Engel Michael S, Rasmussen Claus, Ayala Ricardo, de Oliveira Favízia F
Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79.
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Zookeys. 2023 Jul 27;1172:239-312. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1172.104944. eCollection 2023.
Stingless bees (Meliponini) are a ubiquitous and diverse element of the pantropical melittofauna, and have significant cultural and economic importance. This review outlines their diversity, and provides identification keys based on external morphology, brief accounts for each of the recognized genera, and an updated checklist of all living and fossil species. In total there are currently 605 described extant species in 45 extant genera, and a further 18 extinct species in nine genera, seven of which are extinct. A new fossil genus, Engel, , is also described for a species in Miocene amber from Ethiopia. In addition to the systematic review, the biology of stingless bees is summarized with an emphasis on aspects related to their nesting biology and architecture.
无刺蜂（Meliponini）是泛热带蜜蜂群落中普遍存在且种类多样的一部分，具有重要的文化和经济意义。本综述概述了它们的多样性，并提供了基于外部形态的鉴定检索表、对每个已确认属的简要介绍，以及所有现存和化石物种的最新清单。目前，总共有45个现存属中的605种已描述的现存物种，还有9个属中的18种灭绝物种，其中7种已灭绝。还为来自埃塞俄比亚中新世琥珀中的一个物种描述了一个新的化石属——恩格尔蜂属（Engel）。除了系统综述外，还总结了无刺蜂的生物学特性，重点是与它们的筑巢生物学和结构相关的方面。
