Species info
Classification > Subfamily Apinae > Tribe Meliponini > Genus Nannotrigona > Subgenus Nannotrigona
Nannotrigona (Nannotrigona) melanocera (Schwarz, 1938)
Worker in lateral view (Photo: L. Alvarez)
Worker in lateral view (Photo: L. Alvarez)
Worker in lateral view (Photo: L. Alvarez)
Head in frontal view, worker (Photo: L. Alvarez)
Head in frontal view, worker (Photo: L. Alvarez)
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Social bees that nest in preexisting cavities
  • Argentina
    • Salta
Other distribution
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela (Jaramillo et al. 2019)
 
References
  • SCHWARZ, H. F. 1938. The stingless bees (Meliponidae) of British Guiana and some related forms. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 74: 437-508
  • RASMUSSEN, C. & GONZALEZ, V. H. 2017. The neotropical stingless bee genus Nannotrigona Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini): An illustrated key, notes on the types, and designation of lectotypes.Zootaxa 4299 (2): 191-220
  • ALVAREZ, L. J. & LUCIA, M. 2018. Una especie nueva de Trigonisca y nuevos registros de abejas sin aguijón para la Argentina (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Caldasia 40(2):232-245
  • JARAMILLO, J., OSPINA, R. & GONZALEZ, V. H. 2019. Stingless bees of the genus Nannotrigona Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) in Colombia. Zootaxa 4706 (2): 349-365
  • ENGEL, M. S., RASMUSSEN, C., AYALA, R., & OLIVEIRA, F. F. DE. 2023. Stingless bee classification and biology (Hymenoptera, Apidae): a review, with an updated key to genera and subgenera. ZooKeys 1172: 239-312
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