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Stingless bee classification and biology (Hymenoptera, Apidae): a review, with an updated key to genera and subgenera
Stingless bees (Meliponini) are a ubiquitous and diverse element of the pantropical melittofauna, and have significant cultural and economic importance. This review outlines their diversity, and provides identification keys based on external morphology, brief accounts for each of the recognized gene...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10401200/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37547181 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1172.104944 |
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author | Engel, Michael S. Rasmussen, Claus Ayala, Ricardo de Oliveira, Favízia F. |
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description | Stingless bees (Meliponini) are a ubiquitous and diverse element of the pantropical melittofauna, and have significant cultural and economic importance. This review outlines their diversity, and provides identification keys based on external morphology, brief accounts for each of the recognized genera, and an updated checklist of all living and fossil species. In total there are currently 605 described extant species in 45 extant genera, and a further 18 extinct species in nine genera, seven of which are extinct. A new fossil genus, Adactylurina Engel, gen. nov., is also described for a species in Miocene amber from Ethiopia. In addition to the systematic review, the biology of stingless bees is summarized with an emphasis on aspects related to their nesting biology and architecture. |
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spelling | pubmed-104012002023-08-05 Stingless bee classification and biology (Hymenoptera, Apidae): a review, with an updated key to genera and subgenera Engel, Michael S. Rasmussen, Claus Ayala, Ricardo de Oliveira, Favízia F. Zookeys Research Article Stingless bees (Meliponini) are a ubiquitous and diverse element of the pantropical melittofauna, and have significant cultural and economic importance. This review outlines their diversity, and provides identification keys based on external morphology, brief accounts for each of the recognized genera, and an updated checklist of all living and fossil species. In total there are currently 605 described extant species in 45 extant genera, and a further 18 extinct species in nine genera, seven of which are extinct. A new fossil genus, Adactylurina Engel, gen. nov., is also described for a species in Miocene amber from Ethiopia. In addition to the systematic review, the biology of stingless bees is summarized with an emphasis on aspects related to their nesting biology and architecture. Pensoft Publishers 2023-07-27 /pmc/articles/PMC10401200/ /pubmed/37547181 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1172.104944 Text en Michael S. Engel, Claus Rasmussen, Ricardo Ayala, Favízia F. de Oliveira https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Engel, Michael S. Rasmussen, Claus Ayala, Ricardo de Oliveira, Favízia F. Stingless bee classification and biology (Hymenoptera, Apidae): a review, with an updated key to genera and subgenera |
title | Stingless bee classification and biology (Hymenoptera, Apidae): a review, with an updated key to genera and subgenera |
title_full | Stingless bee classification and biology (Hymenoptera, Apidae): a review, with an updated key to genera and subgenera |
title_fullStr | Stingless bee classification and biology (Hymenoptera, Apidae): a review, with an updated key to genera and subgenera |
title_full_unstemmed | Stingless bee classification and biology (Hymenoptera, Apidae): a review, with an updated key to genera and subgenera |
title_short | Stingless bee classification and biology (Hymenoptera, Apidae): a review, with an updated key to genera and subgenera |
title_sort | stingless bee classification and biology (hymenoptera, apidae): a review, with an updated key to genera and subgenera |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10401200/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37547181 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1172.104944 |
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