Clavate-legged Stingless Bee

Tetragona clavipes · Order: Hymenoptera · Family: Apidae

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Clavate-legged Stingless Bee
Photo: Ramon and Suzanne Vargas, CC BY-SA

The clavate-legged stingless bee, Tetragona clavipes, is an eusocial bee in the Apidae family and Meliponini tribe. It has been recorded in Brazil’s northern state of Roraima.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Tetragona clavipes is known as borá or vorá in Brazil and belongs to the stingless bee group.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

In Brazil, this bee occurs in the state of Roraima.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its known range includes the northern Brazilian state of Roraima.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Clavate-legged Stingless Bee photo 3
Photo: Bruno Henrique Aranda, CC BY
Clavate-legged Stingless Bee photo 4
Photo: Douglas, CC BY
Clavate-legged Stingless Bee photo 5
Photo: Douglas, CC BY
Clavate-legged Stingless Bee photo 6
Photo: Bruno Henrique Aranda, CC BY

Same family (Apidae)

Western Honey BeeWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaCan stingCommon Eastern Bumble BeeCommon Eastern Bumble BeeBombus impatiensCan stingEastern Carpenter BeeEastern Carpenter BeeXylocopa virginicaCan stingBrown-belted Bumble BeeBrown-belted Bumble BeeBombus griseocollisCommon Carder Bumble BeeCommon Carder Bumble BeeBombus pascuorumBuff-tailed Bumble BeeBuff-tailed Bumble BeeBombus terrestris

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetragona_clavipes

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