Meliponini

Translingual

Meliponula ferruginea, one of the Meliponini

Etymology

Melipona +‎ -ini

Proper noun

Meliponini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Apidae – the stingless honey bees or meliponines.

Hypernyms

(tribe): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Hymenoptera - order; Apocrita - suborder; Apoidea - superfamily; Apidae - family; Apinae - subfamily

See also

(tribe): Trigona - genus; see Meliponini on WikispeciesWikispecies for more.

References

Stingless bee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Meliponini on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Meliponini on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Meliponini on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Meliponini at Encyclopedia of Life
Meliponinae at National Center for Biotechnology Information

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