Frieseomelitta Explained

Frieseomelitta is a stingless bee (Meliponini) genus in the family Apidae. It currently contains about 16 described species:^[1]

• Frieseomelitta dispar
• Frieseomelitta doederleini
• Frieseomelitta flavicornis
• Frieseomelitta francoi
• Frieseomelitta freiremaiai
• Frieseomelitta languida
• Frieseomelitta lehmanni
• Frieseomelitta longipes
• Frieseomelitta meadewaldoi
• Frieseomelitta nigra
• Frieseomelitta paranigra
• Frieseomelitta paupera
• Frieseomelitta portoi
• Frieseomelitta silvestrii
• Frieseomelitta trichocerata
• Frieseomelitta varia^{[2] [3]}

Bibliography

• Wolf Engels (Editor): Social Insects: An Evolutionary Approach to Castes and Reproduction, Springer Science & Business Media, Dec 6, 2012 - 265 pages. . Here: Chapter 7: Wolf Engels, Vera L. Imperatriz-Fonseca: Caste Development, Reproductive Strategies, and Control of Fertility in Honey Bees and Stingless Bees, 4.3 Young Queens in the Multigynous Stingless Bee Nest, p186

Notes and References

1. Book: Grüter, Christoph. Springer New York. 2020. 978-3-030-60089-1. 10.1007/978-3-030-60090-7. Stingless Bees: Their Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution. Fascinating Life Sciences . limited.
2. Enrico de Lazaro: Scientists Sequence Genome of Brazilian Stingless Bee, on: sci-news, Sep 1, 2020.
3. Flávia C. de Paula Freitas, Anete P. Lourenço, Daniel G. Pinheiro et al.: The nuclear and mitochondrial genomes of Frieseomelitta varia – a highly eusocial stingless bee (Meliponini) with a permanently sterile worker caste. In: BMC Genomics 21, 386; Jun 3, 2020.