Meliponorytes Tosi 1896 (stingless bee)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Full reference: A. Tosi. 1896. Di un nuovo genere di Apiaria fossile nell'ambra di Sicilia (Meliponorytes succini-M. sicula). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia 2:352-356

Parent taxon: Hypotrigonina according to M. S. Engel et al. 2023

See also Cockerell 1908, Engel 2001, Engel 2021 and Zeuner and Manning 1976

Sister taxa: Heterotrigonitae, Hypotrigonitae

Subtaxa: Meliponorytes sicula Meliponorytes succini

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Sicilian amber (Bologna coll) (Miocene of Italy)

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