Austroplebeia Moure 1961 (stingless bee)
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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)
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Zhangpu amber (Miocene of China)
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