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Below is a list of stingless bees of Brazil from Pedro (2014). [ 1] A total of 244 species belonging to 89 genera are found in Brazil.
Stingless bee. Stingless bees (SB), sometimes called stingless honey bees or simply meliponines, are a large group of bees (from about 462 to 552 described species), [ 1][ 2] comprising the tribe Meliponini[ 3][ 4] (or subtribe Meliponina according to other authors). [ 5] They belong in the family Apidae ( subfamily Apinae ), and are closely ...
Euglossa bazinga. Nemésio & Ferrari, 2012. Euglossa bazinga is a euglossine bee species found in Brazil. It is named after the catchphrase of the fictional character Dr. Sheldon Cooper from the television show The Big Bang Theory. It was previously misidentified as Euglossa ignita, [1] and is threatened with habitat loss. [citation needed]
Melipona scutellaris is a eusocial stingless bee species of the order Hymenoptera and the genus Melipona.It is considered to be the reared Melipona species with the largest distribution in the North and Northeast regions of Brazil, with records from Rio Grande do Norte down to Bahia. [1]
Melipona capixaba, commonly known as uruçu negra (black uruçu) in Brazil, is a species of eusocial stingless bees of the order Hymenoptera. It is endemic to the mountainous region of the State of Espírito Santo, Brazil. Since 2003, it has been included on the list of threatened species produced by the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment ...
B. morio. Binomial name. Bombus morio. (Swederus, 1787) Bombus morio is one of the few bumblebee species found in South America. [ 2] These bees reside mainly in the forests of Brazil, nesting on the surface of the ground. [ 3] They are one of the biggest species of bumblebee and are important pollinators. They are one of the few species of ...
Schwarziana quadripunctata is a small, stingless bee found in a stretch of the South American Amazon [dubious – discuss] from Goiás, Brazil, through Paraguay, to Misiones, Argentina. This highly eusocial insect constructs earthen nests in the subterranean level of the subtropical environment, an unusual feature among other stingless bees.
Species: F. varia. Binomial name. Frieseomelitta varia. ( Lepeletier, 1836) Frieseomelitta varia, commonly known as the abelha marmelada-amarela ( Brazilian Portuguese: "yellow marmalade bee"), is a species of eusocial stingless bee in the family Apidae and tribe Meliponini. [1] F. varia is native to Brazil. [2]