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Meliponini (stingless bee)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae
Taxonomy
Meliponites was named by Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau (1835). It is extant. Its type is Melipona.
It was corrected as Meliponini by Zeuner and Manning (1976), Engel (2000), Engel (2001), Cardinal and Packer (2007), Engel et al. (2012), Engel (2021) and Engel and Solórzano-Kraemer (2022).
It was assigned to Apidae by Zeuner and Manning (1976); to Apinae by Engel (2000), Engel (2001) and Engel et al. (2012); and to Corbiculata by Cardinal and Packer (2007), Engel (2021) and Engel and Solórzano-Kraemer (2022).
It was corrected as Meliponini by Zeuner and Manning (1976), Engel (2000), Engel (2001), Cardinal and Packer (2007), Engel et al. (2012), Engel (2021) and Engel and Solórzano-Kraemer (2022).
It was assigned to Apidae by Zeuner and Manning (1976); to Apinae by Engel (2000), Engel (2001) and Engel et al. (2012); and to Corbiculata by Cardinal and Packer (2007), Engel (2021) and Engel and Solórzano-Kraemer (2022).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1976 | Meliponini Zeuner and Manning p. 213 |
| 2000 | Meliponini Engel |
| 2001 | Meliponini Engel |
| 2007 | Meliponini Cardinal and Packer |
| 2012 | Meliponini Engel et al. |
| 2021 | Meliponini Engel p. 52 |
| 2022 | Meliponini Engel and Solórzano-Kraemer p. 419 |
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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.
Tr. Meliponini Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau 1835 [stingless bee]
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Subtr. Hypotrigonina Engel 2021
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Unr. Heterotrigonitae Engel 2021
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G. Tetragonula Moure 1961
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Subg. Tetragonula (Tetragonula) Moure 1961
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†Tetragonula (Tetragonula) florilega Engel 2021
Tetragonula (Tetragonula) iridipennis Smith 1854
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Invalid names: Meliponorytes devictus Cockerell 1921 [synonym]
Tetragonula (Tetragonula) laeviceps Smith 1858
Unr. Hypotrigonitae Engel 2021
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G. Austroplebeia Moure 1961
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G. Axestotrigona Moure 1961
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Subg. Axestotrigona (Axestotrigona) Moure 1961
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Axestotrigona (Axestotrigona) erythra Schletterer 1891
†Axestotrigona (Axestotrigona) kitingae Engel and Solórzano-Kraemer 2022
Axestotrigona (Axestotrigona) togoensis Stadelmann 1895
G. Dactylurina Cockerell 1934
G. Hypotrigona Cockerell 1934
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Hypotrigona gribodoi Magretti 1884
†Hypotrigona kleineri Engel and Solórzano-Kraemer 2022
G. †Kelneriapis Sakagami 1978
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†Kelneriapis eocenica Kelner-Pillault 1970
Invalid names: Kelnermelia Moure 1978 [synonym]
G. Liotrigona Moure 1961
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Subg. Liotrigona (Liotrigona) Moure 1961
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Liotrigona (Liotrigona) bouyssoui Vachal 1903
Liotrigona (Liotrigona) nilssoni Michener 1990
†Liotrigona (Liotrigona) vetula Moure and Camargo 1978
Subtr. Meliponina Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau 1835
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Unr. Meliponitae Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau 1835
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G. Melipona Iliger 1806
G. Nogueirapis Moure 1953
G. Plebeia Schwarz 1938
G. Proplebeia Michener 1982
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†Proplebeia abdita Greco and Engel 2011
†Proplebeia dominicana Wille and Chandler 1964
†Proplebeia silacea Wille 1959
†Proplebeia tantilla Camargo et al. 2000
†Proplebeia vetusta Camargo et al. 2000
G. Tetragona Lepeletier and Serville 1828
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Trigona (Tetragona) iridipennis Smith 1854
†Trigona (Tetragona) succini Tosi 1896
G. Trigona Jurine 1807
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Subg. Trigona (Hypotrigona) Cockerell 1934
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†Trigona (Hypotrigona) dominicana Wille and Chandler 1964
†Trigona (Hypotrigona) eocenica Kelner-Pillault 1970
Subg. †Trigona (Kelneriapis) Sakagami 1978
Subg. Trigona (Liotrigona) Moure 1961
Subg. †Trigona (Roussyana) Manning 1960
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†Electrapis (Roussyana) palmnickenensis Roussy 1937
†Electrapis (Roussyana) proava Menge 1856
Subg. Trigona (Trigona) Jurine 1807
Unr. Trigoniscitae Engel 2021
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G. Trigonisca Moure 1950
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Subg. Trigonisca (Trigonisca) Moure 1950
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Trigonisca (Trigonisca) schulthessi Friese 1900
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Invalid names: Trigonisca ameliae Penney 2013 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Holocene or 70.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma
Collections (21 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (New Jersey) | Trigona prisca (109025) | |
| Priabonian | Russian Federation | Exebotrigona velteni (150773) | |
| Priabonian | Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) | Electrapis palmnickenensis (123771) Liotrigonopsis rozeni (123493) Trigona eocenica (123757) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Mexico (Chiapas) | Trigona silacea (138882 140313) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Ethiopia | Liotrigona aethiopica (231011) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Dominican Republic | Proplebeia abdita (123422) Proplebeia dominicana (122472) Proplebeia dominicana, Proplebeia vetusta, Proplebeia tantilla (122982) Trigona dominicana (139308 146557) | |
| Langhian | China (Fujian) | Tetragonula sp., Austroplebeia sp. (220273) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Italy | Meliponorytes succini, Meliponorytes sicula (123432) | |
| Holocene | Myanmar | Meliponorytes devictus, Trigona laeviceps (151870) | |
| Holocene | Tanzania | Hypotrigona gribodoi, Axestotrigona kitingae, Hypotrigona kleineri, Liotrigona bouyssoui (224996) Liotrigona vetula (151869) Meliponini indet. (234540) Trigona gribodoi, Trigona erythra (123991) | |
| Holocene | Colombia (Santander) | Trigonisca ameliae (140185) |