Frieseomelitta

Frieseomelitta
A Frieseomelitta varia guard bee standing next to the nest entrance
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Superfamily: Apoidea
Family: Apidae
Subfamily: Apinae
Tribe: Meliponini
Genus: Frieseomelitta
Ihering, 1912

Frieseomelitta is a stingless bee (Meliponini) genus in the family Apidae. It currently contains about 16 described species:

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