Tetragonisca

Tetragonisca is a genus of stingless bees in the family Apidae. There are at least four described species in Tetragonisca, found in Central and South America.^[1][2][3]

Tetragonisca
Tetragonisca angustula
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Apidae
Clade:	Corbiculata
Tribe:	Meliponini
Genus:	Tetragonisca Moure, 1946

Species

These four species belong to the genus Tetragonisca:

• Tetragonisca angustula (Latreille, 1825)
• Tetragonisca buchwaldi
• Tetragonisca fiebrigi (Schwarz, 1938)
• Tetragonisca weyrauchi (Schwarz, 1943)

References

1. "Tetragonisca Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
2. "Tetragonisca". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
3. Grüter, Christoph (2020). Stingless Bees: Their Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution. Fascinating Life Sciences. Springer New York. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-60090-7. ISBN 978-3-030-60089-1. S2CID 227250633.

Further reading

• Ascher, J.S.; Pickering, J. (2019). "Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)". Retrieved 2019-07-02.