Plebeia
Plebeia is a small genus of stingless bees, formerly included in the genus Trigona. Most of the 35 species are placed in the subgenus (Plebeia) (s.s.), but there also are four species in the subgenus (Scaura). They differ in only minor structural details, primarily of the hind leg, from other genera that were formerly treated as constituents of Trigona. In some classifications, the genus Schwarziana is treated as a subgenus within Plebeia, but recent morphological analyses indicate that Schwarziana is a distinct lineage, while Plebeia is paraphyletic.[1]
| Plebeia | |
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| Plebeia pulchra | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Tribe: | Meliponini |
| Genus: | Plebeia Schwarz, 1938 |
| Species | |
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~35 species; see text | |
Range
Species of the genus Plebeia occur from Mexico to Argentina.
List of Species[2]
- P. alvarengai
- P. catamarcensis
- P. cora
- P. domiciliorum
- P. droryana
- P. emerina
- P. flavocincta
- P. franki
- P. frontalis
- P. fulvopilosa
- P. goeldiana
- P. intermedia
- P. jatiformis
- P. julianii
- P. kerri
- P. llorentei
- P. lucii
- P. malaris
- P. manantlensis
- P. margaritae
- P. melanica
- P. meridionalis
- P. mexica
- P. minima
- P. molesta
- P. mosquito
- P. moureana
- P. nigriceps
- P. parkeri
- P. peruvicola
- P. phrynostoma
- P. poecilochroa
- P. pulchra
- P. remota
- P. saiqui
- P. tica
- P. tobagoensis
- P. variicolor
- P. wittmanni
References
- Melo, Gabriel A.R. (October 2015). "New species of the stingless bee genus Schwarziana (Hymenoptera, Apidae)". Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. 59 (4): 290–293. doi:10.1016/j.rbe.2015.08.001.
- "ITIS Standard Report Page: Plebeia". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
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