Austroplebeia Moure 1961 (stingless bee)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Full reference: J. S. Moure. 1961. A preliminary supra-specific classification of the Old World meliponine bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Studia Entomologica 4:181-242

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

See also Engel 2021 and Moure 1961

Sister taxa: Adactylurina, Axestotrigona, Dactylurina, Hypotrigona, Kelneriapis, Liotrigona, Liotrigonopsis

Subtaxa: Austroplebeia (Anteplebeina)

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Zhangpu amber (Miocene of China)

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