Tetragonisca

Tetragonisca is a genus of stingless bees in the family Apidae. There are at least four described species in Tetragonisca, found in Central and South America.[1][2][3]

Tetragonisca
Tetragonisca angustula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Clade: Corbiculata
Tribe: Meliponini
Genus: Tetragonisca
Moure, 1946

Species

These four species belong to the genus Tetragonisca:

  • Tetragonisca angustula (Latreille, 1825)
  • Tetragonisca buchwaldi
  • Tetragonisca fiebrigi (Schwarz, 1938)
  • Tetragonisca weyrauchi (Schwarz, 1943)

References

  1. "Tetragonisca Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  2. "Tetragonisca". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  3. Grüter, Christoph (2020). Stingless Bees: Their Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution. Fascinating Life Sciences. Springer New York. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-60090-7. ISBN 978-3-030-60089-1. S2CID 227250633.

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