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Checklist for Tribe Meliponini Lepeletier, 1836 (Stingless bees)
and region Ecuador (Northern South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
569
8211
23107
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
566
8203
23100
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
541
8080
22778
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
342
6365
19175
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
53
709
2096
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
49
686
2082
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
18
374
1698
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
8
155
421
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyApidae
Latreille, 1802
Bumble bees, Carpenter Bees, Cuckoo Bees, Digger Bees
64
269
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyApinae
Latreille, 1802
Bumble Bees, Digger Bees, Honey bees, Long-horned Bees
52
246
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeMeliponini
Lepeletier, 1836
Stingless bees
18
94
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Ecuador
18 Genera with 94 Species
Cephalotrigona Schwarz, 19122SpeciesTaxom
Geotrigona Moure, 19965SpeciesTaxom
Lestrimelitta Friese, 18632SpeciesTaxom
Liotrigona Moure, 1961
0SpeciesTaxom
Melipona Illiger, 191912SpeciesTaxom
Nannotrigona Cockerell, 19224SpeciesTaxom
Nogueirapis Moure, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Oxytrigona Cockerell, 18694SpeciesTaxom
Paratrigona Schwarz, 20118SpeciesTaxom
Partamona Schwarz, 198010SpeciesTaxom
Plebeia Schwarz, 18934SpeciesTaxom
Ptilotrigona Moure, 19433SpeciesTaxom
Scaptotrigona Moure, 19133SpeciesTaxom
Scaura Schwarz, 19163SpeciesTaxom
Tetragona Lepeletier &..., 19005SpeciesTaxom
Tetragonisca Moure, 19252SpeciesTaxom
Trigona Jurine, 1900Vulture bees26SpeciesTaxom
Trigonisca Moure, 1950
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ecuador
94 Species
Cephalotrigona capitata Smith, 1854
Cephalotrigona zexmeniae Cockerell, 1912
Geotrigona fulvohirta Friese, 1900
Geotrigona fumipennis Camargo & Moure, 1996
Geotrigona leucogastra Cockerell, 1914
Geotrigona subgrisea Cockerell, 1920
Geotrigona tellurica Camargo & Moure, 1996
Lestrimelitta glabrata Camargo & Moure, 1990
Lestrimelitta limao Smith, 1863
Melipona (Melikerria) grandis Guérin-Ménev..., 1844
Melipona (Michmelia) eburnea Friese, 1900
Melipona (Michmelia) fuliginosa Lepeletier, 1836
Melipona (Michmelia) fuscopilosa Moure & Kerr, 1950
Melipona (Michmelia) indecisa Cockerell, 1919
Melipona (Michmelia) mimetica Cockerell, 1914
Melipona (Michmelia) nebulosa Camargo, 1988
Melipona captiosa Moure, 1962
Melipona crinita Moure & Kerr, 1950
Melipona fasciata Latreille, 1811
Melipona illota Cockerell, 1919
Melipona phenax Cockerell, 1919
Nannotrigona camargoi Rasmussen & ..., 2017
Nannotrigona melanocera Schwarz, 1938
Nannotrigona mellaria Smith, 1862Cut-off cleftclam
Nannotrigona tristella Cockerell, 1922
Nogueirapis butteli Friese, 1900
Oxytrigona chocoana Gonzalez & R..., 2008
Oxytrigona flaveola Friese, 1900
Oxytrigona huaoranii Gonzalez & R..., 2008
Oxytrigona mellicolor Packard, 1869
Paratrigona (Aparatrigona) impunctata Ducke, 1916
Paratrigona (Paratrigona) opaca Cockerell, 1917
Paratrigona (Paratrigona) pacifica Schwarz, 1943
Paratrigona (Paratrigona) prosopiformis Gribodo, 1893
Paratrigona eutaeniata Camargo & Moure, 1994
Paratrigona lophocoryphe Moure, 1963
Paratrigona onorei Camargo & Moure, 1994
Paratrigona scapisetosa Gonzalez & G..., 2011
Partamona (Parapartamona) brevipilosa Schwarz, 1948
Partamona (Parapartamona) zonata Smith, 1854
Partamona (Partamona) bilineata Say, 1837
Partamona (Partamona) cupira Smith, 1863
Partamona (Partamona) epiphytophila Pedro & Camargo, 2003
Partamona (Partamona) musarum Cockerell, 1917
Partamona (Partamona) peckolti Friese, 1901
Partamona (Partamona) testacea Klug, 1807
Partamona (Partamona) vicina Camargo, 1980
Partamona aequatoriana Camargo, 1980
Plebeia frontalis Friese, 1911
Plebeia kerri Moure, 1950Norton stygobromid
Plebeia margaritae Moure, 1962
Plebeia minima Gribodo, 1893
Ptilotrigona lurida Smith, 1854
Ptilotrigona occidentalis Schulz, 1904
Ptilotrigona pereneae Schwarz, 1943
Scaptotrigona barrocoloradensis Schwarz, 1951
Scaptotrigona tricolorata Camargo, 1988
Scaptotrigona wheeleri Cockerell, 1913
Scaura latitarsis Friese, 1900
Scaura longula Lepeletier, 1836
Scaura tenuis Ducke, 1916
Tetragona clavipes Fabricius, 1804Hairy cockle
Tetragona dorsalis Smith, 1854
Tetragona goettei Friese, 1900
Tetragona handlirschii Friese, 1900
Tetragona ziegleri Friese, 1900Stingless bee
Tetragonisca angustula Latreille, 1825
Tetragonisca buchwaldi Friese, 1925
Trigona amalthea Olivier, 1789
Trigona amazonensis Ducke, 1916
Trigona branneri Cockerell, 1912
Trigona braueri Friese, 1900
Trigona chanchamayoensis Schwarz, 1948
Trigona cilipes Fabricius, 1804Hairy cockle
Trigona corvina Cockerell, 1913
Trigona crassipes Fabricius, 1793
Trigona dallatorreana Friese, 1900
Trigona denticula
Trigona dimidiata Smith, 1854
Trigona ferricauda Cockerell, 1917
Trigona fulviventris (Guérin-Ménev..., 1845)⇒ Trigona braueri Friese, 1900
Trigona fuscipennis Friese, 1900
Trigona guianae Cockerell, 1912
Trigona hypogea Silvestri, 1902
Trigona lacteipennis Friese, 1900
Trigona leucogastra Cockerell, 1914
Trigona nigerrima Cresson, 1878
Trigona pallens Fabricius, 1798
Trigona permodica Almeida, 1992
Trigona recursa Smith, 1863
Trigona setentrionalis (Almeida, 1992)⇒ Trigona fuscipennis Friese, 1900
Trigona silvestriana Vachal, 1908
Trigona truculenta Almeida, 1985
Trigona williana Friese, 1900


Links, sources and further information
Meliponini at itis.gov