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Melipona
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae
Taxonomy
Melipona was named by Iliger (1806). It is extant. It is the type genus of Meliponidae, Meliponites, Meliponina, Meliponitae.
It was assigned to Meliponinae by Cockerell (1908); and to Meliponitae by Engel (2021) and Engel et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Meliponinae by Cockerell (1908); and to Meliponitae by Engel (2021) and Engel et al. (2023).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1806 | Melipona Iliger |
| 1908 | Melipona Cockerell p. 327 |
| 2021 | Melipona Engel p. 17 |
| 2023 | Melipona Engel et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Melipona Iliger 1806
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available