Melipona (Melipona) orbignyi (Guérin, 1844)
Obreras, potes de miel y cámara de cría en un nido, Sáenz Peña, Chaco (Miguel Gustavo)
Distribución geográfica
Distribución
Abejas sociales que nidifican en cavidades preexistentes
- Argentina
- Chaco
- Formosa
- Salta
- Santa Fe
- Santiago del Estero
Otra distribución
Bolivia, Brasil y Paraguay
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- VOSSLER, F. G. 2019. Pollen diet assessment and flower association in Melipona orbignyi and recommendations on management and conservation of stingless bees in the Chaco dry forest of South America. Apidologie, 50(4), 391-413.
- 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
