Global InformationScaptotrigona mexicana information
| Scaptotrigona mexicana | |
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| Scaptotrigona mexicana collecting pollen | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Genus: | Scaptotrigona |
| Species: | S. mexicana
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| Binomial name | |
| Scaptotrigona mexicana Guérin-Méneville, 1845
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Scaptotrigona mexicana is a species of stingless bee that lives throughout Mexico and is part of the Meliponini tribe.[1] This species is sometimes termed "Pisil Nekmej" and is extensively studied for its medicinal purposes.[2] This species is considered common and abundant throughout Mexico and it has been noted to thrive in tropical environments.[1][3]
- ^ a b Sánchez, Daniel; Kraus, F. Bernard; de Jesús Hernández, Manuel; Vandame, Rémy (July 2007). "Experience, but not distance, influences the recruitment precision in the stingless bee Scaptotrigona mexicana". Naturwissenschaften. 94 (7): 567–573. Bibcode:2007NW.....94..567S. doi:10.1007/s00114-007-0229-z. PMID 17333100. S2CID 22845518.
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