Tataira Fire Bee

Oxytrigona tataira

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae

Oxytrigona tataira, commonly known as the tataíra or abelha-de-fogo (Brazilian Portuguese: "fire bee"), is a species of eusocial stingless bee in the family Apidae and tribe Meliponini.

Distribution

Tataira Fire Bee — (c) Mario Barroso, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Brazil · 11

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Mario Barroso, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionOxytrigona tataira, Wikipedia contributors

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