Melipona compressipes

Melipona compressipes, commonly known as tiúba in Brazil, is a species of eusocial stingless bee in the family Apidae and tribe Meliponini.^[1]

Melipona compressipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Apidae
Genus:	Melipona
Species:	M. compressipes
Binomial name
Melipona compressipes (Fabricius, 1804)
Synonyms
Melikerria compressipes