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Meliponula beccarii
(Gribodo, 1879) (Angola, Cameroun, Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Sudan,
Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
Meliponula bocandei
(Spinola, 1853) (Angola, Cameroun, Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Uganda)
Meliponula cameroonensis (Friese¸ 1900) (Cameroun, Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Togo) |
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Meliponula ferruginea
(Lepeletier, 1841) (Angola, Cameroun, Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria,
Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe) |
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Meliponula gambiana
(Moure, 1961) (Gambia)
Meliponula griswoldorum Eardley, 2005 (Zambia)
Meliponula lendliana
(Friese, 1900) (Angola, Cameroun, Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Gabon, Guinea, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania)
Meliponula nebulata
(Smith, 1854) (Cameroun, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial
Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Uganda)
Meliponula ogouensis
(Vachal, 1903) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ethiopia,
Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania)
Meliponula richardsi
(Darchen, 1981) (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Meliponula roubiki
Eardley, 2005 (Gabon) |
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Meliponula simpsoni
(Moure, 1961) (Ghana) |
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Biology
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References
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Eardley, C.D. 2004. Taxonomic revision of the African stingless bees (Apoidea: Apidae: Apinae:
Meliponini). African Plant Protection 10: 63–96.
Eardley, C & Urban, R. 2010. Catalogue
of Afrotropical bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apiformes).
Zootaxa 2455: 1-548.
Eardley, C, Finnamore, A.T. & Michener, C.D. 1993. Superfamily Apoidea (pp.
279-357). In GOULET, H. & HUBER, J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World:
an identification guide to families. Research Branch, Agriculture
Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp.
Michener, C.D. 2000. The Bees of the World. Johns Hopkins
University Press. 953 pp. |
Credits
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Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa)
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