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Meliponini (stingless bee)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Meliponini Zeuner and Manning p. 213
2000Meliponini Engel
2001Meliponini Engel
2007Meliponini Cardinal and Packer
2012Meliponini Engel et al.
2021Meliponini Engel p. 52
2022Meliponini Engel and Solórzano-Kraemer p. 419

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyApoidea
—AnthophilaLatreille 1804
familyApidae()
subfamilyApinae()
—Apiti
—CorbiculataShuckard 1866
tribeMeliponini()
tribeMeliponini()

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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G. †Cretotrigona Engel 2000
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†Cretotrigona prisca Michener and Grimaldi 1988
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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Invalid names: Meliponorytes devictus Cockerell 1921 [synonym]
Unr. Hypotrigonitae Engel 2021
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G. †Adactylurina Engel 2023
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†Adactylurina aethiopica Lepeco and Melo 2022
G. Austroplebeia Moure 1961
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G. Axestotrigona Moure 1961
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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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G. †Liotrigonopsis Engel 2001
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†Liotrigonopsis rozeni Engel 2001
G. †Meliponorytes Tosi 1896
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†Meliponorytes sicula Tosi 1896
†Meliponorytes succini Tosi 1896
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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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 (Trigona) Jurine 1807
Unr. Trigoniscitae Engel 2021
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G. †Exebotrigona Engel and Michener 2013
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†Exebotrigona velteni Engel and Michener 2013
G. Trigonisca Moure 1950
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Subg. Trigonisca (Trigonisca) Moure 1950
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Invalid names: Trigonisca ameliae Penney 2013 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available