Draft:Emerin Stingless Bee (Plebeia emerina)

Plebeia emerina (Emerin Stingless Bee) is a species of stingless bee that is in the family Apidae and tribe Meliponini.

P. emerina is found in the following Brazilian states: Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo.^[1]

P. emerina is one of six species of stingless bees that can have miniature queens--P. emerina, Cephalotrigona femorata, Plebeia juliani, Schwarziana quadripunctata, Plebeia remota and Nannotrigona testaceicornis.^[2]

References edit

^ Grüter, Christoph. Stingless Bees: Their Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution. Germany, Springer International Publishing, 2020.
^ Ribeiro, Márcia de Fátima; Santos-Filho, Pérsio de Souza; Imperatriz-Fonseca, Vera Lúcia (29 November 2006). "Size variation and egg laying performance in queens (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini)". Apidologie. 37 (6): 653–664. doi:10.1051/apido:2006046.

[1] Grüter, Christoph. Stingless Bees: Their Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution. Germany, Springer International Publishing, 2020.

[Ribeiro_Size-2] Ribeiro, Márcia de Fátima; Santos-Filho, Pérsio de Souza; Imperatriz-Fonseca, Vera Lúcia (29 November 2006). "Size variation and egg laying performance in queens (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini)". Apidologie. 37 (6): 653–664. doi:10.1051/apido:2006046.

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