Five-striped Melipona

Melipona quinquefasciata

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae

Melipona quinquefasciata, commonly known as the mandaçaia-da-terra or mandaçaia-do-chão (Brazilian Portuguese: "ground mandaçaia" bee) in Brazil, is a species of eusocial stingless bee in the family Apidae and tribe Meliponini.

Distribution

Five-striped Melipona — (c) Jean Martins, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jean Martins · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Brazil · 33Paraguay · 2

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Jean Martins, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jean Martins · CC-BY DescriptionMelipona quinquefasciata, Wikipedia contributors

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