Overview of Stingless Bees in Brazil (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)

David Silva Nogueira

doi:10.12741/ebrasilis.v16.e1041

Authors

David Silva Nogueira Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia do Amazonas, São Gabriel da Cachoeira, AM, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2045-0191

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12741/ebrasilis.v16.e1041

Keywords:

classification, geographic distribution, survey, species, taxonomy

Abstract

Species richness of stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) was organized and updated from previously published data. From this research, we found 28 genera with 259 valid species and 62 undescribed species, in addition, brief comments on the classification used and geographical occurrences were included.

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