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Meliponini
Stingless bees (SB), sometimes called stingless honey bees or simply meliponines, are a large group of bees (from about 462 to 552 described species), comprising the Tribe (biology), tribe Meliponini (or subtribe Meliponina according to other authors). They belong in the Family (biology), family Apidae (subfamily Apinae), and are closely related to common honey bees (HB, tribe Apini), orchid bees (tribe Euglossini), and bumblebees (tribe Bombini). These four bee tribes belong to the Pollen basket, corbiculate bees Monophyly, monophyletic group. 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 and Megachilidae (tribe Dioxyini), also cannot sting. Some stingless bees have powerful mandibles and can inflict painful bites. Some species ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frieseomelitta
''Frieseomelitta'' is a stingless bee (Meliponini) genus in the family Apidae. It currently contains about 16 described species: * ''Frieseomelitta dispar'' * ''Frieseomelitta doederleini'' * ''Frieseomelitta flavicornis'' * ''Frieseomelitta francoi'' * ''Frieseomelitta freiremaiai'' * ''Frieseomelitta languida'' * ''Frieseomelitta lehmanni'' * ''Frieseomelitta longipes'' * ''Frieseomelitta meadewaldoi'' * ''Frieseomelitta nigra'' * ''Frieseomelitta paranigra'' * ''Frieseomelitta paupera'' * ''Frieseomelitta portoi'' * ''Frieseomelitta silvestrii'' * ''Frieseomelitta trichocerata'' * ''Frieseomelitta varia''Enrico de LazaroScientists Sequence Genome of Brazilian Stingless Bee on: sci-news, Sep 1, 2020.Flávia C. de Paula Freitas, Anete P. Lourenço, Daniel G. Pinheiro ''et al.''The nuclear and mitochondrial genomes of ''Frieseomelitta varia'' – a highly eusocial stingless bee (Meliponini) with a permanently sterile worker caste In: BMC Genomics 21, 386; Jun 3, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
