Melipona quinquefasciata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Apidae |
Genus: | Melipona |
Species: | M. quinquefasciata
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Binomial name | |
Melipona quinquefasciata Lepeletier, 1836
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Melipona quinquefasciata, commonly known as the mandaçaia-da-terra or mandaçaia-do-chão ( Brazilian Portuguese: "ground mandaçaia" bee) in Brazil, is a species of eusocial stingless bee in the family Apidae and tribe Meliponini. [1]