Clade Meliponitae Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau 1835 (stingless bee)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae
Full reference: A. Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau. 1835. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Hyménoptères. Tome Premier 1-547
Parent taxon: Meliponina according to M. S. Engel et al. 2023
See also Engel 2021
Sister taxon: Trigoniscitae
Subtaxa: Melipona Nogueirapis Plebeia Proplebeia Tetragona Trigona
Type: Melipona
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (5 collections), Mexico (2)
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 9 collections including 11 occurrences