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Schwarziana (genus)
''Schwarziana'' is a relatively small genus of South American stingless bees. Like other stingless bees, ''Schwarziana'' are eusocial, with large colonies primarily composed of workers and one queen. Unusually for stingless bees, colonies are formed in underground chambers rather than in tree cavities. Workers are approximately 6.5mm long Taxonomy The type species for this genus, '' S. quadripunctata'', was first described by the French entomologist Amédéé Louis Michel le Peletier in 1836. Although originally placed in the genus '' Trigona'', more recent taxonomic evaluations have since placed it under its current genus, following the 1943 description of ''Schwarziana'' by Padre J.S. Moure.Michener, C.D. (2007). ''The Bees of the World''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. However, some still categorize ''Schwarziana'' as a subgenus under the closely related genus '' Plebeia''. Recent morphological studies support ''Schwarziana'' as a genus, while ''Plebeia'' appear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesus Santiago Moure
Jesus Santiago Moure (born 2 November 1912 in Ribeirão Preto, died on 10 July 2010 in Batatais) was a Brazilian entomologist who specialised in Hymenoptera Hymenoptera is a large order (biology), order of insects, comprising the sawfly, sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. Over 150,000 living species of Hymenoptera have been described, in addition to over 2,000 extinct ones. Many of the species are Par .... References External links Moure's Bee CatalogueBiography of Jesus Santiago Moure* Brazilian entomologists People from Ribeirão Preto 1912 births 2010 deaths Claretians Recipients of the National Order of Scientific Merit (Brazil) {{Entomologist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schwarziana Bocainensis
''Schwarziana'' is a relatively small genus of South American stingless bees. Like other stingless bees, ''Schwarziana'' are eusocial, with large colonies primarily composed of workers and one queen. Unusually for stingless bees, colonies are formed in underground chambers rather than in tree cavities. Workers are approximately 6.5mm long Taxonomy The type species for this genus, '' S. quadripunctata'', was first described by the French entomologist Amédéé Louis Michel le Peletier in 1836. Although originally placed in the genus '' Trigona'', more recent taxonomic evaluations have since placed it under its current genus, following the 1943 description of ''Schwarziana'' by Padre J.S. Moure.Michener, C.D. (2007). ''The Bees of the World''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. However, some still categorize ''Schwarziana'' as a subgenus under the closely related genus '' Plebeia''. Recent morphological studies support ''Schwarziana'' as a genus, while ''Plebeia'' appear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schwarziana Chapadensis
''Schwarziana'' is a relatively small genus of South American stingless bees. Like other stingless bees, ''Schwarziana'' are eusocial, with large colonies primarily composed of workers and one queen. Unusually for stingless bees, colonies are formed in underground chambers rather than in tree cavities. Workers are approximately 6.5mm long Taxonomy The type species for this genus, '' S. quadripunctata'', was first described by the French entomologist Amédéé Louis Michel le Peletier in 1836. Although originally placed in the genus '' Trigona'', more recent taxonomic evaluations have since placed it under its current genus, following the 1943 description of ''Schwarziana'' by Padre J.S. Moure.Michener, C.D. (2007). ''The Bees of the World''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. However, some still categorize ''Schwarziana'' as a subgenus under the closely related genus '' Plebeia''. Recent morphological studies support ''Schwarziana'' as a genus, while ''Plebeia'' appear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schwarziana Mourei
''Schwarziana'' is a relatively small genus of South American stingless bees. Like other stingless bees, ''Schwarziana'' are eusocial, with large colonies primarily composed of workers and one queen. Unusually for stingless bees, colonies are formed in underground chambers rather than in tree cavities. Workers are approximately 6.5mm long Taxonomy The type species for this genus, '' S. quadripunctata'', was first described by the French entomologist Amédéé Louis Michel le Peletier in 1836. Although originally placed in the genus '' Trigona'', more recent taxonomic evaluations have since placed it under its current genus, following the 1943 description of ''Schwarziana'' by Padre J.S. Moure.Michener, C.D. (2007). ''The Bees of the World''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. However, some still categorize ''Schwarziana'' as a subgenus under the closely related genus '' Plebeia''. Recent morphological studies support ''Schwarziana'' as a genus, while ''Plebeia'' appear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schwarziana Quadripunctata
''Schwarziana quadripunctata'' is a small, stingless bee found in a stretch of the South American Amazon from Goiás, Brazil, through Paraguay, to Misiones, Argentina.Michener, C.D. (2007). ''The Bees of the World''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. This highly eusocial insect constructs earthen nests in the subterranean level of the subtropical environment, an unusual feature among other stingless bees. The species ranges in sizes from and feeds on a diverse diet of flowering plants found abundantly on the forest floor, including guacatonga (''Casearia sylvestris'') and the mistletoe species '' Struthanthus concinnus''. Taxonomy and phylogeny ''Schwarziana quadripunctata'' was first described by the French entomologist and former president of the French Entomologist Society Amédéé Louis Michel le Peletier in 1836. Although originally placed in the genus ''Trigona'', more recent taxonomic evaluations have since placed it under its current genus, following the 194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meliponini
Stingless bees, sometimes called stingless honey bees or simply meliponines, are a large group of bees (about 550 described species), comprising the tribe Meliponini (or subtribe Meliponina according to other authors). They belong in the family Apidae, and are closely related to common honey bees, carpenter bees, orchid bees, and bumblebees. Meliponines have stingers, but they are highly reduced and cannot be used for defense, though these bees exhibit other defensive behaviors and mechanisms. Meliponines are not the only type of bee incapable of stinging: all male bees and many female bees of several other families, such as Andrenidae, also cannot sting. Some stingless bees have powerful mandibles and can inflict painful bites. Geographical distribution Stingless bees can be found in most tropical or subtropical regions of the world, such as Australia, Africa, Southeast Asia, and tropical America.Michener, C D. ''The bees of the World''. Johns Hopkins University Press, 972 pp. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eusociality
Eusociality (from Greek εὖ ''eu'' "good" and social), the highest level of organization of sociality, is defined by the following characteristics: cooperative brood care (including care of offspring from other individuals), overlapping generations within a colony of adults, and a division of labor into reproductive and non-reproductive groups. The division of labor creates specialized behavioral groups within an animal society which are sometimes referred to as 'castes'. Eusociality is distinguished from all other social systems because individuals of at least one caste usually lose the ability to perform at least one behavior characteristic of individuals in another caste. Eusocial colonies can be viewed as superorganisms. Eusociality exists in certain insects, crustaceans, and mammals. It is mostly observed and studied in the Hymenoptera (ants, bees, and wasps) and in Blattodea (termites). A colony has caste differences: queens and reproductive males take the roles of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amédée Louis Michel Le Peletier, Comte De Saint-Fargeau
Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier, comte de Saint-Fargeau (9 October 1770 – 23 August 1845), also spelled Lepeletier or Lepelletier, was a French entomologist, and specialist in the Hymenoptera. In 1833, he served as president of the Société entomologique de France. Works *with Gaspard Auguste Brullé '' Histoire naturelle des insectes. Hyménoptères''. Roret, Paris 1836–46 p.m. *''Memoires sur le G. Gorytes Latr. Arpactus Jur''. Paris 1832. *''Monographia tenthredinetarum, synonimia extricata''. Levrault, Paris 1823–25. *''Mémoire sur quelques espéces nouvelles d’Insectes de la section des hyménoptères appelés les portetuyaux et sur les caractères de cette famille et des genres qui la composent''. Paris 1806. *''Défense de Félix Lepeletier''. Vatar, Paris 1796/97. *with Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville a treatise on Hemiptera to Guillaume-Antoine Olivier's Histoire naturelle. ''Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Insectes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trigona
''Trigona'' is one of the largest genera of stingless bees, comprising about 32 species, exclusively occurring in the New World, and formerly including many more subgenera than the present assemblage; many of these former subgenera have been elevated to generic status.Michener, C.D. (2000). The Bees of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press Range ''Trigona'' species occur throughout the Neotropical region, including South and Central America, the Mexican lowlands, and the Caribbean islands. They can occur in forests, savannas, and man made environments. ''Trigona'' bees are active all year round, although they are less active in cool environments. Nesting ''Trigona'' nests are constructed from wax they produce and plant resins they collect. They usually nest in tree cavities and underground. Vulture bees Vulture bees comprise three ''Trigona'' species, and are the only bees known to be scavengers. These bees collect and feed on dead animal flesh. Communication Some spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plebeia
''Plebeia'' is a genus of mostly small-bodied stingless bees, formerly included in the genus ''Trigona ''Trigona'' is one of the largest genera of stingless bees, comprising about 32 species, exclusively occurring in the New World, and formerly including many more subgenera than the present assemblage; many of these former subgenera have been el ...''. Most of the ~45 species are placed in the subgenus ''(Plebeia)'' (''s.s.''), but there also are four species in the subgenus ''(Scaura)''. They differ in only minor structural details, primarily of the hind leg, from other genera that were formerly treated as constituents of ''Trigona''. In some classifications, the genus '' Schwarziana'' is treated as a subgenus within ''Plebeia'', but recent morphological analyses indicate that ''Schwarziana'' is a distinct lineage, while ''Plebeia'' is paraphyletic. Due to their small sizes, in Brazil many species are known as ''abelha-mirim'' (literally "small bee") in Portuguese. Range ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apinae
The Apinae are the subfamily that includes the majority of bees in the family Apidae. It includes the familiar " corbiculate" (pollen basket) bees—bumblebees, honey bees, orchid bees, stingless bees, Africanized bees, and the extinct genus ''Euglossopteryx''. It also includes all but two of the groups (excluding Nomadinae and Xylocopinae) that were previously classified in the family Anthophoridae. Most species in the subfamily (other than honey bees, bumblebees, and stingless bees) are solitary, though several of the tribes are entirely kleptoparasitic, such as the Ericrocidini, Isepeolini, Melectini, Osirini, Protepeolini, and Rhathymini. Behaviors Certain behaviors are known from members of the Apinae that are rarely seen in other bees, including the habit of males forming "sleeping aggregations" on vegetation - several males gathering on a single plant in the evening, grasping a plant with their jaws and resting there through the night (sometimes held in place only by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
