Geotrigona mombuca (also called mombuca in Brazilian Portuguese) is a species of eusocial stingless bee in the family Apidae and tribe Meliponini.[1] It can be found in Brazil and Paraguay.[2]

Geotrigona mombuca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Geotrigona
Species:
G. mombuca
Binomial name
Geotrigona mombuca
(Smith, 1863)

References

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  1. ^ Pedro, Silvia R. M. (2014). "The Stingless Bee Fauna In Brazil (Hymenoptera: Apidae)" (PDF). Sociobiology. 61 (4): 348–354. doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v61i4.348-354.
  2. ^ Victor H. Gonzalez; Michael S. Engel (2012-03-01), "A new species of Geotrigona Moure from the Caribbean coast of Colombia (Hymenoptera,Apidae)", ZooKeys, 172, Pensoft Publishers: 77–87, doi:10.3897/zookeys.172.2735, hdl:1808/8957, retrieved 2024-08-06