Subfamily Meliponinae Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau 1835 (stingless bee)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae
Alternative spelling: Meliponidae
Full reference: A. Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau. 1835. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Hyménoptères. Tome Premier 1-547
Parent taxon: Apidae according to M. L. Winston and C. D. Michener 1977
See also Cockerell 1908
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: none
Type: Melipona
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Meliponinae in the database