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Plebeia

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Taxonomy
Plebeia was named by Schwarz (1938). It is extant.

It was assigned to Apidae by Carpenter (1992); and to Meliponitae by Engel (2021) and Engel et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Plebeia Schwarz p. 480
1992Plebeia Carpenter
2021Plebeia Engel p. 17
2023Plebeia Engel et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
RankNameAuthor
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
Aculeata()
superfamilyApoidea
AnthophilaLatreille 1804
familyApidae()
subfamilyApinae()
Apiti
CorbiculataShuckard 1866
tribeMeliponini()
subtribeMeliponina
Meliponitae
genusPlebeiaSchwarz 1938

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. Plebeia Schwarz 1938
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available