Overview of Stingless Bees in Brazil (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)

Abstract

Species richness of stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) was organized and updated from previously published data. From this research, we found 28 genera with 259 valid species and 62 undescribed species, in addition, brief comments on the classification used and geographical occurrences were included.

Keywords

• classification
• geographic distribution
• survey
• species
• taxonomy