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exist in the United States, the result of experimental imports in the 1950s.
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829:"New species of the stingless bee genus Schwarziana (Hymenoptera, Apidae)"
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Due to their small sizes, in Brazil many species are known as
888:"4-year-old girl discovers rare stingless bees in California"
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Stingless Bees: Their
Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution
178:. Most of the ~45 species are placed in the subgenus
982:
186:), but there also are four species in the subgenus
862:"New Colony of Rare Bees Found By a Four-Year-Old"
204:, but recent morphological analyses indicate that
937:. Fascinating Life Sciences. Springer New York.
8:
438:Alvarez, Rasmussen, & Abrahamovich, 2016
970:
31:
20:
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819:
219:(literally "small bee") in Portuguese.
194:. In some classifications, the genus
7:
906:"ITIS Standard Report Page: Plebeia"
827:Melo, Gabriel A.R. (October 2015).
168:is a genus of mostly small-bodied
14:
833:Revista Brasileira de Entomologia
172:, formerly included in the genus
886:Davies, Erica (28 August 2021).
231:occur from Mexico to Argentina.
200:is treated as a subgenus within
51:
860:Agarwal, Robin (3 June 2021).
1:
208:is a distinct lineage, while
1189:
929:Grüter, Christoph (2020).
943:10.1007/978-3-030-60090-7
846:10.1016/j.rbe.2015.08.001
808:Moure & Camargo, 1989
698:Moure & Camargo, 1995
154:
149:
48:Scientific classification
46:
39:
30:
23:
234:A few feral colonies of
428:Melo & Costa, 2009
156:~45 species; see text
1140:Paleobiology Database
227:Species of the genus
1155:
1154:
1127:Open Tree of Life
976:Taxon identifiers
952:978-3-030-60089-1
458:(Cockerell, 1912)
378:(Cockerell, 1912)
368:(Silvestri, 1902)
212:is paraphyletic.
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444:P. hyperplastica
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298:(Holmberg, 1903)
294:P. catamarcensis
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514:P. manantlensis
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244:List of species
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41:Plebeia pulchra
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374:P. flavocincta
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364:P. emerinoides
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288:(Engel, 2022)
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1075:iNaturalist
1008:Wikispecies
798:Engel, 2022
778:Moure, 2003
768:Engel, 2022
748:Engel, 2022
728:Engel, 2022
708:Ayala, 1999
688:Engel, 2021
678:Engel, 2022
668:Moure, 2004
658:Moure, 1995
648:Ayala, 1999
638:Engel, 2021
608:Engel, 2022
598:Ayala, 1999
594:P. moureana
584:P. mosquito
558:Ayala, 1999
538:Ayala, 1999
534:P. melanica
528:Moure, 1962
518:Ayala, 1999
508:Moure, 1962
498:Moure, 2004
488:Ayala, 1999
478:Moure, 1950
468:Moure, 1962
464:P. julianii
448:Engel, 2022
424:P. grapiuna
408:Ayala, 1999
344:P. droryana
328:Engel, 2022
318:Ayala, 1999
308:Engel, 2021
284:P. aurantia
278:Engel, 2021
274:P. asthenes
268:Engel, 2022
258:Moure, 1995
206:Schwarziana
197:Schwarziana
105:Hymenoptera
1173:Bee genera
1168:Meliponini
1162:Categories
915:2015-11-06
892:Yahoo News
866:Bay Nature
815:References
724:P. roubiki
704:P. pulchra
644:P. parkeri
574:P. molesta
504:P. malaris
354:P. emerina
304:P. chondra
237:P. emerina
125:Meliponini
85:Arthropoda
961:227250633
871:29 August
794:P. vidali
764:P. tigris
734:P. saiqui
714:P. remota
684:P. pleres
634:P. orphne
604:P. mutisi
564:P. minima
554:P. mexica
384:P. franki
264:P. amydra
180:(Plebeia)
71:Kingdom:
65:Eukaryota
999:Q4047085
993:Wikidata
494:P. lucii
474:P. kerri
188:(Scaura)
150:Species
111:Family:
81:Phylum:
75:Animalia
61:Domain:
1093:1407425
1067:1345534
1054:2757253
1014:Plebeia
984:Plebeia
754:P. tica
314:P. cora
229:Plebeia
210:Plebeia
202:Plebeia
192:Trigona
175:Trigona
165:Plebeia
142:Schwarz
136:Plebeia
131:Genus:
121:Tribe:
101:Order:
95:Insecta
91:Class:
25:Plebeia
1145:152547
1132:685321
1106:634277
1080:252969
1028:183745
959:
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144:, 1938
115:Apidae
1119:57566
1088:IRMNG
957:S2CID
223:Range
1114:NCBI
1101:ITIS
1062:GBIF
1041:6S8M
1023:BOLD
947:ISBN
873:2021
184:s.s.
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