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Checklist for Tribe Meliponini Lepeletier, 1836 (Stingless bees)
and region Barro Colorado Island (La Chorrera, Panama)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
220
1393
1931
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
220
1393
1931
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
210
1373
1901
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
146
1178
1659
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
29
211
429
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
26
204
424
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
12
165
382
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
6
64
122
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyApidae
Latreille, 1802
Bumble bees, Carpenter Bees, Cuckoo Bees, Digger Bees
35
88
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyApinae
Latreille, 1802
Bumble Bees, Digger Bees, Honey bees, Long-horned Bees
32
86
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeMeliponini
Lepeletier, 1836
Stingless bees
13
27
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Barro Colorado Island
13 Genera with 27 Species
Cephalotrigona Schwarz, 1940
0SpeciesTaxom
Frieseomelitta von Ihering, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Lestrimelitta Friese, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Melipona Illiger, 19194SpeciesTaxom
Nannotrigona Cockerell, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Oxytrigona Cockerell, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Partamona Schwarz, 19013SpeciesTaxom
Plebeia Schwarz, 18933SpeciesTaxom
Scaptotrigona Moure, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Tetragona Lepeletier &..., 19004SpeciesTaxom
Tetragonisca Moure, 18251SpeciesTaxom
Trigona Jurine, 1878Vulture bees7SpeciesTaxom
Trigonisca Moure, 1950
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Barro Colorado Island
27 Species
Frieseomelitta paupera Provancher, 1888
Lestrimelitta limao Smith, 1863
Melipona (Eomelipona) micheneri Schwarz, 1951
Melipona (Melikerria) triplaridis Cockerell, 1925
Melipona (Michmelia) fuliginosa Lepeletier, 1836
Melipona (Michmelia) panamica Cockerell, 1919
Nannotrigona perilampoides Cresson, 1878
Oxytrigona mellicolor Packard, 1869
Partamona (Partamona) cupira Smith, 1863
Partamona (Partamona) musarum Cockerell, 1917
Partamona (Partamona) peckolti Friese, 1901
Plebeia franki Friese, 1900Stingless bee
Plebeia frontalis Friese, 1911
Plebeia minima Gribodo, 1893
Scaptotrigona luteipennis Friese, 1901
Tetragona clavipes Fabricius, 1804Hairy cockle
Tetragona dorsalis Smith, 1854
Tetragona perangulata Cockerell, 1917
Tetragona ziegleri Friese, 1900Stingless bee
Tetragonisca angustula Latreille, 1825
Trigona cilipes Fabricius, 1804Hairy cockle
Trigona corvina Cockerell, 1913
Trigona ferricauda Cockerell, 1917
Trigona fulviventris (Guérin-Ménev..., 1845)⇒ Trigona braueri Friese, 1900
Trigona fuscipennis Friese, 1900
Trigona muzoensis Schwarz, 1948
Trigona nigerrima Cresson, 1878


Links, sources and further information
Meliponini at itis.gov