Abstract Stingless bees (Meliponini) are a ubiquitous and diverse element of the pantropical
melittofauna, and have significant cultural and economic importance. This review outlines …

Stingless bees (Meliponini) are one of only two highly eusocial bees, the other being the
well studied honey bee (Apini). Unlike Apini, with only 11 species in the single genus Apis …

Is the remarkable diversity in the behavior of insects reflected in the organization of their
nervous systems? The ventral nerve cords (VNCs) have been described from over 300 …

The stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini) have evolved sophisticated
communication systems that allow foragers to recruit nestmates to good resources. Over the …

This catalog of the published literature on stingless bees from the Indo-
Malayan/Australasian region was compiled from 520 references and deals with 129 …

We examined the inter‐and infrageneric relationships of Old World Meliponini with a near‐
complete sampling of supra‐specific taxa. DNA sequences for the taxa were collected from …

We analyzed the higher level phylogeny of the bee family Halictidae based on the coding
regions of three single-copy nuclear genes (long-wavelength [LW] opsin, wingless, and …

The Thoracica includes the ordinary barnacles found along the sea shore and is the most
diverse and well-studied superorder of Cirripedia. However, although the literature abounds …

Stingless bees exhibit extraordinary variation in nest architecture within and among species.
To test for phylogenetic association of behavioral traits for species of the Neotropical …

Stingless bees (Meliponini) constitute a diverse group of highly eusocial insects that occur
throughout tropical regions around the world. The meliponine genus Melipona is restricted …