimelitta monodonta Camargo & Moure, 1990
Lisotrigona cacciae Nurse, 1907
Lisotrigona carpenteri Engel, 2000
Lisotrigona furva Engel, 2000
Lisotrigona mohandasi Jobiraj & Na..., 2004
Lisotrigona scintillans (Cockerell, 1920)⇒ Lisotrigona cacciae Nurse, 1907
Lophotrigona canifrons Smith, 1857
Meliponula (Axestotrigona) ferruginea (Lepeletier, 1836)⇒ Axestotrigona ferruginea Lepeletier, 1836
Nannotrigona perilampoides Cresson, 1878
Nannotrigona testaceicornis Lepeletier, 1836
Odontotrigona haematoptera Cockerell, 1919
Pariotrigona klossi Schwarz, 1939
Pariotrigona pendleburyi Schwarz, 1939
Platytrigona hobbyi Schwarz, 1937
Plebeia droryana Friese, 1900
Plebeia poecilochroa Moure & Camargo, 1995
Plebeina hildebrandti (Friese, 1900)⇒ Plebeina armata Magretti, 1895
Scaptotrigona jujuyensis Schrottky, 1911
Sundatrigona lieftincki Sakagami & I..., 1987
Sundatrigona moorei Schwarz, 1937
Tetragonilla atripes Smith, 1857
Tetragonilla collina Smith, 1857
Tetragonula atripes Smith, 1857
Tetragonula basimaculata Bingham, 1903Pacific geoduck
Tetragonula bengalensis Cameron, 1897
Tetragonula biroi Friese, 1898
Tetragonula carbonaria Smith, 1854Sugarbag bee
Tetragonula clypearis Friese, 1908
Tetragonula collina Smith, 1857
Tetragonula dapitanensis Cockerell, 1925
Tetragonula drescheri Schwarz, 1939
Tetragonula erythrostoma Cameron, 1908
Tetragonula fuscobalteata Cameron, 1908
Tetragonula geissleri Cockerell, 1918
Tetragonula gressitti Sakagami, 1978
Tetragonula hirashimai Sakagami, 1978
Tetragonula iridipennis Smith, 1854
Tetragonula laeviceps Smith, 1857
Tetragonula latigenalis (Sakagami, 1978)⇒ Tetragonula reepeni Friese, 1918
Tetragonula malaipanae Engel, Miche..., 2017
Tetragonula melanocephala Gribodo, 1893
Tetragonula melina Gribodo, 1893
Tetragonula minangkabau Sakagami & I..., 1985
Tetragonula minangkabu
Tetragonula minor Sakagami, 1978
Tetragonula pagdeni Schwarz, 1939
Tetragonula pagdeniformis Sakagami, 1978
Tetragonula praeterita Walker, 1860
Tetragonula reepeni Friese, 1918
Tetragonula rufibasalis Cockerell, 1918
Tetragonula ruficornis Smith, 1870
Tetragonula sapiens Cockerell, 1911
Tetragonula sarawakensis Schwarz, 1937
Tetragonula sirindhornae Michener & B..., 2004
Tetragonula testaceitarsis Cameron, 1901
Tetragonula zucchii Sakagami, 1978
Tetrigona apicalis Smith, 1857
Tetrigona binghami Schwarz, 1937
Tetrigona melanoleuca Cockerell, 1929
Tetrigona peninsularis Cockerell, 1927
Tetrigona vidua Lepeletier, 1836
Trigona (Tetragona) iridipennis (Smith, 1854)⇒ Tetragonula iridipennis Smith, 1854
Trigona atomella Cockerell, 1920
Trigona bakeri Cockerell, 1919
Trigona beccari
Trigona braueri Friese, 1900
Trigona busara Cockerell, 1918
Trigona cambodiensis Cockerell, 1926
Trigona canifrons Smith, 1857
Trigona collina (Smith, 1857)⇒ Tetragonilla collina Smith, 1857
Trigona confusella Cockerell, 1920
Trigona corvina Cockerell, 1913
Trigona fimbriata Smith, 1857
Trigona fulviventris (Guérin-Ménev..., 1845)⇒ Trigona braueri Friese, 1900
Trigona laeviceps (Smith, 1857)⇒ Tetragonula laeviceps Smith, 1857
Trigona terminata (Smith, 1878)⇒ Lepidotrigona terminata Smith, 1878
Trigona valdezi Cockerell, 1918
Trigona ventralis (Strand, 1913)⇒ Lepidotrigona ventralis Smith, 1857
Trigona ventralis hoozana (Strand, 1913)⇒ Lepidotrigona ventralis Smith, 1857
Wallacetrigona incisa Sakagami & I..., 1989


Links, sources and further information
Meliponini at itis.gov