Meliponini
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Meliponula ferruginea, one of the Meliponini
Translingual
Etymology
Proper noun
Meliponini
- A taxonomic tribe within the family Apidae – stingless honey bees or meliponines.
Hypernyms
- (tribe): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Hymenoptera – order; Apocrita – suborder; Apoidea – superfamily; Apidae – family; Apinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (tribe): Aparatrigona, Apotrigona, Asperplebeia, Austroplebeia, Axestotrigona, Camargoia, Celetrigona, Cephalotrigona, Cleptotrigona, †Cretotrigona, Dactylurina, Dolichotrigona, Duckeola, Ebaiotrigona, †Exebotrigona, Friesella, Frieseomelitta, Geniotrigona, Geotrigona, Heterotrigona, Homotrigona, Hypotrigona, †Kelneriapis, Lepidotrigona, Lestrimelitta, Leurotrigona, Liotrigona, †Liotrigonopsis, Lisotrigona, Lophotrigona, Meliplebeia, Melipona, †Meliponorytes, Meliponula, Meliwillea, Mourella, Nannotrigona, Nanoplebeia, Nogueirapis, Odontotrigona, Oxytrigona, Papuatrigona, Paratrigona, Pariotrigona, Paratrigonoides, Partamona, Plebeia, Plebeina, †Proplebeia, Ptilotrigona, Scaptotrigona, Scaura, Schwarziana, Tetragona, Tetragonisca, Tetragonula, Trichotrigona, Trigona, Trigonisca, Wallacetrigona - genera
References
Stingless bee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Meliponini on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Meliponini on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Meliponini at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Meliponinae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
