Proplebeia Michener 1982 (stingless bee)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae
Parent taxon: Meliponitae according to M. S. Engel et al. 2023
See also Camargo et al. 2000, Engel 2021 and Engel et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Melipona, Nogueirapis, Plebeia, Tetragona, Trigona
Subtaxa: Proplebeia abdita Proplebeia dominicana Proplebeia silacea Proplebeia tantilla Proplebeia vetusta
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (5 collections), Mexico (2)
Total: 7 collections including 9 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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