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Oxytrigona tataira

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Oxytrigona tataira
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Oxytrigona
Species:
O. tataira
Binomial name
Oxytrigona tataira
(Smith, 1863)

Oxytrigona tataira, commonly known as the tataíra or abelha-de-fogo (Brazilian Portuguese: "fire bee"), is a species of eusocial stingless bee in the family Apidae and tribe Meliponini.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Pedro, Silvia R. M. (2014). "The Stingless Bee Fauna In Brazil (Hymenoptera: Apidae)". Sociobiology. 61 (4): 348–354. doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v61i4.348-354.