Draft:Emerin Stingless Bee (Plebeia emerina)
Appearance
Plebeia emerina (Emerin Stingless Bee) is a species of stingless bee that is in the family Apidae and tribe Meliponini.
P. emerina is found in the following Brazilian states: Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo.[1]
P. emerina is one of six species of stingless bees that can have miniature queens--P. emerina, Cephalotrigona femorata, Plebeia juliani, Schwarziana quadripunctata, Plebeia remota and Nannotrigona testaceicornis.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Grüter, Christoph. Stingless Bees: Their Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution. Germany, Springer International Publishing, 2020.
- ^ Ribeiro, Márcia de Fátima; Santos-Filho, Pérsio de Souza; Imperatriz-Fonseca, Vera Lúcia (29 November 2006). "Size variation and egg laying performance in queens (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini)". Apidologie. 37 (6): 653–664. doi:10.1051/apido:2006046.