Frieseomelitta silvestrii
| Frieseomelitta silvestrii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Genus: | Frieseomelitta |
| Species: | F. silvestrii
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| Binomial name | |
| Frieseomelitta silvestrii (Friese, 1902)
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Frieseomelitta silvestrii is a stingless bee species in the genus Frieseomelitta found in Brazil.
Frieseomelitta silvestrii languida is a subspecies making use of resin and of the chemical compound totarol.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Patricio, E. F.; Cruz-López, Leopoldo; Maile, Roland; Tentschert, Jutta; Jones, Graeme R.; Morgan, E. David (February 2002). "The propolis of stingless bees: Terpenes from the tibia of three Frieseomelitta species". Journal of Insect Physiology. 48 (2): 249–254. Bibcode:2002JInsP..48..249P. doi:10.1016/S0022-1910(01)00170-6. PMID 12770125.