The PEDIGREE of
Genus Melipona (stingless bees)

 "Child(ren)":       Guarupu (stingless bee)   ;   40 species
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/-- Phylum Arthropoda   +====> [ 79]
/-- Subphylum Tetraconata
/   / or: Superclass Panhexapoda in Infraphylum Atelocerata
/-- Epiclass Hexapoda
/-- Class Insecta
/-- Subclass Pterygota (winged insects)
/-- Infraclass Neoptera
/-- Superorder Endopterygota
/-- Order Hymenoptera (sawflies : wasps : ants)
/-- Suborder Apocrita (wasps : ants)
/-- Superfamily Apoidea (bees : sphecoid wasps)
/-- Epifamily Crabronoidae
/-- Family Apidae (Honeybees & kin)
/-- Subfamily Apinae
/-- Clade Corbiculata
/-- Tribe Meliponini (stingless bees)
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- Genus Melipona (stingless bees)
 

 
  ``1-Great Grandchild:''       Malabar melastome
 

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