Biology:Tetragonisca

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Short description: Genus of bees

Tetragonisca
Stingless Bees (Tetragonisca angustula) (6788207763).jpg
Tetragonisca angustula
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Clade: Corbiculata
Tribe: Meliponini
Genus: Tetragonisca
Moure, 1946

Tetragonisca is a genus of stingless bees in the family Apidae. There are at least four described species in Tetragonisca, found in Central and South America.[1][2][3]

Species

These four species belong to the genus Tetragonisca:

  • Tetragonisca angustula (Latreille, 1825)
  • Tetragonisca buchwaldi
  • Tetragonisca fiebrigi (Schwarz, 1938)
  • Tetragonisca weyrauchi (Schwarz, 1943)

References

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q6143626 entry