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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Tribe: | Meliponini |
| Genus: | Schwarziana Moure, 1943 |
| Species[1] | |
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Schwarziana bocainensis | |
Schwarziana is a relatively small genus of South American stingless bees. Like other stingless bees, Schwarziana are eusocial, with large colonies primarily composed of workers and one queen. Unusually for stingless bees, colonies are formed in underground chambers rather than in tree cavities.[2] Workers are approximately 6.5mm long[1][3]
- ^ a b Melo, Gabriel A.R. (October 2015). "New species of the stingless bee genus Schwarziana (Hymenoptera, Apidae)". Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. 59 (4): 290–293. doi:10.1016/j.rbe.2015.08.001.
- ^ Camargo, J.M.F. (1974). "Notas sobre a morfologia de Plebeia (Schwarziana) quadripunctata quadripunctata (Hym., Apidae)". Stud. Entomol. 17: 433–470.
- ^ Wenseleers, Tom; Ratnieks, Francis L.W.; de F Robiero, Marcia; de A Alves, Denise; Imperatriz-Fonseca, Vera-Lucia (2005). "Working-Class Royalty: Bees Beat the Caste System". Biology Letters. 1 (2): 125–128. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2004.0281. PMC 1626201. PMID 17148145.