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Melipona Illiger, 1806
Taxonomic Serial No.: 634192

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):
	Common Name(s):

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2020

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Protostomia
	Superphylum	Ecdysozoa
	Phylum	Arthropoda – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods
	Subphylum	Hexapoda – hexapods
	Class	Insecta – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes
	Subclass	Pterygota – insects ailés, winged insects
	Infraclass	Neoptera – modern, wing-folding insects
	Superorder	Holometabola
	Order	Hymenoptera – abelha, formiga, vespa, ants, bees, wasps
	Suborder	Apocrita – abeilles, fourmis, guępes véritables, narrow-waisted hymenopterans, ants, bees, true wasps
	Infraorder	Aculeata
	Superfamily	Apoidea – bees, sphecoid wasps, apoid wasps
	Family	Apidae – euglossine, euglossines, honey bees, stingless bees
	Subfamily	Apinae
	Tribe	Meliponini
	Genus	Melipona Illiger, 1806
		Direct Children:
	Species	Melipona amazonica Schulz, 1905
	Species	Melipona ambigua Roubik and Camargo, 2012
	Species	Melipona apiformis (Buysson, 1892)
	Species	Melipona asilvai Moure, 1971
	Species	Melipona baeri Vachal, 1904
	Species	Melipona beecheii Bennett, 1831
	Species	Melipona belizeae Schwarz, 1932
	Species	Melipona bicolor Lepeletier, 1836
	Species	Melipona boliviana Schwarz, 1932
	Species	Melipona brachychaeta Moure, 1950
	Species	Melipona bradleyi Schwarz, 1932
	Species	Melipona capixaba Moure and Camargo, 1995
	Species	Melipona captiosa Moure, 1962
	Species	Melipona carrikeri Cockerell, 1920
	Species	Melipona colimana Ayala, 1999
	Species	Melipona compressipes (Fabricius, 1804)
	Species	Melipona costaricensis Cockerell, 1920
	Species	Melipona cramptoni Cockerell, 1920
	Species	Melipona crinita Moure and Kerr, 1950
	Species	Melipona dubia Moure and Kerr, 1950
	Species	Melipona eburnea Friese, 1900
	Species	Melipona fallax Camargo and Pedro, 2008
	Species	Melipona fasciata Latreille, 1811
	Species	Melipona fasciculata Smith, 1854
	Species	Melipona favosa (Fabricius, 1798)
	Species	Melipona flavolineata Friese, 1900
	Species	Melipona fuliginosa Lepeletier, 1836
	Species	Melipona fulva Lepeletier, 1836
	Species	Melipona fuscata Lepeletier, 1836
	Species	Melipona fuscopilosa Moure and Kerr, 1950
	Species	Melipona grandis Guérin-Méneville, 1844
	Species	Melipona illota Cockerell, 1919
	Species	Melipona illustris Schwarz, 1932
	Species	Melipona indecisa Cockerell, 1920
	Species	Melipona insularis Roubik and Camargo, 2012
	Species	Melipona interrupta Latreille, 1811
	Species	Melipona lateralis Erichson, 1848
	Species	Melipona lunulata Friese, 1900
	Species	Melipona lupitae Ayala, 1999
	Species	Melipona mandacaia Smith, 1863
	Species	Melipona marginata Lepeletier, 1836
	Species	Melipona melanoventer Schwarz, 1932
	Species	Melipona micheneri Schwarz, 1951
	Species	Melipona mimetica Cockerell, 1914
	Species	Melipona mondury Smith, 1863
	Species	Melipona nebulosa Camargo, 1988
	Species	Melipona nigrescens Friese, 1900
	Species	Melipona nitidifrons Benoist, 1933
	Species	Melipona obscurior Moure, 1971
	Species	Melipona ogilviei Schwarz, 1932
	Species	Melipona orbignyi (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
	Species	Melipona panamica Cockerell, 1920
	Species	Melipona paraensis Ducke, 1916
	Species	Melipona peruviana Friese, 1900
	Species	Melipona phenax Cockerell, 1920
	Species	Melipona puncticollis Friese, 1902
	Species	Melipona quadrifasciata Lepeletier, 1836
	Species	Melipona quinquefasciata Lepeletier, 1836
	Species	Melipona rufescens Friese, 1900
	Species	Melipona rufiventris Lepeletier, 1836
	Species	Melipona salti Schwarz, 1932
	Species	Melipona schwarzi Moure, 1963
	Species	Melipona scutellaris Latreille, 1811
	Species	Melipona seminigra Friese, 1903
	Species	Melipona solani Cockerell, 1912
	Species	Melipona subnitida Ducke, 1911
	Species	Melipona titania Gribodo, 1893
	Species	Melipona torrida Friese, 1917
	Species	Melipona trinitatis Cockerell, 1920
	Species	Melipona triplaridis Cockerell, 1925
	Species	Melipona tumupasae Schwarz, 1932
	Species	Melipona variegatipes Gribodo, 1893
	Species	Melipona yucatanica Camargo, Moure and Roubik, 1988

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	John S. Ascher, PhD
	Notes:	Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore
	Reference for:	Melipona

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Catalogue of Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Neotropical..., website (version 03July2012)
	Acquired:	2020
	Notes:	Moure, J. S., Urban, D., and G. A. R. Melo (Orgs). Catalogue of Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Neotropical Region. Available online at http://moure.cria.org.br/catalogue
	Reference for:	Melipona

	Source:	Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist - Draft-54, website (version Draft-54)
	Acquired:	2020
	Notes:	Ascher, J. S. and J. Pickering. 01 February, 2020. Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Apoidea_species
	Reference for:	Melipona

	Source:	Hymenoptera Name Server version 1.5 19.xii.2007, website (version 1.5)
	Acquired:	2018
	Notes:	https://hns.osu.edu/
	Reference for:	Melipona

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Michener, Charles D.
	Publication Date:	2000
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	The Bees of the World
	Page(s):	xiv + 913
	Publisher:	The Johns Hopkins University Press
	Publication Place:	Baltimore, Maryland, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-8018-6133-0
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Melipona

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Michener, Charles D.
	Publication Date:	2007
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	The Bees of the World, Second Edition
	Page(s):	xvi + 953
	Publisher:	The Johns Hopkins University Press
	Publication Place:	Baltimore, Maryland, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-8018-8573-6
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Melipona

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Rasmussen, Claus, Jennifer C. Thomas, and Michael S. Engel
	Publication Date:	2017
	Article/Chapter Title:	A New Genus of Eastern Hemisphere Stingless Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae), with a Key to the Supraspecific Groups of Indomalayan and Australasian Meliponini
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	American Museum Novitates, no. 3888
	Page(s):	1-33
	Publisher:
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	ISBN/ISSN:	0003-0082
	Notes:	Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57826593
	Reference for:	Melipona

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